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v1.2.4

June 16, 2026

Latest

Minigame quality-of-life. Chat-minigame prompts are now translatable, you can hand out a single random reward per win, and a round no longer comes up empty when one game type can't start. Drop-in — no config or data changes required.

Added

minigames.yml: per-type prompt keys (types.type-race.prompt, types.unscramble.prompt) so the in-chat minigame text can be translated into any language.
minigames.yml: reward-mode — set it to 'one' to run a single random reward command per win (list several and let chance pick one); 'all' keeps the old behaviour of running every command.

Fixed

A chat-minigame round could come up empty when the chosen type couldn't start (for example a minigames.yml with no trivia questions). It now falls back to another enabled type instead of skipping the round.

v1.2.3

May 18, 2026

Critical compatibility hotfix. On Paper, Purpur and Spigot 1.20.5+ the previous build could fail to load with a 'Failed to remap plugin jar' error on startup. This release fixes that — no config or data changes, just drop in the new jar. Recommended for every server on 1.20.5+.

Fixed

Plugin failing to start on Paper / Purpur / Spigot 1.20.5+ with a 'Failed to remap plugin jar' error. The packaged jar is now fully compatible with the server-side plugin remapper.

v1.2.0

May 12, 2026

Big release. Rewrites the chat filter to close a stack of bypasses, makes the plugin Folia-safe end-to-end, adds SQLite support and server telemetry, and fixes every persistence bug found in the audit. Recommended upgrade for every server.

Added

SQLite is now a supported database type alongside H2, MySQL and MariaDB. Single-file DB stored at plugins/StarChat/database/starchat.db.
Filter is now fully configurable: each normalisation step (Unicode fold, colour-code strip, zero-width strip, IPv6 detection, dot-obfuscation, phone-number digit count) is an opt-out flag so you can tune false positives for your community.
Server telemetry on every heartbeat (player count, software, MC version, plugin version, uptime) — visible on your dashboard.
2-hour grace window for transient licence-server hiccups: a momentary outage no longer kicks a live server offline mid-tick.
Dashboard: per-user email notification preferences (trial-expiring reminders, server-change alerts, security alerts, purchase receipts, product news, revoke notifications).
Dashboard: activity history is now filterable by category (Licences, Servers, Verifications, Trials, Other) with live counts.
Dashboard: servers panel now shows last heartbeat, distinguishes legacy clients (older than 1.2 without telemetry) with an inline 'Update plugin' hint instead of a row of em-dashes, and uses a 40-minute window so healthy servers no longer flicker to Offline between 30-minute heartbeats.

Changed

Private messages, broadcasts, announcements and staff chat all run through the chat filter and respect the message-length cap. Previously they were a free bypass.
/starchat reload now refreshes every manager and feature task, not just the formatter and filter. Stale config no longer lingers after a reload.

Fixed

Folia: sound playback, mention titles, staff-chat actionbars and announcer broadcasts no longer crash when players are spread across multiple regions.
Chat-filter bypasses: `tp 1.2.3.4` no longer slips past as 'coordinates', IPv6 addresses are now detected, full-width / zero-width / colour-code obfuscation is normalised before matching, and the whitelist now requires an exact-host match (no more `mc.yourserver.com.evil.tk` substring tricks).
Aggressive bad-word mode now strips separator characters before matching, so `f.u.c.k`, `b a d`, etc. don't pass the filter.
/chatcolor and every per-player toggle (/ignoreall, /chatping, /chattoggle, /staffchat, /spymsg, /mutechat) now persist across restarts and reloads.
/chatcolor was resetting to default for every player on every restart — chosen colour now loads correctly on join.
Player-toggle persistence silently broke when join/leave messages were disabled in settings.yml. Now unconditional.
/starchat showinv / showitem / showec cache keys are now random tokens — a player can no longer open another player's snapshot by guessing the name.
PlaceholderAPI is no longer evaluated on the body of player messages, so typing a placeholder like `%vault_eco_balance%` in chat does not leak the sender's balance.

v1.1.0

April 12, 2026

Major polish release: chat-game stability, MiniMessage parser updates, and Folia 1.21.4 compatibility.

