Invis only for admins

[Heyitsthatonekid]

so lets say there is an op and he wants to grief so he looks around and says, "No admins around" when really there is an invis admin right there so he starts griefing and the admin comes out of invis and gtfoes.
Why have i said this...
Only Super Admins should be allowed invis so that they can go undercover and alot of other admins agree

[Heyitsthatonekid]

also if you didnt know invis is disabled

[StevenLawson]

Right now I've got Invis disabled from within craftbukkit (its hard coded in). The best way to do this would be to add a custom event to Bukkit, which would make the standard craftbukkit incompatible with TFM.

[StevenLawson]

@JeromSar - comments on this? Should we use a custom version of CraftBukkit so this functionality can be implemented?

[Wild1145]

Personally I don't think its needed. Admins can currently do their jobs
without it and I don't think its worth going back to a custom craftbukkit
for this where it's not desperately needed or required to keep the server
running.

[JeromSar]

@StevenLawson There is a player invisibility API in Bukkit already. You can use player.hidePlayer(Player) and player.showPlayer(Player). You could also disable potion effects in TFM_HeartBeat. :)

[Wild1145]

I am bumping this mainly for the reason that a duplicate recently came up, but also because of the 1.8 changes and the addition of gamemode 3. I think we should add a command accessible to admins only to set them into gamemode 3. This I think also removes them from the tab. It doesn't currently remove them from /list, however we could implement that within the command as TFM handles the list setup its self. This is something I have personally added to the DarthCraftMod and it has worked very very well for admins, with players being completely unable to tell if the admins are invis near them or not.

[mayokek]

Bump, I don't think this is needed as it will limit the freedom.
According to our server rules & conduct policy, Invisible is allowed:
e. Players can use invisibility although admins may sometimes remove it in mass (inc. /invis smite) for security purposes. Can be found under Section 4e

Read more: http://totalfreedom.boards.net/thread/21065/server-rules-conduct-policy-everybody#ixzz3zzlpfH1M