LuminousLights – Dynamic & Static Lighting for Minecraft 1.21+
Description: LuminousLights brings immersive dynamic and static lighting to your Minecraft server, enhancing exploration and gameplay without requiring any client-side mods. Experience a vibrant, realistic world where light sources react smoothly to your actions and the environment.

✨ Features
LuminousLights adds powerful lighting enhancements while staying lightweight and fully server-side.

⚙️ Dynamic Lights from Held Items

• Hold light-emitting items in your main hand or off-hand to illuminate your surroundings.
  
• Supported items include: Torches, Lanterns, Lava Buckets, Glowstone, Sea Lanterns, End Rods, Soul Torches, Soul Lanterns, Soul Campfires, Redstone Torches, and Jack O'Lanterns.
  
• Light levels are dynamically calculated and smoothly animated as you move or switch items.
  
• Fully configurable light levels per item.

⛑️ Miner’s Hat (Directional Helmet Light)

• Equip a Jack O’Lantern as a helmet to project a directional beam of light where you’re looking.
  
• Perfect for mining, exploring caves, or traveling at night.
  
• Includes custom sounds when removing the helmet.

✨ Static Light from Torch Flowers

• Placed Torch Flowers act as static light sources.
  
• Provides natural, persistent illumination for your builds and landscapes.
  
• Automatically detects and reactivates Torch Flowers in loaded chunks after server restarts

✨Smooth Animations & Transitions

• Lights smoothly fade in and out, avoiding harsh changes.
  
• Transitions occur seamlessly when switching items, equipping helmets, or placing/breaking Torch Flowers.

⚡ Optimized Performance

• Asynchronous light calculations to reduce impact on the main thread (TPS).
  
• Built-in throttling prevents unnecessary updates during continuous player movement.
  
• Efficient block management restores original block data when lights are removed.

⚙️ Configuration (config.yml)
The plugin is fully customizable. Example options include:

• Enable/disable specific features (dynamic lights, miner’s hat, torch flower lighting).
  
• Configure individual light levels for supported items.
  
• Adjust performance throttling to fit your server’s needs.