API & Developer Integration:

Added a modern, asynchronous Java API for VeinMiner!

Other plugins can now:

Get player levels, achievements, and block stats asynchronously Enable or disable VeinMiner for any player Listen for block mining, level up, and achievement events All API methods are thread-safe and return CompletableFuture

Comprehensive usage examples and documentation added to the README

Other:

Minor documentation improvements

Configuration & Logging:

• Configurable Debug Logging: All debug messages are now fully controlled by the settings.debug option in your config. No more unwanted debug spam!

• Only if you enable debug mode in your config, detailed debug logs will be shown in the console and log files.

• This makes troubleshooting easier and keeps your server logs clean.

🚀 Update: Hybrid Mode & Automatic Config Update

✨ New Features

• Hybrid Mode

You can now enable a hybrid mining mode! When enabled, VeinMiner will also mine diagonally connected blocks – except for block types you specify in the blacklist (e.g. logs and leaves).

  settings:
    hybrid-mode: true
    hybrid-blacklist:
      - OAK_LOG
      - BIRCH_LOG
      # ...

Configure these options in your config.yml!

• Automatic Config Updater

Never worry about missing or outdated config options again! On every server start, VeinMiner checks your config and automatically adds any missing options with safe default values – without overwriting your existing settings. All changes are clearly shown in the server log:

  [WARNING] [CONFIG UPDATER] Added missing config option: settings.hybrid-mode = false
  [SEVERE] ------------------------------------------------------------
  [SEVERE] !!! CONFIG UPDATER: Configuration has been updated !!!
  [SEVERE] !!! Missing options have been added with default values. !!!
  [SEVERE] !!! Please review your config.yml file for the new settings. !!!
  [SEVERE] ------------------------------------------------------------

• 🛠️ Improvements

Configuration is now more robust and future-proof. Clear log messages for server admins when the config is updated.

Bugfix:

• Fixed MySQL connection leaks and improved resource management
• Fixed various minor bugs and improved overall stability
• Added proper language file reloading

Bugfix: Fixed an issue with the permission system. When permission checks are disabled (require-permission: false), permissions are now properly ignored as intended. Corrected default values in permission check methods to ensure the system correctly responds to configuration settings.