Kothar

Performance

• Hardcoded display update interval to 20 ticks (1 second) for consistent performance, removed display-update-ticks from config.yml

Removals

• Complete removal of economy system including commands: /kothar shop, /kothar rank, /kothar coins, /kothar eco, /kothar balance, /kothar pay
• Removed economy reward/loss logic from kills, deaths, captures, and wins
• Removed economy-related language entries from English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian translations
• Removed text-based leaderboard output
• Removed Top Coins category from leaderboard GUI
• Removed kothar.admin.eco permission
• Removed kothar.admin.list from admin permission children

New Features

• /kothar list now displays center X and Z coordinates of each KOTH zone
• Added {coords} placeholder to list format
• /kothar help now filters displayed commands based on user permissions (admins see all, users see only permitted commands)

Improvements

• /kothar top now always opens GUI menu instead of text output
• Changed /kothar list permission from kothar.admin.list to kothar.list (default: true, all players)
• Added kothar.playtime permission (default: true, all players)
• kothar.top permission remains default true

Fixes

• Fixed "no player data" display issue in leaderboard GUI

Performance

• Reduced zone selection particle load (slower update task + lower particle density) to help FPS during zone editing/near KOTH
• Reduced server load by optimizing scoreboard and bossbar update frequency

Improvements

• Added FastStats metrics support
• Added a configurable display update speed option to improve performance

Fixes

• Fixed /kothar start showing the wrong “Next KOTH” countdown
• Fixed “Next KOTH” hologram not being removed when deleting a KOTH
• Fixed players being able to take items from the /kothar shop GUI
• Fixed Shift+Left/Shift+Right click not working in the KOTH editor GUI
• Fixed /kothar update download issues and improved cleanup of older plugin jars

Gameplay / Performance

• Reduced KOTH hologram update frequency to once per second to lower FPS drops near the KOTH.

Visual

• Fixed black background showing on holograms for:   - KOTH hologram   - Next KOTH hologram

Improvements

• Next KOTH hologram now spawns only after confirming the selection with /kothar select (after both corners are selected)
• Next KOTH hologram positioning is now correctly centered for odd-sized selections (e.g. 3x3)

New Features

• Economies loaded from /economies/*.yml (includes default coins and xp)
• Persistent balances stored in the database via economy_balances (uuid, economy, balance)
• Admin economy management: /kothar eco <give|take|set|balance>
• Cancellable economy balance change event (for plugins/hooks to react to or block changes)
• Kill/death/win/capture-tick rewards can target any configurable economyId
• Configurable Top GUI for wins, captures, coins, and XP
• Reward commands now accept both %player% and {player} placeholders
• Configurable per-KOTH setting capture.disable-player-glow-in-zone to force remove glow from players while inside the KOTH zone during active games
• Auto-refreshing countdown hologram that updates every second without requiring /kothar reload
• Visual countdown display for manual starts: shows 60 second timer on Next KOTH hologram even while a KOTH is active after using /kothar start

Improvements

• Chat messages auto-apply the Kothar prefix while GUI messages remain unprefixed
• Paper 1.21+ compatibility updates for chat events, displays, and scoreboard objectives
• Safer offline player resolution in admin commands
• KOTH cleanup no longer globally disables glow for all online players, preventing interference with other plugins that use glow effects
• "You gained/lost" messages are now dynamic based on the configured economy (name/symbol)
• Clarified help text across all languages (EN/ES/FR/PT/RU): /kothar balance now described as player economy view, /kothar coins as admin coin management, /kothar eco as admin management for any economy
• Corrected wand hint message in all languages: changed incorrect /koth claim {koth} reference to proper /kothar select {koth} command
• Streamlined Next KOTH hologram display: removed redundant label line to show only countdown, adjusted vertical positioning (+0.8 offset) to reduce visual overlap
• Improved hologram task lifecycle: Next KOTH countdown tasks now properly start and stop on plugin enable, disable, and reload events
• Fixed scoreboard title color processing: color codes like &c&lKothar now render correctly instead of displaying raw codes
• Enhanced scoreboard number hiding with dual fallback strategy: primary method uses NumberFormat.blank() with RenderType.HEARTS as fallback when unavailable

Bug Fixes

• Null-safe inventory click handling across menus
• Give command no longer fails due to unreplaced placeholders
• Fixed collateral effects where ending a KOTH would remove glow from players who had it from other mechanics/plugins
• Eliminated runtime "Missing key" errors for next-koth hologram by correcting message path references to gui.hologram.next-koth.* format
• Resolved scoreboard persistence issue: ensures complete removal and restoration for all players when a KOTH ends instead of sticking indefinitely
• Strengthened inventory protection across all GUI menus: prevents item manipulation via shift-clicks, number keys, double-clicks, hotbar swaps, and drop actions for OP and regular players alike
• Fixed duplicate hologram spawning: zone configuration now defers main hologram creation and maintains Next KOTH as the active display to prevent immediate double hologram appearance

New Features

• Added support for capper potion effect durations using EFFECT:LEVEL:DURATION_SECONDS in capture.capper-effects.effects.
• Effects without duration specified continue to apply indefinitely while capturing (backwards compatible)

Improvements

• Optimized capper effects parsing by caching parsed potion effect definitions to avoid repeated string splitting and lookups on every capture tick
• Improved update checker URL construction for GitHub API requests

Bug Fixes

• Improved capper effects parsing robustness (safe integer parsing for level/duration, ignoring invalid entries instead of failing).
• Fixed "Failed to check for updates. GitHub API returned 404" error when running /kothar update caused by duplicated /releases/latest in the API URL