0.97.5.16 for MC 1.14.* & 1.15.* & 1.16.* & 1.17.* & 1.18.*

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• Add Azaleas and Flowering Azaleas to Potted Plants list, to provide protection.
  • Closes Potted Azalea's aren't protected. #5685.
• Switch over to ChatColor's colour-stripping.
  • Closes Exception - Text contains unterminated color string #5680.
• Fix Cow Milking requiring the ability to break air blocks.
  • Closes Cant milk cows in farm plot #5691.
• Make /town and /nation return the invalid subcommand message when an invalid subcommand is used.
• New Config Option: economy.daily_taxes.do_nation_capitals_pay_nation_tax
  • Default: false
  • When true, a nation's capital will pay the nation tax from the capital's town bank.
  • This feature is a bit redundant because the king can withdraw from both banks anyways, but it might keep nation's from being deleted for not paying their upkeep.
  • Closes Suggestion: Make nation capitals pay nation tax #5708.
• Make the config's notification.plot.notforsale actually used.
• New Config Option: town.min_distance_between_homeblocks
  • Default: 0
  • Minimum distance between homeblocks.
  • Closes Min Distance Between Homeblocks #5713.
• Create a new Byte datafield, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Create a new Byte datafield. #5714.
• Bump language file to 0.142.
• New Config Option: global_town_settings.peaceful_cooldown_time
  • Default: 30
  • Number of seconds that must pass before peacfulness can be toggled by a town or nation.
  • Closes Suggestion: Cooldown on towns running /t toggle peaceful #5716.

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Cumulative changes since 0.97.5.0

0.97.5.15

• Use EnumSet for switch and itemuse materials, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Use EnumSet for switch and itemuse materials. #5664.
• Add TOWNYADMIN_RELOAD commandtype, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add TOWNYADMIN_RELOAD commandtype. #5669.
  • Closes Suggestion: add TOWNYADMIN_RELOAD CommandType #5668.
• Improve border around townyperms header, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Improve border around townyperms header. #5671.
• Fix mob removal task malfunctioning when using citizens, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix mob removal task malfunctioning when using citizens. #5674.
• Fix translation loader loading global from the wrong location, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix translation loader loading global from the wrong location. #5673.

0.97.5.14

• Correctly fall back to the en_US when a server is using not-en_US and a plugin is calling for a string which was not translated to that locale.
• Improve /ta town townname kick name feedback, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Improve /ta town townname kick name feedback. #5648.
• Do a better job of catching when Citizens API is unavailable to us, preventing many Towny operations from completing successfully.
• Make /ta town NAME set mayor NAME set hasUpkeep correctly when a mayor is replacing an npc mayor.
• Fix Towny throwing errors when checking for spawn protection on NPC entities.
  • Closes NPC's attacking other NPC's throws spammy error #5656.
• Fix regression in SpawnUtil throwing NPE when using_economy is false.
• Re-add overriding player crop trampling option.
• New Config Option: protection.prevent_player_crop_trample
  • Default: true
  • When set to true, players will never trample crops. When false, players will still have to be able to break the crop by hand in order to be able to trample crops.

0.97.5.13

• Fix TownyAPI#isPVP(Location) return the opposite value in Towny-enabled Worlds.
• Remove player crop trampling world setting, in favour of using plot permissions.
• Fix /t trust remove not working, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix /t trust remove not working. #5646.
  • Closes /t trust remove no longer works #5643.
• Put town into ruined state when last resident is deleted, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Put town into ruined state when last resident is deleted. #5645.
• Change PlayerCache Map to use UUIDs instead of Names.
• Fix potential NPE in PlayerInteractEvent listener.
• Fix NewDayEvent never firing when servers have daily_taxes disabled.
• Fix newday being scheduled again after running /ta newday, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix newday being scheduled again after running /ta newday #5647.
• Refactor the SpawnUtil to be more readable.

