0.98.3.9 for MC 1.16.* & 1.17.* & 1.18.* & 1.19.*

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• Fix angry wolves not being attackable while in Towns when wolves are a protected entity.
• Protect lily pads in towns from being destroyed by boats.
  • Closes Boats can break lily pads in towns #6160.
• Use "town_sing" translation in TownCommand, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Use town sing translation in TownCommand #6167.
• API: Add TownyAPI#getTown(Player), courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add TownyAPI#getTown(Player) #6166.
• Make TownyAPI#getOnlinePlayers(ResidentList) thread safe, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Make TownyAPI#getOnlinePlayers(ResidentList) thread safe #6165.
• Improve command blocking, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Improve command blocking #6163.
• Fix legacy hex code parsing not working, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix legacy hex code parsing not working #6176.
• Use translatable over direct translation in BaseCommand, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Use translatable over direct translation in BaseCommand #6172.
• Simplify parameters used for TownCommand title & surname methods, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Simplify parameters used for TownCommand title & surname methods #6171.

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Cumulative changes since 0.98.3.0

0.98.3.8

• Fallback to another Vault chat implementation if an invalid one is detected, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fallback to another Vault chat implementation if an invalid one is detected #6155.
• Fix new reference file creation not working, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix new reference file creation not working #6156.
• Use getPlayerExact for resident#getPlayer, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Use getPlayerExact for resident#getPlayer #6154.

0.98.3.7

• Alter CooldownTimerTask to accept strings alongside the pre-configured enum, allowing for third-party plugins to create simple cooldowns.
• Use FontUtil's minecraftfont constant for bookfactory, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Use FontUtil's minecraftfont constant for bookfactory #6133.
• Fix towny.command.plot.asmayorinunowned permission node not working for /plot nfs, due to area selection.
• New Config Option: new_world_settings.are_new_world_claimable
  • Default: true
  • Are new worlds claimable by default?
  • Setting this to false means that Towny will still be active but no land can be claimed by towns.
• Stop removing title/surname when nation is deleted, courtesy of partydev with PR Stop removing title/surname when nation is deleted #6136.
• Prevent axolotls from targeting protected mobs, courtesy of Akiranya with PR Prevent axolotls from targeting protected mobs #6140. (First-Time Contributor!)
• Add colors class changes from minimessage branch, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add colors class changes from minimessage branch #6132.
• Replace Component.texts with alternatives in formatter, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Replace Component.texts with alternatives in formatter. #6134.
• Fix missing outlaws-cannot-spawn-to-towns feature that used to exist.
  • Closes Players can use /t spawn to teleport to towns they are outlawed in  #6147.
• Fix /towny map big kicking players in rare cases, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix /towny map big kicking players in rare cases. #6151.
• Remove lang file versions, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Remove lang file versions #6146.
• Remove instances of legacy making it into components, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Remove instances of legacy making it into components #6141.
• Replace ChatColor.stripColor uses with Colors.strip, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Replace ChatColor.stripColor uses with Colors.strip #6143.
• Add a catch to Account's constructor, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add a catch to Account's constructor #6144.
• Adoption of MiniMessage throughout the remaining codespaces, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR MiniMessage! #6142!
  • As of this moment, all messaging is using minimessage. All language strings can accept MiniMessage tags and,
  • Hex is available everywhere in just about any tag style you can imagine.
  • If you have previously been using hex gradients you might have to update your tags to the MiniMessage way of things.

0.98.3.6

• Make it possible to use Unicode symbols in the ASCII maps.
  • Closes Suggestion: Monospaced ASCII map #6114.
• Make unconfigurable map symbols configurable.
  • Closes Suggestion: Allow customizing all symbols on the ASCII map #6113.
• New Config Options:
  • ascii_map_symbols.home
    • Default: "H"
    • The character used for the home symbol.
  • ascii_map_symbols.forsale
    • Default: "$"
    • The character used for plots which are forsale.
  • ascii_map_symbols.wilderness
    • Default: "-"
    • The character used for plots which are unclaimed.
• Fix many ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions in the /ta town NAME command.
  • Progress towards Internal error on /ta town <town> outpost #6120.
• Add status screen changes from minimessage branch, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add status screen changes from minimessage branch #6090.
• API: Add NewResidentEvent, courtesy of PestoNotPasta with PR Adds NewResidentEvent #6121.
• Big refactor on TownCommand, making use of newer methods and making the code more readable.
• API: Add WorldCoord#getCardinallyAdjacentWorldCoords
  • Returns a List of WorldCoords directly N, E, S, W from the WorldCoord.
• Clean up edgeblock test in TownCommand.
• Add version numbering to the database.yml.
• Capitalize the returned value of the %townyadvanced_player_plot_type% placeholder.
• Prevent towns and nations being named with only underscores.
• Fix /ta town new NAME MAYOR not being able to be run from console.
• API: Add new outlaw add/remove events.
  • TownOutlawAddEvent
  • TownOutlawRemoveEvent
  • Cancellable events that are thrown when a town is modifying who is outlawed.

