Hello everyone!
I have decided to post an update here since I feel that the plugin is stable enough. Keeping dev builds on Discord also feels a bit unnecessary since it's an excessive step to download. This update contains too many changes to list all, but here are the highlights:

- 1.17.x and 1.16.5 support (1.15 and older no longer supported)
- Better support for Paper and derivatives
- Completely new GUI system for pet actions
- Completely new upgrade system
- Add better cleanup system and /pet cleanup command
- /pet item command
- Remove MySQL support as it was unfinished, reduced file size
- Add ability to customize the delay before animation starts showing
- Custom item type and model data
- Many different bug fixes and other changes

As always, reach out if you stumble across any issues!

Another small update to allow the plugin to work on 1.16.4, also fixes a bug which would sometimes cause the server to crash. Unfortunately this update took longer than usual as I haven't had much time to test.

Plugin loads successfully and there seems to be no obvious problems with it. Please let me know if you find anything!

A larger update is planned for later this month with some neat features, stay tuned!

Welcome back!

I normally don't post updates for minor changes like these, but since it disabled a prominent feature I wanted to get this update out there quickly.

- Fixed bug which disabled riding while pet was animating.

NOTICE: Be sure to backup all files before updating, some entries have changed which may need you to remove all files. You may also need to manually change certain entries that you've set before.

Here we are once again!
I've had much going on in real life recently but hopefully, things will settle down soon. I hope that you all are staying healthy and well.

Changes for this update:

• Still animations: have your pet animate in a specific way while waiting for you to take your next step! Valid values are "FLOAT" (moves up and down) and "CIRCLE" (moves around you in a circle)
• Added previously hidden option "respawn_on-death"
  
• Added option to hide name on movement
• Added /pet admin give command to give a player a pet (can be sent from console)
• Bugfix - fix wrong method usage with skill purchases, should now withdraw instead of deposit.
• Bugfix - fix bug where player was sat half inside the pet instead of on top
• Fix - wait until player has selected a pet before removing previous in /pet select menu
• Various code changes and optimizations

I haven't tested the new animations in all environments yet, please let me know if you encounter any bugs or issues!

NOTICE: Be sure to backup all files before updating, some entries have changed and will need you to remove all files. You may need to manually change certain entries that you've set before.

Hello again!
I am once again sorry for not updating quicker but I've had and still have some other projects going on. Hopefully, things will settle down in a couple of months, and I will be able to fix bugs/add features more quickly.

This update fixes/changes the following:

• 1.16.2 support
• Skills (NOT FULLY TESTED, use at your own risk)
• Pet categories (with menu)
  
• Add select cooldown
• Admin command for creating pet types and removing pet from player
  
• Bugfix: Fix specification menu using wrong pet when player has multiple pets.
  
• Bugfix: Only show particles that the player has access to.
• Bugfix: Only register commands that has been enabled in config.
  
• Code cleanup and other minor changes

I've also slightly began adding some information to the documentation: https://docs.llamasoftware.net/

Hope you have a great day!

I'm back with another update for you guys!
I've been quite busy with other projects recently and I apologize for not releasing this update faster.

This update includes:

• Support for 1.16 / 1.16.1
• Updated base pet to no longer depend on Zombie and Silverfish which caused many issues in protected areas
• Add support for multiple pets and GUI to specify pet
• Update types to remove broken skins and add a bunch of new
• Remove all excessive info messages during startup.
• Fix bug where /pet hat didn't work properly
• Updates in config
• Other various fixes and cleanups

Be sure to generate new config.yml and locale.yml as both have been updated in this version

Note: LightAPI Fork has not yet been updated, /pet light will not work on 1.16/1.16.1 servers

This is a small update consisting of the following fixes:

• Fix issue where pets couldn't spawn in WorldGuard "__global__" region.
• Update broken link and version in plugin description.

This is a minor update only consisting of the following fixes:

• Fix metrics pointing to a broken domain (thanks to @DaDMaR777)
• Remove fixbroken subcommand from the help list as it is only supposed to be used by admins.

Don't hesitate to share your opinions, I gladly appreciate them
Stay safe!

This is a minor update mainly consisting of bugfixes.

Changelog

• Add permission check to only show pets that you have permission for in the selection menu.
• Add more checks to prevent the pet from despawning in protected areas.
• Add a /pet fixbroken command for admins in case an error happens.
• Add prefix to "no-permission" locale as it fits better with the default gray value.

Hope you had a nice weekend, stay safe

Personal note
First of all, I'm very sorry for anyone who has seen potential in this plugin, I just haven't had the time and motivation. I would however really like to get more familiar with the community again, especially since I have more time on my hands now. For anyone out there still using this plugin, thanks for hanging in there!

Please note, I have done some good bug testing to assure reliability, however, this has yet to be done on an actual production server with players. This version is experimental and I'll do my best to release bug fixes as bugs are reported. Reporting a bug is of tremendous help and I really appreciate it if you take your time to do it.

NOTE: This version only supports the latest version, 1.15.2

Changelog

• Full recode with much better code standards
• Refined AI with pathfinding (natural movement)
• Custom pets
• Survival aspect - Health, food, hostile against threats
• Much better optimized MySQL solution
• Pet light (through LightAPI)
• Shop (through Vault)
• Riding (though ProtocolLib)
• PlaceholderAPI
• ... and much more!

I have really done my best to allow as much customization as possible. If you, however, feel the need to customize something else, please let me know!

This is only a very small update to fix a bug reported by @Sofie, which happens to occur when you interact with the pets. If it continues to send stacktraces about this, please tell me .

As for the suggestion by @adamawesome123 to add custom pets and more particle effects, this will mostly be done in the next update in a couple of days.
I have been very busy with life, so I only had time to fix this very minor bug ^^.

Thank you @Sofie for reporting it, I've also corrected the version so it says 1.0.5 instead of 1.0.2!

~ Prox

Here is a pretty large update .

[+] Particles
[+] Name animations
[+] Reload command (/fp reload) to reload configuration
[+] Alias for command (/pet = /floatingpets)
[+] Added chat-mode for namechanging (mostly for GUIs)
[/] Fixed MySQL bugs and other smaller bugs

Thank you @namke for reporting some of the bugs ^^

Note: I have tested this update pretty much already, but if you manage to find any bugs, report them to me and I will fix it as fast as I can!

A pretty large update actually.
This adds the ability to use MySQL, which you could use for cross-server pets or just as an alternative storing solution.

Also fixes some bugs, like pets not following when you change world, etc.

The reason it took such time was because I had other work (working for a network). If you find any bugs, let me know, as I haven't really fully bug tested it.

~ Prox

New pets
A pretty basic and small update.
Added 3 new pet types, and fixed a very tiny bug.
- HORSE
- RABBIT
- WOLF

As suggestions by @ElvinTheBacon, thank you ^^

~ Prox