Player View Distance Controller

• Fix lang files resetting on server restart and reduce lang manager bloat

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.3.2...v2.3.3

• Only save dynamic mode enabled to disk and not the whole config, fixing issue #21
• Add optional player data saving configuration by @ttugrul in #22. Thank you 😁!
• Use min and max values before optimising view distance for dynamic/ ping modes instead of after
• Add send-dynamic-msgs config option, false by default
• Improve config file comments and default messages

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.3.1...v2.3.2

• Fix error on tab completion of player names

OP players now have no bypass commands by default, so you may wish to add these with your permission system.

• Add sync-simulation-distance option to allow for chunk ticking customisability
• Use world context when considering LP nodes and recalculate view distance on world change
• Make all bypasses off for everyone by default (ops without the permission nodes will no longer have bypass perms)
• Make ~40 bug fixes and general improvements
• Add zero-chunks-afk config option to allow for no chunk loading when AFK (use with caution)
• Significant codebase optimisations and refactoring to prepare for future API
• Make plugin more customisable with more config options

• Add migration guides to docs
• Add search functionality to docs

• Check if a player is on Bedrock edition with the Geyser API rather than using the "." prefix which could be customised
• Fix PVDC not always detecting LP changes and using them incorrectly when multiple nodes were changed
• Fix coming out of AFK setting view distance to the wrong value and maxdistance bypass being used incorrectly in the code
• Remove useless chunksPing config value

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0

• ConfigUpdater library not working properly

• Add dynamic mode
• Add ping mode (the two modes can work together!)
• Create new docs (all old info and LOADS of new info has been put here)
• Add offline player support for some commands
• Add afkOnJoin option to restrict view distance on join
• Allow ability to use "none" in language files to stop a message being sent
• Add config updating library to set new config keys in config.yml, ping-mode.yml and dynamic-mode.yml
• Remove reload command as the reloaded values weren't actually used (will implement this properly in the future)
• Improve console support
• Completely overhaul README with page similar to docs info page
• Fix LOTS of bugs and change small things for user QoL
• Improve chunk calculator efficiency and refactor saving data for performance and reduce bloat, particularly where LuckPerms is involved
• Change error, player offline and placeholder messages and usages and default configs
• Improve backwards compatibility

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.1.2...v2.2.0

• Add console support to all commands

• Make reset command work properly when resetting other people

• Make reset command logic more accurate

• Check if permission changes contain 'pvdc' before setting view distances for players

• Performance improvements

• Bug fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.1.1...v2.1.2

This update should fix issues with joining and getting a view distance of 2 chunks

• Add backwards compatibility by allowing -1 in the config files for chunksOthers to be disabled

• Add /pvdc <chunks> shortcut subcommand
• Backend performance improvements
• Chunks set by others should be reset when setting own view distance
• Retrieve existing PlayerDataHandler instance instead of creating a new instance
• Switch HashMap to ConcurrentHashMap to ensure thread safety
• Add more defensive design for the event of config folder deletion
• Bug fixes and small changes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.0.2...v2.1.0

• Merge distance calculation for LuckPerms changes and joining for efficiency and so that after LuckPerms changes are made, a message is displayed
• Make LuckPerms changes only update the player's view distance once after changes are made (great performance boost!)
• Send a different message depending on if the trigger is a LuckPerms event
• Ensure bypass permissions are always respected
• Fix display-max-join-msg has no effect
• Only send update message on join if enabled in config
• Alter default chunks too high message to be less wordy
• Fix maxdistance permission having no effect sometimes
• Add more robust error logging

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.0.1...v2.0.2

• Make LuckPerms pick the greatest permission assigned for maxdistance
• Make plugin pick largest LuckPerms maxdistance permission
• Check for max distance bypass permission on join
• Update documentation significantly with lots of new information
• Create zh_CN.yml by @YuanYuanOwO in https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/pull/11 Thanks!
• Minor optimisations

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1

YOU ARE ADVISED TO CHECK PERMISSIONS AND ALLOW THE PLUGIN TO GENERATE A NEW CONFIG FOLDER DUE TO LOTS OF BACKEND CHANGES

• Completely revamp the system of priority for calculating max view distances of players. Graphics have been made to explain this.

• Add PlaceholderAPI support, with an expansion for chunks and afk (see documentation)

• Add reset command to reset a player's max view distance to the max (or the max allowed by LuckPerms permissions if installed)

• Add update checker

• Add more AFK customisability and functionality (when logging off, etc)

• Add new multi-language system, with English and Russian currently shipping by default (thanks to JustCheburek on my Discord for the Russian translation)

• Remove prefixes system (default bedrock values can be customised in config.yml and for other prefixes, just use LuckPerms)

• Add bstats metrics (which may be put on documentation pages in the future)

• Add Folia task scheduler support, so the AFK system works on Folia

• Make the plugin work without LuckPerms installed (it is now a soft depend)

• Add max-distance bypass and AFK bypass permissions

• Make maxdistance permission be the max for setting your own view distance

• Make plugin more performant and RAM-efficient

• Fix LOADS of permission-based bugs present in previous versions (see full changelog)

• Fix absolutely tonnes of bugs and broken features

• Update Documentation

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.9.0...v2.0.0

• Add AFK detection and restrict view when AFK to improve server performance (with config options)

• Make reload config actually work

• Fix self permission node should be set-self

• Get permission nodes from groups and inherited groups in addition to user-specific nodes

• Make max view distance the greater value out of any assigned permissions and view distances assigned with commands or in the config files

• Fix LuckPerms not working

• Lots of other minor changes

• Update Documentation

• Lots of bug fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.8.0...v1.9.0

• Re-add Minecraft 1.20.x support
• Add help and get subcommands
• Update permission names to be more intuitive (check the README for the updated permission nodes!)
• Make LuckPerms optional
• Remove plugin debug messages in the console
• Fix critical bug when not using LuckPerms
• Overhaul default messages and colours
• Improve plugin documentation
• Improve code and make it more readable
• Fixed lots of bugs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0

Top Changes

• Fix incorrect permission logic for setting your own max view distance

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1

Top Changes

THIS UPDATE CHANGES THE ROOT PERMISSION NODE FROM viewdistance TO pvdc: UPDATE YOUR PERMISSIONS WHEN UPDATING THE PLUGIN

• Add separate permissions for changing your own view distance and the view distance of others
• Fix broken permissions system to now take permissions into account when not op
• Add no permission message to config.yml
• Fixed bugs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0

What's Changed

• Mark plugin as Folia compatible by @tech-6 in https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/pull/6
• Improve look of help message
• Update to only support 1.21+

New Contributors

• @tech-6 made their first contribution in https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/pull/6 - thanks!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1

Top Changes

• Added ability to set max view distances via Luckperms permissions
• Fixed bugs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0

Top Changes

• Ensure compatibility with mc1.21.1
• Added reload subcommand along with permissions
• Update and fix README
• Fix git workflow
• Update config and plugin.yml
• Improve codebase and ensure config messages cannot be null
• Fixed bugs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0

Top Changes

• Added tab autocomplete
• Added new command manager, which automatically registers subcommands and registers them to a help page
• Overhauled config (improve instructions and default messages and remove separate section for console messages to avoid colour issues, which are handled now with code)
• Improved code quality and efficiency significantly
• Fixed bugs

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Wyzebb/PlayerViewDistanceController/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0