HeadBlocks v2.8.6

What's New

✨ New Features

• Added /hb debug resync commands for database/locations synchronization
  • resync database: removes heads from database not present in locations.yml
  • resync locations: restores head blocks in the world from locations.yml
  • Supports --force flag to override safety checks
  • Multi-server detection with safety warnings
• Replaced default database connection handler by HikariCP connection pooling for MySQL and SQLite
  • Added configurable pool settings (maxConnections, minIdleConnections, connectionTimeout, idleTimeout, maxLifetime)

🚀 Improvements

• The /hb removeall command now runs asynchronously to avoid server freezes on large head counts
• Enhanced head visibility handling logic and optimized caching by introducing chunk-based tracking
• Updated to Minecraft 1.21.11

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed command parsing in RewardService to skip blank commands and added safety checks for empty command lists
• Fixed deprecated Particle enum usage for 1.21+ compatibility

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HeadBlocks v2.8.2

Thank you for using HeadBlocks ❤️

If you find a bug or have a question, don't hesitate to :

• open an issue in Github
• or in the Discord
• or in the discussion

What's New

✨ New Features

• Hide Found Heads: Added an option to visually hide heads already discovered by players (requires PacketEvents)
• Rewards Interface: New GUI to manage and view configured rewards for each head
• Per-Head Reset: Ability to reset a player's progress for a specific head via /reset and /resetall commands

🚀 Improvements

• Cache Optimization: Complete overhaul of the caching system for Redis and Memory, including player, leaderboard, and heads caches
• Redis Performance: Replaced lists with sets for storing player heads, simplifying operations and improving performance
• Hologram Management: Overhauled hologram system with placeholder support. Removed support for CMI/FancyHolograms & DecentHolograms, replaced by "Advanced hologram" type
• Asynchronous Particles: Optimized particle spawning using Bukkit scheduler to reduce server load

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error Handling: Fixed error spam on startup when there's an issue loading the database.

🔧 Technical

• Dependency Removal: Removed unnecessary dependencies to simplify plugin compilation.
• Dependency Management: Centralized dependency versions using Gradle catalog (libs.versions.toml)
• Project Structure: Simplified Gradle structure by removing unnecessary core module
• Console logging: Improved logging in console using native server logger.

• Added hint system in /hb options, added mechanics to define a Sound or an ActionBarMessage (with direction!) on each head to help your players to find heads more easily (can be configured in config.yml, inactive by default)
• Added protection against explosions (can be turn on/off in config.yml)
• Fixed center message when PlaceholderAPI plugin is active
• Improved performance with GetHeads() and PreparedStatement

If you find a bug, don't hesitate to report it at Github or in the discord!

Thanks to use my plugin!

• Added compatibility with 1.21.6 and 1.21.7
• Added %headblocks_leaderboard_position% placeholder to get the number of player position in highscore
• Fixed exception when loading a HeadDatabase head which does not exist

If you find a bug, don't hesitate to report it at Github or in the discord!

Thanks to use my plugin!

• Added compatibility with 1.21.5,
• Updated sound compatibility with latest MC releases,
• Added random on TieredRewards,
• Fixed SQL export command that generated an incorrect SQL query when inserting the player table.

If you find a bug, don't hesitate to report it at Github, in the discord!

Thanks to use my plugin!