Changelog

1.1.4 — 04/04/2026

Added

• Track best-record placeholders by token: %boatracing_track_best_player_<track>%, %boatracing_track_best_time_<track>%, and %boatracing_track_best_time_ms_<track>% for per-track record labels in static scoreboards/holograms.
• Track top-3 placeholders by token (NEW 1.1.4): %boatracing_track_top_1_*_<track>%, %boatracing_track_top_2_*_<track>%, and %boatracing_track_top_3_*_<track>% (player, time, time_ms) for podium/leaderboard layouts per track.
• Snapshot channel for Paper 26.1 validation: introduced the first 26.1 snapshot build named snapshot-26.1-gui-fallback-01.
• Snapshot warning docs/badges: README now includes explicit WARNING snapshot and implementation/risk badges for this build stream.
• Configurable minimum racers to start: added racing.min-players-to-start as a global race-start threshold, with per-track override support via tracks/<name>.yml under racing.min-players-to-start.
• Localized minimum-player warning: added race.not-enough-players to bundled language files to report required/current participant counts when start is blocked.

Fixed

• Scoreboard tie-break by checkpoint arrival order: when racers are on the same lap and same checkpoint count, the one who reached that checkpoint first stays ahead. This avoids position swaps on equal checkpoint entry.
• Setup wizard open-registration fallback command: if no named track is selected yet, wizard Done now uses /boatracing race open unsaved instead of an invalid placeholder token (/boatracing race open <track>), preventing track not found <track>.
• Paper 26.1 Anvil close-event compatibility: added a custom AnvilGUI version-matcher path plus Wrapper26_R1_Fixed fallback implementation that probes compatible handleInventoryCloseEvent signatures and applies a safe close-container fallback when upstream signature assumptions fail.
• Race start gating consistency: start, force, admin race GUI start, and registration timeout auto-start now consistently enforce the configured minimum-player threshold before race launch.

Changed

• Project versioning for pre-release: project version moved to 1.1.4-26.1-SNAPSHOT in pom.xml.
• Stable tag status: stable 1.1.4 publication is postponed due to the Paper 26.1 GUI/Anvil compatibility issue; the planned 1.1.4 feature set is delivered in this snapshot channel.

Docs

• Minimum-player start docs: README/CHECKLIST now document racing.min-players-to-start, per-track override behavior, and validation expectations for blocked starts.
• Placeholder docs for 1.1.4: README placeholder table now marks %boatracing_track_best_*_<track>% and %boatracing_track_top_1..3_*_<track>% as NEW (1.1.4), and CHECKLIST includes explicit QA checks for these placeholders.

Known Issues

• GUI risk on evolving 26.1 builds: because this snapshot relies on reflective compatibility over unstable internals, some GUI/Anvil flows can still fail on certain Paper 26.1 dev builds or non-Paper forks.