FEATURE /val globalbuff has been changed to (optionally) create a visual timed boss bar to display the global buff active. This boss bar is designed to be unobtrusive. By default, the bar appears for 10 seconds and after the duration it shows the next active buff for another 10 seconds. If there are no more buffs to display, the bar disappears for 5 minutes after which the cycle starts over. The bar appears again if another global buff is added, and players who just joined the server will also briefly see the bar active.
As a little idea, you can also put some nonsense in place of the buff so the boss bar is purely cosmetic and doesn't actually indicate an active buff. Use this for stuff like events or timers or whatever
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MINOR FEATURE new command: /val toggleexp, a player-accessible command used to disable the boss bars that appear when gaining exp. This is a purely visual change.
MINOR FEATURE all translations are now moved to a single central translation file. This is done with placeholders, but you don't need to use placeholders if you don't want to.
MINOR FEATURE implemented all Minecraft's native localization (languages), allowing item types to be translated now. (Example below as chinese)

If you'd like to translate the plugin to your language, please let me know! Do keep in mind it's a sizeable file to translate

BALANCE doubled all farming exp sources
BALANCE buffed alchemy exp rates by about 50%
BALANCE decreased landscaping exp gained from digging snow layers by about 90%

TWEAK skill experience obtained from mining blocks in the mining, farming, or landscaping skills are now based on the block's drops. This means that things like the fortune enchantment and block multiplication will increase experience gained from these blocks. This was done so that these skills scale better into the lategame. Existing configs are not updated to reflect this change however, and so some (like mining and farming) will stop giving exp until they're updated. you can do this manually by adding the drops, such as CARROT or POTATO to farming, or by deleting these configs so that the plugin can regenerate them. Obviously do not do this if you've made your own changes to these configs, manual changes will have to be made.
(block/item experience values have been adjusted to reflect these changes)
TWEAK valhalla commands are now only visible if the player has the permission required for it, reducing clutter
TWEAK placed blocks will now continue to be considered placed by a player even after server restarts, essentially meaning ores can no longer be duplicated when this mechanic is abused
TWEAK vanilla experience dropped from grindstones is no longer multiplied by the enchanting vanilla experience multiplier
TWEAK recipes are now only saved if they've been altered, drastically improving server shutdown time
TWEAK removed copper, amethyst, raw iron and raw gold from the digging loot table as these items are not present in 1.16. Replaced raw iron and raw gold with iron and gold ingots

FIXED no experience gotten for landscaping
FIXED animals becoming invincible to attacks if the farming skill was disabled
FIXED the crafting sounds occasionally not matching the block used to craft on
FIXED certain parts of some configs being regenerated even though said parts were meant to be removable
FIXED the landscaping loot table not working properly for the digging skill
FIXED server crash with "green touch" under certain circumstances
FIXED "add skill level" perk rewards crashing the server
FIXED brewing stands occasionally not producing custom potions and not giving alchemy experience
FIXED "masterpiece" type rewards occasionally applying twice
FIXED auto-harvested crops not rewarding vanilla experience
FIXED issue where whole numbers (such as 2 instead of 2.0) weren't read properly in perk rewards requiring those numbers causing stats like "animal breeding exp multiplier" or "parry damage reduction" to not apply properly (requires soft reset on those affected, /val reset false <player>)

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