EssentialsX 2.18.1 - The Little Big Update

EssentialsX 2.18.1 is here! 🎉 This release features full 1.16.2 support, as well as a few bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

Thanks to @JRoy, @pop4959, @triagonal and all our other contributors who contributed to this release!

In addition, thanks to our donors, in particular our Hero tier supporters on Patreon:

• AKP
• Wasted Ticks
• and 1 anonymous Hero

If you'd like to support the hard work that goes into EssentialsX, you can join our Patreon to support on a monthly basis, or make a one-off donation on Ko-fi. We'd appreciate any donations, especially if your server makes money - all donations enable us to continue spending hours of our free time working on and improving EssentialsX for everyone.

Supported server versions

EssentialsX officially supports the CraftBukkit, Spigot and Paper server software. Specifically, EssentialsX is designed to work on the following Minecraft versions:

• ✅ 1.15.2 and 1.16.2 - EssentialsX actively develops against and supports these versions.
• ⚠️ 1.8.8, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2 and 1.14.4 - these versions are still supported, but are not a priority for us, and may be dropped in a future release.

EssentialsX does not support the following Minecraft versions or server software:

• 🛑 1.7.x or below - we do not provide support for these versions.
• 🛑 Cauldron, Thermos, Magma, CatServer, or any other Forge/Bukkit hybrid server software - EssentialsX is built for the Bukkit API, which does not properly support mods, and so we do not provide support for these hybrid servers. For modded servers, use SpongeForge and Nucleus, or an alternative mod for Forge or Fabric.

We recommend using the latest version of Paper, as it includes several performance enhancements over Spigot. EssentialsX 2.18+ includes significant improvements which are only effective on Paper, most notably asynchronous chunk loading which reduces lag spikes during player teleports.

Upgrading to 2.18.1

If you're upgrading from 2.18.0, you don't need to update your EssentialsX config. However, 2.18.1 adds a couple of new options which you may want to configure, and to do so you'll need to either update your config or add the new settings to your existing config. Read on for a list of changes and new config options.

Upgrading from older versions of EssentialsX? See the previous update changelogs.

Known issues

Anchor charges deplete on Spigot even when EssentialsX Spawn overrides the spawn location

On CraftBukkit and Spigot, anchor charges will deplete regardless of the respawn-at-anchor due to an unfixed bug in CraftBukkit. This bug has been patched in Paper.

Other known issues

These bugs will be fixed in 2.18.2. They may already be fixed in dev builds - if these affect you, you should download a dev build.

• /time set and /time add do not work from the console. (#3621)
• When players exit AFK mode, their prefix/suffix might be missing from the tab list. (#3606)

Important changes

/tpr no longer caches locations on startup by default (#3496)

In 2.18.0, EssentialsX would generate and cache locations for the /tpr command when the server started up. However, on CraftBukkit and Spigot this resulted in several sync chunk loads during startup, which significantly slowed down startup on these server implementations. As a countermeasure, /tpr no longer caches locations on startup by default, though it will still cache locations after the /tpr command has been used once after startup.

If you're using Paper, or if you're using Spigot and are willing to tolerate the slow startup, you can re-enable this by adding pre-cache: true on a new line inside tpr.yml.

EssentialsX Protect: protect.prevent.creeper-explosion no longer cancels player damage (#3604)

Previously, disabling creeper explosion block damage with the protect.prevent.creeper-explosion setting would also prevent players taking damage from the explosion. This has now been changed to match the other protect.prevent.<type>-explosion settings, and this allows you to prevent block damage while allowing players to take damage from creeper explosions. As before, you should use protect.prevent.creeper-playerdamage to prevent players taking damage from creeper explosions.

Teleportation safety now respects the world border (#3499, #3536)

EssentialsX's teleport safety mechanism will now prevent you teleporting outside the vanilla world border, instead placing you safely inside the world border. This prevents players taking damage when using /tpr if you didn't manually set a maximum range for /tpr locations.

Note that this won't apply if you are in creative mode or god mode, as teleport safety is disabled if you're invulnerable. If you'd like to disable teleport safety entirely, you can do so using the teleport-safety and/or force-disable-teleport-safety options in config.yml.

New features

EssentialsX Spawn now supports respawn anchors (#3498)

You can now use the respawn-at-anchor config option (disabled by default) to configure EssentialsX Spawn to respect respawn anchors set by players, instead of teleporting players to their home/bed:

# When users die, should EssentialsSpawn respect users' respawn anchors?
respawn-at-anchor: false

/editsign now tab-completes existing sign contents (#3497)

If you attempt to edit a line that already has text on it, /editsign will now suggest the existing text in tab completion, including any formatting codes. This makes it even easier to update existing signs!

New amplifier:<value> attribute for potion item meta (#3614)

When defining custom potion effects in kits, /potion, /give and /item, you can now use amplifier:<value> in place of power:<value> to specify a potion strength value as a "raw" Mojang strength value. The difference between amplifier:<value> and the existing power:<value> is that amplifier always uses the value that Mojang stores in NBT rather than the strength displayed in tooltips, whereas power adjusts inputs of 1-3 to match tooltips, which prevents spawning level IV (strength 3) potions.

TL;DR: you can now use amplifier:3 to spawn in level IV custom potions.

/spawner delays now work correctly (#3239)

You can now use /spawner <mob> [delay] to set a custom delay for a mob spawner. While this feature may have worked in the past, it has been reimplemented to use Bukkit API where possible and NMS as a fallback, which enables it to work on newer versions of Minecraft.

Other additions

• EssentialsX now supports sign functionality on crimson and warped signs. (#3487)
• Internal command code has now been refactored for improved readability. (#3336, #3337)
• The /skull command now pulls player skin data asynchronously. (#3579, #3337)
• /paytoggle is now a toggle command, allowing admins to toggle payment status for other players and use wildcards. (#3087, #3337)

Bug fixes

Bugs fixed from 2.18.0 and older versions

• The minimum range setting for /tpr now correctly excludes a square shape in the centre of the world. (#3480)
• /togglejail no longer teleports jailed players back to their previous location when they are unjailed if teleport-back-when-freed-from-jail is set to false. (#3522)
• Fixed a rare stacktrace when players disconnect that was caused by an internal CraftBukkit change. (ab545dc)
• Fixed a regression in /tpaccept where accepting a teleport request wouldn't always clear pending teleport requests if a teleport failed. (#3567)
• Fixed a regression in teleport commands where players would be charged twice for teleports with a command cost. (#3601)
• /tree and /bigtree now work on 1.12.2 and prior versions. (#3569)
• Teleport safety no longer allows teleporting into lava on older versions of Minecraft. (#3537)
• /list's tab completion no longer reveals the online presence of groups where all the online members are vanished. (#3616)
• /eco take ** <percentage> now works properly. (#3547, #3337)
• AntiBuild: Blocks in the piston blacklist can no longer be pulled by a sticky piston. (#3610)
• GeoIP: Now shows a better message when GeoIP hasn't been configured. (#3568)
• Protect: protect.prevent.creeper-explosion no longer cancels player damage (#3623)
• Spawn: /setspawn and /spawn now correctly check permissions for tab completion. (#3339, #3337)

Regressions fixed from 2.18.0.x dev builds

• Fixed a regression in /gamemode which prevented the console changing players' gamemodes. (#3590)
• Fixed a regression in /time where /time set did not correctly check the essentials.time.set permission. (#3616)

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EssentialsX 2.18.0 - The RGB Update

After many months of hard work, EssentialsX 2.18.0 is here! 🎉
This is the biggest EssentialsX release yet, and comes with tons of new features, brand new API and full support for 1.16.1, including RGB colours!

