New Features & Improvements

Revamped Goals System with Flexible Scheduling

The goals system has been completely redesigned with individual completion check schedules for each goal:

• Individual scheduling per goal – Each goal now operates independently instead of relying on a single global schedule
• Two scheduling types available:
  • Seconds-based intervals – Traditional timer system (schedules reset on server restart)
  • Cron-based scheduling – Advanced time-based scheduling with automatic restoration after server restarts
• Cron scheduling advantages:
  • Automatically restored and continue running at defined times after server restarts
  • Precise control over when goals are checked (specific times, days, etc.)
• Cron scheduling limitations:
  • If a scheduled time is missed (due to maintenance or downtime), that execution will be skipped and not retried automatically
• Repeatable Goals – Goals can now be set as repeatable, allowing players to:
  • Complete the same goal multiple times
  • Earn rewards each time the conditions are met
• Offline Reward Delivery – Goals now support rewarding players even when they're offline:
  • When enabled, players who meet goal requirements while offline automatically receive rewards on their next login
  • Current limitation: Only players who were online during the last completion check interval are tracked for reward eligibility
    • Example: If a goal checks daily and a player doesn't join that day, they won't receive rewards for that period—even if conditions were met while offline
• New Goal Management Command – Introduced /playtimegoal <goalname> checknow for immediate goal verification:
  • Manually trigger a completion check for any goal
  • Restarts the goal's check schedule
  • Replaces the previous method of using /playtimereload for goal checks

Enhanced Playtime Format System

• Distribute Removed Time Option – Added Distribute Removed Time configuration field to control how omitted time units are handled
  • When enabled:
    • Time from hidden larger units is converted and added to the next visible unit
    • Example: 1 day, 12 hours, 1 minute with format %h%{hours}, %m%{minutes} displays 36h, 1m
      • The 1 day converts to 24 hours and adds to the existing 12 hours
  • When disabled:
    • Hidden units are simply ignored
    • Example: Same playtime displays 12h, 1m
      • The day is hidden without conversion

AFK Detection Integration

• AntiAFKPlus support – Integrated AntiAFKPlus as an additional AFK detector option alongside EssentialsX and Purpur

Database System Overhaul & Optimizations

• Complete rewrite of the database management system:
  • Future database support – Architecture now supports different database types (e.g., MySQL) for future releases
  • Async data retrieval – Player data is now fetched completely asynchronously. These async improvements ensure smoother gameplay experiences, faster load times, and better scalability across all database operations
  • Enhanced caching system – Improved data optimization for better performance

Configuration Reorganization

• Relocated common command-related options to commands.yml for better organization:
  • prefix
  • playtime-message-self
  • playtime-message-others
  • Added additional translation options for error-related messages in the commands configuration

Join Streak Rewards GUI Enhancements

• Expanded placeholder support in the join streak rewards claiming GUI:
  • %PLAYER_NAME%, %REQUIRED_JOINS%, and %JOIN_STREAK% are now usable in:
    • reward-message field
    • description field
    • reward-description field

Support for version 3.0.4 dropped

• Now it is no longer possible to update from 3.0.4 directly to 3.6 version. A mid update to 3.5.4 is necessary to then update to future versions.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare bug where the onlineUser entry was missing during the join event, causing data inconsistency issues.
• Various fixes and improvements all around