Release 2.7.0

Summary of changes

• Support for 1.21.3
• Fixes the use of hex color codes in chat, which were broken in the last release, e.g., "&#ff00ff magenta!"
• Improves the admin Purge command operation (see below)
• Changes the homes command to show a clickable GUI of the player's island homes instead of just a text list.
• Improves the Island cache so that islands do not have to be loaded from the database if not required - especially important for larger servers (> 10,000 islands)
• Improved the customizable Panel API

Improvements to Admin Purge command

Purge is an admin command that will delete islands that have owners/teams that have not logged in for a while. You specify the number of days, and the purge command will let you know how many islands are older than without a login. You can then confirm and they will be deleted. The default purge command will delete one island at a time, so if you have a lot of them, it will take a while.

The old Purge command relied on Bukkit's API to find out when the player last logged in, however, this data can often be lost on the server, due to upgrades, backups, etc., and so was unreliable. This version of BentoBox will use that data if it is available, but also store the player's last login time in BentoBox's database. To get the ball rolling you must run the Purge command at least once - you do not have to actually purge anything because that will set the player data as much as possible.

If you have a lot of islands, like you haven't purged in a while, and your world files are large, then it may be better to use a plugin like Regionerator which when set up correctly, will actually delete unused regions, thus reducing disk space. BentoBox is compatible with this plugin. To find out more read our docs on Regionerator.

Compatibility

✔️ Minecraft 1.21.3, 1.20.6, earlier versions maybe.
✔️ Java 17, but recommend to run on Java 21
✔️ Addons may need to be updated to their latest version to work with this version of BentoBox
❌ Note that Multiverse is not compatible with the Boxed game mode addon

Downloading

It's a good idea to use our download site where you can pick and choose add-ons: https://download.bentobox.world.

Upgrading

1. As always, take backups just in case. (Make a copy of everything!)
2. Stop the server
3. Replace the BentoBox jar with this one
4. Download the latest versions of all your addons and put them in the Addons folder
5. Restart the server
6. You should be good to go!

Legend

• 🔡 locale files may need to be regenerated or updated.
• ⚙️ config options have been removed, renamed or added.
• 🔺 special attention needed.

What's Changed

• 2534 new island scaling by @tastybento in #2536
• 2531 command button panel by @tastybento in #2535
• Fix hex codes color conversion - by @tastybento in #2540
• Better purging by @tastybento in #2541
• Release 2.7.0 by @tastybento in #2537

Full Changelog: 2.6.0...2.7.0