0.96.7.12 for MC 1.14.*/1.15.*/1.16.*

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• Swedish translation, added courtesy of OskyEdz with PR Swedish translation #4840.
• Lower CreatureSpawnEvent priority to make Towny play nice with EliteMobs and not be the worst.
• Fix unclaimedZoneIgnoreIds not working properly.
  • Closes Towny Wilderness Permissions Issue #4844.
• Fix personally-owned plots not taking on a fully-open perm line when a town is ruined.
  • Closes After Town Ruin, previously-owned plots retain permissions. #4846.
• Fix missing confirmation for admins using /t delete NAME and /n delete NAME.
• Misc fixes courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Miscellaneous fixes #4854.
• More Swedish translating courtesy of OskyEdz with PR Swedish lang support #4853.
• es-419.yml updated couresty of EuGNosii with PR Translates es-419  #4848.
• Fix plot notifications not showing information when you've left a plotgroup into a non-plotgroup townblock.
  • Closes HUD not updated when leaving plot group #4856.
• API: Added ResidentPreJailEvent, a Cancellable event.
  • Closes Suggestion: Add ResidentPreJailEvent #4862.
• Fix Economy formatting with colours able to muck about with the bankhistory books.
• Make the spawn particles chill out.
• API: Add TownPreInvitePlayerEvent, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add TownPreInvitePlayerEvent #4867.
• Add config option for toggling visualized spawn points, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add config option for toggling visualized spawn points. #4865
  • Closes Suggestion: Possibility to disable town spawn particles #4857.

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Cumulative changes since 0.96.7.0

0.96.7.11

• Fix HangingEntity placement all using Painting material for permission tests.
• API: Add a TownKickEvent, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add a TownKickEvent #4831.
• Fix Spawn Point particles not disappearing when spawn points are moved.
  • Closes Spawnpoint particles do not disappear if the spawn was changed #4830.
• Fix formatted balance for not enough money error, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Formatted balance for not enough money error #4833.
• Fix not using the filteredname earlier on when a town is made.
• API: Add NationKingChangeEvent and TownMayorChangeEvent, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add NationKingChangeEvent and TownMayorChangeEvent #4834.
• Small refactor of the bank balance caching.
• Placeholder: %townyadvanced_player_location_plot_name%
  • Displays a plot's name if it has one.
• Add townyadmin command for adding/removing nation allies or enemies, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add townyadmin command for adding/removing nation allies or enemies #4826
• New Commands:
  • /ta nation NATIONNAME ally [add|remove] NATIONNAME
  • /ta nation NATIONNAME enemy [add|remove] NATIONNAME
• New Permission nodes:
  • towny.command.townyadmin.nation.enemy
  • towny.command.townyadmin.nation.ally
  • both are child nodes of towny.command.townyadmin.nation and therefore you will not need to add these (in most situations.)

0.96.7.10

• Fix TownyWorld setting a town's world when a town is added to a townyworld.
• Inn Plots no longer turn switch perms on for all groups, instead it uses the TownBlockOwner's perm line like most plot types.
• Fix reclamation cost confirmation not being sent to the player using the /t reclaim command.
• New Command: /ta town TOWNNAME unruin
  • Closes Suggestion: Add /ta town NAME reclaim/unruin command. #4824.

0.96.7.9

• Fix for displayed-nation-list events, courtesy of Goosius with PR Fix for displayed-nation-list events #4814.
• Potential fix for being show "Not registered." when attempting to rename a town.

0.96.7.8

• /ta nation NATIONNAME add TOWNNAME now bypasses the invite and other rules allowing an admin to force-add a town to a nation.
• Change it so that admins with the bypass node will not warn towns that an outlawed admin is spying on them.
  • Previously only full admins were preventing warns.
• Add 3 new events around the displayed nation list, courtesy of Goosius with PR Add 3 new events around the displayed nation list #4810.
  • NationListDisplayedNumOnlinePlayersCalculationEvent
  • NationListDisplayedNumResidentsCalculationEvent
  • NationListDisplayedNumTownsCalculationEvent
• Add event for the calculation of town map color. courtesy of Goosius with PR Add event for the calculation of town map color #4809.
  • TownMapColourCalculationEvent
• Update korean.yml, courtesy of yumjunstar with PR Update korean.yml #4811.
• Fix ConcurrentModificationException in Town.

0.96.7.7

• Fix "Error Updating item_use/build/destroy permission" messages seen in EventWar.
  • Closes Message: Error Updating item_use/build/destroy permission #4802.
• Do a tidy of the PlayerCacheUtil so we aren't throwing and catching NREs.
• Regression: Remove "spawn" from the list of black-listed Town/Nation names, added to the list recently in error.
• Fix unbankrupting a town resetting a town's bank account, vanishing any money that might have been added to the town bank manually during bankruptcy.

