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README.md

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+# Factions
+
+A simple mod which allows player created factions. Not very useful on its own, it becomes very powerful when combined with other mods.
+
+## Usage
+
+These commands can be used by anyone:
+
+- `/factions create <faction> <password>`: Create a new faction
+- `/factions list`: List available factions
+- `/factions info <faction>`: See information on a faction
+- `/factions join <faction> <password>`: Join an existing faction
+- `/factions leave`: Leave your faction
+
+These extra commands can only be used by faction owners:
+
+- `/factions kick <player>`: Kick someone from your faction
+- `/factions disband`: Disband your faction
+- `/factions passwd`: Change your faction's password
+- `/factions chown`: Transfer ownership of your faction
+
+## Translations
+
+As mentioned below, this mod has support for `intllib`! If you know English and another language, please submit a translation! It would be greatly appreciated, and your name will be added to the acknowledgements at the bottom of this page. Thanks!
+
+## Mod integration
+
+The following mods have optional support for `factions`:
+
+- `areas`: Protect faction territory using areas
+- `beerchat`: Create private faction channels
+
+Additionally, `factions` can optionally depend on the following mods:
+
+- `protector_redo`: Protect faction territory using protection blocks
+- `intllib`: Provide localizations for different languages
+
+### Using `factions` in your own mod
+
+I strongly recommend reading through the `init.lua` file; the functions at the top give you a pretty good idea of how to use it, but just in case you're short on time I'll list the most important functions below.
+
+- `get_player_faction(player)`: Get the faction a player belongs to, `nil` if they haven't joined a faction
+- `get_owner(faction)`: Get the owner of a faction
+- `register_faction(faction, player, password)`: Create a new faction
+- `disband_faction(faction)`: Disband a faction
+- `get_password(faction)`: Gets a faction's password
+- `set_password(faction, password)`: Sets a faction's password
+- `join_faction(faction, player)`: Sets the given player as belonging to this faction
+- `leave_faction(player)`: Clears a player's faction
+
+Note that none of these functions have any sanity checks (e.g. making sure factions exist), so I strongly recommend you read `init.lua` to determine how they are used. Otherwise, you could end up getting some pretty strange errors.
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+This mod is loosely based off of the (unmaintained) [factions mod made by Jonjeg](https://github.com/Jonjeg/factions).

init.lua

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 end
 
 minetest.register_chatcommand("factions", {
-	params = "create <faction>: "..S("Found a new faction").."\n"
+	params = "create <faction> <password>: "..S("Create a new faction").."\n"
 	.."list: "..S("List available factions").."\n"
 	.."info <faction>: "..S("See information on a faction").."\n"
-	.."join <faction>: "..S("Join an existing faction").."\n"
+	.."join <faction> <password>: "..S("Join an existing faction").."\n"
 	.."leave: "..S("Leave your faction").."\n"
 	.."kick <player>: "..S("Kick someone from your faction").."\n"
 	.."disband: "..S("Disband your faction").."\n"
 	.."passwd <password>: "..S("Change your faction's password").."\n"
-	.."chown <player>:"..S("Transfer ownership to someone else").."\n",
+	.."chown <player>:"..S("Transfer ownership of your faction").."\n",
 	
 	description = "",
 	privs = {},