📝 Changelog

✨ New Features:

• 🆕 WorldBorder System Features:

  • Two Border Shapes - Choose between square (rectangular) or round (circular) borders
  • Three Enforcement Modes:
  • INVISIBLE_WALL - Prevents players from crossing (default, recommended)
  • TELEPORT - Instantly teleports violators to spawn
  • DAMAGE - Applies continuous damage outside the border
  • Per-World Configuration - Each world can have its own unique border settings
  • Warning System - Players receive warnings when approaching the border
  • Chunk Pre-Generation - Fill command to generate all chunks within borders
  • Chunk Trimming - Trim command to delete all chunks outside the border, reducing world file size
  • Bypass Permission - Admins can cross borders freely with bypass permission
  • Added worldBorder.warningDistance to config.json. This value is used as the default warning distance for newly created borders when no --warning argument is specified. Set to 0 to disable proximity warnings globally. Default: 50.

  Commands:

  • /worldborder create square <minX> <maxX> <minZ> <maxZ> - Create rectangular border
  • /worldborder create round <radius> - Create circular border at your location
  • /worldborder remove - Remove border from current world
  • /worldborder info - Display border details
  • /worldborder list - List all configured borders
  • /worldborder fill - Pre-generate chunks within border
  • /worldborder fill cancel - Cancel ongoing fill operation
  • /worldborder trim - Preview chunks outside border for deletion
  • /worldborder trim confirm - Delete chunks outside the border
  • /worldborder trim cancel - Cancel ongoing trim operation

  ⚠️ EXPERIMENTAL WARNING:

  • /worldborder fill and /worldborder trim are experimental commands! These commands perform operations on chunks that could potentially cause world file corruption if something goes wrong.
  • ALWAYS CREATE BACKUPS of your worlds before using these commands!
  • trim confirm PERMANENTLY DELETES all chunks outside your world border — this operation cannot be undone except by restoring the world from a backup.
  • While no world destruction incidents have been reported, to be safe: Test first on a test world or with backups in place.

  Permissions:

  • essentialsplus.worldborder.create - Create and modify borders
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.remove - Remove borders
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.info - View border information
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.list - List all borders
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.fill - Use fill command
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.trim - Use trim command (delete chunks outside border)
  • essentialsplus.worldborder.bypass - Cross borders without restriction

  Aliases: /wb, /border, /eworldborder

  Configuration:

  • Borders are stored in worldborders.json
  • Each border has customizable damage amounts, intervals, and warning distances
  • Optional arguments allow mode, damage, interval, and warning configuration when creating borders

  Examples:

  /worldborder create square -1000 1000 -1000 1000
  /worldborder create round 5000 --mode=DAMAG
  /worldborder fill
  

• 🎭 Nickname System - Set custom nicknames with full color and formatting support

  • What's new: Players can now set custom nicknames that appear everywhere their name is shown
  • Commands added:
    • /nick <nickname> - Set your nickname with color codes and formatting
    • /nick <player> <nickname> - Set another player's nickname (requires permission)
    • /nick reset - Remove your nickname
    • /nick reset <player> - Remove another player's nickname (requires permission)
    • /realname [nickname] - Find the real username behind a nickname
  • Features:
    • Full color and formatting support (same as chat formatting - <red>, <gradient:...>, <rainbow>, etc.)
    • Configurable length limits (default: 3-16 characters)
    • Blacklist filtering
    • Optional prefix/suffix for all nicknames
  • Placeholders:
    • {player} - Now shows nickname if set, otherwise real name
    • {realname} - Always shows the real username
    • {nickname} - Shows formatted nickname with prefix/suffix
  • Configuration: See config.json → nickname section for all options

• 🔎 /realname as a standalone command — The /realname command has been restructured

  • /realname (no arguments) — Shows your own real username when you have a nickname active
  • /realname <nickname> — Look up the real username behind any nickname (requires separate permission essentialsplus.realname.lookup)
  • Permission change: Looking up other players' real names now requires essentialsplus.realname.lookup, separate from the self-use permission essentialsplus.realname

• 🌐 Offline player support — The following commands can now be used on players who are not currently online:

  • /mute <player> <time> [reason] — Mute an offline player; the mute takes effect immediately and the player is notified when they come back online
  • /unmute <player> — Remove a mute from an offline player
  • /tempban <player> <time> [reason] — Temporarily ban an offline player; they are automatically kicked if they happen to be online at the time
  • /ipban <player> [reason] — IP-ban an offline player using the last IP address they connected with
  • /ipinfo <player> — View the IP history of an offline player
  • /ignore <player> — Ignore an offline player
  • /money add <player> <amount> — Add money to an offline player's balance
  • /money remove <player> <amount> — Remove money from an offline player's balance
  • /money set <player> <amount> — Set an offline player's balance
  • /money view <player> — View an offline player's balance
  • /money send <player> <amount> — Send money to an offline player
  • /pay <player> <amount> — Pay an offline player

• 🛏️ Sleep Percentage System - Night can now be skipped when a configurable percentage of players are sleeping, instead of requiring everyone

  • How it works: When enough players are in bed, the world time automatically advances to morning — matching the same wake-up time as Hytale's native sleep system
  • Configuration: Add "sleep": { "enabled": false, "sleepPercentage": 75 } to your config.json to enable (disabled by default)
  • sleepPercentage: The percentage of online players that must be sleeping to trigger the night skip (default: 75%)
  • Respects game rules: The system only activates when native sleep conditions are met (correct time of day, game time not paused)

• ⏱️ Playtime Command - Track and display player playtime statistics

  • What it does: View detailed playtime information for yourself and other players
  • Commands:
    • /playtime - Display your own total playtime and current session time
    • /playtime [player] - View another player's playtime (works for online and offline players)
    • /playtime top [amount] - Show a ranked list of players by total playtime (default: 10, max: 50)
  • Features:
    • Shows current session time for online players
    • Top list shows server-wide playtime rankings
  • Permissions:
    • essentialsplus.playtime.self - View your own playtime
    • essentialsplus.playtime.other - View other players' playtime
    • essentialsplus.playtime.top - View playtime rankings
  • Aliases: /eplaytime, /pt - Use whichever you prefer!
  • Configuration: All commands support configurable warmup, cooldown, and pricing through the standard command interception system

• ⚡ Fly Speed Command - New /flyspeed command to adjust fly speed while fly mode is active

  • Set Speed - /flyspeed <speed> sets your fly speed (range 0.0–15.0)
  • Target Another Player - /flyspeed <speed> <player> lets admins change another player's fly speed
  • Reset - /flyspeed reset restores the default fly speed
  • Aliases: /eflyspeed, /fspeed

• 🔄 Chat Group Synchronization System - Added automatic synchronization between GroupSystem and Chat configuration

  • New Config Option: chat.syncWithGroupSystem (default: true for new installations, false for updates)
  • What it does: Automatically adds new groups from GroupSystem to chat configuration and removes groups that no longer exist
  • Important for existing servers: This feature is disabled by default when updating from older versions to preserve your existing chat configurations
  • How it works:
    • New groups are automatically added with generated chat formats based on their prefix/suffix from GroupSystem
    • Removed groups from GroupSystem are automatically removed from chat configuration
    • Existing chat formats are never modified - only new groups get default formats

🔐 New Permissions: