Sorting Players by Rank

Make sure you have read the Player Order page before reading this page.

There are three options for sorting players by rank explained on this page.

• Using the Primary Group and a custom order
• Using the weight of the Primary Group
• Using a Custom Meta Value

Using the Primary Group and a custom order

This is the easiest method as it does not requite changing any of your permission plugins configuration. We'll explain using an example. Assume you have the groups

• Owner,
• Admin,
• Moderator,
• VIP and
• Default.

Players in the Owner group should appear at the top of the tab list, followed by Admin's, Moderator's, VIP's and at last all the players in the Default group. We set the playerOrder option as follows to achieve that:

playerOrder: vault_primary_group custom Owner Admin Moderator VIP Default

Let me explain the above.

• vault_primary_group is the placeholder we use to get the primary group of a player.
• custom tells the plugin we want to specify a custom order.
• Owner Admin Moderator VIP Default: These are all our groups listed in the order we want them to appear on the tab list.

To additionally order players of same rank by their name, we can add the name asc comparison rule to the playerOrder option, which will then look as follows.

playerOrder: vault_primary_group custom Owner Admin Moderator VIP Default, name asc

Using the weight of the Primary Group

We can configure the plugin to use the weight of the players primary group to sort the players. The weight property is used by many permission plugin to decide which group is a players primary group, so it says something about whether a player has a high or low rank. That makes it a good candidate for sorting players. To sort players by the weight of their primary group do the following two steps:

1. Configure your Permission Plugin to Assign a weight to Each Group

   You need to assign a weight to each group. Check the documentation of your permission plugin to learn

   • how to set the weight, and
   • whether a low or a high number equals a high rank.

   When using PermissionsEx the command is /pex group <group> weight [weight] and a lower number equals a higher rank.

   When using LuckPerms the command is /lp group <group> setweight <weight> and a higher number equals a higher rank.

   For other permission plugins check their documentation.

2. Change your Tab List Configuration

   Once your permission plugin is setup correctly and all groups have a weight assigned, you are ready to make the changes to your tab list configuration file to sort the players by the weight of their primary group.

   Specifying the order of players on the tab list is done using the playerOrder option. This option is available in the DYNAMIC_SIZE tab list type. When using the FIXED_SIZE tab list type all components which insert players to the tab list allow for setting the playerOrder option.

   In your current tab list configuration the playerOrder option might be set as follows, which sorts the players alphabetically:

   playerOrder: "name asc"

   To sort them by the weight you need to add the vault_primary_group_weight asc or vault_primary_group_weight desc depending on whether a low or a high weight equals a high rank. E.g. when using PermissionsEx the following would be correct:

   playerOrder: "vault_primary_group_weight asc, name asc"

   When using LuckPerms you would use

   playerOrder: "vault_primary_group_weight desc, name asc"

   Depending on your permission plugin you could replace the vault_primary_group_weight placeholder with a plugin specific placeholder. However, we recommend sticking with the vault placeholder unless you have a specific reason not to use it.

Troubleshooting

If the players are not sorted correctly check the following things:

• Verify that the group weights are set correctly and each player is assigned the correct primary group using the commands provided by your permission plugin.
• Make sure you have installed Vault.
• Make sure you installed BungeeTabListPlus_BukkitBridge. Use /btlp status to verify.
• Display the primary group and the weight in the tab list, e.g. using

  playerComponent: "${player name} ${player vault_primary_group}/${player vault_primary_group_weight}"

Using a Custom Meta Value

An alternative to using the weight is using a custom meta value. This is especially useful when the order induced by the weight is different from the order you want to have in the tab list.

In the following we create a custom meta value called taborder and use that to sort the players.

1. Set the taborder Meta Value of Your Groups

   The first step is to set the taborder meta value of your group. You need to decide whether you want a low or a high weight equals a high rank. We are going to assume low value equals high rank for now.

   For LuckPerms the command is /lp group <group> meta set taborder <value> When using a different permission plugin checkout its documentation.

2. Change your Tab List Configuration

   Next we need to create comparison rule to sort the players by the taborder meta value.

   For LuckPerms you can use luckperms_meta_taborder as number asc. The luckperms_meta_<meta> placeholder is provided by PlaceholderAPI. If you use a different permission plugin check if PlaceholderAPI has a suitable placeholder for you.

   Adding that comparison rule to the playerOrder option you should end up with something similar to the following:

   playerOrder: "luckperms_meta_taborder as number asc, name asc"