Changelog

v1.2.0 - Waypoints, Radar & Shared Map

New Features

• Waypoint System: Added a full UI menu to manage locations.

• Management: Add waypoints at your current position, remove them, or update them with custom names and colors.

• Sharing: Share waypoints with other players.

• Teleport: Teleport directly to saved waypoints (requires permission).

• Shared Exploration: Added a "Linked Map" feature. When enabled, all players share the same exploration data, allowing you to see areas discovered by others in real-time.

• Compass Radar: Players can now see other players on their compass.

• This is enabled by default but can be toggled or restricted by a range.

• Location Overlay: Added an on-screen UI displaying player coordinates and info.

• Global: Admins can set the server default using /bm config location.

• Personal: Players can toggle their own display via /bm location (settings are now persistent per player).

• World Management: Added capability to whitelist specific worlds for the mod to activate.

• Fix: Solves issues with hosting providers (like Apex) where default world names change. Use /bm config track to add the current world to the whitelist.

• Crash Protection (Auto-Save): The server now auto-saves explored areas periodically (default every 5 minutes) to prevent data loss in the event of a crash.

Configuration Updates

• Chunk Loading Control: Admins can now manually change the number of visible chunks via /bm config maxchunk.

• Limit: This cannot exceed the recommended limits based on quality settings (High: 3,000 | Medium: 10,000 | Low: 30,000).

• Player Visibility: Added option to hide player cursors on the map via /bm config hideplayers.

• Personal Persistence: Player-specific settings (like Min/Max scale and Location UI) are now saved in a dedicated player config file.

Updated Config File (config.json)

{
  "explorationRadius": 16,
  "updateRateMs": 500,
  "mapQuality": "MEDIUM",
  "minScale": 10.0,
  "maxScale": 256.0,
  "debug": false,
  "locationEnabled": true,
  "shareAllExploration": false,
  "maxChunksToLoad": 10000,
  "radarEnabled": true,
  "radarRange": -1,
  "hidePlayersOnMap": false,
  "autoSaveInterval": 5,
  "allowedWorlds": [
    "default",
    "world"
  ]
}

Commands & Permissions Permissions have been restructured. You can either do /op add <player> to give full access or assign specific permissions as needed using /perm group add Adventure <permission>.

• Basic User Permission: dev.ninesliced.bettermap.command.base

• Allows access to the main command, personal settings, and waypoint creation.

• /bettermap (or /bm) - Main command.

• /bm waypoint (or /bm menu) - Opens Waypoint UI.

• /bm location - Toggles personal coordinate display.

• /bm min <value> & /bm max <value> - Sets personal zoom levels.

• Teleport Permission: dev.ninesliced.bettermap.command.base.teleport

• Allows teleporting to waypoints via the UI.

• Admin/Config Permission: dev.ninesliced.bettermap.command.base.config

• Allows access to all server-wide configuration commands.

• /bm config radar <range> - Toggle radar/set range.

• /bm config hideplayers - Hide player cursors on map.

• /bm config location - Toggle server default location UI.

• /bm config track / untrack - Add/Remove current world from whitelist.

• /bm config maxchunk <number> - Set max loaded chunks.

• /bm config shareallexploration - Toggle linked maps.

• /bm config autosave <minutes> - Set auto-save interval.

Credits

• Mod created by Paralaxe and Theobosse (Team Ninesliced).