Beep beep.. It's a heart beat!

Howdy!
And welcome back.
It has been almost a year since the last sign of life.

You can find fore information about what happened at the bottom of this post. But first, the change log.

5.0 and what you need to know
5.0 is a complete rewrite since the last version.
I took a good while to look at what happened and what went wrong, along with a sharp eye to see what could be improved.
The rewrite brings (as the name suggests) a complete clean and new code base, that will be the foundation for the next versions, so it's build to last and be completely modular.

Audio
Audio handling/managment has been reworked from the beginning to the end, based on a custom new system. This means that we have direct control over what happens with all sounds, and results in a smoother over all experience than ever before.

Synchronisation
There where a lot of problems regarding the timing of sounds. Or better said, timing was the problem. to resolve this, we implemented a custom time service. this means that the system time is synced to the client and server to the millisecond, this means that quick synchronised playback is not only possible, it is reliable.
You can also keep sounds around for later use, so players that join the party later can still tune into what is going on in real time, without missing a beat.

Speakers
Speakers now have been completely reimagined and fixed up.
They now work from versions 1.8 to 1.13.2 and have a special new sauce to make them reliable, and a good option for your server's audio.

Regions
Regions are still as easy as they where before.
Besides the adding of 1.13.2 support, not a lot has changed besides that they became faster and reliable.

Phillips Hue
Phillips hue support is back for another round.
Not a lot has changed since the last version, besides that they now are supported in newer browsers and go on a room-by-room selection, rather than giving the server access to all lights.

Commands
The commands are now completely changed.
The play command can be used the simple way like before, but it now supports a lot of other interesting stuff.
For more information, please take a look at the help command:

Code (Text):

/openaudiomc help
 

or take a look at the page https://help.openaudiomc.net/

Add-ons
Add-ons are now a mainstream thing.
With the new OpenAudioMc-Api you can create powerful extensions to the existing plugin. like OpenAudioMc-Youtube and OpenAudioMc-Soundcloud, they add youtube and soundcloud support to all the features in the OpenAudioMc plugin. This means that youtube and soundcloud are no longer included in the OpenAudioMc project itself.

Chapter two: migrating from 4.0
As of the initial release, there is NO support for 4.0 configuration files, and the more complex commands may not work like intended. You should keep a close eye while upgrading.

Chapter three: what's next
As of writing this post, not a lot will change for 4.0 users.
All tough the old api will be taken down at some point, I do not have a fixed date yet. We advice old users who do not plan to upgrade to keep an eye out on our Discord server. Since that's where I'll post news about the future.

Chapter four: what happened
As many of you noticed, i was gone for quite a while.
All tough i won't go into the more personal details, i'm back and im here to stay. I got to know a lot of new people, and lost others. I couldn't mange to keep working on side projects (like this one) so had to let you guys down, and i'm truly sorry for the year of neglect that we have behind us. i take full responsibility for what happened. Once again, sorry..

I started working on the rewrite in the last weeks of 2018, and have been spending a lot of time into trying to give everyone the plugin and update that they deserve.

Chapter five: the bits and bops
100 commits later and a new engine, feel free to take a look


And if you are a developer, you might wanna check out https://help.openaudiomc.net/#api

Chapter six: A message for you
A thank you to everyone for net letting me down when i did not mange to be the one the project needed.

The project takes a lot of time and hosting on my side.. so if you could miss a bit i would really appreciate the support on the donation page.. you can find it on the main spigot project page.

This took a lot of time, and i hope it shows. And i'm sorry if it disappoints.

And if you really want to make a change, please consider donating to organisations that really make a change like
- 113, suicide hotline
- the bill gates foundation
- and many others


Good night everyone
Thank you for all the support
<3

Take care, and good night.

~Mats, aka Mindgamesnl