Christmas Season

Version 1.2.4 (2025-11-28)

Language system update with full multi-language support and important stability improvements.

🌍 New Features

Complete Multi-Language System

• 🎯 LanguageManager: New system for managing translations
• 🇩🇪 German (de): Full German localization (default)
• 🇬🇧 English (en): Full English translation
• 📝 All texts translated: Commands, messages, entity names, broadcasts, error messages, console logs
• 🎭 Translated entity names: Wichtel, Elves, Snowmen, Gifts, Decorations - all names are now multilingual
• 🔧 Config option: language: en (or de) in config.yml
• 🔄 Live reload: Language switching with /xmas reload without server restart
• 📦 Language files: messages_de.yml and messages_en.yml in plugin folder
• 💾 Performance cache: Loaded translations are cached
• 🎨 Placeholder support: Dynamic values in messages (e.g., chunk count, biome names, coordinates)

Documentation

• 📖 README_EN.md: Complete English documentation added
• 🔗 Language links: Both READMEs link to each other
• ✨ Enhanced changelog structure: Detailed descriptions of all changes

🔧 Technical Improvements

Language System

• Modular design: LanguageManager as standalone utility class
• Fallback system: Missing translations are logged and displayed
• YAML-based: Easy customization and extension through YAML format
• Color code support: Automatic conversion from & to §
• Config cleanup: Removed decoration.name from config.yml (now handled by language system)

Stability & Performance

• 🛑 /xmas biome restore disabled: Command has been disabled as it synchronously loads reference world chunks, causing server freezes (30+ seconds)
• ✅ Alternative usage: Use /xmas off for safe, asynchronous biome reset
• 🔒 YAML Boolean fix: Keys like on, off are now quoted ("on":, "off":) to prevent YAML boolean interpretation

🐛 Fixed Bugs

• 🔴 Translation keys not found: YAML was interpreting on/off as booleans (true/false) - fixed by quoting
• 🔴 Server freeze on biome restore: /xmas biome restore blocked main thread - command disabled with warning
• ⚪ Hardcoded entity names: All managers now use LanguageManager instead of hardcoded strings