Pedestals - Core
1.14A Minecraft Paper plugin designed for server administrators who want to add interactive crafting and display elements to their world.
1.14latestPedestals - Core 1.143 weeks ago Release 1.14 - The Editor & Customization Update
This update adds more control over pedestal appearance, easier editing, and live recipe previews.New Features
- Hologram Height Controls: Separate height settings for pedestals with and without recipes, configurable through the GUI andconfig.yml. - Expanded Particle Controls: Adjust circle radius, height, speed, type, density, and color, including custom HEX colors. - Collision Barrier Toggle: Enable or disable the physical 1 × 1 × 2 barrier while keeping the pedestal clickable. - Reset Buttons: Restore hologram settings, particle settings, or the entire appearance without changing recipes or gameplay. - Appearance Presets: Save and apply complete designs, including holograms, particles, collision, and animations. - Undo Last Change: Reverse editor changes, moves, or preset applications through the GUI or/pedestal undo [name]. - Recipe Preview: Preview missing ingredients, ready ingredients, or your actual inventory. Simulated previews are visible only to the inspecting admin.Bug Fixes
- Centered Particle Circles: Fixed circles appearing off-center around pedestals. - Barrier Cleanup: Fixed leftover barriers when moving, disabling, deleting, or discarding a pedestal. - Settings Persistence: New appearance settings survive restarts and cloning. - Preview Cleanup: Recipe previews and unsaved editor drafts clear when players leave or disconnect.Improvements & Technical Changes
- Organized Editor: Controls are grouped into Recipe, Appearance, and Gameplay pages. - Live Adjustments: Hologram and particle changes preview immediately. - Chunk Handling: Particle circles skip unloaded chunks, including neighboring chunks. - Safer Editing: Chat edits run on the server thread, preset saves run in the background, and GUI clicks and drags respect menu boundaries. - Build Verification: Added Java 21 build checks and 12 passing regression tests.Upcoming Update - Easier Crafting Clicks
- Larger Crafting Hitbox: Increased the click target to 1.5 × 1.5 × 2.5 blocks, making the pedestal and floating reward easier to target. Physical collision remains 1 × 1 × 2 blocks.1.12Pedestals - Core 1.123 weeks ago Release 1.12 - The Design & Smoothness Update
This update gives pedestals a visual overhaul: new shapes and themes, a cleaner editor, smoother animations, and optional visual extras.New Features
- New Shapes: Twelve more simple or unusual silhouettes (Plinth, Column, Obelisk, Spire, Altar, Ziggurat, Rustic, Verdigris, Ossuary, Geode, Bamboo, Cherry). The template menu is now paged so every template shows. - New Themes: Nine built-in design themes (Minimal, Arcane, Nether, Frost, Gilded, Overgrown, Abyss, Ember, Void) are installed as templates (themes.install-defaults). Apply them from Design Templates. - Name Without Recipe: Pedestals with no recipe now show their name/custom name hologram (toggle withshow-name-without-recipeinconfig.yml). - Optional Visuals (all off by default): Newvisuals:section inconfig.yml- ingredient progress bar, "ready to craft" banner, hologram pop-in, idle particles, ground ring, craft sequence, discovery reveal, and per-pedestal rarity tiers (Display Settings > Rarity Tier). - GUI Sounds: Click, page-turn, save and delete sounds in the editor menus (gui.sounds).Bug Fixes
- Theme Fix: Applying a theme no longer drops the item under the pedestal.Improvements & Technical Changes
- GUI Cleanup: Tighter button layout, a dark interior inside the frame so buttons stand out, shorter button text, and on/off dots on toggles. - Smoother Animation: Spin, pulse and orbital motion now use client-side interpolation (updates every 2 ticks) for smoother visuals with far fewer packets. - Performance: Animations and text updates skip pedestals with no nearby players; hologram text is only re-sent when it changes; chunk checks no longer force-load chunks.1.8Pedestals - Core 1.8Sep 22, 2026 26.* SUPPORT IS UNTESTED ANY BUGS PLEASE REPORT!
