Spark Login

[2.0.0] - 2026-06-21

🎨 Major Features

Dialog UI Authentication

• Implemented graphical pre-join authentication using Paper's Dialog API
• Players now see beautiful dialog boxes for registration and login instead of chat commands
• Click-based authentication with button inputs
• Seamless integration with server join flow
• Full player lockdown until authentication completed
• Modern, user-friendly interface

AuthMe Migration System

• Added /sparklogin migrate authme command for one-click migration from AuthMeReloaded
• Supports SHA256 and BCRYPT hash types from AuthMe
• Automatic detection of AuthMe database backend (SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB)
• Reads AuthMe configuration from plugins/AuthMe/config.yml
• Preserves all player passwords - no resets required
• Auto-upgrade to BCrypt on first successful login after migration
• Creates backup before migration at plugins/SparkLogin/backups/pre-authme-migration-<timestamp>.db
• Progress tracking with action bar display
• Detailed migration logging at plugins/SparkLogin/logs/authme-migration.log
• Batch import for efficient processing
• Statistics summary after migration (imported, skipped, unsupported, failed)

⚡ Performance Optimizations

Account Caching

• Implemented high-performance account caching using Caffeine library
• Reduces database queries by caching frequently accessed accounts
• Configurable TTL (default: 5 minutes) and max size (default: 1000)
• Sliding expiration on cache reads
• Cache invalidation on account updates (save, update, delete)
• Configurable via cache.account-ttl-minutes and cache.max-size in config.yml

🎮 User Experience

Chat Messages

• Added chat messages after successful login: "Logged In. Enjoy!"
• Added chat messages after successful registration: "Successfully registered. Enjoy!"
• Enhanced user feedback for authentication events

Command Registration

• Registered /sparklogin migrate authme command in plugin.yml
• Updated tab completion for migrate command
• Added permission: sparklogin.admin

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed SHA256 password verification to match AuthMe's exact implementation
• Resolved issues with AuthMe hash type detection
• Fixed cache invalidation on account updates

🔄 Breaking Changes

• Plugin version updated to 2.0.0
• Database schema migration required (automatic on first run)
• Existing accounts will have hash_type set to BCRYPT by default

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