🚀 New Features & Gameplay Additions

• New Content & Ladders: * Added a brand new "Sword" kit/ladder (now configured to load by default).
  • Added 4 new death effects.
• Gameplay Mechanics:
  • Customizable Hearts: Implemented a hearts setting to enforce custom maximum health limits for ladders during fights.
  • Fractional Cooldowns: Changed all match cooldown settings to doubles to support precise fractional cooldowns.
  • Chat Isolation: Implemented dedicated chat isolation for players inside matches or FFA arenas.
  • Ender Pearl Improvements: Prevented ender pearls from being thrown if the cooldown is set to 0.0 at the start of a match, or if the match round is not yet live.
• Command Enhancements:
  • Added /practice reload argument to dynamically reload static configuration files.
  • Moved the hologram commands (/hologram) under the main /practice command as an argument and added a hologram teleport command.
  • Modified the extra items command logic to execute as the player rather than through the console.

🎨 UI, Visuals & Chat (MiniMessage & Hex Support)

• Text & Color Engine Upgrade: * Implemented full MiniMessage and Hex/Legacy color code support across GUIs, lobby items, group prefixes, and suffixes.
  • Fixed rendering bugs regarding italics and gradient text formats (<gradient:#hex>) in group prefixes.
• Nametags & Tablist:
  • Rewrote the nametag system to support TextDisplay with the MiniMessage format.
  • Enhanced PlayerLoadEvent handling to correctly re-apply lobby nametags upon player load and fixed nametag visibility issues when players are sneaking.
  • Refactored the tablist integration.
• GUI & Scoreboard Enhancements:
  • Added toggleable prefixes and suffixes directly within the Profile Settings GUI.
  • Updated the Ladder Settings GUI to support additional layout sizes, custom icon editing, and customized Sumo Rackets paths.
  • Updated the scoreboard library to version 2.7.4; fixed sidebar loading bugs during world changes, added a sidebar toggle configuration, and resolved issues with unfilled round symbols rendering incorrectly.

⚙️ Party & Match Management

• Custom Kits: Added custom kit support for Party matches and Brackets, ensuring layouts reset properly. Added a configuration option to preserve custom kits when a ladder is disabled.
• Party FFA: Added a center setting for Party FFA arenas along with corresponding updated commands.
• Lobby Interactions: Added an allow-lobby-interact configuration option to toggle player interactions in the lobby.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Block & Map Rollbacks: Fixed block registration/reset issues, door rollback failures, and implemented a new rollback mechanic featuring a configurable multiplier.
• Inventory Handling: * Completely refactored inventory handling logic.
  • Fixed off-hand inventory reset logic when teleporting back to the lobby.
  • Removed the inventory clearing triggers during player world teleports.
  • Fixed a bug preventing items from dropping properly on player death.
• GUI & Menu Patches: Fixed a slot selection issue, corrected parsing errors in the profile loader, fixed the destroyable blocks GUI moving exploit, and patched a bugged flying icon in the player settings menu.
• Leaderboards & Placeholders: Fixed sidebar/nametag group placeholders, repaired ladder icons text in queues, and corrected the ELO leaderboard display name to accurately show "Win Leaderboard".
• Duplication & Progression: Fixed a party chat message duplication bug and resolved issues with the practice EXP and clear ELO command arguments.
• Match Stability: * Fixed crystal blocking caused by spectators.
  • Fixed fire tracking issues and refactored arena copying mechanics.
  • Fixed a bug where players weren't properly removed from live matches on rejoin if they disconnected while a duel request was being accepted.

💻 Optimization, Refactoring & Backend

• Memory & Performance: Cleaned up metadata clearing methods and optimized the profile custom kit GUI loading system to significantly free up RAM.

• Thread Safety: Fixed a potential deadlock scenario and corrected an Array Index Out of Bounds error.

• Data & Config Persistence: * Refactored Profile handling.

  • Fixed profiles defaulting incorrect worldtime values and fixed leaderboard handling for offline players.
  • Ensured custom config keys are completely preserved on BoostedYAML version updates.
  • Shaded the MariaDB driver to prevent classpath conflicts with external plugins.

• Code Cleanliness: Removed all legacy telemetry logger references across multiple classes, simplified arena-side build limit checks, cleaned up player join/quit messaging, and fixed missing break statements within the PartySettingsGui switch logic.

• Dependencies & Compatibility: Added full compatibility support for Minecraft version 26.1 (up to 26.1.2) and updated the reusable GitHub Build workflows.