0.98.3.5

• Add Translator#component, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add Translator#component #6088.
• Add component support for status screen events, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add component support for status screen events #6091.
• Allow removing metadata by key, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Allow removing metadata by key #6089.
• Simplify permission-checking code with NoPermissionException.
• Add WorldCoord#getChunks, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add WorldCoord#getChunks #6098.
• Fix max_distance_between_homeblocks config setting being triggered when there are no towns yet.
• Fix plot info command not being usable in wilderness, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix plot info command not being usable in wilderness #6104.
• Rename town explosion methods, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Rename town explosion methods #6102.
• Add TownyComponents class, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add TownyComponents class #6105.
• Make the ASCII map fully use components, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Make the ASCII map fully use components #6103.
• Handle bold characters in titles using pixelwidth, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Handle bold characters in titles using pixelwidth #6107.
• Allow /plot set name to be used on plots in groups, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Allow /plot set name to be used on plots in groups #6108.
• Fix regression from 0.98.3.4 that resulted in some command output breaking due to Update translatable with changes from MiniMessage PR #6078.
• Apply new font-measuring to BookFactory, fixing potential Invalid Book Tag books being made.
• Reflow TownyMessaging.
  • Re-directs TownyMessaging from having many end points for messages, into the sendMessage(Sender, String) method.
  • Plugins that want to cancel Towny events and prevent those events showing cancellation messages to the user should be able to do so.

0.98.3.4

• Fix vehicles not being killed by lava, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix vehicles not being killed by lava #6044.
• Make townyworld's trident strike list use uuid instead of eid, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Make townyworld's trident strike list use uuid instead of eid #6043.
• Add baltop as banned name, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add baltop as banned name #6046.
• Fix messages from cancelled Nation ally adding and removal events not displaying to the command user.
  • Closes Cancellation message not sent after cancelling NationRemoveAllyEvent #6049.
• Exclude transitive bukkit api dependency, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Exclude transitive bukkit api dependency #6051.
• Replace town/nation levels with records, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Replace town/nation levels with records #6041.
• Add upkeep comparator type, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add upkeep comparator type #6042.
• Add perm check to invalid comp type message, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add perm check to invalid comp type message #6054.
• Fix using World#isRespawnAnchorWorks() which did not exist in 1.16.5 api.
  • Closes Spam Errors #6056.
• Create our own wrapper impl, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Create our own wrapper impl #6075.
• Add option to disallow numbers in town/nation names, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add option to disallow numbers in town/nation names #6068.
  • Closes Suggestion: Option for disabling numbers in town and nation names. #5954.
• Allow spaces to be used in town/nation rename commands, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Allow spaces to be used in town/nation rename commands #6067.
• Make it easier to debug lang file formatting errors, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Make it easier to debug lang file formatting errors #6066.
  • Closes Conversion = 'to' #6036.
• Fix /t deposit & /n deposit running sync, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix /t deposit & /n deposit running sync #6064.
• Include the plot price in the /plot fs feedback message, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Include the plot price in the /plot fs feedback message #6062.
• Ensure player gets feedback message when setting a group for sale, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Ensure player gets feedback message when setting a group for sale #6060.
• Re-check group set cost after confirmation is accepted, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Re-check group set cost after confirmation is accepted #6058.
• Add admin town command upkeep toggle, courtesy of Gamer153 with PR Add admin town command upkeep toggle #6052. (First-Time Contributor!)
• New Command: /ta town NAME toggle upkeep
  • Toggles upkeep on or off for the given town.
• Add null check to teleport listener, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add null check to teleport listener #6077.
  • Closes Error Towny #6072.
• Add all subcommand to /t and /n withdraw and deposit commands, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add /t & /n deposit all #6081.
• New Commands:
  • /t withdraw all - remove all money from the town bank.
  • /t deposit all - deposit all your money into the town bank.
  • /n withdraw all - remove all money from the nation bank.
  • /n deposit all - deposit all your money into the nation bank.
• Update platform bukkit to 4.1.2, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Update platform bukkit to 4.1.2 #6079.
• Update translatable with changes from MiniMessage PR, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Update translatable with changes from MiniMessage PR #6078.
• Add configurable plot type limits, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add configurable plot type limits #6038.
  • Closes Suggestion: Plot type limits per Town. #5889.
  • If you want to limit plot types amounts per-town based on their town_level you will fill out the new section in this fashion:

      townBlockTypeLimits:
      - shop: 2
      - arena: 2

• Automatic Config Edit: your config's town_level sections will have an empty townBlockTypeLimits: added.