Thanks to @JRoy, @pop4959, @triagonal, @darbyjack, @latiku, @zml2008, @JasonHorkles and many other people who have contributed to this release!

In addition, thanks to our donors, in particular our Hero tier supporters on Patreon:

• AKP
• Wasted Ticks
• and 1 anonymous Hero

If your server makes money and you'd like to support the hard work that goes into EssentialsX, you can join our Patreon to support on a monthly basis, or make a one-off donation on Ko-fi.

Supported server versions

EssentialsX officially supports the CraftBukkit, Spigot and Paper server software. Specifically, EssentialsX is designed to work on the following Minecraft versions:

• ✅ 1.15.2 and 1.16.1 - EssentialsX targets these versions as a priority.
• ⚠️ 1.8.8, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2 and 1.14.4 - these versions are still supported, but are not a priority for us.

We recommend using the latest version of Paper, as it includes several performance enhancements over Spigot. EssentialsX 2.18.0 includes significant improvements which are only effective on Paper, in particular async chunk loading and the return of /recipe.

Upgrading to 2.18.0

If you're upgrading from 2.17.2 or a recent dev build, you don't need to update your EssentialsX config. However, 2.18.0 adds several new features which you may want to configure, and to do so you'll need to update your config. Read on for a list of changes and new config options.

Upgrading from older versions of EssentialsX? See the previous update changelogs.

New features

EssentialsX now supports 1.16.1! (#3408, #3394, #3422)

EssentialsX has been updated to support the new items and mobs in 1.16.1! You can now spawn in new items using the new aliases in 2.18.0, and the new Nether mobs can be spawned in using /spawnmob.

In addition, you can now use RGB colours throughout EssentialsX using the &#RRGGBB format, including in chat, on signs, in /itemname and /itemlore, and in nicknames, prefixes and suffixes:

EssentialsX now supports async chunk loading for teleports on Paper! (#3102)

EssentialsX now performs teleport safety checks by loading chunks asynchronously where possible. This significantly reduces TPS drops from teleportation when EssentialsX is installed on Paper 1.9+. CraftBukkit and Spigot don't support these async chunk loading APIs, so if you're using CraftBukkit or Spigot, you should consider switching to Paper to take advantage of these improvements.

New /editsign command (#3415)

You can now update the content of signs you've already placed using the /editsign command. For example:

• Running /editsign set 1 &#b8ffbaMint green! while looking at a sign will set the first line of the sign to Mint green!
• Running /editsign clear 1 will clear the first line of the sign
• Running /editsign clear will clear the entire sign.

Note: to use formatting in /editsign, you need the essentials.editsign.<format> permissions - see the Color Permissions wiki page for more information.

New /itemlore command (#3331)

You can now create and modify lore on items using the /itemlore command! For example:

• Running /itemlore add [text] will add text to a new line at the end of the current lore on your currently-held item
• Running /itemlore set 1 [text] will replace the first line of the lore with new text
• Running /itemlore clear will clear the lore from the item

New /rest command to reset phantoms (#3205)

You can now use the /rest command to reset your last sleep time and stop phantoms from spawning.

messages.properties now supports UTF-8 properly (#3358)

At last, you can now type section signs (§) and non-Latin characters straight into your messages files, without needing to use \uXXXX escape codes!

Before:

deleteHome=\u00a76Home\u00a7c {0} \u00a76has been removed.
deleteJail=\u00a76Jail\u00a7c {0} \u00a76has been removed.
deleteKit=\u00a76Kit\u00a7c {0} \u00a76has been removed.
deleteWarp=\u00a76Warp\u00a7c {0} \u00a76has been removed.

After:

deleteHome=§6Home§c {0} §6has been removed.
deleteJail=§6Jail§c {0} §6has been removed.
deleteKit=§6Kit§c {0} §6has been removed.
deleteWarp=§6Warp§c {0} §6has been removed.

messages.properties now includes command usage and descriptions (#3284)

You can now customise and translate command usage and description messages in your messages.properties file by using the <command>CommandUsage and <command>CommandDescription keys. For example:

balancetopCommandDescription=Gets the top balance values.
balancetopCommandUsage=/<command> <page>
banCommandDescription=Bans a player.
banCommandUsage=/<command> <player> [reason]

These strings are also on Crowdin, and translators have started to translate the commands already. If you'd like to contribute to translations, you can contribute on Crowdin.

Note: don't remove or translate /<command> in usage strings, as this will break the usage message. If you notice this in any Crowdin translations, it would help if you could change these to include /<command> and report the string so we can fix it.

EssentialsX now supports LuckPerms contexts! (#3320, #3476)

EssentialsX now includes several LuckPerms permission contexts, allowing you to do complex conditional permission setups! You can now set certain permissions to only apply when a user is/isn't AFK, muted, vanished or jailed, as well as setting specific permissions for players in specific jails.

The full list of contexts is as follows:

• essentials:afk=<true/false>
• essentials:muted=<true/false>
• essentials:vanished=<true/false>
• essentials:jailed=<true/false>
• essentials:jail=<jail name>

Note: you need to install LuckPerms 5.0 or newer and Vault to use this feature.

Option to always run backups even if users haven't logged in (#3258)

In the past, EssentialsX's server backup system only ran if players had been online since the last backup. However, you can now configure it to always run a backup even if no players have logged in:

backup:
  #...
  # If true, the backup task will run even if there are no players online.
  always-run: false

/heal removing potion effects is now optional (#2754)

Previously, running /heal would always clear potion effects for players. This can now be disabled by setting the remove-effects-on-heal to false in config.yml.

Temporary mutes can now have a length limit (#2807)

Similar to temporary bans, you can now set a maximum length for tempmutes using the max-mute-time config option:

# Set the maximum time /mute can be used for in seconds.
# Set to -1 to disable, and essentials.mute.unlimited can be used to override.
max-mute-time: -1

Jailed players can now build if given specific permissions (#2503)

You can now use the following permissions to allow players to build while jailed:

• essentials.jail.allow-break to allow breaking blocks
• essentials.jail.allow-place to allow placing blocks
• essentials.jail.allow-block-damage to allow hitting blocks
• essentials.jail.allow-interact to allow interacting with blocks (usually right-clicking)

Teleporting to offline players (#2505)

You can now teleport to where a user last logged out using the /tpoffline <player> command (or /otp).

