So I'm trying to use a plugin which uses libraries that isn't a plugin so it really can't be loaded with the main Java thing so how would I load them as a valid dependency? I have a libs folder in my IDE with all the needed libs in there but I just need to know how to use them. If anyone can help that would be great.
Not sure if I understand your issue. Are you having trouble at runtime or compile time? The libraries need to be packaged into the plugin's jar to be availabe at runtime.
Use Maven to shade the libraries into your plugin. http://wiki.bukkit.org/Using_External_Libraries_with_Plugins
Both, when I run the plugin it won't accept the external jar inside the plugin. Shading with Eclipse is nearly impossible and IntelliJ sucks Doesn't really help with what I need I'm trying to add BoneCP into my plugin and it's failing:
Woah, r00d. All jokes aside though, you should include the resources inside the jar, not the jar file itself. This should be an option about every decent IDE has (but as I am not an Eclipse user, I can't find it for you, sorry ). Probably hidden somewhere in the build config.
You included the jar -- not the extracted jar Show us what the plugin looks like in jd-gui / WinRAR/ZIP