0.97.5.12

• API: Add TownPreRemoveResidentEvent.
  • Fires before a resident is removed from a town.
• API: TownRemoveResidentEvent changed to fire after a resident is removed from a town.
  • Closes Suggestion:  #5630.
• New Command: /town trust list.
  • Closes Suggestion: trust list of towns for admins /t trust list  #5615.
• Fix Towny showing "Error updating {action} permission." messages when EventWar is used.
• Fix /ta set plot {townname} not saving the townblock correctly when the command is changing a townblock from one town to another.
• Fix Town add/remove enemy/ally events being able to be thrown async.

0.97.5.11

• Add component support to Metadata Labels and Values, courtesy of silverwolfg11 with PR Add component support to Metadata Labels and Values #5628.
• Fix empty named towns being allowed to be made.
• Fix new plot snapshots being made where there are existing plot snapshots.
• Fix ConfigMigrator REPLACE type.

0.97.5.10

• Fix /plot group toggle mobs message, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix /plot group toggle mobs message. #5612.
• Remove global registration message, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Remove global registration message #5614.
• Add config option to define what languages are enabled, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add config option to define what languages are enabled. #5590.
• New Config Option: language.enabled_languages
  • Default: *
  • The languages you wish to have enabled. Set to '*' to use all available languages.
  • If you would like to only allow 4 languages use: en-US,ru-RU,es-ES,fr-FR
• Fix skeletons not hurting mobs inside claimed areas, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix skeletons not hurting mobs inside claimed areas. #5613.
• Fix SQL db not always loading a townblock's outpost status properly.
  • Closes Outposts Unclaiming Incorrectly  #5618.
• Fix typo in material name, add new migrationtype, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix typo in material name, add new migrationtype #5625.
• Fix regen queue blocking up with unloaded chunks.
• New migration type: Move, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR New migration type: Move #5620.
• API: add PlayerDeniedBedUseEvent.
  • Cancellable Event thrown by Towny when Towny prevents someone from using a bed.
• Make wolves inside towns mortal again, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Make wolves inside towns mortal again. #5622.

0.97.5.9

• Refactor some listener code, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Refactor some listener code. #5589.
• Fix entities being able to steal items from item frames, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix entities being able to steal items from item frames. #5594.
• Fix NPE on /ta town NAME set board.
• Deprecate unused parameter in CombatUtil#preventDamageCall(), courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Deprecate unused parameter in CombatUtil#preventDamageCall() #5595.
• Fix OOBE in the towny top command, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix OOBE in the towny top command. #5597.
• Fix /t invite tab completion not handling inviting residents.
  • Closes Improve /town invite tab completion #5533.
• Added forsale placeholder, courtesy of Glare with PR Added forsale placeholder #5603.
  • Closes have a forsale placeholder #5220.
• Add PAPI placeholder for town public/open status, courtesy of benlmyers with PR Add PAPI placeholder for town public/open status #5602. (First-Time Contributor!)
• New Placeholder: %townyadvanced_player_location_plot_forsale% - Shows For Sale lang string when a plot is for sale.
• New Placeholder: %townyadvanced_is_town_public% - Shows (Public) lang string when the player's town is public.
• New Placeholder: %townyadvanced_is_town_open% - Shows (Open) lang string when the player's town is open.
• Add locale info message, courtesy of GNosii with PR Add locale info message #5599.
• New Config Option: resident_settings.is_showing_locale_message
  • Default: true
  • If true, players who join the server for the first time will be informed about their locale, and about Towny translatable system.
• Bump language files to 0.140.
• Fix safe mode messages not appearing in game when the config is the reason for safe mode.
• Add a cooldown on town renaming, to prevent townblocks getting out of sorts.
  • Closes Database issues upon town rename #5600.
• Fix AreaSelectionUtil treating every selection like it will be for claiming.
  • Fixes resident claim limit not accounting for townblocks already claimed.
  • Fixes /ta unclaim passing in a null TownBlockOwner meaning the available value was left at 0.
  • Closes /ta unclaim rect (#)  #5606.

0.97.5.8

• Suppress deprecated JSONReader stuff, fix javadoc building.
• Fix ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException when using /towny top with no subcommand.
• Fix command blacklists not handling casing well.
  • Closes Suggestion: Remove case sensitive to blacklisted commands for outlaw player #5586.
• API: Add TranslationLoader.
  • An easy to use object, accessible via the API which allows a plugin to inject a map of translations into Towny's translations map.
  • This enables other plugins to use TownyMessaging, Confirmations and other Towny systems' Translatable language methods.
  • Messages will display to the player in their locale if the language strings are available.