New EssentialsX Protect settings (#3111, #3210, #2504)

EssentialsX Protect now has several new config options to limit item damage, ender crystal explosions and various mob behaviours:

protect:
  prevent:
    # ...
    # Prevents the following events destroying dropped items
    lava-itemdamage: false
    tnt-itemdamage: false
    tnt-minecart-itemdamage: false
    fireball-itemdamage: false
    witherskull-itemdamage: false
    creeper-itemdamage: false
    # Prevents ender crystals from exploding
    ender-crystal-explosion: false
    # Prevents beds and respawn anchors from exploding
    bed-explosion: false
    respawn-anchor-explosion: false
    # Prevents zombies from breaking down doors
    zombie-door-break: false
    # Prevents Ravagers from stealing blocks
    ravager-thief: false
    # Prevents sheep from turning grass to dirt
    sheep-eat-grass: false

Option to dismount passengers before teleporting (#3069)

Players cannot teleport while they have passengers. Previously, teleports would silently fail, but you can now configure this behaviour:

# If a player has any passengers, the teleport will fail. Should their passengers be dismounted before they are teleported?
# If this is set to true, Essentials will dismount the player's passengers before teleporting.
# If this is set to false, attempted teleports will be canceled with a warning.
teleport-passenger-dismount: true

You can add the hidden force-passenger-teleport: true option to your config to revert this behaviour.

Option to show real names on /list (#3117)

You can now optionally configure /list to show players' real names in brackets in /list:

# Displays real names in /list next to players who are using a nickname.
...

EssentialsX 2.17.2: The Bees Update

EssentialsX 2.17.2 is here! This release comes with full 1.15.x support, as well as a couple new features and various bug fixes.

Thanks to @pop4959, @triagonal, @darbyjack, @Ichbinjoe, @AgentTroll, @JRoy, @CmdrKittens, @JasonHorkles and many other people who have contributed to this release!

In addition, thanks to our supporters on Patreon, in particular our Hero tier supporters:

• AKP
• Wasted Ticks
• ...and 2 other patrons

EssentialsX supports SpigotMC's "CraftBukkit" and Spigot server software, as well as Paper. We recommend using the latest version of Paper, as it includes several performance enhancements over Spigot and is fully compatible with Spigot plugins. Specifically, EssentialsX is designed to work on the following Minecraft versions:

• ⚠️ 1.8.8, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2, 1.12.2 and 1.13.2 - these versions are still supported, but are not a priority for us.
• ✅ 1.14.4 and 1.15.2 - these versions are regularly tested against.

NOTE: GeoIP changes

As you may have noticed, older versions of EssentialsX GeoIP will cause errors and no longer keep their databases up-to-date. You'll need to follow the new setup guide to get GeoIP up and running again.

Upgrading to 2.17.2

Except for GeoIP, EssentialsX 2.17.2 does not require any config changes from 2.17.1. However, 2.17.2 adds some new settings to config.yml - to use these, you can either generate a new config.yml or add them to your existing config.

Upgrading from older versions of EssentialsX? See the previous update changelogs.

New features

• You can now run /delkit <kit> to delete a kit. (b97eb12, #2908)
• You can now specify more different types of projectile in /fireball, and control whether players have access to each type using permissions. (60c4e75, ff9f712)
• You can now disable logging command blocks commands to the console by setting log-command-block-commands: false in config.yml. (#2599)
• You can now prevent players putting certain materials on as hats by giving them the permission essentials.hat.prevent-type.<material>. (#2574)
• The spawn-if-no-home config option from the original Essentials has been re-added. (#2757)
• You can now spawn in bees with /spawnmob (or kill them with /killall, if you're a monster). (#2873)
• You can now use UUIDs in more commands. (#2606)
• You can now include | characters in item lore by prepending it with a \\. (#2831)
• You can now add custom aliases on all versions using the custom_items.yml file. (#2895)
• Beezooka! (#3003)
• AntiBuild: You can now use the build: true meta with LuckPerms. (4ce7dfa)
• AntiBuild: "You are not permitted to..." messages now have a nicer-looking item name. (a2e0912)
• Chat: You can now use the {USERNAME} placeholder in chat formats if you want to include the unformatted username. (#2781)
• Protect: You can now control entity transformations on 1.13.2 and above. (#2836, #2942)

Bug fixes

• Trade signs created on 1.12.x or below now work properly on 1.13+. (2c33fb6)
• The player:<player> metadata for spawning in player heads now works on all versions. (5f9eb22, 219012b)
• The plugins now build on Java 9+. (#2871)
• You can now set one-word AFK messages. (#2876)
• Players in jail can no longer change their gamemode. (#2875)
• Command cooldowns now persist properly across server reboots. (#2888)
• /unlimited no longer corrupts user data. (#2811)
• /unbanip now broadcasts unbans to players with the essentials.banip.notify permission, not the essentials.ban.notify permission. (#2774)
• If an error occurs while copying items.json for the first time, the error message will now state items.json instead of items.csv. (6a7cf39)
• EssentialsX will no longer assume that the player has a primary group, fixing issues with PEX 2.0 and potentially other permissions plugins. (1c4ce7b)
• Item resolvers providing item names to tab complete now works properly. (#2910)
• Builds of EssentialsX compiled against JDK9 will now run on Java 8. (fa06cd8)
• EssentialsX no longer displays its own bed spawn message on 1.15+. (#2926)
• Items which were renamed or replaced in 1.14 can now be spawned in on 1.13.x. (d92f5ce)
• Filtering commands for the autocompletion in 1.13+ is now more efficient, particularly on outdated unsupported permissions plugins. (#3026)
• /fireball now works on 1.8.8 again. (#3027)
• GeoIP: The new MaxMind GeoLite2 API and license key system is now supported. (#2926)
• Nyan.

API changes

• UserBalanceUpdateEvent now includes a Cause. (#2824)

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EssentialsX 2.17.1: The Don't-Dupe-My-Items Update

EssentialsX 2.17.1 is now out, fixing several bugs including a dupe exploit on 1.14.4 - you should update as soon as possible.

This version of EssentialsX supports the following server software:

• Spigot "CraftBukkit", Spigot and Paper (recommended) for 1.8.8, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2, and 1.14.4
• Glowstone 2018.10 onwards for Minecraft 1.12.2

Upgrading to 2.17.1

EssentialsX 2.17.1 does not require any config changes from 2.17.0.

Upgrading from older versions of EssentialsX? See the previous update changelogs.

