🚀 AwesomeChat v1.0.7-DEV Changelog

New Features

• Chat Channels — Staff, admin, VIP + custom channels with per-channel formats, sounds, and permissions (/ch join, /ch send, /ch leave)
• Ignore System — Block players from chat and PMs with persistent JSON storage (/ignore, /ignore list)
• Mute Chat — Server-wide chat mute toggle with bypass permission (/mutechat)
• Clear Chat — Self or global chat clear with bypass and announcements (/clearchat)
• Emoji Shortcuts — 20 built-in :shortcode: → unicode replacements, permission-gated
• Censor Mode — Alternative to blocking: replaces matched words with **** instead of cancelling the message
• Join/Leave Messages — Per-group join, leave, first-join, MOTD, and sounds with EssentialsX vanish support
• Mention System — @player, @(role), @everyone, @here with per-type highlight colors, sounds, and action bar notifications
• Item Display — [item], [inventory], [enderchest], [/command] triggers in chat with hover tooltips and snapshot GUIs
• Chat Radius — Distance-based local chat with per-group radii, shout prefix for global messages, cross-world toggle
• Chat Logging — SQLite/MySQL storage with /chatlogs search, time filters, and clickable pagination
• Per-Group Sounds — Different chat sounds per LuckPerms group
• Per-Group Hovers — Component-specific hover text (username + message) with per-group overrides and click actions
• Public API — AwesomeChatAPI interface for other plugins to access violations, permissions, and managers
• Config Migration — Incremental v3 → v6 migrator that preserves user settings and adds new sections automatically

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hex color codes (&#RRGGBB) not parsing in chat formats, hover messages, or console
• Fixed hex colors rendering as wrong colors due to Component.text() not interpreting BungeeCord hex format — now uses Adventure LegacyComponentSerializer
• Fixed auto-broadcaster indexing errors
• Fixed config version mismatch causing config to regenerate on every startup