Installation

Requirements

You need:

• a Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, or compatible server;
• Java 8 or newer;
• the DadaProgressions .jar;
• access to the server plugins folder.

PlaceholderAPI is optional. Install it only if you want to show DadaProgressions values in scoreboards, tab lists, holograms, or other plugins.

Install

1. Stop the server.
2. Put DadaProgressions-beta-26.0.jar in plugins/.
3. Start the server once.
4. Check that plugins/DadaProgressions/ was created.
5. Stop the server before editing the first files.
6. Replace the example reward commands before opening the plugin to players.
7. Start the server and run /dp admin validate.

The first startup creates the default config, GUI file, goal files, and data folder.

Created files

plugins/DadaProgressions/
  config.yml
  guis.yml
  goals/
  data/
  backups/

Path	Notes
config.yml	Main settings, messages, aliases, and notification defaults.
guis.yml	GUI titles, layouts, buttons, materials, names, and lore.
goals/	Goal files. The plugin loads every .yml and .yaml file here.
data/	Player progress, community progress, metadata, and indexes.
backups/	Manual backups and migration backups.

Default goal files include:

goals/daily.yml
goals/weekly.yml
goals/monthly.yml
goals/lifetime.yml

You can add more files, for example community.yml, events.yml, or season-1.yml.

Quick check

Run:

/dp

If the main GUI opens, the plugin is loaded.

Then run:

/dp admin validate

Fix validation errors before using the plugin on a live server.

Updating

Before updating:

1. Stop the server.
2. Back up plugins/DadaProgressions/.
3. Replace the old jar.
4. Start the server.
5. Run /dp admin validate.
6. Test the GUI and at least one reward claim.

For public servers, keep a manual backup before every update. It is boring until the one time it saves you.