Changelog: Live Bidding (v1.6.0 ➔ v1.7.0)

🌟 Overview

Between version 1.6.0 (initial release on Modrinth) and 1.7.0, major streaming additions were introduced — including the Live Show suite, Overtime extensions, Auction Playlists, and Stream Summaries — alongside hardened spoof protection, server payment calibration, and a substantial performance boost through texture caching.

🚀 Version 1.7.0

★ Live Show & Stream Excitement (/bidding show / star icon)

• Overtime on late bids (optional: Off · 10 · 15 · 20 · 30 s):
  • If someone takes the lead during the closing seconds, the countdown automatically resets to the configured overtime window.
  • Displays "OVERTIME · X s left" across the HUD, Live Menu, and OBS overlay.
  • The strict countdown cutoff at 00:00 remains the default.
• Countdown Show (Auction climax):
  • Visual and audio countdown with a bell toll at 10, 5, and 2 seconds: "GOING ONCE! · GOING TWICE! · LAST CALL!" (triggered once a high bid is placed).
  • Prominently displayed in the HUD, Live Menu, and OBS overlay.
• Auction Playlist (/bidding playlist start or Setup → ▶▶ Playlist):
  • Automatically cycles through all prepared auction slots one after another.
  • Configurable intermission (default 1:30 min) for winner celebrations, item handovers, or casino games.
  • The HUD and OBS overlay display "Next auction in 0:45" alongside the upcoming item icon.
  • Can be paused, skipped to the next item immediately, or cancelled at any time without sending chat messages.
• Stream Summary (/bidding summary):
  • Full breakdown of session revenue, auction count, total bids, unique bidders, top sale, top supporters, and itemized sales.
  • Show on stream: Displays a full-screen summary card on the OBS overlay for 30 seconds.
  • Copy: Copies the formatted summary directly to your clipboard (ready to paste into Discord).

⚡ Performance & Engine Optimization

• Massive CPU draw time reduction per frame:
  • Live Menu: 6,068 µs ➔ 359 µs (cost per frame reduced from 7.9 ms to 0.9 ms; test rig went from ~100 to 320 FPS).
  • HUD "Board": 537 µs ➔ 164 µs
  • HUD "Wide": 449 µs ➔ 98 µs
  • HUD "Tall": 484 µs ➔ 107 µs
  • Setup Screen: 2,189 µs ➔ 307 µs
  • Settings: 683 µs ➔ 131 µs
• Texture Caching:
  • Panels, borders, glows, circles, and gradients are now precomputed and cached as single textures rather than rendered from hundreds of tiny individual rectangles every frame.

🎨 Visual & UI Enhancements

• Smooth anti-aliased circles, ranks, and medals.
• Softer color gradients and gentle ambient light spot beneath the podium.
• Drop shadow under the HUD elements for crisp contrast against bright skyboxes and terrain.

📡 OBS & Web Overlay

• Zero-latency real-time updates: The browser overlay maintains a persistent connection with the game to reflect new bids instantaneously (replacing the previous 250 ms polling cycle).
• Legacy browser sources can still force polling mode using .../overlay?poll=1.

🔌 Add-on API

• Integration points for add-ons (such as Live Bidding: Casino 1.3.0):
  • Register custom sections in the Stream Summary.
  • Trigger immediate overlay refreshes.
  • Query the scheduled start time of the next playlist auction.

🛡️ Version 1.6.3 (Intermediate Release)

• Hardened Spoof & Fraud Protection:
  • Death, join, advancement messages, private whispers, and named entities/items (e.g., a wolf named "Steve has paid you $5,000") are completely ignored.
  • Text trailing the monetary amount cannot continue the sentence (balance notifications remain accepted).
  • Rejects lines where other online player names appear ahead of the server's payment format.
• Server Payment Calibration (/bidding calibrate):
  • Learn a server's custom payment syntax directly via a test payment or pick from predefined presets (EssentialsX EN/DE, Citybuild).
• Foundation: Laid the compatibility groundwork for Live Bidding: Casino 1.1.0.