vBestiary

1.4.1

- Added full MiniMessage <sprite:atlas:sprite> support across configurable book text, mob images, and loot images. - Sprites use white as their default color so item textures render with their original colors. - Sprite tags can be combined with existing ItemsAdder, Nexo, and CraftEngine visual formats. - Loot chance text now supports colors, MiniMessage, sprites, ItemsAdder, Nexo, and CraftEngine visuals.

1.4.0

- Added optional CraftEngine image support using the <image:id> format. - Added CraftEngine <shift:value> support for positioning images. - CraftEngine images are supported in configurable book text, mob images, and loot images. - CraftEngine images are resolved before books open to preserve clickable tabs and navigation buttons. - Added the optional mob-details-layout-enabled layout for servers using category mob lists. - The optional layout opens an image-only mob menu with separate STATS, DESCRIPTION, and LOOT pages. - The optional layout mob menu displays the mob name above its image and removes the redundant image tooltip. - Description pages display mob lore line by line, while loot pages display configured loot images and chances as a list. - The optional layout keeps its three section buttons at the bottom of the mob image menu. - The mob image menu includes a bottom-left button that returns to the current category mob list. - STATS, DESCRIPTION, and LOOT pages show only their content and a button that returns to the mob image menu. - Long DESCRIPTION content is automatically paginated while keeping the return button visible. - STATS labels are now dynamic and can display any custom value configured with a matching key in category files. - Legacy health-label, damage-label, and abilities-label book fields are automatically migrated to their matching stat keys.

1.3.0

- Added support for multiple mob images through the new images: configuration section. - Mob images can now be clicked to switch to the next configured image. - Added optional per-image click sounds using the sound field. - Kept full compatibility with the legacy image: field. - Multi-image mob visuals keep support for ItemsAdder, Nexo, MiniMessage, and offset placeholders.

1.2.5

- Added configurable click sounds for bestiary buttons in book.yml. - Added separate sound settings for tabs, navigation buttons, category buttons, and mob-list buttons. - Added per-button sound settings for STATS, LOOT, back, previous, next, home, category, mob-list, and loot pagination buttons. - Added support for custom sound IDs such as ItemsAdder namespace:sound_id.

1.2.4

- Added /bestiary open <player>. - Added /bestiary open <player> <category>. - Added /bestiary open <player> <category> <mob>. - Permission: vbestiary.open.others or vbestiary.admin.

1.2.3

- Added Nexo <glyph:id> support for configurable book.yml text, including titles, separators, tab labels, navigation buttons, and hover text. - Added Nexo <shift:value> support so glyph images can be positioned in configurable book text, mob images, and loot images. - Nexo glyphs in book text now keep support for legacy colors, hex colors, MiniMessage, and ItemsAdder placeholders.

1.2.2

- Added configurable selected and unselected visuals for the STATS and LOOT tabs in book.yml. - Selected tabs no longer force a hardcoded bold style; the selected and unselected appearance is controlled by config. - Improved progress storage reliability by merging async-loaded data with newly discovered mobs. - Optimized ItemsAdder image resolution with cached glyphs and cached reflection lookups. - Cleared player book caches on logout to reduce memory usage on servers with many unique players. - Simplified the autosave task to avoid redundant async scheduling.

1.2.1

- Added MiniMessage support for configurable book text, category and mob display text/lore, and language messages. - Added Nexo item support for loot materials using the nexo:item_id format. - Loot item hovers can now resolve Nexo item stacks when Nexo is installed. - Replaced the mob-page top back button with a centered home button in the footer navigation. - The previous mob button now stays visible on the first visible mob and jumps to the last visible mob in the category. - The next mob button now stays visible on the last visible mob and jumps back to the first visible mob in the category. - Added home-button-enabled in config.yml to disable the centered home button. - Added infinite-mob-navigation-enabled in config.yml to enable or disable looping previous/next mob buttons. - Added custom texture support for bestiary navigation buttons, allowing custom glyphs/buttons for a cleaner book design.

1.2.0

- Added optional Nexo glyph support for mob images and loot images using the <glyph:id> format. - Added a new example category configuration using Nexo glyph images.

1.1.3

- Added loot pagination for mobs with more than four registered drops. - Loot page navigation now appears only when the current mob has additional loot pages.

1.1.2

- Replaced the old YAML progress storage with SQL storage. - Added SQLite as the default progress storage backend. - Added optional MySQL storage for servers that want external database storage. - Added a shared SQL storage layer using HikariCP. - SQLite now stores the database and WAL/SHM sidecar files inside the data/ folder. - Aligned the database configuration block with the standard vPlugins database: format. - Added configurable MySQL pool size. - Added an admin command to migrate progress data from SQLite to MySQL. - Improved async progress loading error handling. - Progression categories now stay hidden from the index until the player discovers the first mob in that category. - Added a category unlock notification for the first discovered mob in a progression category. - Database libraries are loaded through the server library loader to keep the plugin jar small.

1.1.1

- Added a public vBestiary API for external plugin integrations. - Added API access to discovered mob counts, total configured mobs, discovered mob IDs, specific mob discovery checks, and category completion checks. - Added support for the any category selector in the API so integrations can read progress across all categories. - Prepared the API for optional integrations such as vJourney achievements without making vBestiary a required dependency.

1.1.0

- Complete rework of the book page system. - Categories, mob lists, and mob entries now use the plugin's own navigation flow with separate books. - Adjusted the STATS/LOOT flow and mob navigation to reduce issues caused by Minecraft's native book pagination.