EcoMOTD 1.26.0

Minecraft 1.26 — Future Edition

What's New in 1.26.0

This is a forward-looking build of EcoMOTD prepared for Minecraft 1.26 ahead of its release. All features from 1.21.0 are included. Once 1.26 is officially released, update the protocol-min and protocol-max values in config.yml to match the confirmed protocol numbers.

Features

• MOTD Modes — SINGLE, RANDOM (weighted), ROTATING (timer-based)
• 5 Built-in Random MOTDs — Future Edition themed with full hex colors
• 3 Rotating MOTD Slots — Timer-based cycling
• Placeholder Support — %online%, %max%, %date%, %time%, %tps%, %newline%
• Full Hex Color Support — &#RRGGBB anywhere in config
• Fake Player Count — Custom count display
• Hide Player List — Remove the hover player list
• Custom Hover List — Define your own hover text
• Maintenance Mode — Instant maintenance MOTD override
• Custom Server Icon — DEFAULT, RANDOM, or CUSTOM
• Response Cache — Configurable ping cache
• Admin Commands — /ecomotd reload, /ecomotd info, /ecomotd preview
• Tab Completion — Full tab complete support
• Debug Mode — Console logging per ping event

🔧 Changes from 1.21.0

• Prepared build for Minecraft 1.26 ahead of release
• Protocol range set to 900+ as a placeholder — update when confirmed by Mojang
• Refreshed default MOTD theme to Future Edition aesthetic
• API version uses 1.21 as base until 1.26 API is available

*** Action Required After 1.26 Releases ***

Open config.yml and update these two lines to the real protocol numbers once Mojang publishes them:

protocol-min: 900   # Replace with real 1.26 protocol number
protocol-max: 9999  # Replace with real 1.26.x max protocol number

⚙️ Compatibility

Notes

• Hex colors fully supported via &#RRGGBB
• Requires Java 21 or higher
• Protocol range: 900+ (placeholder — update when 1.26 releases)
• This build is based on the Spigot 1.21.1 API until 1.26 API drops