add (unused) code to create awesome screenshots :D

spawnplayer.py

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+import net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.EntityPlayer as EntityPlayer
+import net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PacketPlayOutNamedEntitySpawn as PacketPlayOutNamedEntitySpawn
+import net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.PlayerInteractManager as PlayerInteractManager
+import net.minecraft.util.com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile as GameProfile
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit as bukkit
+
+# players.txt contains 1 name per line
+players = [line.strip() for line in open("players.txt").readlines()]
+
+ground = 70    # sea level
+shift  = 1.625 # amount of blocks to add on each side per row (this is for FOV 90)
+amount = 6     # amount of players in first row
+margin = 1     # space between players
+row    = 1     # distance to first row of players
+goup   = 6     # after how many rows should we go up by one?
+upmul  = 0.95  # multiplicate with goup each row
+
+def spawn(dispname, sender, x, y, z):
+  """
+  Sends the actual player to sender
+  """
+  server  = bukkit.getServer().getServer()
+  world   = server.getWorldServer(0)                      # main world
+  profile = GameProfile(dispname, dispname)               # set player details
+  manager = PlayerInteractManager(world)
+  entity  = EntityPlayer(server, world, profile, manager) # create Player's entity
+  entity.setPosition(x, y, z)
+  packet  = PacketPlayOutNamedEntitySpawn(entity)         # create packet for entity spawn
+  sender.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet)  # send packet
+
+
+@hook.command("spawnplayer")
+def onSpawnplayerCommand(sender, args):
+  global amount, row, ground, goup
+
+  # X and Z position
+  xpos = sender.getLocation().add(-float(row-1 * shift + (amount * margin) / 2), 0, 0).getX()
+  row  = sender.getLocation().add(0, 0, -row).getZ()
+
+  count = 0
+  stop  = False
+  while not stop:
+    for i in range(amount):
+      player = players[count]
+      x = int(xpos + i*margin)
+      spawn(player, sender, x, ground, row)
+      print(player, x, ground, row)
+      count += 1
+      if count >= len(players):
+        stop = True
+        print "breaking"
+        break
+    print("next row")
+    row -= 1                      # next row (-z)
+    xpos -= shift                 # shift left
+    amount += int(shift*margin*2) # add players left and right
+    if abs(row) % int(goup) == 0:
+      goup   *= upmul
+      ground += 1
+      print "Going up by 1: %s" % ground