BetonQuest

Changed

• previous maven artifact repository nexus https://nexus.betonquest.org/repository/betonquest/ replaced with reposilite available at https://repo.betonquest.org/betonquest/
• Bukkit API events are now called sync/async depending on the tread context they are called in
• actions, objectives, and conditions do not replace underscores anymore. quoting syntax needs to be used now
• brew objective now checks brewed items in a more accurate way
• simple quest items now resolve placeholders one time on reload to support constant placeholders
  • owner:%player% was changed to owner: to allow constant pre-parsing
• npc_conversations show the combat message only if there is a bound conversation
• Journal and Quest Item are checked with PersistentDataContainer instead of lore
• hologram's top: line to customizable format
• LoadDataEvent is now called before and after the data is loaded with a new enum LoadDataEvent.State that indicates the state
• configuration structure and naming
  • reworked the entire config.yml file
  • renamed max_npc_distance to max_conversation_distance
  • renamed acceptNPCLeftClick to npcs.accept_left_click
  • renamed npcInteractionLimit to npcs.interaction_limit
  • message.yml file was deleted, and instead the lang folder now contains all translations
  • menuConfig.yml file was deleted, translations are in the lang folder, and the config is part of config.yml
  • item.backpack.cancel_button and item.backpack.compass_button do not have a DEFAULT value anymore, instead you need to specify an item
• terminology and naming
  • renamed Variables to Placeholders in the entire project
  • renamed Events to Actions in the entire project
  • renamed global property for objectives to auto-once
  • cross-packages now use > instead of . to solve conflicts in placeholders
  • in objectives - event and condition are now actions and conditions
  • in actions - condition is now conditions
  • in menus - condition is now conditions
  • in conversations - options condition, event, pointer and extend are now conditions, actions, pointers and extends
• commands
  • item command now requires the specification of serializer
  • variable command allows setting and getting data now for offline players
  • objectives can now be removed from the database via command even when it does not exist
• conversations and conversation IOs
  • conversations now always print their start and stop conversation message
  • menu conversation IO settings are now defined the config.yml file in the conversation.io.menu section
  • menu conversation IO based on packetevents renamed to packetevents
  • menu conversation IO displaying and scroll behavior rework
  • menu conversation IO no longer ignores canceled bukkit events to process as input
  • packet chat interceptor was renamed to packetevents
  • custom items in the chest conversation IO are now defined in the properties section as an option
  • %quester% placeholder is used instead of %npc% for the quester's name in conversations; %npc placeholder is now used for the new npc system
  • chest conversation IO now actually ends when there is to npc option left or the player closes the inventory
• integrations
  • ProtocolLib was replaced with PacketEvents
  • MMOCore integration updated to 1.13.1-SNAPSHOT
• menus and menu items
  • menu item's name and lore are no longer italic by default, name can be overridden while keeping original lore
  • bound_item now finds the first menu allowed to open instead aborting after the first check
• npcs
  • citizens npcs to use the npc identifiers of BetonQuest instead of those from Citizens
  • citizens npcs hiding now uses the inbuilt player filter trait
  • npcs in the npc_holograms and npcs, conditions and locations in the effectlib section now use comma-separated lists
• element behavior
  • the actions in quest cancelers to be now executed before the teleport
  • items now have a type like other elements
  • math placeholder now gives a better exception message and does not return 0 instead
  • cancel action now respects by default canceler conditions
  • fish objective use block selector instead of a quest item
  • actions, objectives, conditions and co. are now case-insensitive
  • interact objective now accepting any as an option for the entity type argument
  • pickrandom action now use tilde instead of percentage
  • mooncycle condition is now moonphase and uses a list of the phases instead of numbers
  • mmobkill objective now uses the killer (if present) to resolve names and distances

Added

• package.version for quest packages and quest templates
• constants can be addressed with the new constant placeholder
• bypass keyword to cancel action to ignore conditions in quest cancelers
• eval action and condition to resolve a string and interpret it again as action/condition
• sync placeholder offering identical evaluation as eval but forcing the execution on the main thread
• mainhand selection order to take action
• abort flag and fail actions to (chest) take action
• debug dump command to only dump the history to the log file
• unit as optional argument to the folder action to define the time unit for ticks, seconds, and minutes - defaults to seconds
• support for itemModel for the totem NotifyIO (MC 1.21.4+)
• optional ingame message for plugin updates (previously removed in 2.1.0)
• FastStats to provide better statistics for BetonQuest
• all of Minecraft's default font widths are now used to calculate the width of a string for line wrapping
• support for text parsing formatter allowing for minimessage, minedown, and other formats for texts
• support for placeholders in all actions, objectives, conditions, and more
  • list arguments allow for placeholders to be used in each element or all elements
• menu features
  • menu items are now in the menu_items section, allowing references from multiple menus
  • title allows defining different messages
  • bind item for specific clicks
  • check flag to menu action to respect the menu's open conditions
  • menu action now supports the update action to update the currently opened menu
• item types and item system improvements
  • mmoitem, nexo, craftEngine, itemsAdder, mythic, brew, magic item types
  • simple item type
    • item-name argument (MC 1.20.6+)
    • item-model & no-item-model arguments (MC 1.21.4+)
    • custom-model-data support for data lists (MC 1.21.4+)
  • quest-item argument for Mythic(-Mobs) and MMOItems item types
• integrations and features to existing integrations
  • FancyNpcs, ZNPCsPlus and MythicMobs as new options for npcs
  • FancyHolograms as compatible hologram plugin
  • citizens npcs are now used only from default registry
  • mcast action to cast a Mythic(Mobs) skill with skill parameters for a player
  • mmostat action to modify the player's stats using the MythicLib (MmoLib) integration
  • brew action/condition mode parameter to select by name or id
  • mode to mmobkill to allow checking for faction instead of name
• new conversation features
  • notification categories conversation_start and conversation_end
  • menu conversation IO settings to configure the scroll down and up buttons
  • native menu io implementation which sets the player's speed to zero instead mounting it on an arrow (MC 1.21.4+)
  • invincible config option to disable conversation invincibility
  • conversation.block_item_transfer option with per-conversation override to prevent item moving while in a conversation
  • new notification category conversation_nothing_to_start
  • config option conversation.interceptor.display_history to allow the interceptor to send the chat history after a conversation
  • config option conversation.interceptor.delay to configure a delay between the end of a conversation and the moment the interceptor is ended
• new objectives
  • timer to track ingame time
  • point to track point changes