Bug fixes

• essentials.keepinv no longer duplicates items on Spigot "CraftBukkit", Spigot and Paper for 1.14.4. If you are using essentials.keepinv, you need to update EssentialsX as soon as possible.
• The locale messages for /tpauto are now included in the EssentialsX jar, fixing missing message errors.
• Signs placed on walls are now correctly protected on Minecraft versions below 1.12.2.
• /ess version no longer complains when running on 1.14.4.
• /r and /reply now show up correctly in the command autocomplete on 1.13 and above.

Special thanks

As usual, a massive thanks to all of the volunteers who have spent their time providing support on Discord and GitHub, especially over the past few weeks while I've been away. In addition, thanks to @darbyjack and @pop4959 for fixing bugs that have appeared in the mean time. Finally, thanks to everyone who has donated to the project, in particular our Hero donors on Patreon:

• AKP
• Wasted Ticks
• YouthInRevolt
• ...and 1 other patron

EssentialsX 2.17.0: The 1.14 Update

EssentialsX for 1.14.x is here! This release includes 1.14.3 support, plus some new features and several bug fixes.

This version officially supports the following server software:

• Spigot "CraftBukkit", Spigot and Paper (recommended) for 1.8.8, 1.9.4, 1.10.2, 1.11.2, 1.12.2, 1.13.2 and 1.14.3
• Glowstone 2018.10 onwards (for Minecraft 1.12.2)

Upgrading from 2.16.1

You should be able to just replace the EssentialsX jars from 2.16.1 with new jars for 2.17.0 without any issues. However, there are some things to note:

• If you have players who use NetEase Minecraft (Minecraft China), you need to set safe-usermap-names: false! If you don't, your players may lose their homes and balance.

New features

• /mute now lets you specify a reason. For example: /mute MD678685 10m Swearing in public chat. (#1557)
• /near is now sorted by distance from nearest to furthest. (#2158)
• The teleport-back-when-freed-from-jail option in config.yml lets you disable teleporting players back to their prevoius location prior to being jailed. (#1949)
• The new /tpauto command allows players to automatically accept /tpa requests. (#2310)
• The bypass-sleep-when-afk option in config.yml lets you control whether night will pass if AFK players aren't sleeping. (#2329)
• Attempting to use a warp sign without permission for that warp will now give you an error message. (#2450)
• /back now lets you teleport other players to their last locations by including their usernames if you have essentials.back.other. (#2451)
• You can now use /rtoggle to control your own personal last-message-reply-recipient setting. (#2455)
• /exp now works more like /eco. (#1953)
• Teleporting to a home now shows a message. (#2489)
• EssentialsX now supports 1.14.x mobs, enchantments and items. (#2510)
• The essentials.keepinv permission will prevent players dropping their items on death. (#2531)
• LLAMA COLOURS (60ebe9e)
• You can now change the [Disposal] and /disposal inventory title. (#2461)
• /fireball now lets you fire splash and lingering potions. (#2461)
• /itemname lets you rename the item you're currently holding. (#672, #2573)
• Players with essentials.balancetop.exclude will be hidden from the /baltop. (#2499)
• safe-usermap-names: false will disable usermap sanitisation (intended for Minecraft China servers). (c97918d)
• You can now set formatting code permissions for each code separately. (#1441)
• You can now choose whether water is considered a "safe" teleport destination with the is-water-safe config option. (#2520)

API additions

• You can now add custom items to the item database by registering your own ItemResolver. (#2472)
  • (Example) from the Magic plugin
• You can now listen for /tpa requests with TPARequestEvent. (#1727)

Bug fixes

• Offline players with exact name matches are now preferred to online players with partial name matches in some commands. (#2455)
• Commands are hidden from the 1.13+ autocomplete if the player doesn't have permission to use them. (#2469)
• The AFK timer is now reset correctly when you log out, preventing random kicks when logging back in. (#2458)
• Running /mail clear with an empty mailbox will now tell you your mailbox is already empty and will no longer charge command costs. (#2063)
• GeoIP will now report localhost connections as from "an unknown country". (#2494)
• /tpa(here) will no longer show users the /tpacancel message if they don't have permission to use that command. (#2498)
• The usage message for /bigtree now includes darkoak as an option. (#2461)
• NYAN (2ea3d89)
• EssentialsX will no longer warn about CloudNet v2's fake server list pinging. (cd7fa79)
• /condense will now only use square recipes. Be gone, leather boots! (dbd8615)
• Standing on redstone ore will no longer bypass auto-AFK. (8b7bcbb)
• Item ID lookups now work on 1.12.2 and below again. (9089fe8)
• The kit delay strikethrough now works properly when the kit name includes capital letters. (2938330)

Translation updates

There have been several updates to translations in this release. If you have custom locale files, you may want to update them to the latest version from the EssentialsX jar.

You can help translate EssentialsX on Crowdin.

Website changes

The EssentialsX website has seen a couple of minor changes. The most notable is that the Downloads section now works properly, and gives you quick links to download all the latest builds of the EssentialsX plugins.

A new website is also in the works along with improved documentation - click here for a sneak peek of the new site!

Special thanks

Once again, this release wouldn't be here without all of our community supporters. Thanks to all of our contributors for providing support, translating strings, developing new features, and investigating and fixing bugs! In addition, thanks to everyone who has supported EssentialsX over the past few months.

EssentialsX 2.16.1 - The 1.13-and-Below Update

EssentialsX for 1.13.2 and all older supported versions is finally here! This release contains mainly bug fixes for 2.16.0; in particular, you can now use EssentialsX in 1.12.2 and below once more!

This release supports Bukkit servers running the following versions: 1.13.2, 1.12.2, 1.11.2, 1.10.2, 1.9.4, and 1.8.8. We do not support 1.7.10, nor do we support old outdated versions like 1.8.3 or 1.13.1 - you should update your server to a supported version.

Important changes since 2.16.0

• The plugin now works on 1.12.2 and below, in case you missed it.
  • You can now spawn in items, use /enchant and create and use kits, just like you always used to!
• Due to an oversight in 2.16.0, items.json did not update when you updated EssentialsX. This has now been fixed for new installs of EssentialsX.
  • You will need to delete plugins/Essentials/items.json when you update EssentialsX to let it create a new items.json.
  • This is recommended: lots of items were missing when 2.16.0 was released and have been added back more recently, but these won't work until you let EssentialsX create the new file.
• Teleportation now loads chunks asynchronously where possible.
  • This fixes teleportation commands slowing down the server.
  • You need to be running Paper for this to have any effect.

