Better Ping

📶 Better Ping v1.4.0 — Configurable Latency Tiers, Spike Alerts & Real-Time Diagnostics

🌟 What's New in v1.4.0:

• 🎨 Fully Configurable Ping Tiers & HEX Color Formatting:
  • Define custom latency tiers, threshold limits, custom display qualities, and modern HEX color codes (&#RRGGBB / <#RRGGBB>) directly in config.yml.
  • Added /betterping tiers to view active latency tiers and color mapping.
• 🚨 Latency Spike & Packet Lag Alert System:
  • Automatically detects severe packet lag or high ping spikes (ping-spike-alert.threshold-ms: 300).
  • Plays audio cues and sends friendly compensation notifications to the affected player.
  • Optional broadcast alert to online staff with betterping.alerts permission to resolve PvP disputes.
• ⚡ Interactive Latency Diagnostic Probe:
  • Added /ping test (alias /ping probe): runs a 3-second rapid probe (5 samples over 60 ticks) computing Min, Max, Average Ping, Packet Jitter, and Connection Stability Index (%).
• 🏆 Network Latency Leaderboard:
  • Added /ping top (alias /ping leaderboard / /betterping top) displaying top 5 lowest latency players and highest latency players alongside server-wide median and jitter.
• 🧩 PlaceholderAPI Expansion Support:
  • Added soft-dependency integration for PlaceholderAPI:
    • %betterping_ping%
    • %betterping_ping_colored%
    • %betterping_ping_color%
    • %betterping_quality%
    • %betterping_jitter%
    • %betterping_avg%
    • %betterping_profile%
    • %betterping_preset%
    • %betterping_hud%
• ⚡ Paper 26.3 & Folia Live Verified:
  • Fully tested on Paper 26.3 (Java 25 LTS) with zero errors.