Removed

• spigot support entirely, now paper is required
• undocumented prefix feature in conversation
• citizens_npcs_by_name config option, which is now part of the id
• start and stop sound in the configuration for conversations were removed in favor of the notification system that now also has the two new build in categories conversation_start and conversation_end
• menu reload command which did not work
• variables section
• MMOItems conditions, actions, and the mmoitemcraft objective in favor of the built-in ones
• journal.chars_per_page was deleted from the config.yml
• undocumented way of addressing packages in some placeholders
• journal.show_separator option deleted
• display_missed config option, as the none interceptor should be used instead
• legacy multiply with * for points
• dependency PaperLib since its discontinued
• aliases /q, /j and /b to improve compatibility with other plugins by actively reducing conflicts on command names
• Brewery item condition and actions, in favor of the built-in ones

Fixed

• plugin did not reload menu config correctly
• potions generated have not been extended/upgraded since 2.2.1
• biome condition on Minecraft 1.21.4 could not parse the biome from the instruction anymore
• randomnumber placeholder now correctly returns lower bound
• stage objective index property not working and now also starts at 0
• betonquest command without arguments did not work anymore
• Fabled hook not working properly
• quest canceler did not resolve global placeholders
• quest canceler used loc instead of location key for teleportation
• journal language only changed after rejoin when changing player language
• journal entry renaming or deleting via command now affects all specified pointers and not only one
• ride objective did only count vehicles, not all entities
• scrolling the mouse in the menu conversation IO did not work
• MMOCore attribute loading with MMOCore 1.13
• missing messages animals_to_tame and times_to_jump in language files by adding them
• menu item parsing with newlines caused missing lines in some cases
• menus throwing exception on reload when bound commands are used
• mmoitemcraft objective NoSuchMethodError with MMOItems 6.10+
• menu conversation IO exception in one edge case
• interact objective's documentations used hookLocation instead of loc for the location
• randomnumber placeholder using locale/eventually comma instead of dots breaking further using like math
• interact objective now blocks the interaction with an item frame properly if cancel is set
• brewery null pointer exception when a brew has no recipe
• npcrange objective did count player without it valid for outside action
• global objective error on join when it was added with the command or the tag got removed
• tellraw conversation IO showed pop-up for unknown command
• simple item flags crashed plugin when invalid
• disabling the plugin no longer causes hardly expected zip errors
• mspawnmob exception when spawning the mob is canceled/forbidden
• conversations could cause deadlocks when too many conditions are checked
• itemdurability placeholder parsed differently than intended in docs
• database connection is now more stable and reconnect probably works better now
• QuestItems and Journals could be put into bundles (MC 1.21.4+)
• hologram integration with the lowest priority was selected instead of with the highest
• broken conversation states no longer trap players
• firework colors de-/serializing in simple item when there is no color
• nujobs_payment objective wrongly using target amount for everything
• MMOCore actions and conditions now no longer wrongly accept offline players
• offline player data access in multiple elements supporting offline context
• code in npcmove action effecting the end of a navigation to may return to a previous location in some cases

fix incorrect repository reference in release script

fix detection of existing tags in build workflow when a release needs to know if api and lib need a deployment

Merge pull request #4038 from Juyas/changelogCleanup

Update ChangeLog before Release

Merge pull request #4039 from TheosRee/dev-3/273

Escape quotes in simple item serializing

Merge pull request #4032 from TheosRee/dev-3/271

Check in ChestPutObjective if there is a Chest/InventoryHolder only if the location matches

Merge pull request #4036 from Juyas/update/faststas

Update faststats-bukkit.version to 0.25.2

Am I an author?

Am I worthy of calling myself a co-author?

Juyas has officially become a BetonQuest author by adding his name to the plugin.yml file himself. Now, everyone who looks at the authors list will know who to ask for help.

Merge pull request #4034 from Juyas/fix/chatFormat

Fix chat format getting stripped

Merge pull request #4033 from TheosRee/dev-3/272

Move item resolving into ItemLine setLine

Merge pull request #3983 from TheosRee/dev-3/266

Add player as context for mythic item and add mcast metadata

Merge pull request #4030 from Juyas/fix/concurrentMetrics

Avoid concurrent modification exceptions

Merge pull request #4029 from Juyas/fix/offlinePlayerData

Fix offline player data access

Merge pull request #4028 from Juyas/fix/npe

Fix NPE in faulty objective ata

Merge pull request #4027 from Juyas/fix/mmocore

Fix MMOCore accepting too much offline players

Denizen script with definitions (#4022)

Add option to define values passed to Denizen as tag definitions for script execution

Merge pull request #4018 from TheosRee/dev-3/268 - bypassed on tasklist stuck

Use multi target Npcs from Identifier

Merge pull request #4024 from Juyas/improveFastStats

Do not track errors on unofficial builds

Merge pull request #4023 from TheosRee/dev-3/270

fix cancelling PlayerConversationStartEvent not interrupting