🚀 TCrates v1.0.0 — The Initial Production Release

Welcome to the first official release of TCrates! Built from the ground up as a modern, ultra-lightweight, and zero-lag reward engine for modern Paper and Purpur servers.

✨ Core Highlights & Features

• ⚡ Zero-Lag Async Engine: Non-blocking asynchronous database operations powered by HikariCP with SQLite and MySQL support.
• 🎯 Fair Pity System: Configurable pity counters that guarantee rare drops after a set number of rolls, eliminating unfair bad-luck streaks.
• 🔮 Shards & Alchemy Fusion: Turn unwanted items into progression! Collect shards and transmute 10 lower-tier shards into higher-tier shards via /tcrates shards.
• 🎰 Progressive Community Jackpots: Server-wide jackpot pool that grows with every crate opened and triggers celebratory payouts.
• 📜 Interactive Crate Missions: Dynamic daily/weekly opening milestones with progress bars (/tcrates missions).
• 📬 Offline & Overflow Mailbox: Players never lose drops due to full inventories or disconnects (/tcrates mailbox).
• 👁️ Instant Left-Click Preview: Left-click any physical crate block in-game to view item rarities, lore, and transparent drop odds.
• 🧪 Monte Carlo Simulation: Test economic balance in milliseconds with /tcrates simulate <crate> <runs>.
• 🎨 Modern UI Design: Crisp Adventure MiniMessage gradients, zero unwanted vanilla italics, and responsive click handlers.

📦 Platform & Compatibility

• Supported Platforms: Paper, Purpur (1.21.x)
• Java Version: Java 21+
• Dependencies: Completely standalone! (Optional: PlaceholderAPI, Vault)