0.97.5.7

• Fix redundant permission node tests in Towny command.
• Add child nodes to towny.command.towny.top command.
  • Closes Suggestion: Seperate Balance, Residents & Land into permissions on /towny top #5580.
• New permission node:
  • towny.command.towny.top.*
    • Child Node of towny.command.towny.top
    • Children: - towny.command.towny.top.residents
      - towny.command.towny.top.land
      - towny.command.towny.top.balance
• Undo change to TownyEconomyHandler which prevented CMI working.
• New Config Node: global_town_settings.warn_town_on_outlaw_message_cooldown_in_seconds
  • Default: "30",
  • How many seconds in between warning messages, to prevent spam.
• Added outlawn message warning cooldown to prevent spam on servers where the outlaw warning message is turned on,
  and the outlaw teleporting warmup is not set to 0.
  • Closes Suggestion: Make it so outlaws can't spam your chat when the enter and exit repeatedly #5582.
• Add the ability to make a CommentedConfiguration from a File again.

0.97.5.6

• Overhaul of CommentedConfiguration, adding support for old and new versions of Bukkit servers.
  • Servers not running up-to-date MC 1.18.1 implementations might see some multi-lining in their chatconfig.yml, which isn't an actual issue.

0.97.5.5

• Replace some methods in TownyPerms with clearer method names.
• Fix switch id lists not accepting item groups in the custom townblocks lists, and some switches not being added.
  • Closes Switch IDs Ignored #5569.

0.97.5.4

• Added Custom TownBlockTypes, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Custom townblock types #5388.
  • TownBlocks are now able to be created in the config and also via other plugins that use our API.
  • All of the previous townblocktypes will be imported to the new config section.
  • Each TownBlockType has a name, cost, tax, map character, itemuse list, switch list, and allowed blocks list.
• New Command: /towny allowedblocks
  • Used to display what blocks are permitted to be used on TownBlockTypes.
• Removed Command: /towny farmblocks
  • Replaced with /towny allowedblocks.
• Fix towns.ranks and nations.ranks missing from the Townyperms.yml's vital groups.
• Fix for SQL schema and new townblock type-saving.
• Fix support for spigot 1.18.1 enabling yaml comments by default.
  • Closes Config values converted to !!org.bukkit.configuration.MemorySection #5559.
• Only apply the outsiders prevent pvp toggle when enabling pvp, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Only apply the outsiders prevent pvp toggle when enabling pvp. #5560.

0.97.5.3

• New Permission Node: towny.command.nation.default
  • A collection of nation sub commands which are given to everyone by default.
    • Each node doesn't do anything as there are further subcommands with more permission tests.
  • Fixes complicated townyperms setups not handling nation command refactor 0.97.3.2.
• New Placeholder: %townyadvanced_player_location_plotgroup_name%
  • Shows the PlotGroup name if the player location has a PlotGroup.
  • Closes Suggestion: New placeholder %townyadvanced_player_location_group_name% #5539.
• Fix the default public town setting not being used.
• Fix a typo in a lang key use, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix a typo in a lang key use #5540.
• Allow economy.new_expand.price_claim_townblock_refund to be negative, meaning towns will be charged money to unclaim land.
  • Closes Suggestion: Allow negative amounts to be used in unclaim-refund. #3650.
• Prevent the theft of axolotls, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Prevent the theft of axolotls #5542.
• Fix minecart names in ItemLists, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix minecart names in ItemLists #5546.
• Fix ChorusFlowers not being protected from projectiles.
• Fix transfering the last plot from a plotgroup into another leaving an empty plotgroup, vulnerable to errors.
• New languages: es-MX, es-EC, es-CL, es-UY, es-VE.
• API: Deprecated a bunch of abstract TownyDataSource methods that have been pointing to long-deprecated methods.
  • Older plugins might still be using these, instructions for updating are included in the javadocs.
• Add in forwards compatibilty for server which update to the forthcoming custom townblocks, but then downgrade.