0.96.7.6

• New Config Node: invite_system.confirmation_timeout
  • default: 20
  • How many seconds before a confirmation times out for the receiver.
  • This is used for cost-confirmations and confirming important decisions.
• New Feature: Visualized SpawnPoints
  • Adds a ring of particles on top of the various spawn points.
  • Includes Jail, Outpost, Town and Nation Spawns.
• Fix $0 plot taxes being paid by residents.
• Fix for a "null" feedback message when using /t outlaw add NAME.
• Fix EventWar not turning PVP on in the townblocks where the war is active.
• New Feature: Town Merging, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Town merging #4755.
  • Closes Suggestion: Town Merging. #3193.
• New Command: /t merge town
  • town is the town which will be merged into the town owned by the mayor using the command.
  • Comes with potential economic costs (related to base merging costs, as well as townblock costs.)
• New Permission node: towny.command.town.merge.
  • Child node of towny.command.town.*
• New Config Option: town.max_distance_for_merge
  • Default: 10
  • The maximum distance (in townblocks) that 2 town's homeblocks can be to be eligible for merging.
• New Config Option: economy.new_expand.price_town_merge
  • Default: 0
  • The base cost a town has to pay to merge with another town. The town that initiates the merge pays the cost.
• New Config Option: economy.new_expand.price_town_merge_per_plot_percentage
  • Default: 50
  • The percentage that a town has to pay per plot to merge with another town. The town that initiates the merge pays the cost.
  • This is based on the price_claim_townblock.
• Bump language files to 0.100.
• Fix TownPreMergeEvent being set improperly.
• Fix NPE when deleting a Town.

0.96.7.5

• Add localization strings for Towny's FlatFile datasource handler, courtesy of TheFlagCourier with PR Add localization for the Flatfile data handler #4761
• Fix up double-chest-on-plot-borders visual bugginess.
  • Closes Existing double chests splitting along town/personal plot borders when other chests placed near them (by admin/mayor) #4783.
• Fix kings who give up their position willingly, not losing their King permission nodes given in TownyPerms.yml
  • Closes old king continue to inherit permissions #4784.
• Update es-419, courtesy of EuGNosii with PR es-419 flatfile translation #4787.
• Fix maxPercentTaxAmount town setting not being persistent.
• Fix /res tax not accounting for the maxPercentTaxAmount town setting.
• Fix the method of dealing with PVP damage caused by Channeling Tridents, also preventing hurting of mobs where PVP was disabled.
  • Closes "Anti-pvp trident lightningstrike cancel" implemented wrongly #4778.
• Potential fix for PermHud being able to throw an NPE on line 86.
• Fix for NPE when someone activates another scoreboard (ex: featherboard) while the perm hud is active.
  • Closes NPE: Could not pass event PlayerChangePlotEvent to Towny v0.96.7.0 when /plot perm hud is on (maybe issue with featherboard too?) #4754.
• Make it so that admins can use /plot evict on any resident-owned plot.
  • Closes Suggestion: Allow plot evict to have admin support #4678.
• Update banned town and nation names to reflect some of the newer commands.
• New Command: /ta database remove titles
  • Removes all titles and surnames from all residents.

0.96.7.4

• Correctly show the proper already registered messages when using /ta set mayor TOWN PLAYER command.
• API: added convenience methods to TownyAPI:
  • getResidentTownOrNull(resident)
  • getResidentNationOrNull(resident)
  • getTownNationOrNull(town)
• Fix possible NPE when unjailing a resident.
• Fix being unable to claim a personally-owned plot being sold by a resident.
  • Closes Players cannot claim for sale plots that have a personal owner #4767.
• Fix mayors unable to use /plot nfs on personally-owned plots owned by their town.
• Adapt to spigot bug being closed, allowing us to prevent explosions from dropping items without setting the exploded block to air.
  • Closes Block set to AIR in BlockExplodeEvent #4770.
  • Closes Region regeneration blockdata bug #4771.
• API: TownyExplodingBlocksEvent
  • Add getBukkitExplodeEvent for convenience.
• Fix PVP-related issue where people could be hit once in non-PVP areas.

