Hold My Cow 🐄 | The Ultimate Carry-On Experience

Hold My Cow lets you do what Mojang never dared: pickup mobs, shulker boxes, hoppers and barrels not just chests straight to your pixelated biceps.

Why spill a full chest when you can carry it?

🪆 Feature: You can store containers inside other containers inside more containers — including shulkers any. Just beware of excessive stacking. (Configurable to prevent stacking.)

🐮 Key Features

• Shift + Right‑Click (empty hand) = Pickup – Works on mobs and containers (chest, barrel, hopper, yes, shulker too).
• Integrations – Respects WorldGuard (check Plugin Integrations section), Lands, GriefPrevention and Lootin protections so you don't abduct forbidden livestock.
• Double‑Chest Freedom – Grab both chests or split them and place anywhere; the plugin keeps track.
• Persistent Containers – All container contents are saved with the type of database you choose (SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL).
• Multi‑Lingual – Built‑in: en_us, es_es, fr_fr, de_de, pt_br, pl_pl, zh_cn, ko_kr, ja_jp, vi_vn and tr_tr.
• Optional Player Pickup – Flip allow_player_pickup to bench‑press your friends.
• Weight‑Based Slowness – Bigger mob → bigger slowdown. Check the weight summary below for details.
• Complete Activity Logging – Tracks all entity and container pickup activities for comprehensive auditing.
• Granular Container Permissions – Specific permissions for each container type (e.g., chests, hoppers, barrels).
• Prevent Container Stacking – Configurable option to disable nesting containers inside picked-up containers, with bypass permission.

📦 How It Works

1. Sneak (shift).
2. Empty hands.
3. Right‑click a mob or container.
4. Strut away.
5. Right‑click air to place (double‑chest halves can be reunited or live separate lives – you decide).

💡 Tip: Like a Russian nesting doll, containers can carry more containers... inside other containers... inside you. Just try not to shulkerception yourself into a lag spike. (Can be disabled in config.)

⚙️ Configuration

settings:
  max_weight: 100.0                 # How heavy before legs give out?
  allow_player_pickup: false        # Turn friends into kettle‑bells?
  allow_lootin_pickup: false        # Ignore Lootin‑protected chests?
  prevent_container_stacking: false # Prevent nesting containers inside picked-up containers?

Edit ➜ restart ➜ profit.

🔌 Plugin Integrations

Respects WorldGuard, Lands, GriefPrevention and Lootin protections.

WorldGuard Integration:

• Implemented two custom flags: holdmycow-containers and holdmycow-entities.
• These flags are set to DENY by default. To enable HoldMyCow features in WorldGuard regions:
  • For protected regions: Set the corresponding flag to ALLOW and ensure the user is a member of the region.
  • For the __global__ region: Set the flag to ALLOW; no membership is required.

🔑 Commands & Permissions

| Permission | What it unlocks |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| holdmycow.use | Basic command permission |
| holdmycow.use.reload | Reload command |
| holdmycow.use.restore | Restore containers command |
| holdmycow.carry_on | Core plugin actions |
| holdmycow.carry_on.entity | Pickup any mob |
| holdmycow.carry_on.entity.player | Pickup players (if enabled) |
| holdmycow.carry_on.container.<type> | Pickup specific containers (e.g., .chest, .hopper, .barrel, .shulker_box) |
| holdmycow.carry_on.stacking_bypass | Bypass container stacking prevention |
| holdmycow.carry_on.* | The whole gym |

Commands:

• /holdmycow reload (alias /hmc) - Refresh the config
• /holdmycow restore <player> - Restore previously picked up containers for a player. Useful for recovery in case of issues or special circumstances.

📥 Installation

1. Server: Paper 1.21+ (Java 21).
2. Drop HoldMyCow.jar into /plugins.
3. Restart server.
4. Config generates automatically.
5. Go lift something.

🛠️ Troubleshooting

| Issue | Quick Fix |
|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Plugin won't load | Use Paper 1.21+ & Java 21 |
| Can't pick up | Check region perms & weight limit |
| Moving like a snail | Grab a lighter mob or do more leg day |
| Lost containers | Use /holdmycow restore <player> |
| Can't stack containers | Check config prevent_container_stacking or use bypass permission |

💬 Support

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No chest left behind and hold my beer cow 💪🐄