Party System

How to establish parties, coordinate teammates, and use the four match modes: Queue, vs Party, Split, and FFA.

Creating a Party

/party create

This command designates you as the party leader, updates your hotbar inventory with quick party hotkeys, and configures the privacy setting to PRIVATE (invite-only) by default.

Inviting Players

/party invite Steve

Invited players receive a chat prompt with click-to-accept choices. Party invites remain active for party.invite-expiration seconds (default 60s) before timing out. Only the active leader can dispatch invites.

Joining a Party

Joining via invitation: Execute /party accept or click the accepting chat button prompt.

Joining open parties: If a party is set to PUBLIC or FRIENDS_ONLY, qualified players can join immediately using:

/party join <leaderName>

Party Privacy Modes

Privacy Level	Setting Command	Join Behavior Rules
`PRIVATE`	`/party private`	Default. Players must be manually invited by the leader.
`PUBLIC`	`/party public`	Allows any server player to join immediately. Broadcasts a join notification link in chat.
`FRIENDS_ONLY`	`/party friends`	Only players present on the leader's friend list are authorized to join directly.

Party Member Sizes

The maximum capacity limits of a party are restricted by the LuckPerms permissions of the party leader:

Default Base Limit: up to 8 members (Requires shyamduels.party.size.8).
VIP Limit Upgrade: up to 16 members (Requires shyamduels.party.size.16).
VIP+ Limit Upgrade: up to 32 members (Requires shyamduels.party.size.32).

Leaders can impose a custom member capacity limit using /party limit (launches sign text input) or return to max limits using /party resetlimit.

Play Modes

Leaders configure the active mode via /party mode <mode>. These modes dictate matchmaking behaviors:

Mode Style	Command Options	Matchmaking & Spawn Rules
Matchmaking Queue	`queue`, `q`	Queue the party into ranked/unranked team matchmaking. Party member counts must align with the target queue size.
vs Party Duels	`duel`, `vparty`, `vs`	Directly challenge another active party to a team duel. Challenged leaders accept via `/party duel accept`.
Team Splitting	`split`, `team`	Splits the party randomly into two equal teams. Requires at least 2 members.
Free For All (FFA)	`ffa`, `freeforall`	Launches a chaotic match where all party members fight each other. Spawns members in a circle pattern.

Party Chat Channels

Activate party-only chat redirects using:

/partychat
# or:
/party chat

While toggled on, your message inputs are only displayed to party members. Leaders can mute and unmute specific members from the chat channel:

/party mute Steve
/party unmute Steve

Leadership Promotions

Leaders can hand over ownership permissions to another member using /party promote <player>. If the leader disconnects while party.transfer-ownership-on-leave is enabled, leadership is automatically passed to the next eligible member.

Disbanding Parties

/party disband

Disbanding kicks all members and returns them to the lobby spawn. Parties also auto-disband if all players disconnect.

Exhaustive Party System Command Reference

Below is a complete command reference list for the party system:

Command	Syntax / Parameters	Functional Behavior
`/party create`	-	Creates a new private party with you as the leader.
`/party invite`	`/party invite <player>`	Dispatches a party invitation challenge to the target player.
`/party accept`	-	Accepts a pending party invitation.
`/party deny`	-	Declines a pending party invitation.
`/party join`	`/party join <leader>`	Joins an active public or friends-only party directly.
`/party leave`	-	Leaves your current party. If you are the leader, triggers leadership transfer.
`/party disband`	-	Disbands the party, returning all members to the lobby (requires leader confirmation).
`/party mode`	`/party mode <queue/duel/split/ffa>`	Sets the matchmaking mode style for the party matches.
`/party limit`	`/party limit`	Sets a custom maximum capacity limit for the party members.
`/party resetlimit`	-	Resets custom party limits back to your default permissions maximum.
`/party promote`	`/party promote <player>`	Promotes a party member to be the new party leader.
`/party mute`	`/party mute <player>`	Mutes a party member, blocking them from sending messages to the party channel.
`/party unmute`	`/party unmute <player>`	Unmutes a previously muted party member.
`/party private`	-	Sets party privacy mode to private (invite-only).
`/party public`	-	Sets party privacy mode to public (open to all).
`/party friends`	-	Sets party privacy mode to friends-only.
`/partychat`	-	Toggles your default chat output to party channel only. Alias: `/party chat`.

Admin Override Commands

/party forceowner          # Overrides party leadership, making you the owner.
/party forcejoin Steve Jim # Forces Steve into Jim's party, ignoring permissions.

Both commands require admin permissions (shyamduels.admin).