• changes to actionbar

• changes to actionbar

• changes to actionbar

• fixed actionbar logic to work with first join players as well

• changed all the cooldown settings in matches to double to support fractional cooldowns

• added toggleable prefix and suffix to profile settings gui

• fixed LadderCreateGui.java

• fixed parsing problem in profile loader

• changed slots

• added /practice reload arg to reload static files

• moved hologram command under practice as an argument

• added 4 new death effects

• updated scoreboard library

• completely refactored inventory handleing logic

• fixed prac exp command

• cleaned elo arg

• added 26.1 configuration

• changed extra inv item command logic

• fixed world change sidebar load bug. added toggle for sidebar in config

• fixed second hand inventory reset logic after tp back to lobby

• changed sidebar lib version to 2.7.4

• sidebar load fix

• Fix sidebar and nametag group placeholders and adds new new color formats to them (#449)

• Fixes mm and hex color format in guis and lobby items (#453)

• fixed destroyable blocks GUI moving issue

• refactor

• fixed GUI bugs and implemented suggestions

• fixed cooldowns persistent saving

• Fixes Italic in guis (#461)

• implemented new rollback mechanics with configurable multiplier

• Fixes ladder icons text in queue and leaderboard menu (#464)

• added support for player nametag placeholders

• fixed: changed elo to win leaderboard name

• Fixes gradient:#hex in group prefix (#468)

• Add files via upload

• Add files via upload

• Add files via upload

• Add files via upload

• Enhance PlayerLoadEvent handling for nametag

Refactor event registration to re-apply lobby nametag on player load.

• fixed party chat duplication bug

• fixed player item drop event on death

• removed inventory clear on player world teleport

• fixed fire tracking

• refactored arena copying

• changed drop inventory setting to a global setting accross all match types

• fixed nametag problem on player sneaking

• fixed door rollback

• changed version to 7.5.0-SNAPSHOT

• implemented chat isolation for match/FFA players

• fixed lobby interactions

• fix door rollback bug

• fixed player settings flying icon bug

• added brackets custom kit support also fixed brackets bugs

• fixed bug where layout didnt reset properly with ladders

• changed github files

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• Change (#488)

• change

• execute extra items commands as player instead of console (#493)

• added hologram teleport command

• fixed possible NPE

• feat add allow-lobby-interact config option (#509)

• feat(ladder): add hearts setting and enforce ladder max health in fights

• feat(arena): add party FFA center setting and update related commands

• feat(settings): update ladder settings GUI to support additional layout sizes

• Missing pearl configuration & Update dependencies (26.1.2 is supported now) (#526)

• Refactor tab integration (#527)

• fix: fix profile worldtime default value and handle offline players in leaderboards (#529)

• fix: add missing break statements in PartySettingsGui switch (#530)

• fix: not-won round symbols rendering as filled on scoreboard (#532)

• Prevent throwing ender peal if cooldown is 0.0 in the start of the match (#533)

• Fixes (#534)

• Fixes (#537)

• refactor: remove telemetry logger references from multiple classes

• refactor: simplify arena side build limit check and update player join/quit messages

• fixed possible deadlock

• Full MiniMessage support (#544)

• fix: sword ladder was not loading by default (#545)

• Fix sidebar (#547)

• fix: fix profile worldtime default value and handle offline players in leaderboards

• fix: resolve party chat permission error caused by missing break

• fix: not-won round symbols rendering as filled on scoreboard

• Prevent throwing ender peal if cooldown is 0.0 in the start of the match

• fix: shade MariaDB driver to prevent classpath conflict with other plugins

• fix: remove players from live match on rejoin if they disconnected during duel acceptance

• Refactor Profile

• Refactor Profile

• Fix for https://github.com/ZoneDevelopement/ZonePractice-Pro/issues/536

• Full MiniMessage support

• hex/legacy color code support

• add missing ladder

• Fix sidebar

• Fix sidebar (#548)

• Hearts are customizable now and UGLY text (#550)

• fix: correct typo in Sumo Rackets GUI item path

• refactor: add mini message display name methods for item meta and update usage

• refactor: update player head retrieval to use PlayerProfile for better compatibility

• feat: add configuration options for icon editing and custom kit preservation on ladder disable

• fix: prevent ender pearl usage when match round is not live and streamline cooldown handling

• chore: remove telemetry configuration options from config.yml

• Fix colors (#560)

• Fixes (#562)

• fix: preserve custom config keys on BoostedYAML version update + Refactor Code (#563)

• changed version to 7.6.0-SNAPSHOT

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Development Build Changes

🔧 Other Changes

• Remove telemetry configuration options from config.yml - by Nandor Dukat (32f9e3b)
• Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/ZoneDevelopement/ZonePractice-Pro into dev - by Nandor Dukat (c547426)
• Changed version to 7.6.0-SNAPSHOT - by Nandor Dukat (72da32d)

Development Build Changes

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Preserve custom config keys on BoostedYAML version update + Refactor Code (#563) - by MISHA (1d970c6)

Development Build Changes

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixes (#562) - by MISHA (23d5ea7)

Development Build Changes

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix colors (#560) - by MISHA (7ab2acf)