Bug fixes

• da89efb: Fix version checks breaking on Minecraft versions without a patch number (like 1.8 or 1.12)
• 694cf7a: Remove 1.13-only code when spawning in items from items.csv
• 97cc3d0: Fix damage potions spawning the wrong type of potion and incorrect wood aliases
• fd01b75: Fix spawning items in by ID and meta on versions below 1.13
• bd8ef2a: Hide warps in tabcomplete when players don't have permission to use them
• 417fe29: Don't send item IDs twice in /itemdb on versions below 1.13
• 4adb669: Add names for spawners for each entity
• 82ede45: Download GeoIP database over HTTPS
• 7948e76: Don't set beds in the Nether or End where they explode
• dd41b10: Don't override the ability to put on skulls
• 727d473: Fix enchantments breaking on versions below 1.13
• d24b061: Don't show SLPE errors when receiving legacy pings
• 7da90b3: Fix item-spawn-blacklist being loaded before the item database and constantly erroring
• b831713: Send proper error when user tries to spawn unspawnable materials as items
• 8272178: Allow [gamemode] signs to switch into spectator mode
• 7325113: Remove outdated permissions handlers
• fb77953: Replace NBSPs with normal spaces in translation files
• aca83bd: Depend on VaultAPI instead of Vault
• 9e73c29: Fix /createkit on 1.12.2 and below
• f214696: Use the Material enum for the Protect and AntiBuild configs
• 3856a69: Use PaperLib to fix teleportation lag
• e72644a: Add mooshroom spawners; add new stone-like aliases
• eafd110: Add aliases for spawner that actually, you know, include the word "spawner"
• 289d34d: Relocate PaperLib in EssentialsXSpawn (but don't include it in the jar)
• 31b98fb: Allow the console to send mail using colour codes
• dde4a36: Attempt searching for users by UUID before giving up
• dda5e4e: Remove locked chest aliases

Translation updates

There are no translation updates in this release. If you want to contribute to translations, we're working on moving translation updates to Crowdin - click the link to visit our translation page.

Special thanks

Once again, big thanks to all our contributors. A special mention also goes to @triagonal and @DoNotSpamPls as well as countless others who have helped fix bugs and provide support. Finally, a big thanks to everyone who has been patient and supported us since the release of 2.16.0 in January.

EssentialsX 2.16.0 - The 1.13 Update

EssentialsX with 1.13 support is finally here!

Important changes since 2.15.0

• Support is currently only guaranteed for 1.13 and above
  • The plugin may work on 1.12.2 and below, but 2.16-pre3 has not been extensively tested on these versions.
  • 2.16.1 onwards supports 1.12.2 and below once more!
• In several places, item IDs have been removed!
  • On 1.12.2 and below, you can still use item IDs as before, but you will need to update your configs to use material names.
  • On 1.13+, item IDs will not work anywhere, including permissions, item lookups or configs.
    • One exception is that you can set allow-old-id-signs: true in your config to allow players to retrieve items stored in [trade] signs that use IDs. You cannot create new signs with IDs, however.
• On 1.13+, EssentialsX now uses items.json, a new item database format.
  • Plugins can now manually load in additional items into EssentialsX's database.
  • Some plugins that used to rely on EssentialsX's item database may require updates to continue working properly.
  • The items.csv file is ignored on 1.13+.
• EssentialsX now requires Java 8 and will not run on older versions.
• Deprecated economy plugins are no longer supported - these are BOSEconomy, iConomy 5/6 and MultiCurrency
  • This allows you to finally add EssentialsX as a dependency in your plugin without cloning and building it first.

Bug fixes

• 16b2c3d: Clear any pending unconfirmed commands when a player logs in
• de57a8c: EssentialsX Protect now disables emergency mode if Essentials somehow loads after it
• 8aa764f: Allow /nick off for players who can only change their username's colours
• a44775c: Prevent usernames being duplicated in the /ignore list
  • This fixes issues with plugins that added users to player's ignore lists without removing them, which meant removing them from the list wouldn't work properly.
• 52d814f: Playtime is now accurately reported in /whois in 1.13
• 3ef0f20: Tipped arrows are supported by the old item database
• 37acdc1: Fix typo in comment above milk-bucket-easter-egg
• 3c6a869: Only spawn mobs with iron armour if specified
• f569b89: Round down an account's balancec when converting to a double
  • This works around a money duplication exploit in outdated versions of ChestShop, but you should still update ChestShop as the problem was properly mitigated across all economy plugins
• bad0272: Allow /eco take to subtract a player's exact balance
• 935b5cf: Use the Bukkit setUnbreakable method where available instead of the Spigot one
• 575a11b: createKitSuccess messages now correctly refer to kits.yml instead of config.yml
• 9576ea2: Use reflection to detect which item pickup listener to use
  • EssentialsX should now start up on Glowstone, though support is not guaranteed - please report any issues with EssentialsX on Glowstone on our issue tracker
• ba95958: Use internal method for setting/updating the currency format
  • The plugin should now run on Java 9 and above.
• 7dd52da: Add a Bukkit version utility class
  • This can be used to replace the inconsistent usages of ReflUtil which break on Glowstone.
• ec83a5f: Add support for newer EntityPickupItemEvent in AntiBuild
• 7b67b3b: Don't send empty line join/quit messages
  • Finally, you can now set custom-join-message/custom-quit-message to "" and EssentialsX won't send any message at all!
• a18ce40: Add hide-displayname-in-vanish config option to hide nicknames of vanished users
  • This avoids revealing when players are in vanish rather than offline.
• 579f554: Fix nickname not being set properly when disabling AFK mode

