Changelog

[1.0.0] - 2025-11-12

Initial Release 🎉

Ultimate Chunk Loader's first stable release! A powerful chunk loading plugin with GUI management for Paper 1.21+.

Features

Core Functionality

• ✨ Keep chunks loaded permanently across server restarts
• 💾 Persistent data storage with automatic serialization
• 🎯 Named chunk loader regions for easy identification
• ⚡ Enable/disable chunk loaders without removing configuration
• 🌍 Multi-world support with UUID-based world tracking

GUI System

• 🖥️ Interactive inventory-based GUI for managing chunk loaders
• 🟢 Visual status indicators (Green = Enabled, Red = Disabled)
• 👆 Intuitive controls:
  • Left Click: View detailed information
  • Right Click: Toggle enable/disable
  • Shift + Left Click: Remove with confirmation dialog
• ✅ Confirmation menu to prevent accidental deletions

Commands

• /chunkloader gui - Open the management GUI
• /chunkloader create <name> <x1> <z1> <x2> <z2> - Create from coordinates
• /chunkloader create <name> worldedit - Create from WorldEdit selection
• /chunkloader enable <name> - Enable a chunk loader
• /chunkloader disable <name> - Disable a chunk loader
• /chunkloader remove <name> - Remove a chunk loader
• /chunkloader list - List all chunk loaders with status
• /chunkloader info <name> - View detailed information
• /chunkloader version - Display plugin version information
• /chunkloader reload - Reload plugin configuration

Integration

• 🔧 WorldEdit soft dependency for selection-based chunk loading
• 🎨 Adventure API for modern text components
• 🔐 Comprehensive permission system

Permissions

• chunkloader.* - All permissions
• chunkloader.create - Create chunk loaders
• chunkloader.remove - Remove chunk loaders
• chunkloader.enable - Enable chunk loaders
• chunkloader.disable - Disable chunk loaders
• chunkloader.list - List chunk loaders
• chunkloader.info - View information
• chunkloader.gui - Use the GUI
• chunkloader.reload - Reload plugin

Technical

• Uses Minecraft's native chunk ticket system
• Event-driven architecture
• Tab completion for all commands
• Enhanced visual formatting:
  • Green border lines for list and info commands
  • Corner chunks display showing only opposite corners for cleaner output
  • Color-coded information display for better readability

License

MIT License - Free and open source