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Whats the difference?

Mark Hughes edited this page Sep 4, 2017 · 15 revisions

Many people ask the question; what is difference between Factions 1.6, FactionsUUID 1.6, and LegacyFactions! This table should give you a good overview of the differences - and why you would want to use LegacyFactions.

A quick note

LegacyFactions is a rebuild of the internal code while keeping the same 1.6 experience, with some additional features.

Side By Side Comparison

LegacyFactions by RedstoneOre FactionsUUID Factions 1.6 by MassiveCraft
Maintenance Highly Maintained Barely Maintained Deprecated. Maintaining Factions 2.0
Support 📣 Discord
GitHub Issues
📝 Wiki
No Support 👎 (most issues/PR ignored?) No Support for 1.6, only 2.0+
API Enhanced Developer API Similar to Factions 1.6, commands restricted to the Lang enum
Some Events Broken
Basic API
Commands Added Commands:
/f warp
/f ban
/f stuck
/f claimline
/f debug
/fly (FactionsFly)
Added Commands:
/f warp
/f claimline
/f stuck


Regular 1.6 Commands



Compiling Using gradle
gradle build
Using maven. Requires login to ci.drtshock.net.
mvn package
Manual Java Build
Help Menu JSON Button Menu, Custom Help Menu, or default menu Custom Help Menu or default menu Default menu
Territory Titles Yes No No, only in Factions 2
Placeholders Yes, a maintained standard No Standard, different implementations None
Warps Yes, with passwords Yes, but no passwords None
Major Features and Expansions FactionsFly
FactionsChat
New Dynmap Integration
Broken Factions Chat
Broken Dynmap Integration
Broken Factions Chat
Cost $0 $15 $0