🌟 LightAura Mod - Changelog v8.8.2

🚀 Major Improvements

✨ Enhanced Light Persistence

 
• Fixed offhand lighting during eating/drinking — your torch will no longer flicker off while consuming food or potions.
 
• Improved light stability during movement — better handling of quick position changes and falling.

⚡ Performance Optimizations

 
• Massive plant detection speed improvement — replaced individual block checks with an efficient tag-based system.
 
• Reduced memory usage — eliminated memory leaks and unnecessary data caching.
 
• Optimized light update frequency — smarter processing reduces unnecessary calculations.
 
• Enhanced memory management — automatic cleanup prevents data buildup over time.

🔧 New Configuration Options

 
• maintainLightDuringItemUse — control whether lights persist during eating/drinking (default: true).
 
• verticalMoveCooldown — adjust vertical movement detection sensitivity.
 
• enablePlayerLightingOffsets — toggle enhanced player light coverage.
 
• Fixed config validation — now properly supports uppercase letters in mod IDs.

🛡️ Stability & Bug Fixes

 
• Fixed dead light cleanup — resolved issue where old lights wouldn’t be properly removed.
 
• Enhanced digging detection — better recognition of mining activities.
 
• Improved coordinate handling — added safety checks for extreme world heights.

🎮 Quality of Life

 
• Smart light caching — remembers your light sources during temporary item state changes.
 
• Debug mode improvements — better logging with -Dlightaura.debug=true.
 
• Automatic state cleanup — resets properly when switching worlds or logging out.
 
• Enhanced mod compatibility — fixed regex patterns for better compatibility with other mods.

🔄 Technical Improvements

 
• Replaced hardcoded values with configurable options.
 
• Added intelligent grace periods for various player actions.
 
• Implemented fast movement detection system.
 
• Enhanced plant block preservation logic.
 
• Optimized cache management and rebuilding.

  🕯️ LightAura keeps your world shining — smoother, faster, and smarter than ever.