plugins only function when the server is running, you can't expect a plugin to do something when the server is not booted :D
use Ark Server Manager for auto updates, or batch scripts or something along the lines of those
nope, I never had that crash and I ran tebex since like forever
https://pastebin.com/cqhVgv61
^^ here are all my plugins and I've yet to have any crash related issues.
https://pastebin.com/anSWnFmt
here are all of the plugins i run and I've had none to minimal issues, plugins are really lightweight most of the time so the chance of it lagging or something is pretty low (considering the developer knows what he's doing :D)
1. dont think there is a way to do that with vanilla ArkShop (you can only change how many points they get per a certain amount of time)
2.probably some custom plugin or some other automated system
3.use MySQL to share groups, or use SQLite with a shared DB path (please note this can cause...