Installation

The jar

Download eRankGenerator.jar from BuiltByBit, put it in plugins/ and restart the server.
The console says License verified successfully. You’re ready.

On its first start eRankGenerator creates plugins/eRankGenerator/ with config.yml. It has no other dependency: Geyser, Floodgate, PlaceholderAPI and the pack plugins are used when they’re there.

Your first badge

In game, run /erank editor and click the link. The editor opens in your browser, already linked to your server.
Click + next to Ranks, type the rank name (Owner) and pick a template.
Change the text and colours, add an icon if you like. The chat preview at the bottom shows how it looks.
Click Deploy. The editor gives you a command such as /erank apply AB12CD34: copy it.
Run it in game or in the console, within 10 minutes. The badges are live: Java players online get the new pack at once (or your pack plugin reloads with it), Bedrock players when they reconnect.

Then put the badge in a prefix: /erank list, click the badge to copy it, and paste it into /lp group owner meta setprefix 100 "<paste> ". More in Using the badges.

The first tour of the editor walks you through steps 2 to 4. Replay it any time with Tour, top right.

License

The jar you download from BuiltByBit already holds your license key: there’s nothing to set.

On startup the server checks the key online and gets a permit that lasts 7 days. It renews it every 12 hours. If the license server can’t be reached, everything keeps working while the permit lasts.
A license covers 3 servers. A server that hasn’t been seen for 7 days frees its place on its own.
A key that’s unknown, revoked or already on 3 servers stops the plugin, with the reason in the console.
A key you got another way (from support): put it in license-key in config.yml and restart.

The server’s identity is kept in plugins/eRankGenerator/data.json. Copying the folder to another server copies that identity too; delete data.json on the copy so it registers as a server of its own.

What it writes

File	What it is
`config.yml`	Your settings (Configuration)
`data.json`	This server’s id, the license permit and the hosted pack’s address. Don’t share it
`project.json`	The last version you applied: the ranks, their characters and pictures
`output/java.zip`	The Java resource pack
`output/bedrock.mcpack`	The Bedrock resource pack
`output/<Plugin>/`	The files for ItemsAdder, Nexo, Oraxen and CraftEngine, ready to copy
`bedrock.mcpack`	The copy Geyser gives to Bedrock players

Updating

Download the new jar, replace the old one and restart. Your ranks, config.yml and license stay as they are.