Double posted this issue for a hotfix

• Sentinels can no longer claim bounties
• Support for custom model data in items
• Disabled Lands support until a fix on their end
• BH now compiles on java 8
• Fixed a player data memory leak
• Fixed an issue with chat messages since 2.5
• Fixed an issue with offline players
• Fixed potential future NPE's

Please read the changelog before updating. Do not update if you don't know what you are doing

• BountyHunters is now NMS free. This means it uses Bukkit's persistent data containers instead of direct NBTTags.
  • When updating, all generated items using NBTTags become unusable. This includes : player heads for head hunting and bounty compasses.
• It is a very important update for BountyHunters. This will make it much easier for me to maintain the plugin. But that does mean dropping support for <1.14
• Supported Spigot builds are now 1.14-1.19
• Support for placeholders inside of player messages.
• Fixed an issue with action bar messages
• Fixed an issue with WG

Please read the 2.4.2 changelog about the potential discontinuity of support for 1.9-1.13

• Fixed an issue with Parties on server startup
• Support for 1.19

Please read the 2.4.2 changelog about the potential discontinuity of support for 1.9-1.13

• Fixed an issue with death animations and titles
• Support for KingdomsX
• Smarter GUI pagination (items don't show up if useless)
• Bounty GUI name now supports placeholders (you can use custom GUI textures)

This might be the last update for 1.9-1.13

The next updates will aim at making BountyHunters a version-independant plugin. BH was initially made to be compatible with the widest possible set of Spigot versions but with the development of the new Spigot API it's now possible to keep all the plugin functionalities operating without the use of version-dependant code in any version above 1.14 (at least for now)

Spigot is currently changing so that developers dont have to rely on NMS code hence my decision to discontinue support for versions ante 1.14 (which features data persistence).

This update will make the plugin compatible with future versions of Spigot so that you won't have to wait for me to update the plugin every time a new version of Minecraft is released.

Changelog

• Fixed an issue with placeholders.
• Added support for 1.18.2
• Support for Guilds and any faction plugin (requires FactionsBridge)
• Added new options to the default config, please backup and reste your current one
• Support for UltimateClans & SimpleClans
• Support for mcMMO parties
• Support for DungeonsXL
• Support for Parties
• Fixed Towny support
• Fixed language files (thank you Alex Noyle)
• Added an option to prevent players from tracking their own bounties
• Improved custom item checks using persistent data instead of lroe
• Fixed player hunting
• Added an option for MySQL table names
• Added an option for bounty stacking. When disabled, instead of increasing the current player bounty, it creates a new one. This gives the impression that there are more bounties on the player when using the bounty browser. This is PURELY cosmetic
• Fixed an issue with MySQL backup data saving
  
• Added taxes when tracking a player
• GUI now displays bounty expiration (remaining time before it expires)
• Improved auto bounty expiration
• Improved head hunting head give
  
• Code and javadoc comments cleanup

This will be the last update for 1.9-1.13

The next update will aim at making BountyHunters a version-independant plugin. BH was initially made to be compatible with the widest possible set of Spigot versions but with the development of the new Spigot API it's now possible to keep all the plugin functionalities operating without the use of version-dependant code in any version above 1.14 (at least for now)

Spigot is currently changing so that developers dont have to rely on NMS code hence my decision to discontinue support for versions ante 1.14 (which features data persistence).

This update will make the plugin compatible with future versions of Spigot so that you won't have to wait for me to update the plugin every time a new version of Minecraft is released.

Changelog

• Fixed an issue with placeholders.
• Added support for 1.18.2
• Support for Guilds and any faction plugin (requires FactionsBridge)
• Added new options to the default config, please backup and reste your current one
• Support for UltimateClans & SimpleClans
• Support for mcMMO parties
• Support for DungeonsXL
• Support for Parties
• Fixed Towny support
• Fixed language files (thank you Alex Noyle)
• Added an option to prevent players from tracking their own bounties
• Improved custom item checks using persistent data instead of lroe
• Fixed player hunting
• Added an option for MySQL table names
• Added an option for bounty stacking. When disabled, instead of increasing the current player bounty, it creates a new one. This gives the impression that there are more bounties on the player when using the bounty browser. This is PURELY cosmetic
• Fixed an issue with MySQL backup data saving
  
• Added taxes when tracking a player
• GUI now displays bounty expiration (remaining time before it expires)
• Improved auto bounty expiration
• Improved head hunting head give
  
• Code and javadoc comments cleanup

This build should hopefully fix a common bug with corrupted bounties having no target.

Finally back for some updates after a long time.

• Fixed an issue with hunting players loading crashing the plugin.
  • Hunter data is no longer saved. Players will need to target the player again on server restart.
• Added native compatibility with 1.16.5 and 1.17 which is of course very experimental at the moment.
• Fixed an issue with the own-bounty-claiming option.
• Fixed an issue with bounty reward taxes.

• Added an option to set a maximum amount of bounties per player.
• Please either reset your config or add this to your current config.

• Fixed an issue with /bounty command extra arguments.

• Bounty Contributors
  • Bounties no longer have a set creator. Any player that adds some money to an existing bounty is considered a contributor.
  • When right clicking the item in the bounties menu, it does not entirelly remove the bounty. It only takes away the cash you put in the bounty.
  • A bounty only expires when everyone has removed their contribution and when no reward is left due to auto-bounties.
  • Admins are still able to create auto-bounties by running the /bounty command via the console.
• Bounty Editor: you can dynamically edit any current using /bounties edit <player>.
• Added a permission to be able to remove your contribution from a bounty.
• Added support for WorldGuard (the bounty-claim flag lets you create regions where you cannot claim bounties). Removed the world-blacklist option.
• Added support for Residence (same flag).

You need to reset your data.yml config file / bounty data table as well as your main plugin config when updating.