Christmas Season
- By
Lightweight Christmas event plugin for Paper and Spigot 1.21 with biome snow, global snowstorms, decoration drops, gifts, elves and snowmen, controlled via the /xmas command, requires Java 21.
christmas-season-1.4.0.jar
- Uploader
BoondockSulfur
What's new
## [1.4.0] - 2025-12-12
### Fixed
- **CRITICAL: Fixed biome restoration corruption** - Biomes are now correctly restored after `/xmas off`
- Changed biome serialization from ordinal-based (unstable) to name-based (stable)
- Fixes issue where biomes were completely scrambled (e.g., JUNGLE became BIRCH_FOREST, OCEAN became FROZEN_PEAKS)
- Old snapshots using ordinal format are still supported for backwards compatibility
- **Database format updated:** New snapshots use magic byte `0x3E` (name-based), old format `0x3D` (ordinal-based) still readable
- **Fixed Y-level misalignment in biome restoration**
- Restore now uses the correct `yStep` value from the snapshot instead of config
- Prevents biomes from being restored at wrong vertical positions
### Added
- Extensive debug logging for biome snapshot/restore operations
- Shows which biomes are stored in snapshots
- Shows which biomes are restored from snapshots
- Helps diagnose biome-related issues
### Technical Details
- Biome storage format changed from `ordinal()` (2 bytes) to `name()` (length-prefixed UTF-8 string)
- Rationale: `Biome.values()` order is not guaranteed to be stable across server restarts/reloads
- New format ensures biome names like "JUNGLE", "OCEAN" are stored exactly as they are
- Database automatically migrates old snapshots when loading
This mod has no additional files