AuraLobby

AuraLobby 2.0.0 Experience Update — by KennnDev A new player experience with personal preferences, custom TAB, private messaging and in-game administration. Player Experience

• Added /preferences with toggles for player visibility, announcements, scoreboard, bossbar, actionbar and lobby sounds.
• Added automatic preference saving by UUID using asynchronous SQLite storage.
• Added configurable welcome profiles with personal titles, messages, sounds and particles.
• Added dedicated first-join welcome effects. Custom TAB
• Added configurable multiline headers and footers.
• Added animated text, gradients, MiniMessage and PlaceholderAPI support.
• Added real player ping and LuckPerms group-based name formats.
• Added optional OP name overrides, cached updates and reduced refresh rates under load. Chat & Messaging
• Added /msg and /reply, including command aliases.
• Added configurable private-message formats, sounds, cooldowns and length limits.
• Added opt-in /socialspy for authorized staff. Only monitors AuraLobby private messages.
• Added configurable player-name hover showing rank and ping.
• Added click-to-message suggestions without automatically executing commands.
• Restricted player text formatting to prevent injected click and hover actions. Administration
• Added /alobby admin for module toggles, spawn management and configuration diagnostics.
• Added region creation from wand selections, paginated region browsing and flag editing.
• Added confirmation before deleting regions. Configuration & Fixes
• Redesigned all four editable YAML files with English defaults, explanations, examples and safety notes.
• Fixed missing preference messages caused by YAML interpreting on and off as boolean keys.
• Added fallback messages and item descriptions for missing configuration entries.
• Improved inventory interaction protection and menu transitions.
• Improved scoreboard restoration and task cleanup.
• Preserved existing custom configurations and translations during updates. Requirements Java 21 and Paper/Purpur 1.21.4+. PlaceholderAPI, LuckPerms and Vault are optional. Updating Stop the server, replace the previous JAR and keep your plugins/AuraLobby folder. Existing files are preserved; the new English templates do not overwrite your custom settings.