Added

• EzCountdown integration (optional soft-dependency):
  • RTP countdown display can now be delegated to EzCountdown for richer, configurable display channels.
  • Configurable display types per RTP world: ACTION_BAR, BOSS_BAR, TITLE, CHAT, SCOREBOARD, DIALOG.
  • Configurable MiniMessage format string with {formatted} placeholder for remaining time.
  • Each teleporting player receives an ephemeral, per-player countdown with permission-scoped visibility.
  • Falls back to the built-in bossbar/chat countdown automatically when EzCountdown is absent or ezcountdown.enabled: false.
  • New countdown.ezcountdown.* config section in rtp.yml (disabled by default).
• EzCountdown added as optional soft-dependency in plugin.yml.
• Factions RTP (TeamsAPI):
  • Added /rtp faction to open a claim-selection GUI from all TeamsAPI claims available to the player's team.
  • Added TeamsAPI subcommand integration for /f rtp via the TeamsAPI subcommand API (when provided by the installed TeamsAPI version).
  • Claim selection now sets the selected claim chunk as RTP center and then applies normal per-world RTP behavior/settings.
• New faction-gui.yml file for full claim-GUI configuration.
• Heatmap claim overlays (admin insight):
  • Added claim border overlay mode for /rtp heatmap and /rtp heatmap save via claims-overlay flag.
  • Added rtp.yml options under heatmap.claims-overlay.*:
    • enabled
    • style (border)
    • color
    • line-width
• Claim-constrained fake RTP simulation:
  • Added /rtp fake <amount> claims [world] to generate simulated points on faction claims owned by the executor’s team.

Changed

• TeamsAPI dependency bumped from 1.4.1 to 1.8.0.
• TeamsAPI /f rtp subcommand integration rewritten: replaced the reflection-based Proxy approach with a proper AbstractTeamsSubcommand subclass (requires TeamsAPI ≥ 1.8.0).
• TeamsAPI subcommand registration now uses an explicit isPluginEnabled("TeamsAPI") guard instead of relying on NoClassDefFoundError suppression.
• Faction claim GUI icons now attempt to use player skulls when claimant/owner identity is available, with configurable fallback material when unavailable.
• Added configurable title, size, claim item format/lore, skull toggle, and navigation slot/name settings for faction GUI pages.
• Update checker refactored to use mc-plugin-update-notifier with Modrinth as primary source and GitHub Releases as fallback source.

Fixed

• Heatmap enablement now resolves correctly for inherited/fallback world settings (heatmap.enabled) and no longer reads as disabled unexpectedly in world/GUI override paths.
• /rtp heatmap no longer hard-requires biome cache for non-biome heatmaps. Biome cache is only required for biome-filtered heatmap requests.
• Spigot startup compatibility fixed in update checking (JavaPlugin#getDescription().getVersion() used instead of Paper-only metadata calls).
• Message loading now supports both top-level keys and nested messages.* language-file layouts.
• Language file handling is now non-destructive: startup repair only targets clearly corrupted message files, with automatic backfill of missing message keys while preserving existing translations/customizations.

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