Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

0.5.6 - Unreleased

Compare with 0.5.5

0.5.5 - 2024-10-26

Compare with 0.5.4.1

Added

• Added support for Minecraft v1.21.40 (Bundles of Bravery).
• CommandSender will now be downcast to the correct derived type on the Python side.
• Added the Objective::isDisplayed method to check if an objective is being displayed in any of the scoreboard slots.
• Added Server::getOnlineMode to check if the server is running with authentication enabled.
• Added Actor::getScoreboardTags to get the list of tags added to the actor.
• Added Actor::addScoreboardTag and Actor::removeScoreboardTag to modify the actor's tags.
• Added support for loading zipped resource packs. You can now put .zip and .mcpack resource packs under the resource_packs folder, and they will be loaded automatically when the server starts.
• Added support for encrypted resource packs. You can put the keys in the .zip.key or .mcpack.key format next to the resource packs.
• Added the ScriptMessageEvent, which will get called when a script message is sent using the /scriptevent command.
• Added Server::getLanguage to translate a message into a specific locale.
• Added Actor::getHealth, Actor::setHealth, and Actor::getMaxHealth for getting and setting actor health.
• Added CommandSenderWrapper to capture the output of command execution for any command sender.
• Added Player::spawnParticle to send a particle effect that is only visible to the player.

Changed

• Error messages from DevTools, when OpenGL is not available, are now suppressed.
• The return type of several methods has been changed to endstone::Result to include error messages, which will automatically throw exceptions with the same messages on the Python side.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash that occurred while handling server ping requests (#60).

0.5.4.1 - 2023-09-19

Compare with 0.5.4

Fixed

• Fixed a crash that could occur when the player uses emotes.

0.5.4 - 2024-09-19

Compare with 0.5.3

Added

• Added support for Minecraft v1.21.30.
• Added support for Python 3.13.
• Added biome data to the DevTools by @CoolLoong.

Changed

• BREAKING CHANGE: Player::performCommand now executes the command as a Player to resolve #53. This means the command execution will now depend on the player's permissions as operator permissions are no longer granted. If you still want to have the player perform a command with elevated permissions, consider using Server::dispatchCommand to execute execute as {player_name} run {command}.

Fixed

• Actor::isOnGround, Actor::isInWater, and Actor::isInLava now return the correct values.
• Fixed a typo in the documentation by @thatgurkangurk.
• Fixed the command parser logic for chained commands.
• Fixed a server crash when spawning a simulated player due to the absence of an invalid network identifier.

0.5.3 - 2024-09-12

Compare with 0.5.2

Added

• Added support for Minecraft v1.21.23.
• Introduced the BlockData class, which encapsulates both the block type and a specific state from all possible block states.
• Block types and block states can now be used as command arguments.
• Added PlayerKnockbackEvent, triggered when a player receives knockback. Developers can modify the knockback that the player will receive.
• Added PlayerKickEvent, triggered when a player is kicked from the server, allowing for customization of kick messages.
• Introduced the BlockState class, representing a snapshot of a block at a specific point in time.
• PlayerJoinEvent and PlayerQuitEvent now include getter and setter methods for customizing join/quit messages.
• Integrated bStats metrics.

Changed

• BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed Server::getNewScoreboard to Server::createScoreboard for consistency with other methods like createBossbar and createBlockData.
• Lifted the restriction on the /reload command for console use. It can now be executed in-game.

Fixed

• Enforced the use of libc++ for C++ plugins on Linux to resolve symbol errors.
• Player::setExpProgress now correctly sets experience progress without precision loss.
• Fixed an issue where death messages were being sent to players twice.
• Resolved a crash when calling ItemStack::getType on an item from PlayerInteractEvent when the player interacts with a block with bare hands.
• PlayerInteractEvent::hasItem now correctly returns false if the player has no item in hand when interacting.

0.5.2 - 2024-08-30

Compare with 0.5.1

Added

• Support for Minecraft v1.21.22.
• Boss bar API.
• Block::getRelative to get a block relative to a block face.
• BlockBreakEvent triggered when a player breaks a block.
• BlockPlaceEvent triggered when a player places a block against another block.
• PlayerInteractEvent triggered when a player right-clicks a block.
• PlayerInteractActorEvent triggered when a player interacts with an actor.
• An auto installer script for installing Endstone on Linux (thanks to @legitbox).

Changed

• Check chunk states before getting the block in Dimension::getBlockAt.

Fixed

• #38 - Plugins can now be properly loaded inside a virtual environment on Linux.

0.5.1 - 2024-08-24

Compare with 0.5.0

Added

• Support for Minecraft v1.21.20.
• Player::getScoreboard and Player::setScoreboard methods to allow each player to have their own scoreboard ( separate from the main shared scoreboard).
• PlayerTeleportEvent, which is called when a player is teleported from one location to another.
• Actor::teleport method to teleport an actor to a given location or actor.
• The server can now be gracefully shut down when Ctrl + C is pressed.
• /status command to show the uptime and performance of the server.
• Basic network API to allow plugins to send custom packets. Currently, only SpawnParticleEffectPacket is supported.
• /reload command to reload plugins in addition to addons.
• Player::sendToast method to send a toast message to players.
• Furnace-related item data to DevTools by @smartcmd.

Changed

• Player::isOp and Player::setOp methods are now consistent with the similar methods in the scripting API.
• The fix for the warning message about empty packets is now redundant and has been removed.
• BREAKING CHANGE: Server::getLevels has been replaced by Server::getLevel.
• BREAKING CHANGE: Player::getDeviceId now returns a string object instead of a UUID object, as it is not guaranteed to be a UUID on all platforms.

