Changelog

0.5.1 — 2026-07-24 (multi-platform expansion)

• New platforms: NeoForge backend (1.21.1 + 26.2 modules, ModDevGradle, mixin + event-bus adapter, Waystones integration) and a Spigot/Paper plugin (one jar for every supported MC version, pure Bukkit API, no NMS: shared region-file renderer, ChunkSnapshot live updates, Bukkit player layer with profile-texture skin heads, marker commands, GriefPrevention claim adapter).
• Quilt officially supported via the Fabric artifacts (runtime-verified on 1.21.1 and 26.2; platform reports as quilt).
• Platform seam formalized (PlatformInfo, loader-free jar inventory, BlockInfo map builder, worldgen-JSON biome tints); the web map and API are identical on every platform.
• Fixes found by cross-platform testing: 26.x console/RCON permissions (also affects 0.4.3 fabric 26.x jars), 26.x dimensions/ world-storage layout.
• NeoForge integrations: FTB Chunks + Open Parties and Claims adapters on neoforge-1.21.1 and OPAC on neoforge-26.2 (live-verified with the real mods: detection, claims endpoint, render); Waystones layer was already active.
• Forge: deferred with documented rationale (MULTIPLATFORM.md par.3a).
• Docs: INSTALL.md (per-platform install), MULTIPLATFORM.md verified matrices.

0.4.3 — 2026-07-19

First release under the X.Y.Z build-attempt versioning scheme (docs/VERSIONING.md): build attempts 0.4.1 and 0.4.2 failed release verification and their numbers are burned; 0.4.3 is the first successful build and therefore the released version.

Added

• Custom marker icons: drop PNG/JPEG files into config/explorersfriend/icons/ and use them as custom:<name> in marker commands and the web UI. Files are decoded and re-encoded server-side (never served as uploaded), validated against strict name/size/count limits (markers.custom-icons config section) and served under /icons/c/<name>.png. SVG stays deliberately unsupported for user content.
• Permission nodes for every /efmap command via the fabric-permissions-api (served by LuckPerms and friends): explorersfriend.command.<sub>, explorersfriend.command.marker.<sub>, explorersfriend.command.marker.admin, explorersfriend.command.cache.prune. Without a permissions mod the classic OP-level fallback applies unchanged. Available on every supported Minecraft version (API 0.3.3 / 0.6.1 / 0.7.0 per era).
• Waystones layer: named waystones from the Waystones mod appear as their own toggleable map layer on all supported versions (adapter per version, official net.blay09.mods.waystones.api). Sharestones and shard-bound waystones are never shown; waystones.only-global restricts further; owner display is opt-in.
• Claim providers: FTB Chunks adapter now also on 1.21.11 (FTB Chunks 2111.x); Open Parties and Claims adapter now also on 26.1/26.2; new Common Protection API provider (GOML ReServed and other Patbox-API mods) that samples loaded chunks with a per-tick budget and persists the protected set - this API exposes no owners/names and cannot enumerate claims, so coverage grows with player activity (documented in docs/CLAIM_PROVIDERS.md).