🧪 ImprovedHoppers v1.1.0 — The Bottled Experience & Localization Update

A feature-rich update focused on XP storage & bottling, a localization overhaul, and lots of stability and integration improvements.

✨ Highlights

• Experience Storage & Bottling

  • Store hopper-generated XP and bottle it directly from the menu.
  • Supports partial withdrawals, per-XP bottle queues, and localized metadata/lore.
  • PRs: #924, #925, #927, #928, #929, #930, #931, #932, #933

• Localization Overhaul

  • New messages.yml and MessageService powering all menus, prompts, and command feedback.
  • Covers settings, filters, links, network views, stats, admin/trusted menus, holograms, and more.
  • PRs: #820–#852 (selected)

• Compatibility & Integrations

  • Guarded hologram hook when DecentHolograms isn’t present. (#806)
  • Runtime particle adapter and legacy-safe item metadata helpers. (#812, #809)
  • Graceful NamespacedKey handling on older servers. (#813, #814)
  • 1.21 shaped recipe category support. (#815)
  • Relaxed BentoBox startup gating. (#818)

• Performance & Stability

  • Coalesced async hopper node saves and prevented tasks from loading distant chunks. (#926, #934)
  • Reloads config before applying power settings. (#819)
  • Shared data directory migration for cleaner upgrades. (#807)

• UI/UX Tweaks

  • New main menu entrypoint for hoppers. (#919)
  • Back button in filter browser; Search moved above Simulate. (#923, #922)
  • Trimmed settings button from filter list where redundant. (#920)
  • Compatibility icons (e.g., Experience Bottle, End Crystal, Redstone Torch). (#921, #903, #904)

🔧 Additional Improvements & Fixes (selected)

• Refactors and helpers for sound/particle lookups across legacy runtimes. (#901, #911–#918)
• Safer fallbacks for GUIs, icons, dyes, panes, and comparator/stats visuals on older servers. (#878–#882, #879, #880)
• Misc. legacy guards (API availability, version detection) and cleanups. (#870, #877, #887, #883)

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