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== Tips
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Unless your game is a free-build or a plot world, you don't necessarily need admins or builders. Some games don't have any builders or admins, which practically negates most forms of grief. You can also only perm trusted people or friends, and/or save backups before perming.
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If you own a free-build game or are an admin in one, giving lots of players builder ''or'' admin perms at the same time is
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▲If you own a free-build game or are an admin in one, giving lots of players builder ''or'' admin perms at the same time is '''''never''''' a good''' '''idea. It can actually makes it '''a lot''' easier for griefers to avoid being banned, as it is a lot harder to determine who the griefer/s are (players often grief as soon as they get perms or they get bored). Instead, you could just give players perms in general, but remember not perm more than one player at a time. Asking players if they will grief ''is a waist of time'', as its very easy to lie.
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If you are the last person left in a game (and
▲It may sound a silly but, if you are suspicious of a player you should stand somewhere they can't see you and make sure you are not facing their direction (even if you are hidden). If you are in a free-build game that includes an ocean you could hide in that (note: players with max graphic settings enabled can see through water). Even if you aren't suspicious of players you should still keep an eye on players, if you are in a plot world simply walking around can be a good idea.
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▲If you are the last person left in a game (and your an admin or the owner) un-perm everyone with builder perms (you should be able to trust all your admins) before you leave. If you like you can also leave the game public (not privated) so that players new to your game can look around. This will prevent all 'offline' grief.
=== Who Placed That? ===
▲''Note: only admins can remove or give builders perms, they cannot give or remove admin perms.''
If your world is griefed or someone builds something inappropriate, you can move your mouse over a block and use the command ''!whoplaced'' to ban the player that placed the block(s). If you suspect multiple people have griefed you can use the ''!ez'' command ''”!ezwhoplaced”'' to assist in figuring out who griefed. Sometimes taking a screenshot of their name can be useful later-on.
=== ([[VIP]]) Filling Gaps ===
If large areas of blocks are missing for your world (block-deletion grief), you can use the commands ''!fill'' and ''!ezfill'' to quickly rebuild the missing regions of your world. Keep in mind that these commands will work if you don’t have [[VIP]], but you will only be able to fill 10 blocks at a time without the game-pass as opposed to the 200 blocks at a time with the game-pass.
=== ([[VIP]]) Deleting Grief ===
To quickly remove large areas of spammed blocks (placement grief), you can use the commands ''!bulldoze'' and ''!ezbulldoze'', which will let you select points to delete all blocks within the area drawn between the points. It’s important to mention that this the recommending commands for deleting grief won’t work without [[VIP]], so if you don’t have the game-pass, you will have to delete things manually.
=== Ask Your Friends ===
Make sure to ask your friends (or people you trust) to help rebuild/repaint and remove grief from your world. When you have help rebuilding worlds, it can (I find) re-motivate and sometimes even inspire you to improve on or even completely rebuild your structures.
=== Movables ===
To remove cubes or balls (movables) use the command !movable clear. However, using this command will '''wipe out all movables''' in the world, so use it with caution!
=== Oceans ===
If your world has been ‘flooded’ by a griefer, use the command !ocean to remove the ocean. If someone has added a functionality to the ocean using a command, you can remove the functionality by using the designated command for said functionality on the ocean. These commands could include ''!kill, !tele, !baller, etc.''
=== Don't Reset Your World! ===
Sometimes resetting your world (in the past, you would typically do this with the command ''!resetworld,'' but now the ''!templates'' command is the go-to for wiping worlds) isn't a good idea, as removing all your progress is likely to de-motivate you; instead, you can try fixing the grief, as it won't remove all of your progress, and you might be able to spot errors with your world you were not able to see before.
=== Using Backups ===
Backups are usually the best way to recover destroyed builds, as using them can instantly revert the entire world back to the time the backup was saved at. Keep in mind, however, that things like [[movable mechanisms]] might be negatively impacted by backup usage, and progress will be lost if you load a non-recent backup save to attempt to recover your world. To use backups, simply type the command ''!backups'', which will pop up a backups menu, allowing you to save and delete backups.
''Note: Backups can only be saved and deleted by the owner of a world, or in some cases, admins, provided the owner of the world turns on the admin backup editing configuration in the !world menu.''
=== Using Logs ===
Using logs can be a great way to quickly neutralize a griefer’s ability to damage your world, as it can give insight as to who is performing the grief. By simply typing !logs, a server log of all placements, deletions, commands, etc., will pop up on your screen, allowing you to quickly pinpoint griefers.
=== Commonly Griefed Games ===
The games that get griefed are usually the ones that give out permissions, for example '''Free Builds''', these will basically give you builder and you will build, BUT, sadly most of these are cash grabs, with the same thumbnails from the library. Games like an obby for builder/admin were not so usual like free builds, although there's more games than before with that concept.<br />{{HelpNav}}
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