Changelog

1.1.2 — 2026-03-29

Added

• PlaceholderAPI integration: BoatRacing now registers %boatracing_*% placeholders for holograms/scoreboards.
• Persistent aggregate stats: new stats.yml storage for player wins, team wins, best race, and best lap values used by placeholders.
• Race back command: added /boatracing race back so players can manually return to their saved pre-lobby location after race flows.
• Post-race lobby return UX: after a race ends or is cancelled, participants are teleported to the configured race lobby, receive a clickable back shortcut, and have a 3-minute window to return.
• French language bundle: added bundled messages_fr.yml (community translation) with complete race/setup/team/admin/gui coverage.
• Additional community language bundles: added bundled messages_es_419.yml, messages_pt_BR.yml, messages_pt_PT.yml, messages_de.yml, messages_it.yml, messages_pl.yml, messages_tr.yml, messages_ja.yml, and messages_ko.yml, expanding built-in language coverage.

Changed

• Setup Wizard compact mode: wizard prompts were shortened and reorganized by step to reduce chat text while keeping actionable buttons.
• Registration announce source: registration announce text is now language-specific in messages_<lang>.yml (race.registration.announce) instead of config.yml.
• Registration announce placeholders: race.registration.announce now consistently supports {track}, {laps}, {cmd}, {label} across bundled language files.
• Lobby return flow: pre-lobby locations are preserved during race start, and race-back return entries now expire automatically after 3 minutes (in-memory only).
• Race help and tab-complete: race back is now included in help output and tab suggestions for players with boatracing.race.back.
• Language bundle loading: language selection now supports bundled and custom messages_<lang>.yml files from the plugin folder, with safe fallback to English.
• Translation status headers: bundled language headers now consistently mark messages_en.yml and messages_es.yml as official translations, and all other bundled languages as unofficial community translations.
• Chinese locale split: kept messages_zh_TW.yml for Taiwan Traditional Chinese and added messages_zh_CN.yml for Mainland Simplified Chinese.
• Race back window configurability: the /boatracing race back availability window is now configurable with racing.lobby.back-window-seconds.

Fixed

• Build break in TeamManager: fixed malformed package declaration in TeamManager.java that caused compilation failure.
• Race boat entity cleanup: race-spawned boats/rafts are now tracked and removed deterministically on finish/cancel/reset, preventing leftover vehicle entities in the world.
• Race back expiry notification: players now receive an automatic message when the back window expires, instead of only seeing it after manually running /boatracing race back.

Docs

• Placeholder reference added: README now documents available %boatracing_*% placeholders and team lookup formats.
• Lobby-back docs updated: README and QA checklist now document the clickable race back flow and 3-minute return window as part of 1.1.2.