Added

Type-race minigame, third game type joins trivia, math, and unscramble.
Per-channel staff chat (admin / mod / helper) with separate permissions and formats.
Coordinate-protection in the filter, auto-blocks 'X Y Z' patterns sharing player coords.
Persistent actionbar reminder when staff toggle their chat channel on.

Changed

Filter point system now persists across sessions by default, disconnects no longer reset escalation.
Death messages expanded from 12 → 30+ causes (sonic boom, dragon breath, freeze, hot floor, …).
Format components system rewritten, multi-part messages with per-part hover and click actions.

Fixed

Mention sound double-trigger when a player mentioned themselves.
Empty private-message lines crashing on Folia 1.21.3.
Chat-color GUI pagination overflow on large color sets.

v1.0.5

February 28, 2026

Added

DiscordSRV integration with selective passthrough, staff chat and DMs hidden from Discord by default.
/spymsg admin command for monitoring private messages.

Changed

Anti-flood now distinguishes between repeated chars vs repeated full messages.
MOTD on join is now optional and configurable per first-join vs returning players.

Fixed

PlaceholderAPI placeholders not resolving inside hover tooltips.
/chatlog search returning truncated results past 1k entries.

v1.0.0

January 15, 2026

Initial public release on BuiltByBit.

Added

Core chat formatting with LuckPerms group mapping.
Advanced chat filter with similarity, anti-caps, anti-flood, IP/URL/domain blockers.
Chat minigames: trivia, math, unscramble.
/staffchat, /msg, /reply, /ignore family.
Folia native scheduling.
Item / inventory / enderchest in-chat sharing.
Custom join/leave, MOTD, death messages.
Smart mentions with sound, title, and toggle.

v1.2.0

May 12, 2026

Added

SQLite is now a supported database type alongside H2, MySQL and MariaDB. Single-file DB stored at plugins/StarChat/database/starchat.db.
Filter is now fully configurable: each normalisation step (Unicode fold, colour-code strip, zero-width strip, IPv6 detection, dot-obfuscation, phone-number digit count) is an opt-out flag so you can tune false positives for your community.
Server telemetry on every heartbeat (player count, software, MC version, plugin version, uptime) — visible on your dashboard.
2-hour grace window for transient licence-server hiccups: a momentary outage no longer kicks a live server offline mid-tick.
Dashboard: per-user email notification preferences (trial-expiring reminders, server-change alerts, security alerts, purchase receipts, product news, revoke notifications).
Dashboard: activity history is now filterable by category (Licences, Servers, Verifications, Trials, Other) with live counts.
Dashboard: servers panel now shows last heartbeat, distinguishes legacy clients (older than 1.2 without telemetry) with an inline 'Update plugin' hint instead of a row of em-dashes, and uses a 40-minute window so healthy servers no longer flicker to Offline between 30-minute heartbeats.

Changed

Private messages, broadcasts, announcements and staff chat all run through the chat filter and respect the message-length cap. Previously they were a free bypass.
/starchat reload now refreshes every manager and feature task, not just the formatter and filter. Stale config no longer lingers after a reload.

Fixed

Folia: sound playback, mention titles, staff-chat actionbars and announcer broadcasts no longer crash when players are spread across multiple regions.
Chat-filter bypasses: `tp 1.2.3.4` no longer slips past as 'coordinates', IPv6 addresses are now detected, full-width / zero-width / colour-code obfuscation is normalised before matching, and the whitelist now requires an exact-host match (no more `mc.yourserver.com.evil.tk` substring tricks).
Aggressive bad-word mode now strips separator characters before matching, so `f.u.c.k`, `b a d`, etc. don't pass the filter.
/chatcolor and every per-player toggle (/ignoreall, /chatping, /chattoggle, /staffchat, /spymsg, /mutechat) now persist across restarts and reloads.
/chatcolor was resetting to default for every player on every restart — chosen colour now loads correctly on join.
Player-toggle persistence silently broke when join/leave messages were disabled in settings.yml. Now unconditional.
/starchat showinv / showitem / showec cache keys are now random tokens — a player can no longer open another player's snapshot by guessing the name.
PlaceholderAPI is no longer evaluated on the body of player messages, so typing a placeholder like `%vault_eco_balance%` in chat does not leak the sender's balance.

Every release.Every change.

Every release.Every change.

Every release.
Every change.

Every release.
Every change.