Other features added since 2.15

• b29f98c: Add world-specific /back permissions
  • You can revoke essentials.back.into.<world> from players to prevent them using /back to teleport into the specific world.
  • This permission defaults to true, meaning by default all players can teleport into all worlds.
• 030eb33: Block ignite only for PvP, not for PvE
  • Players in god mode can now ignite mobs with bows, which was not previously possible.
• 2ff29da: Add a message when trying to jail someone in a jail that doesn't exist
  • This shows the message jailNotExist from your messages.properties or equivalent localised file.
• 817caf2: When a player uses /setwarp, store the player's UUID as lastowner
  • 967bb44: Expose this in the API as getLastOwner
• 7298393: Add essentials.msgtoggle.bypass
  • This permission allows you to send private messages to users that have disabled them with /msgtoggle.
• 4873beb: Add config option to require a permission before updating a player's compass direction
  • If compass-towards-home-perm is enabled in the EssentialsX config, then the permission essentials.home.compass is checked before changing the player's compass target.
• aa622f8: Teleport safety is disabled in spectator mode
• 504a7ae: 1.13 mobs are now supported
• ed72d11: Add {ONLINE} variable to custom join messages
• c79db98: Add more debug logging in Settings
  • When investigating group chat format issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output which chat format is being used for each player.
  • When investigating command cooldown issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output each command cooldown every time they are checked, stating which ones were matched.
• 81397d9: Make the "internal error" messages and the compass directions translatable
• f97c5fc: Make /realname's output message translatable
• 959c788/634d62f9ef8ef30717bb0ffd8877a18b7d28d70d: Add essentials.kickall.exempt permission
  • Makes players exempt from /kickall
• e642192: When banning by IP with /banip, all connected players with that IP are now kicked
• 2806156: Add allow-world-in-broadcastworld config option
  • When set to true, players can use the command /broadcastworld [world] <message> to specify what world to broadcast in.
  • This defaults to false.
• e3c726b: The total amount of items loaded in the item database is now logged when the item database (re)loads.
• a3eb587: Add essentials.nick.allowunsafe permission
  • If a player has this, they can set their username to any value. Use with caution, as this has the potential to break userdata files.
• 79bc340: Allow /clearinventory to accept a comma-separated list of item names
• a2a95ed: Add acacia, birch and dark oak trees to /tree and /bigtree
• 280d121: Add a UserWarpEvent class for when users teleport to a defined warp
• 41b2449: /enchant now defaults to level 1 if no enchant is supplied
• 35a2a4d: Add compatibility warnings in /ess version and on startup
  • The "Vault is not installed" message can now be translated as versionOutputVaultMissing.
  • If running an unsupported version of Bukkit, EssentialsX will now show a warning in /ess version and on startup.
  • If running an unsupported plugin alongside EssentialsX, /ess version will highlight it.
• 6ee8451: Update the bStats Metrics class
  • /essentials optout has been removed - use the global bStats config instead.
• 6a63834: Add force-enable-recipe config option
  • This option is not recommended. Do not use it unless you know what you are doing and fully understand the implications.
• 89d592c: Make item-spawn-blacklist debug messages more readable
• 050287f: Add 1.13 enchantments

Translation updates

Thanks to several members of the community, we have enhanced translations, including:

• a brand new Vietnamese translation by @BaoKunVN
• updated Hungarian translations by @montlikadani and @gb2233
• minor corrections in Polish translations by @RikoDEV
• minor updates to the Italian translations by @Leomixer17
• updates to the Estonian translations by @Madis0
• improvements to the German translations by @Sprungente and @seema84
• updates to the Dutch translations by @Dutchuser
• more translatable messages added by @montlikadani and @Xeyame
• createKitSuccess messages correctly refering to kits.yml instead of config.yml th...

EssentialsX 2.16-pre4 - The (next) 1.13 Prerelease

EssentialsX with 1.13 support is finally nearly here! (Scroll to the bottom for changes between pre3 and pre4.)

Important changes since 2.15.0

• Support is currently only guaranteed for 1.13 and above.
  • The plugin may work on 1.12.2 and below, but 2.16-pre3 has not been extensively tested on these versions.
• In several places, item IDs have been removed!
  • On 1.12.2 and below, you can still use item IDs as before, but you will need to update your configs to use material names.
  • On 1.13+, item IDs will not work anywhere, including permissions, item lookups or configs.
    • One exception is that you can set allow-old-id-signs: true in your config to allow players to retrieve items stored in [trade] signs that use IDs. You cannot create new signs with IDs, however.
• On 1.13+, EssentialsX now uses items.json, a new item database format.
  • Plugins can now manually load in additional items into EssentialsX's database.
  • Some plugins that used to rely on EssentialsX's item database may require updates to continue working properly.
  • The items.csv file is ignored on 1.13+.
• EssentialsX now requires Java 8 and will not run on older versions.
• Deprecated economy plugins are no longer supported - these are BOSEconomy, iConomy 5/6 and MultiCurrency
  • This allows you to finally add EssentialsX as a dependency in your plugin without cloning and building it first.

Bug fixes

• 16b2c3d: Clear any pending unconfirmed commands when a player logs in
• de57a8c: EssentialsX Protect now disables emergency mode if Essentials somehow loads after it
• 8aa764f: Allow /nick off for players who can only change their username's colours
• a44775c: Prevent usernames being duplicated in the /ignore list
  • This fixes issues with plugins that added users to player's ignore lists without removing them, which meant removing them from the list wouldn't work properly.
• 52d814f: Playtime is now accurately reported in /whois in 1.13
• 3ef0f20: Tipped arrows are supported by the old item database
• 37acdc1: Fix typo in comment above milk-bucket-easter-egg
• 3c6a869: Only spawn mobs with iron armour if specified
• f569b89: Round down an account's balancec when converting to a double
  • This works around a money duplication exploit in outdated versions of ChestShop, but you should still update ChestShop as the problem was properly mitigated across all economy plugins
• bad0272: Allow /eco take to subtract a player's exact balance
• 935b5cf: Use the Bukkit setUnbreakable method where available instead of the Spigot one
• 575a11b: createKitSuccess messages now correctly refer to kits.yml instead of config.yml
• 9576ea2: Use reflection to detect which item pickup listener to use
  • EssentialsX should now start up on Glowstone, though support is not guaranteed - please report any issues with EssentialsX on Glowstone on our issue tracker
• ba95958: Use internal method for setting/updating the currency format
  • The plugin should now run on Java 9 and above.
• 7dd52da: Add a Bukkit version utility class
  • This can be used to replace the inconsistent usages of ReflUtil which break on Glowstone.
• ec83a5f: Add support for newer EntityPickupItemEvent in AntiBuild
• 7b67b3b: Don't send empty line join/quit messages
  • Finally, you can now set custom-join-message/custom-quit-message to "" and EssentialsX won't send any message at all!
• a18ce40: Add hide-displayname-in-vanish config option to hide nicknames of vanished users
  • This avoids revealing when players are in vanish rather than offline.
• 579f554: Fix nickname not being set properly when disabling AFK mode