0.96.7.3

• Fix town delete message being sent twice, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix town delete message being sent twice #4746.
• New RELATIONAL placeholder: %rel_townyadvanced_color%
  • Applies the colour codes set in the config.yml's new papi_relational_formatting section.
  • Used in TAB and other plugins which can do Relational placeholders.
  • Closes Suggestion: TownyRelationColors Placeholder #4747, Closes Suggestion: Add support for relational placeholders. #4349.
• Make /t set outpost do more than show null when used in the wilderness.
• Add PlotToggle events to toggling plot groups, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add PlotToggle events to toggling plot groups #4748.
• Make toggling REDSTONE_WIRE into a destroy test.
• Update POM: Dependencies, Plugins, and HTTPS, courtesy of TheFlagCourier with PR Update POM: Dependencies, Plugins, and HTTPS #4749.
• Fix empty nations not being deleted on startup with flatfile, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix empty nations not being deleted on startup with flatfile #4753.
• Add config option for ignoring min_distance's for allies, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add config option for ignoring min_distance's for allies #4752.
• New Config Option: town.min_distances_ignored_for_towns_in_allied_nation
  • Default: false
  • If true, the settings: min_plot_distance_from_town_plot and min_distance_from_town_homeblock will be ignored for towns that are mutually allied.
  • Setting to false will keep all towns separated the same if they are allies.

0.96.7.2

• Fix /ta command for setting town title/surnames not respecting the admin override.
  • Closes Townyadmin : Set title for different town not working #4741.
• Fix event war plot attacking not working.
  • Closes Townblocks can't be taken down when players from multiple towns attacks #4740.
• Fix free town/nation rename exploit, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Fix free town/nation rename exploit #4743.
• Fix potential safe mode from removing corrupted nation which cannot return a king.
• Remove 1.14 crafting blocks from config's switch ids, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Remove 1.14 crafting blocks from protection switch ids #4744.

0.96.7.1

• Fix NPCs being able to throw an exception when they kill a player.
• Fix up the message shown to admins when a player has tried to log in with a dis-allowed name.
• Fix plot names having their spaces parsed out.
• Fix debug messaging in DailyTimerTask.
• Fix error message being sent to resident instead of player.
• Bump language files to version 0.98.
  • Replaces ruin/deletion messages to be clearer about what is happening to the town.
• Removal of any methods deprecated earlier than 0.96.0.0.
  • Marked many deprecated methods with the version in which they were deprecated for easier future removal.
• Update spanish.yml, courtesy of ElMoha943 with PR Update spanish.yml #4716.
• Update es-419.yml, courtesy of EuGNosii with PR Update es-419 to Towny 0.98 #4717.
• Made GUI titles translatable.
  • Closes Suggestion: Add "Towny Farmblocks List" to lang file #4719.
• Placeholders:
  • %townyadvanced_is_nation_peaceful%
  • %townyadvanced_is_town_peaceful%
  • If the player has a town/nation which is peaceful the language string "status_town_title_peaceful" will be shown: "&b(Peaceful)".
  • Addresses Suggestion: Placeholders for Peaceful Towns SiegeWar#72
• Update spanish.yml, courtesy of ElMoha943 with PR Updated gui_titles #4722.
• Update es-419.yml, courtesy of EuGNosii with PR es-419 update #4723.
• API: add convenience methods to TownyAPI:
  • getNation(name)
  • getTown(name)
  • getResident(name)
  • getNation(uuid)
  • getTown(uuid)
  • getResident(uuid)
• Fix goofy replacing in TownySpigotMessaging sendSpigotConfirmMessage.
• Fix regression in GUIs which made inventories unusable.
• Fix "/res toggle reset" not resetting modes.
  • Closes [Bug] /resident toggle reset #4730.
• Fix empty-selection message showing when claiming single plots is blocked because the area is actually already claimed.
  • Closes Suggestion: msg_err_already_claimed #4729.
• Custom Metadata Types, courtesy of silverwolfg11 with PR Custom Metadata Types #4700.
• Small HUDManager overhaul, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Small HUDManager overhaul #4726.
• API: new damage/pvp events:
  • TownBlockPVPTestEvent - thrown when a townblock in a town has the PVP status decided.
  • WildernessPVPTestEvent - thrown when determining what the wilderness status for PVP is.
  • TownyDamageEvent - Abstract event for the following:
  • TownyPlayerDamagePlayerEvent - used to override players hurting players.
  • TownyExplosionDamagesEntityEvent (Part of the earlier API expansion, now moved to the damage package and extending the TownyDamageEvent.)
• Fix nation merging.
  • Closes Nation merging only merges the capital #4732.
• Fix BookFactory skipping the 15th line of a book.
• Add towny.command.plot.perm.hud to the nomad group in townyperms.yml by default.
• Add townyadmin command for giving/removing nation ranks, courtesy of Warriorrrr with PR Add townyadmin command for giving/removing nation ranks #4736.

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