Hey there! C’mon and take a seat! It’s starting to become a pattern that I release a bombshell of an update around winter every year, and despite everything, 2021 is no exception.

This update has some minor quality of life improvements, but also adds some huge innovative features that people have been longing for, I promise that it’ll be worth while

As always, PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE UPDATING, and an insane shoutout to all my current patreons, none of this would've been possible without y'all

New stuff

• * New: Local audio files!! Patreon’s can now play LOCAL audio files like plugins/OpenAudioMc/audio/welcome.mp3 by using the local: prefix ( /oa play @a local:welcome.mp3) without any web server or uploading it anywhere! OpenAudioMc automatically uploads and syncronizes it through our CDN, how aweome is that?! It’s currently a patreon exclusive, but it will open up eventually.
• * New: Velocity has finally be implemented properly and now shares a single codebase with Bungeecord, meaning that all openaudio features will be accessible regardless of your platform!
• * New: All new website and documentation, making it easier for players and server owners to navigate and use the plugin! Take a look https://help.openaudiomc.net/how-it-works
• * New: Voicechat was always a hassle to setup, so it’s now automatic and enabled by default! Simply drop your jar in, and you’re good to go! Servers who don’t want to use voicechat can disable it in the config.
• * New: Player movement is now smoothed out, greatly improving audio quality with speakers and voice chat and eliminating the stuttering experienced when running
• * New: Speakers, Regions and Aliases now use a local database rather than dumping everything in the data.yml, meaning that it’s a lot faster and is a lot more efficient when handling large amounts of data
• * New: Your config and data will now be backuped every time you update OpenAudioMc or something major changes, so you can roll back in case of an emergency without losing any speakers/regions or your account
• * New: Added Streamer-Mode! This feature is targeted at content creators and adds extra authentication layers in the web client, making it safe to open the web client on-stream and means you don’t have to worry about leaking your session anywhere.
• * New: Finally implemented an all new spatial audio rendering system, making sound clearer and improving audio fading over distance
• * New: RestDirect is an all new rest-type API allowing the exchange of audio files between your server and our CDN, but also handles specific client transactions securely (to implement streamer mode, and some awesome upcoming features!)
• * New: The plugin now automatically tries to extend free licenses if possible
• * New: Patreons are now able to set a video background by setting their backround to a direct mp4 link (within their craftmend account)
• * New: Moderators/Admins can now permanently disable voicechat for specific players without explicit moderation plugins like LiteBans
• * New: Moderators/Admins can now view a players voicechat history (when they were online for the last time, last time they spoke and the last 15 players they spoke with) making it easier to handle appeals or reports
• * New: Users with lesser internet connections can disable preloading in their webclient, saving their valuable bandwidth

Changes:

• * Changed: 3D speakers are now the default
• * Changed: There have been major API changes due to internal refactoring and the removal of our old api (that has been deprecated for little over a year), please check your addons before updating
• * Changed: GoogleDrive and Dropbox have been deprecated and are now considered as legacy sources. Existing links will continue to work, but support is no longer actively maintained or advertised due to changes in both platforms
• * Changed: The rest players api has been slowed down to save on resources as the project continues to grow, there’ll be a new rest API that provides instant data before the end of the year, eventually replacing /v1 after a grace period.

Fixes

• * Fixed: common issues with the speaker garbage collector
• * Fixed: voice chat default volume issues
• * Fixed: some personal settings not working within your own craftmend account
• * Fixed: a common bug where the webclient would render in the wrong language
• * Fixed: weird rendering behaviour of notifications
• * Fixed: patreons are now able to use their license until the end of their period when canceling their membership prematurely