Minecraft plugin RealisticSeasons

🔌 About RealisticSeasons

RealisticSeasons — is a plugin for Minecraft servers that adds a full calendar and seasonal system: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter, a temperature system, seasonal visuals (biome colour replacement, particles) and a custom event system. The plugin targets survival and roleplay servers that want a persistent seasonal cycle and environmental mechanics.

🎯 Purpose

RealisticSeasons solves the need for a persistent, server‑wide seasonal cycle with date/time, temperature and visual changes without modifying client resource packs. It centralizes season control, offers a calendar that maps seasons to dates, and provides hooks for other plugins via an API. ()

⚙ Main features

• Full calendar system (days, months, years) with configurable day/night length and season start dates. ()
• Four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter with configurable lengths and transitions. ()
• Temperature system affecting players and environmental mechanics; API access to read/apply temperature and temperature effects. ()
• Seasonal visuals: foliage/grass/water/sky colour replacement per season and optional particles (falling leaves, cold breath, fireflies, etc.). ()
• Custom event system (recurring or date‑based events) that can run commands and show in /season. ()
• Developer API: seasons API methods and events (set/get season/date, temperature queries, events). ()

🧩 Who it's for

RealisticSeasons fits server owners and moderators running:

• Survival and semi‑vanilla servers wanting immersive seasonal changes
• RPG and roleplay servers needing an in‑game calendar and seasonal events
• Networks that want an API for other plugins to adapt behavior per season

🏗 Usage examples

• Have winter bring increased snow accumulation and different mob behaviors for seasonal gameplay.
• Use the calendar to schedule in‑game holidays and trigger commands (fireworks on New Year's Eve) via custom events. ()
• Let other plugins query RealisticSeasons API for temperature to apply damage or status effects. ()

⌨️ Commands

All command descriptions and permissions are taken from the official RealisticSeasons documentation. ()

🔐 Permissions

Note: the plugin documentation lists permissions and commands but does not explicitly state the default (true/op/false) values for each node in the pages accessed. Where defaults are not stated, the field above is marked accordingly. ()

⚙ Installation

📥 Install

• Download the plugin jar from the official source (see urls).
• Place the jar into your server's plugins/ folder.
• Restart the server (full restart recommended; biome files require restart to load). ()

📦 Dependencies

• PlaceholderAPI — supported for placeholders and recommended for displaying season/date/temperature in scoreboards and other places. (documented integration). ()
• The plugin exposes an API for other plugins to integrate; add RealisticSeasons as a soft-dependency if you use the API. ()

🧾 Configuration

• RealisticSeasons generates configuration and translation files (calendar, temperature, biome files) on first run and supports customization of months, day length, season start dates and messages. ()
• Biome replacement files are used to change colours per season; installing or editing biome files may require a server restart. ()
• Database support (MySQL/SQLite) is not mentioned in the accessed documentation pages — no official statement about DB persistence was found in the inspected docs. (Information absent in the accessed official pages.)

🧠 Additional information

Known conflicts

• Players using resource packs that modify biome colours may see visual differences; /toggleseasoncolors exists to let players disable season colours client‑side. ()
• Restoring world appearance (/rs restoreworld) operates only on loaded chunks and can take a long time. Plan maintenance windows when reverting large areas. ()

Limitations

• Biome file changes cannot be hot‑reloaded at runtime (restart required for biome files). ()
• The documentation does not state default permission nodes explicitly in the pages accessed. ()

FAQ

Q: Can I force a season server‑wide? A: Yes — use /rs set <season> or /rs nextseason as an admin. ()

Q: Is there an API for other plugins? A: Yes — RealisticSeasons exposes a SeasonsAPI with methods and events (get/set season/date, temperature queries, season events). ()

Q: Can players opt out of visuals or temperature? A: Players can toggle season colours, particles and temperature for themselves via the provided commands. ()

Q: Does the plugin pause when no players are online? A: The calendar has options; if you need pause-on-empty behavior use a helper like TimePauser (mentioned in docs) or configure the calendar accordingly. ()

Q: Does the plugin collect metrics (bStats) or offer official Discord support? A: Information about metrics (bStats) and an official Discord is not present on the accessed documentation pages. (Information absent in the accessed official pages.)

Sources: RealisticSeasons official documentation (calendar/commands/API pages). ()