Hi all! This version brings some much needed changes, such as support for all horse-like creatures, permissions, and an updated config. Unfortunately I haven't had time to add multi-language support yet, it's a much more time-consuming process than I initially thought. That will be my next update though, version 1.4.

Speaking of which, version 1.4 will likely be my last update for this free plugin. If I do continue working on this project, it will most likely be on a paid version. I have some ideas I want to add that require web-development, such as a breeding calculator and family tree viewer, and web-servers cost money to host. So any more future investment on this project from my end will likely need some sort of monetary compensation. We'll see though, everything's up in the air at this point.

Changelog:

• Apply the features of this plugin to all horse-like animals: donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, zombie horses, and... llamas!
  • Note: This greatly buffs mules since they can now be effectively bred to the same stat levels of horses. However, horses are still very valuable because they have higher starting stats, are the only creatures whom the ownership protection feature affects since they're the only ones that can wear armor, and I also set it so that only horses are affected by whistles. I may change this in the future to make whistles also work on mules, let me know what you think!
• Permissions
  • horseo.claimWild:
    • description: Grants you permission to claim wild horses (requires ownership to be enabled in config)
    • default: true
  • horseo.claimOwned:
    • description: Grants you permission to claim other owned horses using their deeds (requires ownership to be enabled in config)
    • default: true
  • horseo.reload:
    • description: Allows an admin to refresh HorseOverhaul's configuration
    • default: op
  • horseo.interactAll:
    • description: Allows you to ride/interact with any horse regardless of ownership
    • default: false

• rewrote the config to be more legible. Wish I could've done better but I had a hard time working with spigot's config integration
  • your config is now stored in settings.yml rather than config.yml. Be sure to set your preferences after updating, then use the /horseo reload command

• added a reload command
  • users with the horseo.reload permission can reload the plugin's config by typing /horseo reload

• removed the drop horse gear feature, it's functionally useless
• removed option to turn off auto gear equip, it was pointless
• More informative messages while using a whistle
• updated the demonstration video

Hi all!
This update brings some much needed changes that have been highly requested. I still plan on adding multi-language support but it's very time consuming and I've been very busy as of late, I'm in my senior year of college now. That will likely be the next update, version 1.3.1. There's also a good chance that version 1.3.1 will be the final update of the free version of this plugin. I have a lot of ideas in the works and if I continue further with this plugin I need some monetary compensation for it, especially since I have plans to do some web-developing for features like a breeding calculator and displaying family trees, and hosting web servers costs money. So stay tuned for more! Hopefully I can working on that soon, but nothing's been set in stone yet.

Changelog:

• Applied the features of this plugin to all horse-like animals: donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, zombie horses, and... llamas!
  • Note: This greatly buffs mules since they can now be effectively bred to the same stat levels of horses. However, horses are still very valuable because they have higher starting stats, are the only creatures whom the ownership protection feature affects since they're the only ones that can wear armor, and I also set it so that only horses are affected by whistles. I may change this in the future to make whistles also work on mules.
• Added permissions!
  • horseo.claimWild:
    • description: Grants you permission to claim wild horses (requires ownership to be enabled in config)
    • default: true
  • horseo.claimOwned:
    • description: Grants you permission to claim other owned horses using their deeds (requires ownership to be enabled in config)
    • default: true
  • horseo.reload:
    • description: Allows an admin to refresh HorseOverhaul's configuration
    • default: op
  • horseo.interactAll:
    • description: Allows you to ride/interact with any horse regardless of ownership
    • default: false
• added a reload command
  • users with the horseo.reload permission can reload the plugin's config by typing /horseo reload
• rewrote the config to be more legible. Wish I could've done better but I had a hard time working with spigot's config integration
  • your config is now stored in settings.yml rather than config.yml. Be sure to set your preferences after updating, then use the /horseo reload command
• More informative messages while using a whistle
  
• removed the drop horse gear feature, it was functionally redundant
• removed option to turn off auto gear equip, it was pointless
• updated the demonstration video

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, but here we are with some of your more requested features/fixes. You can keep an eye on my progress and what I'm planning doing next on HorseOverhaul's github milestone page. Also, you can see the other things that I want to do but are unscheduled, and create your own requests on the issue tracker. Here are the changes:

• Added missing info to /horse own about how to transfer ownership
• Re-wrote the breeding algorithm:
  • fixed a bug where you could get stats greater than what's possible in the base game by using golden apples
  • the maximum value you can get of a particular stat is now affected by the difference between the two parents' values for that stat. The larger the difference, the more the maximum potential gets nerfed.
  • golden apples no longer directly improve the outcome of your breed, but instead strictly prevent you from getting a stat lower than the mimimum between the two parents.
  • sped up the improvement rate when your horses are of lower stats and slowed it down for higher stats
  • Please let me know if you have any feedback for the algorithm!
• Stat nerfing now also applies to: donkeys, mules, llamas, skeleton horses, trader llamas, and zombie horses. Breeding and ownership support for these mob types will be coming in version 1.3.0
• Decided to not add the whistle by name feature. May come in a future update but as of now I have no plans of adding it

If you're disapointed to not see a particular change in this update or on the milestone page, please let me know!

Changelog:

• Fixed null pointer bug
• Fixed bug where you could equip a saddle on an untamed horse
• Added a message for if you try claiming an untamed horse

Hey guys I'm back, been a crazy past two weeks but hopefully I'll have some more time to put into this plugin, I still have some great ideas I want to add.
Changelog:

• Fixed a bug where you can get a horse with higher stats than what should be the max
  • Full credit to Nevakanezah for finding and fixing this issue!

Changelog:

• Fixed 1.14 support
• Unfortunately had to remove 1.13 support
• Added a teleport option for whistles, instead of giving them a glowing effect
• Updated the upcoming features list

Changelog:

• Added whistles!
  • Use a whistle to make your horse temporarily visible through walls!
  • Each whistle is linked to an individual horse
  • Can craft blank whistles with a golden carrot and iron ingot
• Updated the /horseo command
  • Made it more responsive to your particular config
  • Added a whistle section
• Added a server log message for whenever a horse is claimed
  • Contains the player's name, the horse's name, the previous owner's name (if any), and the horse's location
• Updated the upcoming features list
• Updated the header of config.yml
• Removed "hey"

• Added config option to enable colored names
• Added config option to disable the deed crafting recipe
• Reformatted the stats display message a bit
• Updated the ownership section of the help command

Credit to Sofie for the feedback and ideas!