================================================================================ PhantomTab v1.2.0 - CHANGELOG Animated tab list + ping display for Minecraft servers Made by PhantomDevelopment

FILE : PhantomTab-1.2.0.jar SUPPORTS : Minecraft 1.16.5 -> 26.3 (and newer) Paper, Purpur, Pufferfish, Folia-style forks and plain Spigot JAVA : 17 or newer API : api-version 1.16 (the server decides what it can do) CONFIG : plugins/PhantomTab/config.yml (config-version 3) DESIGNS : neon / royal / minimal / aurora / halloween / custom

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v1.2.0 - ONE JAR, EVERY VERSION

SUPPORTS EVERY SERVER FROM 1.16.5 TO 26.3

• Same jar on 1.16.5, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 26.x - no per-version builds
• Works on Paper, Purpur, Pufferfish, Airplane-style forks AND plain Spigot
• Everything is detected at runtime, nothing is hard-coded to one MC version

HOW IT WORKS NOW

• PhantomTab no longer needs Paper's Adventure/MiniMessage libraries. It ships its own tiny text engine that turns , <#rrggbb>, , & codes and § codes into a legacy string every version understands.
• Tab list is sent through Player#setPlayerListHeaderFooter(String, String), which has existed since 1.8 and still exists on 26.3 - so no API breakage.
• Ping: Player#getPing() where it exists (1.17+), otherwise read from the server internals, otherwise shown as 0 instead of throwing.
• TPS/MSPT: Paper's numbers where available, measured locally on plain Spigot so %tps% / %tps_bar% / %mspt% still work everywhere.
• Player list ordering only runs when the server supports it (silently skipped on old versions - sorting is cosmetic).
• Colours are downgraded automatically: RGB hex on 1.16+, nearest of the classic 16 colours on anything older.
• Java target lowered to 17 so older hosts can run it.

STILL EXACTLY THE SAME

• 6 designs, inline effect tags, 60+ placeholders, join flash, announcements, staff/world layouts, /ptab preview, aligned ping column
• No auto-updater, no bStats, no external connections
• Startup banner and /ptab info now also print the detected version, e.g. "Running on Paper 1.20.6 | colours: RGB | API: 1.16"

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v1.1.0 - DESIGN SYSTEM + MORE ANIMATION

• 5 finished designs (neon / royal / minimal / aurora / halloween) + custom
• Inline effect tags: [anim:..] [✨] [wave] [shimmer] [scroll] [type]
• New placeholders: %title_% %arrow% %divider*% %ram_bar% %players_bar% %day_bar% %ingame_time% %weather% %motif% %day%
• Per-design palettes, per-design player rows, low-end-mode, config-version 3

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v1.0.0 - FIRST RELEASE

• Animated header/footer, ping display, layouts, announcements, join flash, PlaceholderAPI support, full command + permission set

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INSTALL / UPGRADE

1. Put PhantomTab-1.2.0.jar in plugins/ (delete any older PhantomTab jar)
2. Start the server - your config.yml is kept, an incompatible one is backed up
3. Set settings.active-design to the look you want
4. Set your server name / store link
5. /ptab reload then /ptab preview

Java 17+ is required. On 1.16.5 use Java 17; on 1.17-1.20.4 Java 17 or 21; on 1.20.5+ / 26.x Java 21 or newer (whatever that server itself requires).

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TESTED

• Compiled against BOTH ends of the range:
  • Paper 26.3 build 231 API
  • Spigot 1.16.5 API (mvn -Plegacy-api-check) - zero compatibility errors
• Paper 26.3 build 231: plugin enables, banner reports "Paper 26.3, RGB", /ptab info and /ptab reload verified
• Paper 1.20.6 build 151: plugin enables and both commands work
• 24 automated tests green (text engine, version detection, designs, layouts, placeholders, ping, join flash, config recovery, performance)

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Made by PhantomDevelopment