Pocket Dimensions 0.0.7-ALPHA

A full four-way codebase audit (storage, world lifecycle, commands/GUI, compatibility) — this release fixes everything it found. Upgrade is drop-in; existing configs/data are untouched on load.

Critical

• The config auto-updater actually works now. A Bukkit quirk (contains() resolving through jar defaults) made it a silent no-op, so upgrades never received new config keys on disk. Fixed with isSet().
• Accepting an invite while inside any pocket dimension no longer corrupts your main-world return point (which could soft-lock you out of the overworld via /pdleave, kick, or the key item).

Economy & load order

• Removed load: STARTUP, which silently broke the Vault economy hook on every boot — creation costs and upgrades work now.
• Creation cost + PocketDimensionCreateEvent fire only when a world is genuinely created — reloading an unloaded world is free (previously each re-entry after auto-unload charged again). Failed creations are refunded.

World lifecycle

• Unloaded dimensions reload with their preset generator re-attached — VOID worlds no longer regenerate new chunks as vanilla terrain after an auto-unload or /pdtp.
• Logging out inside your own dimension now saves your exact position; rejoin restores you there (not your last exit point) and re-applies border + gamerules.
• Failed teleports say so instead of playing success feedback while not moving.

Protection hardening

• Projectiles no longer bypass mob protection (the shooter is tier-checked).
• Fire is covered (protection.block-fire: true): visitor ignition and all non-player ignition are cancelled, and fire no longer consumes blocks inside dimensions.
• Item frames / paintings / armor stands / leash knots / chested horses / chest & hopper minecarts / chest boats are protected from visitors; leashing, shearing and farmland trampling blocked below builder.
• Protection fails closed on malformed world names instead of failing open.

Mob teleporting

• Trust gate: visitors can no longer teleport mobs out of someone else's dimension into their own.
• Failed mob teleports report a message.

Storage

• Corrupt JSON files are quarantined (*.corrupt-<timestamp>) and un-quarantineable files refuse writes — one bad file can never wipe a store.
• JSON → SQL migration is complete: trusts, settings and meta flags are imported too, malformed keys no longer crash startup, and source files are renamed only after a fully successful migration (failures retry).
• Trust/settings caches no longer poison themselves after a database blip.

Commands & GUI

• /pdadmin delete|reset|cleanup each require their own permission node; admin unloads clear empty-dimension bookkeeping.
• /pdgamerule accepts both new (26.x) and legacy gamerule names.
• features.gui-menu and features.admin-tools config switches are honoured.
• Placeholders are %pd_in_pd%, %pd_border%, %pd_visitors%, %pd_dimension_loaded% (the expansion previously registered under a name the docs didn't match).

Smaller fixes

First-join key drops at your feet on a full inventory · malformed crafting recipes warn instead of crashing startup · the key item no longer also opens the chest behind it · /pdreload warns when storage.type needs a restart · /pdlist shows "never" instead of the epoch · MySQL driver SPI registration preserved in the shaded jar · flattened world-name fallback in kick/invite/teleport/gamerule paths · dead message keys removed.

Requires Java 17+. Full permission and config reference in the README.