Axton's Emotes

Author: @axtonprice

Added support for Minecraft 1.20+ servers and created handling for custom emote configuration.

Changelog

• 🛠️ Fixed Spigot servers not actually being supported due to overlooked presence of Paper dependencies. #17
• 💡 Improved support and handling for Minecraft 1.20+ servers (tested on Spigot, Paper, and Purpur upto 1.21.10). #9
• 💡 Refactored Configuration.java startup and validation methods.
• ✨ Added automatic smart configuration file migration for plugin version upgrades. #26
• 💡 Overhauled emote command handling to use emotes.yml configuration-based executions. #11
• 🛠️ Fixed players always being able to see emotes in tab list menu, regardless of permissions. #22
• ✨ Added BStats.org anonymous metrics tracking (toggleable in config.yml). #25
• 💡 Moved command features from AxtonsEmotes.java to dedicated BaseCommands.java class.
• ✨ Added /ae toggledebug and /ae togglemetrics to toggle debug mode and BStats metrics tracking.
• ✨ Added /ae resetlang command to reset language files to plugin defaults.
• ✨ Added automatic version checking every 12 hours (if enabled in config.yml).
• 💡 Setup a private project on Crowdin to track translation progress & accuracy.
• 💡 Crowdin translation files have been moved into /lang/translations.
• 💡 Updated new translation keys across all language files.
• ✨ Added support for multiple new languages. View list.
• ✨ Added utility commands to permission group axtonsemotes.admin in config.yml.
• 💡 Removed the jumpscare feature (featured was not intended to remain long-term!)
• 💡 Plus many other code improvements and changes...

Credits 🎉

• CupOfSuoup for verifying Spanish translation keys in es.yml.
• Ashley for amending Polish translation keys in pl.yml.
• Mason for verifying German translation keys in de.yml.

💘 Thank you to those who've externally contributed!

What's Next? 🚧

• Add PlaceholderAPI support to emote messages. #15
• Emote particle and sound effect version-based ENUM validation. #16
• Refactoring MessageHandler methods and usages. #18
• Command cooldown for emote executions. #19
• Shared emote block distance radius limits. #20
• Configurable action bar messages in emote messages. #23
• Standardize debugging log output formatting. #27
• Reset emotes.yml configuration utility command. #35

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0