FreeCarts v1.2 - Cart Customizations Update
Major Features:

Paint & Variant System (Requires Resource pack)
Players can now purchase and customize cart color variants with an in-game economy system!
- Purchase paint colors using in-game currency through `/freecart variant`
- Real-time color switching with the interactive paint picker tool
- Economy integration via Vault - set custom prices for each color
- Admin bypass - admins get all colors unlocked automatically
- SQL & YAML support - works with both local and network-wide storage

Custom Cart Models with Resource Pack
Bring your carts to life with fully customizable 3D models!
- Example resource pack included - ready to use out of the box
- Create your own models - full support for custom Blockbench creations
- Multiple model variants - support for different cart styles and colors
- Seamless model switching - change models on-the-fly
- Persistent model data - models save to cart items when picked up

Cart Lore Customization
Add personality to your carts with custom item descriptions!
- Multi-line lore support - create detailed cart descriptions
- Garage Level 3 feature - unlocked through garage upgrades
- Full color code support - use `&` codes for styling

Improvements & Changes:

Command Updates
- ✨ New: `/freecart variant` - Purchase paint colors
- ✨ New: `/freecart customize paint` - Open paint picker interface
- Updated: `/freecart give cart` now supports `--model <model_id>` argument
- Reorganized: Cart naming moved to `/freecart customize name`
- Full command: `/freecart customize <color|lore|name|paint>`

Garage System Enhancements
- Visual improvements to slot differentiation:
- Red glass = Locked slots (can be unlocked with resources)
- Black glass = Restricted slots (require permissions/ranks!)
- Garage Upgrades button - quick access to upgrade menu
- Garage Finder button - browse other players' garages
- Better UI feedback for slot states and requirements

Resource Pack Integration
- Example resource pack zipped with plugin JAR
- 2 default cart models with multiple color variants:
- Simple style (6 colors)
- Hatchback style (6 colors)
- Full documentation for creating custom models
- Easy configuration through `models.yml`

New Files & Configuration

Paint System Configuration
plugins/FreeCarts/models/carts/
├── paint_colors.yml # Define colors, costs, and materials
├── player-owned-paints.yml # YAML storage (if database disabled)
└── models.yml # Cart model definitions


Config Changes:

Code (YAML):

 garage:
    enabled : false                 # Enable/disable garage system

    upgrades:
      enabled : true               # Enable garage upgrade system
      # Upgrade requirements are configured in 'garage/garage-upgrades.yml'

    finder:
      enabled : true               # Enable garage finder menu
      show-offline : true         # Show offline players in finder

Database Tables (if SQL enabled)
- `fc_owned_paints` - Stores player paint ownership across network

FreeCarts v1.1 - Multi-Server Update
New Features

• German Language Support: Vollständige deutsche Übersetzung hinzugefügt
• New Garage feature: you can now either pick the cart as item or send it to garage! Check the config
• Cross-Server Garage Sync: Real-time synchronization of garage contents across network servers
• SQL Storage Support: Optional MySQL/MariaDB backend for garage data (with automatic YAML ↔ SQL migration)
• HikariCP Connection Pooling: Optimized database performance and reliability
• Per-Server Inventory System: With SQL and Garage enabled, carts can now have Separate storage inventories for each server in BungeeCord/Velocity networks

Bug Fixes
- Improved cart spawn location safety checks
- Missing Language Translations for GUIs and lores

Technical Improvements

• Added Storage button in Cart's Main GUI menu
• Added Permission based Garage Max slots.
• Enhanced database security with validated table prefixes
• Added connection pooling for better SQL performance
• Better error handling for cross-server operations

Config files updated - Delete old config.yml and let plugin regenerate
Language files updated - Delete old language files in /lang/ folder
Fully backward compatible with existing cart data