0.98.3.3

• Bump language files to 0.152.
• Fix jailcells being able to be placed where a jailcell already exists.
• Make the plot perm hud translatable.
• Fix potential NPE in SelectionGUI.
• Fix the back button on the switch/itemuse/allowedblocks GUIs not working from the first page.
  • Closes GUI button doesn't work #6027.
• Auto-supress event message if empty, courtesy of GNosii with PR Auto-supress event message if empty #6028.
• Add a command to manually override a town's TownLevel.
• New Command: /ta town TOWNNAME settownlevel [#|unset]
  • Manually overrides a town's townlevel to a number, 1 through x, where x is the last townlevel.
  • unset subcommand removes the manual override and returns a town to using the normal townlevel based on resident count.
• Add some int and money validations to reduce duplication in commands.
• New Command: /ta town TOWNNAME giveboughtblocks [#|unset]
  • Command that lets the admin modify the number of purchased townblocks a town has.
  • unset subcommand removes all purchased townblocks from the town.
  • Use negative numbers to take purchased townblocks from the town.
  • Closes Suggestion: Let bought townblocks be edited via command #6034.
• Condense action bar and bossbar notification options into one, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Condense action bar and bossbar notification options into one #6033.
• Add Runnable type to ConfigMigrator, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Condense action bar and bossbar notification options into one #6033.
• New Config Option: notification.notifications_appear_as
  • Default: "action_bar"
  • This setting controls where chunk notifications are displayed for players.
  • By default, notifications appear in the player's action bar.
  • Available options: action_bar, chat, bossbar, or none.
• Automatic Config Edit: previous notification setting will be migrated to the new home: notification.notifications_appear_as
• Add unclaimEntityTypeDelete to TownyWorld.
  • Allows Towny to delete all Entities of a given type from a TownBlock when it is unclaimed by a town.
  • Closes Suggestion: Entity removal upon town unclaim/deletion #5953.
• New Config Options:
  • new_world_settings.plot_management.entity_delete.enabled
    • Default: false
  • new_world_settings.plot_management.entity_delete.unclaim_delete
    • Default: "ENDER_CRYSTAL"
    • These entities will be deleted upon a plot being unclaimed

0.98.3.2

• Add Resident#getAccountOrNull, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add Resident#getAccountOrNull #6006.
  • Potentially fixing an issue when Accounts are being renamed.
• API: Add ChunkNotificationEvent
  • Cancellable event that lets other plugins alter Towny's ChunkNotifications.
  • Closes Suggestion: Add API for action bar notifications #6009.
• Add a small delay before we start the DrawSpawnPointsTask, because one server got a ConcurrentModificationException.
• New Placeholders:
  • %townyadvanced_daily_town_per_plot_upkeep% - Shows the amount of upkeep paid per-plot by a Town.
  • %townyadvanced_daily_town_overclaimed_per_plot_upkeep_penalty% - Shows the penalty paid per-plot by a Town.
  • %townyadvanced_daily_town_upkeep_reduction_from_town_level% - Shows the percentage that a Town's upkeep is reduced by the TownLevel's upkeepModifier, or if the player has no Town what a 1 player town would receive.
  • %townyadvanced_daily_town_upkeep_reduction_from_nation_level% - Shows the percentage that a Town's upkeep is reduced by the NationLevel's nationTownUpkeepModifier, or if the player has no Nation what a 1 player town would receive if they had a nation.
  • %townyadvanced_daily_nation_per_town_upkeep% - Shows the amount of upkeep paid per-town by a Nation.
  • %townyadvanced_daily_nation_upkeep_reduction_from_nation_level% - Shows the percentage that a Nation's upkeep is reduced by the NationLevel's upkeepModifier, or if the player has no Nation what a 1 player town would receive if they had a nation.
  • %townyadvanced_town_merge_cost% - Shows the base cost to merge a town.
  • %townyadvanced_town_merge_per_plot_percentage% - Shows the percentage of the TownBlock claim price that the merging Town will have to pay in order to do a merge.
  • %townyadvanced_town_reclaim_cost% - Shows the cost to reclaim a town.
  • %townyadvanced_town_reclaim_max_duration_hours% - Shows the maximum number of hours a town can be ruined before it is deleted.
  • %townyadvanced_town_reclaim_min_duration_hours% - Shows the minimum number of hours a town can be ruined before it can be reclaimed.
  • %townyadvanced_townblock_buy_bonus_price% - Shows the base price of buying a TownBlock using /t buy bonus.
  • %townyadvanced_townblock_claim_price% - Shows the base price of claiming a TownBlocking using /t claim.
  • %townyadvanced_townblock_unclaim_price% - Shows the base price of claiming a TownBlocking using /t unclaim.
  • %townyadvanced_outpost_claim_price% - Shows the price of claiming an outpost using /t claim outpost.
• New Config Option: economy.bankruptcy.neutrality.can_bankrupt_towns_pay_for_neutrality
  • Default: true
  • If a town is bankrupt can they still pay for neutrality?
  • Closes Suggestion: Option to disable neutrality payments for towns going bankrupt #6017.
• Fix admins being unable to teleport out of Towns in which they are outlawed.
• Adapt to PlaceholderAPI no longer parsing colours.
• Automatic Config Edit:
  • ,OAK_CHEST_BOAT will be added to your protections.switch_ids list.
  • This will make all chest boats require switching perms to open/enter.
  • New configs will have OAK_CHEST_BOAT included in the switch_ids list.
• Remove old tc, nc tab completes from /res set mode.
• Fix WorldCoord#loadChunks and #unloadChunks from being called async.
  • Closes Towny failed main thread check: ChunkMapDistance::addTicket java.lang.Throwable: null #6022.

0.98.3.1

• Fix /t outpost generating a array index out of bounds.

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