Wards

v1.5.0 — QoL & Polish

• Hex color support in ward names and entry messages (&#FF5500 syntax)
• Custom entry messages per ward — visitors see a configurable message when entering; placeholders: %ward% %owner% %tier% %radius%
• Ward compass — /ward compass [id|name] points your compass at a ward (nearest owned by default)
• Ownership transfer — /ward transfer [id] <player>, notifies the new owner
• Ward pickup — Sneak+right-click the ward block to pick it up (with a configurable confirmation window, default 5s)
• Config hot-reload — /ward reload reloads config.yml and re-registers crafting recipes
• Tab completion for all commands

v1.5.1 — Performance

• Shape cache avoids reading config on every block/move event
• Persistent SQLite connection + WAL journal mode + async writes
• Spatial chunk index — containment checks are now O(1) instead of O(N)

v1.5.2 — Scale (10k+ wards)

• Batch DB loading — startup uses 4 queries total regardless of ward count (was 2N+1)
• Owner index — /ward list, ward limits, and member counts are O(1)
• Name/short-ID indexes — /ward tp, /ward info, and similar lookups are O(1)
• Particle task rewritten to iterate loaded chunks instead of all wards

v1.6.0 — MySQL Support

• Optional MySQL/MariaDB backend — set database.type: mysql in config.yml and fill in credentials; SQLite remains the default
• MySQL driver auto-downloaded via Paper's library system (no manual install)
• /ward admin migrate mysql — copies all ward data from SQLite to MySQL in the background

v1.7.0 — Protection Gaps + Admin Tools

• Piston protection — pistons can't push/pull blocks across ward boundaries
• Entity grief protection — blocks Endermen, silverfish, Wither, Ravagers, etc. from changing blocks inside wards
• Fluid flow protection — lava and water can't flow into a ward
• Hanging entity protection — non-members can't break item frames or paintings inside wards
• /ward info [id|name] — shows tier, radius, owner, member count, and your role
• EntryListener rewritten to use chunk index (O(1) per player move tick)
• All new protections are toggleable in config.yml

v1.8.0 — PVP & Mob Protection + Per-Ward Flags

• PVP protection — outsiders can't attack players inside wards
• Entity damage protection — outsiders can't damage animals/mobs inside wards
• Crop trample protection — non-members can't trample farmland inside wards
• Per-ward flags (toggled in the ward GUI):
  • Allow PVP — enable PVP inside a specific ward
  • Allow Mob Damage — enable mob damage inside a specific ward
• /ward admin stats — shows total wards, per-world breakdown, total members, and owner count

v1.9.0 — Nearby Search + Sounds + Block Index

• /ward nearby [radius] — lists wards within radius blocks (default 100, max 500), sorted by distance with owner and tier info
• /ward admin tp <id|name> — teleport to any ward (admin only), with tab completion
• Sound effects — configurable sounds on ward place, break, pickup, and when a visitor enters (config.yml → sounds:)
• Ward block break/interact now uses an O(1) block position index instead of scanning all wards in the world