Jvips — VIP Virtual Chest

New Feature: Virtual Chest (/vips chest)

A persistent, permission-based virtual chest that works like a native Hytale container. VIP players can securely store items in a personal chest that survives server restarts, world changes, and even VIP expiration.

How It Works

• Open your chest — Run /vips chest to open a GUI identical to a regular Hytale chest.
• Drag & drop — Move items between your inventory and the virtual chest just like any other container.
• Auto-save — Items are saved automatically when you close the chest.

Permission-Based Capacity

Chest size is controlled by the jvips.chest.<slots> permission. The system automatically detects the highest permission the player has.

Smart Downgrade Handling

When a player's VIP tier is reduced (fewer chest slots), excess items are automatically dropped at the player's feet the next time they open the chest. Items are never silently deleted.

• Items within the allowed slot range remain in the chest.
• Items beyond the new limit are spawned as dropped items in the world.
• The JSON storage is only updated after a successful drop, so items are never lost.

Persistence

• All chest data is stored in data/vipschest.json with atomic writes (write to .tmp, then move) to prevent corruption.
• Item metadata, durability, and quantity are fully preserved.
• Chest data persists independently of VIP status — if a player's VIP expires and is later renewed, their stored items are still there.

Technical Details

• Native Hytale container GUI via Window + ItemContainerWindow interface.
• Item drops use the ECS pipeline: ItemComponent.generateItemDrops() → Store.addEntity() with AddReason.SPAWN.
• No reflection, no workarounds — built entirely on the official Hytale Server SDK.

Commands

Messages

New message keys added to all language files (en_US, pt_BR, es_ES):

• chest.noPermission — Player has no chest permission
• chest.opened — Chest opened successfully
• error.chestUnavailable — Chest system unavailable