Other features added since 2.15

• b29f98c: Add world-specific /back permissions
  • You can revoke essentials.back.into.<world> from players to prevent them using /back to teleport into the specific world.
  • This permission defaults to true, meaning by default all players can teleport into all worlds.
• 030eb33: Block ignite only for PvP, not for PvE
  • Players in god mode can now ignite mobs with bows, which was not previously possible.
• 2ff29da: Add a message when trying to jail someone in a jail that doesn't exist
  • This shows the message jailNotExist from your messages.properties or equivalent localised file.
• 817caf2: When a player uses /setwarp, store the player's UUID as lastowner
  • 967bb44: Expose this in the API as getLastOwner
• 7298393: Add essentials.msgtoggle.bypass
  • This permission allows you to send private messages to users that have disabled them with /msgtoggle.
• 4873beb: Add config option to require a permission before updating a player's compass direction
  • If compass-towards-home-perm is enabled in the EssentialsX config, then the permission essentials.home.compass is checked before changing the player's compass target.
• aa622f8: Teleport safety is disabled in spectator mode
• 504a7ae: 1.13 mobs are now supported
• ed72d11: Add {ONLINE} variable to custom join messages
• c79db98: Add more debug logging in Settings
  • When investigating group chat format issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output which chat format is being used for each player.
  • When investigating command cooldown issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output each command cooldown every time they are checked, stating which ones were matched.
• 81397d9: Make the "internal error" messages and the compass directions translatable
• f97c5fc: Make /realname's output message translatable
• 959c788/634d62f9ef8ef30717bb0ffd8877a18b7d28d70d: Add essentials.kickall.exempt permission
  • Makes players exempt from /kickall
• e642192: When banning by IP with /banip, all connected players with that IP are now kicked
• 2806156: Add allow-world-in-broadcastworld config option
  • When set to true, players can use the command /broadcastworld [world] <message> to specify what world to broadcast in.
  • This defaults to false.
• e3c726b: The total amount of items loaded in the item database is now logged when the item database (re)loads.
• a3eb587: Add essentials.nick.allowunsafe permission
  • If a player has this, they can set their username to any value. Use with caution, as this has the potential to break userdata files.
• 79bc340: Allow /clearinventory to accept a comma-separated list of item names
• a2a95ed: Add acacia, birch and dark oak trees to /tree and /bigtree
• 280d121: Add a UserWarpEvent class for when users teleport to a defined warp
• 41b2449: /enchant now defaults to level 1 if no enchant is supplied
• 35a2a4d: Add compatibility warnings in /ess version and on startup
  • The "Vault is not installed" message can now be translated as versionOutputVaultMissing.
  • If running an unsupported version of Bukkit, EssentialsX will now show a warning in /ess version and on startup.
  • If running an unsupported plugin alongside EssentialsX, /ess version will highlight it.
• 6ee8451: Update the bStats Metrics class
  • /essentials optout has been removed - use the global bStats config instead.
• 6a63834: Add force-enable-recipe config option
  • This option is not recommended. Do not use it unless you know what you are doing and fully understand the implications.
• 89d592c: Make item-spawn-blacklist debug messages more readable
• 050287f: Add 1.13 enchantments

Translation updates

Thanks to several members of the community, we have enhanced translations, including:

• a brand new Vietnamese translation by @BaoKunVN
• updated Hungarian translations by @montlikadani and @gb2233
• minor corrections in Polish translations by @RikoDEV
• minor updates to the Italian translations by @Leomixer17
• updates to the Estonian translations by @Madis0
• improvements to the German translations by @Sprungente and @seema84
• updates to the Dutch translations by @Dutchuser
• more translatable messages added by @montlikadani and @Xeyame
• createKitSuccess messages correctly refering to kits.yml instead of config.yml thanks to @Dutchuser
• a ***bRaNd NeW bRiTiSh EnGlIsH tRaNsLaTiO...

EssentialsX 2.16-pre3 - The 1.13 Prerelease

EssentialsX with 1.13 support is finally nearly here!

Important changes since 2.15.0

• Support is currently only guaranteed for 1.13 and above.
  • The plugin may work on 1.12.2 and below, but 2.16-pre3 has not been extensively tested on these versions.
• Item IDs have been removed! This means any permissions with item IDs will not be recognised.
  • To be precise, item IDs have been removed from permission checks, command costs and item lookups in /worth, /give, /item, more, /repair, and EssentialsX AntiBuild and Protect
  • On 1.12.2 and below, you can still use item IDs in /give and /item.
  • On 1.13+, you can set allow-old-id-signs: true in your config to allow players to retrieve items stored in [trade] signs that use IDs. You cannot create new signs with IDs, however.
• On 1.13+, EssentialsX now uses items.json, a new item database format.
  • Plugins can now manually load in additional items into EssentialsX's database.
  • Some plugins that used to rely on EssentialsX's item database may require updates to continue working properly.
  • The items.csv file is ignored on 1.13 and above.
• EssentialsX now requires Java 8 and will not run on older versions.
• Deprecated economy plugins are no longer supported - these are BOSEconomy, iConomy 5/6 and MultiCurrency
  • This allows you to finally add EssentialsX as a dependency in your plugin without cloning and building it first.

Bug fixes

• 16b2c3d: Clear any pending unconfirmed commands when a player logs in
• de57a8c: EssentialsX Protect now disables emergency mode if Essentials somehow loads after it
• 8aa764f: Allow /nick off for players who can only change their username's colours
• a44775c: Prevent usernames being duplicated in the /ignore list
  • This fixes issues with plugins that added users to player's ignore lists without removing them, which meant removing them from the list wouldn't work properly.
• 52d814f: Playtime is now accurately reported in /whois in 1.13
• 3ef0f20: Tipped arrows are supported by the old item database
• 37acdc1: Fix typo in comment above milk-bucket-easter-egg
• 3c6a869: Only spawn mobs with iron armour if specified
• f569b89: Round down an account's balancec when converting to a double
  • This works around a money duplication exploit in outdated versions of ChestShop, but you should still update ChestShop as the problem was properly mitigated across all economy plugins
• bad0272: Allow /eco take to subtract a player's exact balance
• 935b5cf: Use the Bukkit setUnbreakable method where available instead of the Spigot one
• 575a11b: createKitSuccess messages now correctly refer to kits.yml instead of config.yml
• 9576ea2: Use reflection to detect which item pickup listener to use
  • EssentialsX should now start up on Glowstone, though support is not guaranteed - please report any issues with EssentialsX on Glowstone on our issue tracker
• ba95958: Use internal method for setting/updating the currency format
  • The plugin should now run on Java 9 and above.
• 7dd52da: Add a Bukkit version utility class
  • This can be used to replace the inconsistent usages of ReflUtil which break on Glowstone.
• ec83a5f: Add support for newer EntityPickupItemEvent in AntiBuild
• 7b67b3b: Don't send empty line join/quit messages
  • Finally, you can now set custom-join-message/custom-quit-message to "" and EssentialsX won't send any message at all!
• a18ce40: Add hide-displayname-in-vanish config option to hide nicknames of vanished users
  • This avoids revealing when players are in vanish rather than offline.
• 579f554: Fix nickname not being set properly when disabling AFK mode

