This update is mostly reworking the way games work on the backend.

There is a new game type 'Free-For-All' that will start up a map with infinite respawns and no timers. Its functional but a work in progress

There is also an additional download file without the maps included. This is the file grabbed by the auto-updater when it sees it, but its available on Jenkins if you are upgrading manually.

Did some major refactoring in addition to two new 'features':

Translations (preliminary):

• Added translator which allows most strings to be changed/translated through the 'translations.yml' file in the plugins folder
• This is very much a work in progress - please don't start translating anything (idk why anyone would but I don't like wasting people's time)

Holograms and Placeholders:

• Holograms are all provided internally (though I do plan to eventually allow them to use another plugin instead if desired)
• Placeholders also all managed internally (with plans to integrate with PlaceholderAPI)
• Holograms are created by using the Admin GUI to create an item that places it

New abilities:

• Sentry - a totem that can attack using various abilities
• Dual Wield - grants bonuses when wielding two sword or two axes
• RemoteActivation - places an item that can be triggered to do something remotely
• Upgradeable Item - give the player an item at the start of the game that can be upgraded by doing various things

And with those (and the already existing abilities) I added many new Kits - again with tons of room to make your own...

• Added ability for players to vote for the map used in the next game
  • command is /vote (no permission required)
  • can be used from anywhere
  • one vote per player
  • votes are kept and recorded until a player leaves the server

• Games started automatically (on reboot/end of game) will no longer repeat the same map that just ended (unless there's fewer than 4 maps available)
• The next new game now spins up during the postgame phase if there's only one game running (instead of waiting until the postgame timer finishes)
• reduced flickering on main scoreboard
• main scoreboard properly disabled by config option
• added a hidden config option to automatically update from snapshot builds

• added a /topstats command to show the top 10 players for each recorded statistic:

• added database connection pooling using HikariCP

small update for /stats command and some bugfixes.

/stats - opens your stats
/stats <player> - opens another player's stats

This is a pretty big update - if you've tried any previous versions please update to this one!

• lots of under-the-hood changes
• removed main/lobby world resetting (another plugin can handle this instead)
• reworked saving inventories - this should be much more stable and predictable
• kit equipment is no longer locked to any slots (but ability items still are)
• removed some of the 'player moved too fast' checks/messages
• added plugin auto-updater (with config/admin gui option)
• refined log messages
• added MySQL support (must configure in config.yml)
• compiled against java 8 for the 1.16 version
• generated spawn locations will now be within +/- 5 vertical blocks of the actual spawn (no more spawning on roofs)
• generated spawn locations will only be created with a clear view of the sky (to handle elytra spawns)
• added statistics tracking (there's no way in-game to view these yet but most of them are being tracked/saved):
  • Game history: games played, quit, won, or finished second
  • K/D and damage: kills, highest kill streak, deaths, damage dealt/taken
  • Other fun stats: abilities used, chests opened, items looted, arrows shot, monsters killed, animals killed, food eaten

added several new abilities:

• add an effect on hit (melee/projectile/any)
• add an effect on kill (player/animal/monster/any)
• add an effect when hit (melee/projectile/any)
• add an item to the loot chest loot table
• add an item to monster or player loot table
• totems that give effects

With these, I made several new kits. I made all of these with the in-game gui, and there's lot more potential with just the few abilities I have coded already:

added game scoreboards:


added more player settings:

• turn main scoreboard on/off
• turn game scoreboard on/off
• show hints/tips on/off (not implemented yet)
• favorite kit

added h2 database support

• saves player settings to persist
• saves player stats (though they aren't fully implemented yet)
• asynchronous read/writes

added main scoreboard shown to players when they join that lists all current games