Playtime Mod — Changelog

[1.3] — In Development

(No changes yet — version bumped in preparation for next update)

[1.2] — Major Update

🛡️ AFK Detection — Complete Rework

The old system only watched your camera rotation, meaning a simple mouse-wiggle macro could fool it forever. The new system is nearly impossible to bypass.

• Multi-signal requirement — You must perform at least 2 different types of activity within 1 minute to stay active. Spinning your mouse alone no longer counts.
• 5 tracked signal types: camera rotation, physical movement, hotbar slot changes, sprinting, and interactions (breaking/placing blocks, attacking, chatting).
• Pattern analysis — Statistical methods (autocorrelation, entropy, periodicity detection) catch robotic behaviour. Using an AFK pool and a mouse macro simultaneously will still be flagged.
• 4 deep analyzers running in the background:
  • Movement Entropy — detects AFK pools and circle-walking
  • Camera Entropy — detects mouse macros (alternating up/down patterns)
  • Interaction Diversity — detects auto-clickers (repetitive identical inputs)
  • Timing Patterns — detects inputs that are too perfectly timed to be human
• Server-authoritative — Detection runs entirely on the server. Clients cannot spoof or bypass it.
• AFK toast notifications — A popup appears in the top-right corner of your screen when you go AFK or come back.
• Admin diagnostic tool — /playtimeadmin afk <player> shows all 4 analyzer scores with coloured bars.
• AFK timeout reduced from 5 minutes → 1 minute.

🖱️ Inventory Playtime Button

A Playtime button now appears directly in your inventory screen.

• Middle-click + drag to move it anywhere on your screen.
• Shift + Scroll while hovering to scale it up or down (0.5× to 2.0×).
• Button automatically resizes its width to fit the text — no more text bleeding on small screens or different GUI scales.
• Hover tooltip explains what the button does, how to move it, and how to resize it.
• Position and scale are saved and persist across game restarts.

📦 Networking — Large Server Support

Previously, opening /playtime on a large server would send one massive packet and kick you from the game. This is fully resolved.

• The leaderboard now loads the top 100 players instantly when you open the screen.
• Search by name or rank sends a targeted request to the server — only matching results are sent back, no matter how many players exist.
• "Load More" button appears at the bottom of search results when additional matches are available, letting you page through them in batches.
• Search queries are capped at 50 characters.
• The /playtime command is wrapped in error handling — any server-side issue now shows a friendly chat message instead of disconnecting you.

[1.1] — Compat Fix

🔒 Version Compatibility

• Clients running 1.1 cannot join servers running 1.0, and vice versa. This prevents data corruption from mismatched packet formats.
• Vanilla clients (no mod installed) can still connect to modded servers as normal.

[1.0] — Initial Release

• Full playtime tracking with automatic rank progression (33 ranks across 8 themed phases)
• /playtime GUI with leaderboard, rank grid, player details, and offline skin display
• /ranks command for browsing all rank requirements and rewards
• LuckPerms integration — rank shown as a coloured prefix/suffix in chat
• Display Rank system — cosmetic rank shown in chat, unlocked at Technician+
• Admin commands (/playtimeadmin) for time modification, rank setting, and player management
• /playtime claim command for players without the GUI mod installed
• OpenPAC claim and forceload limits tied to rank tier
• Automatic inactivity wipe — inactive players lose claims after a configurable period
• Automatic backup system (hourly, daily, weekly)
• KubeJS data importer for migrating existing playtime data
• Integrated chat handler for servers without LuckPerms installed
• Rank-up commands — run custom server commands automatically when a player claims a rank
• Phase flavour text — unique lore message shown to the player when entering a new phase