📦 DeliveryDrones — Changelog & Feature Overview

🆕 New in Version 1.0.1 (Current Update)

This update focuses on precision landing mechanics, safer player-following behaviors, and robust configuration options to ensure your drones never get stuck or lost.

Category	Feature / Change	Description
Landing	Pre-Landing Safety Check	Drones now scan for a valid, safe landing point on the ground instead of hovering awkwardly mid-air.
Landing	Precision Notifications	Status updates now display the exact <distance> in meters from you to the drone, replacing the old generic delivery radius.
Follow	Airborne-Follow	Drones will perform an airborne-follow routine before attempting to land (triggered by large falls, controlled via airborne-follow-min-height).
Follow	Instant Ground Relocate	If a player makes sudden ground contact while gliding (Elytra + Airborne), the drone instantly relocates to them (limited to once per delivery).
Config	New Options	Added follow-airborne-player-before-landing and airborne-follow-min-height to the configuration file.
Docs	Project Cleanup	Fully updated the README and Roadmap to match the 1.0.1 specification.

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✅ Core Features (Added since 1.0.0)

If you are upgrading from an older beta or missed the 1.0.0 documentation, here is a breakdown of the powerful systems permanently integrated into the plugin:

🌍 World & Performance

• Cross-Dimension Flight: Drones seamlessly travel across dimensions, delivering items between the Overworld, the Nether, and the End.
• Performance Optimizer: Built-in throttling and particle-culling engines ensure zero server lag, even during high-density deliveries.
• Drone Persistence (drones.yml): Active drones are saved automatically. If the server restarts or crashes, your drones resume their tasks upon startup.

⚙️ Mechanics & Automation

• Elytra-Follow (follow-gliding-player): Drones dynamically track and chase players actively gliding with Elytra wings.
• Container Auto-Unload: When a drone lands on a designated "Socket," it automatically unloads its inventory into chests or hoppers directly beneath it.
• Collection Animation: A smooth, custom visual effect triggers the moment a player collects a drone.

🔒 Administration & Control

• Fine-Granular Permissions: Take absolute control over who uses the system with specific nodes like drone.send.players, drone.socket.place, and more.
• Feature Toggles: Easily enable or disable entire gameplay loops using players-enabled and sockets-enabled switches.
• The /drone locate Command: Lost a drone? Run this command to generate a distinct particle trail leading directly to your landed drone (requires drone.locate).
• Localization Support: Hardcoded messages are gone. The plugin natively supports multiple languages via languages/*.yml (de, en, es, fr, ru, zh).****