1.4.0 - Performance & Cleanup Update

This release focuses on performance, stability, and simplifying the plugin configuration. Several experimental features were removed to make BetterMOTD cleaner, faster, and easier to maintain.

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⚡ Performance

• Cached MOTD frame rendering for frames without placeholders
• Optimized placeholder replacement with a single-pass renderer
• Reduced server list ping overhead and allocations
• Improved stability under high ping load

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🧹 Cleanup & Simplification

• Removed all whitelist-related features and configuration
• Removed hostname / virtual host routing
• Simplified MOTD rendering and profile selection logic
• Reduced internal complexity and removed unused code paths

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🖼 Icon Handling

• Default icon is always created and loaded
• Missing or invalid preset icons safely fall back to icons/default.png
• Improved handling of icon-related warnings

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⚙️ Configuration Changes (Breaking)

• Removed the following config sections:

  • whitelist
  • routing

• Configuration is now smaller, clearer, and easier to manage