Author: @axtonprice

Changelog

• ✨ Migrated project wiki to MkDocs page.
• ✨ Implemented automatic emote migration system. #40
• ✨ Implemented toggleable actionbar option for emote messages. #23
• 💡 Refactored default emote.yml configuration structure. View new configuration guide.
• 💡 Added migration guide page to documentation. See the docs.
• 💡 Improved documentation layout and readability.
• 🏳️ Language support for Czech (cs) via Crowdin.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0

Author: @axtonprice

Changelog

• 🛠️ Fixed PlayerData.java class overwriting storage files rather than appending. #39
• ✨ Added /ae resetemotes utility command to reset emotes.yml configuration file to plugin defaults. #35
• ✨ Added configurable minimum player distance limits for shared emote commands (configure in config.yml). #20
• ✨ Added configurable emote cooldown time in seconds (configure in config.yml). #19
• ✨ Updated all language key translations via Crowdin.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1

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

Author: @axtonprice

The most advanced version yet. Featuring customisable language support, improved debugging, automatic version checking & migration, and new emote list commands.

• Added GitHub Development Branch dev
• Permissions Fix v2: Emote command permissions are now granted to non-ops by default.
• Enhancements:
  • Improved project-wide documentation.
  • Added listenerCount and configsCount variables to the plugin's onEnable message.
  • Added configurable messages and effects for plugin commands in commands.yml.
• Language Support: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/issues/4
  • Added plugin-wide support for default and custom language files, configurable in config.yml.
  • Added default language options: en (English), fr (French), es (Spanish), it (Italian), ru (Russian).
• Command Handling:
  • Refactored command registration and execution handling.
  • Added custom command executors and handlers.
• New Commands:
  • Added /guardianscare jumpscare command.
  • Added /ae version command to check the plugin version.
  • Added implementation of /emotes, /expressions, and /jumpscares. https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/issues/1
• Version Checking:
  • Added automatic version checking on plugin startup and player join events. https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/issues/2
  • Added compatibility for development builds.
  • Added automatic configuration migration when the plugin is updated. https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/issues/3
• Debugging:
  • Created debugging class and methods for logging information for troubleshooting.
  • Added debug-mode configuration options to config.yml.
    • Added enabled option to toggle debugging.
    • Added log-to-file option to toggle writing debug logs to a file.
    • Added debug-log option to specify a file to log to.

Bukkit-v1.4.0-1.21 by @axtonprice in https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/pull/6

Full Changelog: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0

v1.3 Release

Author @axtonprice

• Refactored shared emotes and expression commands:
  • Added custom command handlers.
  • Improved validation procedures.
• Added /bog jumpscare command.
• Fixed permission handling not working due to malformed permission nodes.
• Added missing permission handling to reload command.
• Added plugin command registry to it's own method.
• Added command re-registry on plugin reload.
• Added command registry command counter reset method.
• Added documentation to all important methods.
• Added ability to enable/disable commands via configuration.
• Merged /sulk command with /cry as alias.
• And more...

Full Changelog: https://github.com/axtonprice/axtons-emotes/compare/v1.2...v1.3