0.97.5.2

• Fix language strings added to Towny via the API throwing errors for players using un-translated locales.
• New Command: /ta nation [nationname] transfer [townname]
  • Places the given town into the given nation, removing any old nation if needed.
  • Works toward closing Suggestion: Add the ability for a nation to transfer ownership of a town to another nation #4906.
• Fix bonemealing trees and grass not being aware of the player involved, and their permissions.
  • Closes Suggestion: Check the build perms of a player bonemealing a tree at a plot edge on the plot the tree would grow into before cutting the tree off. #5517.
• API: Add TownPreClaimEvent to initial TownBlock claimed during new Town code.
• Fix lang\global.yml files generating empty on new installs.
• Fix lang\override\ folder not being made on new installs.
• Fix nations that change kings setting a null spawn when the new capital has a town spawn.
• Replace underscores on override lang keys properly, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Replace underscores on override lang keys properly. #5522.
  • Closes Lang keys aren't properly formatted for override files #5521.
• Fix aborted teleports not refunding the spawn travel cost.
  • Closes Suggestion: Charge for teleports only when being teleported #5526.
• Add INK_SAC and GLOW_INK_SAC to ItemLists list of Dyes, to prevent them being used on Signs.
• Automatic Config Update:
  • RESPAWN_ANCHOR will be added to new_world_settings.plot_management.wild_revert_on_block_explosion.blocks,
  • Their explosions will be reverted in new worlds.
  • Your world files will also have it added, meaning existing worlds with block explosion revert set to on will start reverting Respawn Anchor explosions.
• Make /ta set mayor TOWNNAME NPC be more careful about setting the NPC-run towns to have no upkeep.
• Fix Title/Subtitles not showing when entering/exiting a town.
  • Closes Fix Titles not showing #5532.
• Translate Console givebonus warning, courtesy of GNosii with PR Translate Console givebonus warning #5514.
• Option to show what nation you're joining when you are invited to join a town, courtesy of AlessioGr with PR Option to show what nation you're joining when you are invited to join a town. #5530. (First-Time Contributor!)

0.97.5.1

• Add helpful methods to BaseCommand.
• Fix regex used to split the townyperms.yml error message.
• API: Added StatusScreenEvent#getCommandSender()
  • It is now possible to learn who is going to view the StatusScreen being made.
• Fix expired invite handler not accounting for sent nation ally invites.
• New /ta merging commands, courtesy of Gamer153 with PR Add admin merge commands for nations and towns #5491. (First-Time Contributor!)
• New Command: /ta town [townname] merge [townname] - Asks the 2nd town if they want to merge with the first.
• New Command: /ta town [townname] forcemerge [townname] - Forcefully merges the 2nd town into the first.
• New Command: /ta nation [nationname] merge [nationname] - Asks the 2nd nation if they want to merge with the first.
• New Command: /ta nation [nationname] forcemerge [nationname] - Forcefully merges the 2nd nation into the first.
• Make town neutrality cost appear on /towny prices for Suggestion: neutral/peaceful status cost display #5500.
• Add town and nation neutrality costs to their respective status screens.
  • Closes Suggestion: neutral/peaceful status cost display #5500.
• Reorganization and cleanup of Town, Nation, and TownySettings, courtesy of FlagCourier with PR Reorganization and cleanup of Town, Nation, and TownySettings #5493.
• Made it possible for the {townname} placeholder to be used in the wilderness_title and wilderness_subtitle messages.
• Townyperms.yml nations' default rank will automatically be given towny.command.nation.spawn.
• Add 2 convenience methods to PreNewTownEvent, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add 2 convenience methods to PreNewTownEvent #5504.
• Fix possible tab completion NPE, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix possible tab completion NPE #5506.
• Allow lava_cauldrons to kill minecarts.
  • Closes Suggestion: lava cauldrons should break minecarts #5503.
• Call the PreNewTownEvent after any confirmations are confirmed, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Call the pre new town event after any confirmations are confirmed. #5508.
• API: Add tab-completion helper methods to TownyAPI.

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