BetterPets-Paper

Better Pets v1.6.0 — localization, a nicer look, quality-of-life and fixes.

📦 Download BetterPets-1.6.0.jar below and drop it into your server's plugins/ folder. Requires Paper 26.1.2, Java 21. Optional: LuckPerms, BetterModel.

🌍 Localization — English / Deutsch / Polski

• Text lives in plugins/BetterPets/lang/<code>.yml. Choose one with language: in config.yml, or switch live with /pets language <en|de|pl>.
• Upgrade-safe: new keys are merged into your language files on start, so custom text survives updates. A legacy messages: block is migrated automatically.
• Messages use MiniMessage (<gradient:#a:#b>, <bold>, colours); placeholder values are escaped (injection-safe).

🎨 Nicer look

• Gradient GUI titles and [BetterPets] broadcast prefix.
• Prettier level-up, Phoenix, booster, convert and mute messages.
• config.yml reorganized into numbered, documented sections.

🙂 Quality of life

• Convert To Item now confirms and preserves the pet's level and in-level XP.
• /pets mute — hide discovery/booster broadcasts (text + sound) for yourself; persists across relogs.
• Middle-click a pet in Spawn Chances (or the XP Multiplier) to type an exact value in chat.

🛠️ Fixes & performance

• Phoenix revive no longer fires on a hit fully soaked by absorption hearts.
• Experience-orb XP is no longer double-counted toward pets.
• Auto-updater is config-driven and opt-in (update.repo / update.enabled).
• Coalesced saves, cached XP multiplier, configurable Penguin scan interval, debug-logging off by default.

🔒 Permissions

• The XP Multiplier control and /pets drop menu now require betterpets.admin (was betterpets.chances).

🧑‍💻 Under the hood

• Per-pet data/behaviour moved into a PetAbilities registry; menu holders and the updater split out of the main class. Added a dependency-free test suite.

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🤖 Release prepared with Claude Code