📦 WelcomePlugin Changelog

🛠️ v1.5.0 — "The Protocol Era"

Release Date: August 2, 2025
Author: Prime (aka the goat 🐐)

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🚀 Highlights

• 🔌 ProtocolLib now bundled into the JAR!
• 🧍‍♂️ Fully working /fakename and /resetname
• 💬 Customizable join/leave messages
• 💀 /head <player> command to spawn skulls
• 💡 Works on cracked servers
• 🔁 Supports Minecraft 1.13.x to 1.21.x

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✨ New Features

• /welcome <message>: Sets a custom join message ({player} placeholder supported).
• /leave <message>: Sets a custom leave message.
• /fakename <name>: Updates your tablist name using ProtocolLib. Fully dynamic.
• /resetname: Resets your name to the original.
• /head <player>: Instantly gives you that player's head. Offline players supported.

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🔨 Tech Upgrades

• ProtocolLib 5.0.0 is now shaded into the jar, so you don't need to install it separately.
• Java 17 compatibility.
• Fully compatible with Spigot, Paper, Purpur.
• Works on 1.13.x – 1.21.x.

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🧠 Errors I Fixed

• Maven crying about missing ProtocolLib: Bundled it directly.
• PlayerInfoData class not found: Fixed import from com.comphenix.protocol.wrappers.
• Method getPlayerList() not found: Switched to getPlayerInfoDataLists().write(...).
• Unnecessary InvocationTargetException: Removed unused catch block.

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📏 File Size

• 7 KB (v1.4.0) → 9 MB (v1.5.0)
• Why? Because this jar is now fully standalone with ProtocolLib inside.

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🧪 Tested On

• Cracked servers ✅
• FalixNodes ✅
• Minecraft versions: 1.13.x → 1.21.x ✅

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🧠 Final Thoughts

This ain't just a plugin. It's a drop-in beast that handles name spoofing, custom messages, and head spawning — all in one jar.
No setup. No configs. Just /plug and /play.

Built different.
— Prime