Other features added since 2.15

• b29f98c: Add world-specific /back permissions
  • You can revoke essentials.back.into.<world> from players to prevent them using /back to teleport into the specific world.
  • This permission defaults to true, meaning by default all players can teleport into all worlds.
• 030eb33: Block ignite only for PvP, not for PvE
  • Players in god mode can now ignite mobs with bows, which was not previously possible.
• 2ff29da: Add a message when trying to jail someone in a jail that doesn't exist
  • This shows the message jailNotExist from your messages.properties or equivalent localised file.
• 817caf2: When a player uses /setwarp, store the player's UUID as lastowner
  • 967bb44: Expose this in the API as getLastOwner
• 7298393: Add essentials.msgtoggle.bypass
  • This permission allows you to send private messages to users that have disabled them with /msgtoggle.
• 4873beb: Add config option to require a permission before updating a player's compass direction
  • If compass-towards-home-perm is enabled in the EssentialsX config, then the permission essentials.home.compass is checked before changing the player's compass target.
• aa622f8: Teleport safety is disabled in spectator mode
• 504a7ae: 1.13 mobs are now supported
• ed72d11: Add {ONLINE} variable to custom join messages
• c79db98: Add more debug logging in Settings
  • When investigating group chat format issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output which chat format is being used for each player.
  • When investigating command cooldown issues, if /ess debug is enabled, EssentialsX will output each command cooldown every time they are checked, stating which ones were matched.
• 81397d9: Make the "internal error" messages and the compass directions translatable
• f97c5fc: Make /realname's output message translatable
• 959c788/634d62f9ef8ef30717bb0ffd8877a18b7d28d70d: Add essentials.kickall.exempt permission
  • Makes players exempt from /kickall
• e642192: When banning by IP with /banip, all connected players with that IP are now kicked
• 2806156: Add allow-world-in-broadcastworld config option
  • When set to true, players can use the command /broadcastworld [world] <message> to specify what world to broadcast in.
  • This defaults to false.
• e3c726b: The total amount of items loaded in the item database is now logged when the item database (re)loads.
• a3eb587: Add essentials.nick.allowunsafe permission
  • If a player has this, they can set their username to any value. Use with caution, as this has the potential to break userdata files.
• 79bc340: Allow /clearinventory to accept a comma-separated list of item names
• a2a95ed: Add acacia, birch and dark oak trees to /tree and /bigtree
• 280d121: Add a UserWarpEvent class for when users teleport to a defined warp
• 41b2449: /enchant now defaults to level 1 if no enchant is supplied
• 35a2a4d: Add compatibility warnings in /ess version and on startup
  • The "Vault is not installed" message can now be translated as versionOutputVaultMissing.
  • If running an unsupported version of Bukkit, EssentialsX will now show a warning in /ess version and on startup.
  • If running an unsupported plugin alongside EssentialsX, /ess version will highlight it.
• 6ee8451: Update the bStats Metrics class
  • /essentials optout has been removed - use the global bStats config instead.
• 6a63834: Add force-enable-recipe config option
  • This option is not recommended. Do not use it unless you know what you are doing and fully understand the implications.
• 89d592c: Make item-spawn-blacklist debug messages more readable
• 050287f: Add 1.13 enchantments

Translation updates

Thanks to several members of the community, we have enhanced translations, including:

• a brand new Vietnamese translation by @BaoKunVN
• updated Hungarian translations by @montlikadani and @gb2233
• minor corrections in Polish translations by @RikoDEV
• minor updates to the Italian translations by @Leomixer17
• updates to the Estonian translations by @Madis0
• improvements to the German translations by @Sprungente
• updates to the Dutch translations by @Dutchuser
• more translatable messages added by @montlikadani and @Xeyame
• createKitSuccess messages correctly refering to kits.yml instead of config.yml thanks to @Dutchuser
• a ***bRaNd NeW bRiTiSh EnGlIsH tRaNsL...

EssentialsX 2.15

This version supports Minecraft 1.8.8-1.12.2.

Additions since b488

• Messages files are now consistent and include updated translations.
• /clearinventory has an optional confirmation check, similar to /pay. #1309
• Add notify-player-of-mail-cooldown, a cooldown for how often "You have new mail" messages appear. #1312 11a03bb
• Show UUID in /whois. #1394 d7685dc
• Add delay-motd, a delay for sending the MOTD after a user connects. #1396 50f2e7a
• MCStats Metrics has been replaced with bStats.
• Socialspy displays chat messages from muted players. #1430 fd63a7d
• Server list no longer shows vanished players.
• Kits now support the unbreakable tag. #377 203d656
• Add allow-direct-hat, allowing players with essentials.hat to click on their helmet slot to put any item there. #960 7958cd0
• Add configurable messages to send to banned players on join attempts. #420 e5c7ba7
  • This was added to temporary bans later: #1709 a904dab
• Disable god mode on login when players don't have essentials.god. #1475 91b2622
• Spawn: Separate respawn and spawn-on-join listener priority options. #1491 ed5aa1f
• Socialspy messages can now be formatted in the messages file. #1460 (unknown commit)
• Mails can now be formatted like chat messages with essentials.mail.color etc. #1611 c14d565
• Players no longer receive /me messages from ignored users. #1768 87c6672
• ItemFlags are now supported in kits. #795 377c716
• Chat: Add {PREFIX} and {SUFFIX} plaxeholders. #1663 738efe8
• Add configurable messages to /jails. #1732 e38b155
• Add /disposal, a command that opens a disposal inventory like the [Disposal] sign. #1729 d69e3a2
• Move kits to kits.yml and automatically migrate old kits to the new file. #1774 cd43355
• Disable pastebin-createkit by default, and switch to Hastebin. #1916 0d5da06
• Add /ess version command, giving detailed info for support purposes. #1514 4e8e7be
• Add extra permissions to /whois and /seen. #735 95ac4a4
• Add colour formatting to /mail sendall. #1867 d3c4c2b
• cancel-afk-on-move now works independently of cancel-afk-on-interact. #1804 823f1c2

Fixes since b488

• /condense now works on 1.12. #1298 3831464
• World is now passed when retrieving Vault prefix and suffix. #1327 341263b
• Tab complete now includes player names. #1301 12930cf
• LuckPerms is now supported by default, and is recommended over other permissions plugins. #1356 d5cbfef
• Players can no longer reply to PMs while muted. #1375 518a43d
• Tab completion with /warp now requires essentials.warp.list. #1378 301a3a7
• Arrows shot by people in god mode or who are vanished without the PvP permission no longer set people on fire. #1462 13fbd31
• Powertools that include {player} no longer run when powertools are disabled. #1474 eb341c0
• PlayerInteractEvent no longer causes constant stack traces on 1.12.2.
• Spawners now work correctly. #1536 b346970
• Logger parent infinite loop fixed on Paper servers. #1570 2c4ff35
• /tppos now checks for per-world teleport permissions. #1516 cd7e096
• Send an error when trying to show an invalid page. #1754 ef1e57f
• Kits parse correctly without unpredictable behaviour. #1757 1f0f77f
• GeoIP: Rewritten to use the newer MaxMind GeoIP 2 database to avoid breakage. #1748 938f94e
• Arguments are now passed in the correct order in the construction of GodStatusChangeEvents. #1790 16a496c
• Vanished players are no longer targeted by entities. #1829 0540042
• /clearinventory now clears the offhand slot. 983f3a7
• Don't show error that MOTD is missing on login. #1811 e4a8222
• Vanished players can leave vanish properly after switching worlds while vanished. (This fixes the infamous hidden unvanished players bug.) #1796 61c1485