Pedestals - Core 1.8
Release 1.8 - The Reliability Update
This update fixes pedestals losing their interaction hitbox after dimension travel, most commonly reported in the Nether.Bug Fixes
- Missing Hitbox After Dimension Travel: Fixed pedestals permanently losing their interaction hitbox (and sometimes their displays) when rapid chunk load/unload cycles - such as those caused by Nether portal linking - caused the plugin's one-time delayed chunk-load respawn check to miss its window.Improvements & Technical Changes
- Self-Healing Core Displays: Block displays, the item display, and the interaction hitbox now reconcile automatically about once per second, adopting or respawning anything missing without duplicating existing entities. This mirrors the self-healing already in place for orbitals, extended to the pedestal's core structure.1.7Pedestals - Core 1.7Jul 8, 2026 Release 1.7 - The Stability & Integration Update
This update fixes a long-standing orbital display bug and adds the persistence and third-party integration players and admins have been asking for.New Features
- Persistent Craft History: Multi-step recipe prerequisites are now saved tocraft-history.ymland survive server restarts, instead of resetting every session. - PlaceholderAPI Support: New soft-dependency exposing%pedestals_total%,%pedestals_crafts_<name>%, and%pedestals_cooldown_<name>%for scoreboards, tab lists, and other plugins.Bug Fixes
- Orbital Loot Preview Duplication: Fixed a bug where floating loot-table item displays could duplicate into hundreds of entities or freeze in place after a chunk unload/reload. - Cross-Chunk Drift: Orbitals that drifted across a chunk boundary are now tracked and cleaned up correctly instead of becoming permanent orphans.Improvements & Technical Changes
- Throttled Self-Healing: Orbitals now reconcile (adopt/clean up/top off) at most once per second per pedestal instead of every tick, removing the runaway-duplication risk while staying cheap on performance. - Restart-Safe Orbitals: Orbitals are now restored automatically on pedestal/chunk load instead of being disabled after load.1.6Pedestals - Core 1.6Apr 6, 2026 Pedestals - Core 1.6
Release 1.6 - The Customization & Analytics Update
This update focuses on deep visual personalization for your pedestals and the introduction of advanced metrics to track server performance and player engagement.New Features
- Custom Display Names: Override the default blue-gradient item names with your own custom strings. - The "@hand" Shortcut: Instantly clone the exact name, colors, and formatting from the item in your hand by typing@handduring rename. - Improved GUI Workflow: Dedicated Custom Display Name button added to the Display Settings menu. - bStats Integration: Track total pedestals, popular types, and discovery status. - Reset/Clear Command: Revert any custom name back to the premium default by typingresetorclear.Improvements & Technical Changes
- Rendering Priority: Holograms now prioritize custom names while maintaining smooth animations. - Dynamic Recipe Headers: Recipe views now respect custom names while preserving the styling. - Maven Optimization: Enhanced shading and relocation for zero library conflicts. - Persistence Layer: Integrated custom name storage withinpedestals.yml.1.5Pedestals - Core 1.5Mar 16, 2026 Release 1.5 - The Mechanics & Customization Update
This update introduces advanced pedestal mechanics, deep visual customization, and powerful administration tools to elevate your server experience.New Features
Infusion Pedestals*: Introduce advanced crafting networks where a central pedestal is empowered by surrounding supporting pillars. Dynamic Sizing: Configure pedestals in Small, Medium, or Large* sizes to fit any build setup perfectly. Invisible Bases*: Added option to hide the pedestal structure entirely for floating or embedded item displays. Multi-Step Crafting*: Create progressive journeys by chaining pedestals together utilizing new prerequisite requirements. Randomized Outputs*: Configure tables with item weights and quantity ranges to reward varying items from a loot table. Orbital Displays*: Items from the randomized loot table orbit smoothly around the pedestal center. Dynamic Animations: Added customizable Breath and Pulse* hover animations for displayed items. Deep Customization*: Adjust display item scale, rotation speeds, and specific Y-offsets for exact placement. Enhanced Particle Rings*: Fully configurable particle effects supporting specific types, hex RGB colors, speed, and radius settings. XP Cost Support: Charge players in either Levels or Points* to access pedestal rewards or yields. Cooldown Management*: Pace your server economy with individual and global cooldown timers. Discovery Mechanic*: Introduce exploration elements where players discover pedestals entering range for alerts. Design Templates*: Save complete designs with/pedestal template save <name>and replicate setups universally. Batch Utility Commands*: New bulk commands forenableall,disableall, andresetallmaintenance tasks. Craft Logs*: Integrated diagnostic logs for checking usage and yields over time.Technical Details
* Enhanced entity cleanup safeguards introduced to prevent legacy or ghost displays during spawning sequences.1.0Pedestals - Core 1.0Feb 17, 2026 Release 1.0 - Initial Release
This is the first public release of Pedestals!New Features
- Core Pedestal System: Initial implementation of the pedestal framework. - Management GUI: A robust interface for administrators to configure pedestals in-game. - Command API: Full suite of /pedestal commands for management and maintenance. - Configuration Support: Initial 'config.yml' for message customization and branding. - Item Utilities: Integrated support for custom item handling and recipe validation. - Sound and Visuals: Integrated SoundPalette and ColorPalette for a premium feel.Technical Details
- Built for Minecraft 1.21 (Paper/Spigot). - Requires Java 21 or higher.
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