⚡ ServerBooster

This release makes every module genuinely switchable, guarantees mob AI is always handed back to vanilla, and adds an in-game control menu. It resolves several issues reported by server owners.

New: in-game module menu

/sb gui opens a control panel listing every module with its live status and the config file that owns it.

Toggle any module on or off instantly — no /sb reload required

Toggle any module on or off instantly — no /sb reload required

Changes are written straight to that module's own config option, so the file stays the single source of truth

A Restore Vanilla Mob AI button, and a reload shortcut

Built to be tamper-proof: every click and drag inside the menu is denied, the panel holds nothing but decorative icons, permissions are re-checked on every click, and open menus are force-closed before the plugin unloads

New permissions: serverbooster.gui and serverbooster.restoreai (both default to op).

Fixed: modules could not actually be disabled

Reported: "there is no overall enable option in config_optimize_entities.yml, and config_entity_limiter.yml doesn't have a module disable either."

Both files were missing a master switch — and worse, the Entity Limiter and Entity Optimizer ignored that option entirely, so adding it by hand did nothing.

Added a master enabled option to config_optimize_entities.yml, config_entity_limiter.yml and chunks_optimizer.yml Those options are now actually honoured Every one of the ten modules now has exactly one clear switch — no duplicates, no ambiguity Three modules kept their event listeners attached when switched off at runtime, so they carried on working after being "disabled". Fixed. Fixed: mob AI stayed broken after removing the plugin

Reported: "when I remove the plugin the mob AI breaks, especially tamed pets. It only works again after reinstalling."

The frozen state is stored inside each entity's saved data, not just in memory, so any mob that was not explicitly restored stayed frozen forever. Mob AI is now returned to vanilla through several independent paths:

On a normal server stop, and before any chunk is written to disk The moment the module is switched off, across every world Automatically as chunks load, even while the module is disabled — so a disabled module converges on pure vanilla behaviour A one-time sweep at startup that reaches spawn chunks, which never reload on their own On demand via /sb restoreai or the menu button Pets are now protected by default. Tamed, leashed and sitting animals are never frozen (ignore.tamed, ignore.leashed, ignore.sitting).

No more conflicts with other plugins. Mobs that another plugin is deliberately holding without AI are never taken over, and ServerBooster only ever re-enables AI on mobs it froze itself. This also settles a long-standing overlap between the Entity Optimizer and the Villager Optimizer.

If you want entity optimization without ever touching mob AI, set disable-ai-for-untracked-entities: false.

▎ Before uninstalling: run /sb restoreai (or use the menu button). AI is restored automatically on a normal shutdown, but a hard crash followed by deleting the JAR leaves nothing behind to wake the mobs.

Fixed: Item Holograms bypassed Residence pickup rules

Reported: "even if item pickup is disabled within the residence, if two or more items merge into a stack they can be picked up regardless of the permission."

Merged stacks are handed to the player directly, and that was happening before region plugins had a chance to object. Pickup handling now runs after protection plugins, so a denial from Residence, WorldGuard, GriefPrevention, Towny or Lands is final. ServerBooster also no longer shortens a pickup delay another plugin has set.

Switching Item Holograms off now converts merged piles on the ground back into ordinary stacks, instead of leaving them readable as a single item.

Compatibility

Paper, Spigot and Purpur from 1.17 through 26.x Java 17+ Folia detection (the Entity Optimizer reports itself as unavailable there rather than failing quietly) Config comments are preserved when toggling from the menu — your documentation and customisations are left untouched The Web Dashboard remains EXPERIMENTAL Upgrading

Drop in the new JAR. The new options are added to your existing config files automatically, with the previous behaviour as the default.