Dynamic Manhunt Release 1.2.1

🚀 New Features & Enhancements

📦 Supply Drop Improvements

• End Crystal & Obsidian Package:
  • End Crystals and Obsidian are now bundled in supply drops, ensuring that players receive both key items simultaneously for strategic usage.
  • This bundle includes:
    • 5x Obsidian
    • 2x End Crystal
  • No more separate drops—these essential items now come together for enhanced tactical play.

🧪 Potion Adjustments

We’ve added a variety of overpowered potions with randomized quantities to increase unpredictability and player adaptability further:

• Potion of Strength:
  • Includes Strength effect (3600 ticks, Level 1).
  • Random quantity between 2-5.
• Potion of Swiftness:
  • Includes Speed effect (3600 ticks, Level 1).
  • Random quantity between 2-5.
• Splash Potion of Slowness:
  • Includes Slowness effect (3600 ticks, Level 1).
  • Random quantity between 2-5.
• Splash Potion of Weakness:
  • Includes Weakness effect (3600 ticks, Level 1).
  • Random quantity between 2-5.

These potions add strategic depth and offer varying combat scenarios during hunts.

🛠️ Bug Fixes & Optimizations

• Potion Drop Frequency: Adjustments were made to improve potion drop randomness and ensure smoother distribution.
• General Optimizations: Performance improvements and bug fixes related to the supply drop logic.

🎮 Gameplay Balance

• Balanced Supply Drops: By bundling the Obsidian and End Crystals, we’ve enhanced the accessibility of critical resources needed for more advanced strategies.
• Dynamic Potion Quantities: The new random quantity range (2-5) for potions adds variability to gameplay, ensuring no two encounters are the same.

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How to Update:

1. Download the latest release from the releases page.
2. Replace the old DynamicManhunt.jar in your server's plugins folder with the new version.
3. Restart your server.

Thank you to all our users for your continued support and feedback! If you encounter any issues, please report them via the issue tracker.

Happy Hunting!

Dynamic Manhunt Release 1.2.0

🚀 New Features

• Overpowered Item Drops: Added new random overpowered item drops, including:
  • Netherite Sword
  • Netherite Axe
  • Ender Pearls (4)
  • Ender Eyes (64)
  • Netherite Armor (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots)
  • Trident
  • Water Bucket
  • Enchanted Golden Apples (8)
  • Elytra
  • Firework Rockets (64)
  • Splash Potion of Slowness (random)
  • Potion of Strength (random)
  • Potion of Swiftness (random)
  • Splash Potion of Weakness (random)
  • End Crystals (2)
  • Obsidian (5)

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Error Handling: Improved error logging when saving the original world state, replacing the printStackTrace() method with more robust logging.
• Deprecated Methods: Updated potion creation methods to use the latest Bukkit API standards.

🛠️ Improvements

• Asynchronous Tasks: Enhanced performance by ensuring the world state saving is performed asynchronously.
• Logging Enhancements: Improved logging to provide clearer and more informative messages for debugging.

📜 Configuration Changes

• No significant configuration changes in this update.

📅 Upcoming Features

• New game modes and enhancements based on player feedback.
• More diverse item drop mechanics.

🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository
• Issue Tracker

💬 Feedback

We appreciate any feedback or suggestions! Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Thank you for using the Dynamic Manhunt plugin!

Full Changelog: 1.1.0...1.2.0

Dynamic Manhunt Release 1.1.0

🚀 Updated Features in Release 1.1.0

In this release, we are excited to introduce several new features and improvements that enhance the gameplay experience. Here’s what’s new:

New Features

• Dynamic Role Assignment: Players can now join as either Runners or Hunters through a simple command, providing a seamless way to switch roles during gameplay.

• Enhanced Messaging System: Improved in-game messages to keep players informed about their role changes, statuses, and other important notifications.

• Broadcast Roles Feature: At the start of each game, all players will receive a broadcast message displaying their roles, ensuring everyone is aware of their participation status.

Improvements

• Code Optimization: Refactored the PlayerManager class for better performance and readability, making it easier to manage player roles.

• Resource Filtering: Updated the resource filtering for the paper-plugin.yml to dynamically inject the version number.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Role Removal Issues: Resolved issues related to players not being properly removed from the Runner and Hunter lists when they leave the game.

• Compatibility Fixes: Ensured compatibility with the latest version of PaperMC and addressed minor bugs reported by users.

🛠️ Installation

To install Dynamic Manhunt, simply place the downloaded JAR file into your server's plugins directory and restart the server. For detailed installation instructions, refer to the Wiki.

📜 Commands

• /join runner: Join as a Runner.
• /join hunter: Join as a Hunter.
• /leave: Leave your current role.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have suggestions for features or improvements, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

💬 Support

For support, please open an issue in the GitHub Issues section.

Dynamic Manhunt Release 1.0.0

Dynamic Manhunt is a fun and engaging Minecraft plugin that adds an exciting twist to the classic manhunt gameplay. Gather your friends and experience the thrill of hunting or running in a beautifully crafted game mode!

🚀 New Features in v1.0

• Game Management: Start and stop the manhunt game with simple commands.
• Hunter and Runner Roles: Add or remove players as hunters or runners dynamically.
• Player Command Handling: User-friendly command processing with in-game help.
• Spawn Item Drops: Randomly spawn items near players to enhance gameplay.
• Customizable Drop Locations: Control where item drops occur for added strategy.
• Timeouts: Set time limits for certain actions to keep the game engaging.
• Boot-Up Messages: Clear, informative messages on plugin load to enhance user experience.

📜 Commands Overview

• /manhunt start - Start the manhunt game.
• /manhunt stop - Stop the active manhunt game.
• /manhunt addHunter <player> - Add a hunter.
• /manhunt removeHunter <player> - Remove a hunter.
• /manhunt listHunters - List all active hunters.
• /manhunt addRunner <player> - Add a runner.
• /manhunt removeRunner <player> - Remove a runner.
• /manhunt listRunners - List all active runners.
• /manhunt help - Show help information for commands.