Practical script - Discourage Surface camping

Predefined player variables come in handy!

Aim of the script

Let's create a script that damages all players currently camping on surface, and will broadcast a message to them to stop camping.

Execution

It's very simple! We only need 3 things:

• Broadcast method

• Damage method

• A way to specify that we only want to affect players on the surface

The last point can be easily solved using predefined player variables! If you take a closer look at the serhelp variables command output, you will find what we need (as of 28.10.2025):

--- Facility zone variables ---
> @lightContainmentPlayers
> @heavyContainmentPlayers
> @entrancePlayers
> @surfacePlayers
> @otherPlayers

The @surfacePlayers has players which are on the surface!

With that out of the way, we can make a script and add some comments outlining what we want to achieve:

# we want to damage each player on the surface zone (e.g. 20 health)
# and send a broadcast telling these players to stop camping 
# it's assumed that an admin will be running this command

Damaging players

We can begin with the Damage method. Here is its documentation (as of 27.10.2025):

=== Damage ===
> Damages players.

This method expects the following arguments:
(1) 'players' argument
 - Expected value: Player variable e.g. @players or * for every player

(2) 'amount' argument
 - Expected value: A number which is at least 0 e.g. 2
 
(3) optional 'reason' argument
 - Expected value: Any text e.g. "Hello, World!"
 - Default value:

Because we do not want to damage every single player on the server, we cannot use the * character. That's why we will be using the @surfacePlayers variable!

Damage @surfacePlayers 20 "Don't camp on the surface zone!"

Sending a broadcast

As we have already covered how broadcasts work, we can just add it without more explanation:

Broadcast @surfacePlayers 8s "<b><color=red>Stop camping on the surface zone!</color></b>"

Final result

# we want to damage each player on the surface zone (e.g. 20 health)
# and send a broadcast telling these players to stop camping 
# it's assumed that an admin will be running this command

Damage @surfacePlayers 20 "Don't camp on the surface zone!"
Broadcast @surfacePlayers 8s "<b><color=red>Stop camping on the surface zone!</color></b>"

This simple script automatically discourages surface camping.