Fixed

• #29 - Commands will no longer be sent to a player who doesn't have
• #32 - Creating an action form without an on_submit callback will no longer crashes the server
• Plugin config files are now always read and written in UTF-8 encoding.
• Added a missing parameter to ActionForm::addButton.
• Action forms without any buttons can now be displayed correctly on the client side.
• The Python executable can now be located in multiple possible locations on Linux.

0.5.0 - 2024-07-29

Compare with 0.4.10

Added

• Support for Minecraft v1.21.3.
• Actor::getId function to get an actor's unique id, persisting between server runs.
• Actor::isDead function to check if an actor is marked for removal post-death.
• ActorTeleport event that triggers when an entity teleports (e.g., Enderman, Wolf).
• Mob::isGliding function to check if a living entity is gliding.
• Player::sendTitle and Player::resetTitle functions for sending and resetting an on-screen title.
• Player::transfer function to transfer a player to another server.
• Player::getXuid to get the Xbox User ID (XUID) of the player.
• Python: package metadata can now be used as a fallback for plugin metadata.
• Python: isinstance function can now be used to check if a CommandSender is a Player or ConsoleCommandSender.
• Experimental Scoreboard API.
• Experimental Form API.

Changed

• Player class now inherits from the Mob class instead of Actor class.
• BREAKING CHANGE: Plugin names should only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores. Use the prefix property to display a different name for the plugin logger.
• BREAKING CHANGE: The player.ping property now returns an int instead of datetime.timedelta.

Fixed

• Fixed issue where Server::setMaxPlayers would crash due to a change in the internal struct in BDS.
• Fixed issue that python executable cannot be located when running in a virtual environment.

0.4.10 - 2024-07-10

Compare with 0.4.9

Added

• Support for Minecraft v1.21.2.
• Player::getSkin method to retrieve the current skin of a player.
• Support for recipes with output items possessing NBT (Named Binary Tag) tags. These tags are now also included in the dumped data.

Fixed

• Issue with shaped recipes. Recipes that have item tags as input (instead of item names) can now be dumped correctly.

0.4.9 - 2024-07-05

Compare with 0.4.8.1

Added

• Support for Minecraft v1.21.1.
• ActorDeathEvent and PlayerDeathEvent triggers when an actor or a player dies.
• Player::giveExp and Player::giveExpLevels functionality for adding experience points/levels added.
• Player::getAllowFlight and Player::setAllowFlight to check or grant the ability for players not in creative mode to fly.
• Player::setFlying to toggle a player's flying status.
• An overload of sendMessage to allow sending of translatable messages with parameters that will be localized on the client side.
• Player::getExpProgress and Player::setExpProgress to get or set a player's progress towards the next level.
• Player::getExpLevel and Player::setExpLevel to get or set a player's current experience level.
• Player::getTotalExp to get the total amount of experiences a player has collected.
• Player::getLocale to get the player's current locale.
• Player::getDeviceId and Player::getDeviceOS to get information related to player's device.
• A DevTools to help community projects get necessary data from BDS (currently only available on Windows). To open the DevTools, use command /devtools in the console.

Changed

• Permissible.op property in the python binding is renamed to Permissible.is_op.
• Crash dumps will now print system and version info in addition to stacktraces.

Fixed

• Suppressed warning message about empty UDP packets from the output.

0.4.8.1 - 2024-06-15

Compare with 0.4.7

Added

• Support Minecraft v1.21 (Tricky Trials)

Fixed

• Player::getPing now returns correct value instead of -1 on Linux.
• Player::isFlying now works correctly in all conditions.
• Calling python binding of Server::getPlayer with uuid no longer crashes.
• Fixed a regression in vanilla command permissions.
• Permission attachment now works as expected.

0.4.7 - 2024-06-13

Compare with 0.4.6

Added

• Player::performCommand allows a player to execute a given command. During the command execution, the player is temporarily granted the operator permission.
• Level::getDimension and Level::getDimensions for getting dimensions within a specific level.
• Actor::getDimension for getting the dimension that an actor resides in.
• Player::getGameMode and Player::setGameMode for getting and setting a player's game mode.
• Plugin configuration for Python plugins.
• Added more struct info by @Duckos-Mods in #11.
• World seed will no longer be sent to the client when client-side-chunk-generation-enabled is disabled in server.properties.
• Command permissions are now checked before its parsing.
• Server::dispatchCommand allows one to dispatch a command on the server.
• Server::getMaxPlayers and Server::setMaxPlayers for getting and setting the maximum amount of players allowed to be logged in.
• Server::getPlayer now also accepts a string argument to get a player by name instead of UUID.

Changed

• Changed logging level look-up from using a hashmap to using a switch by @Duckos-Mods in #12
• Endstone no longer requires the presence of debug symbols at runtime.

Fixed

• Actor::getVelocity now returns the correct velocity when the actor rides a vehicle.
• Python plugin loader now works correctly with Python 3.9.

0.4.6 - 2024-05-15

Compare with 0.4.5

Fixed

• Improved the detection of Python executable.

0.4.5 - 2024-05-14

Compare with 0.4.3

Added

• Bootstrap now protects specific files from overwriting during update.
• Python plugin loader now loads all *.whl plugins under the plguins folder and their dependencies during server start up.

Fixed

• Scheduler now works on Linux.

0.4.3 - 2024-05-13

Compare with 0.4.2

Added

• Server::getOnlinePlayers for getting all online players.
• Player::kick for kicking a specific player with a custom message.
• Player::getPing for getting the average latency of a connected player.
• Actor::getLocation and Actor::getVelocity for getting the location and velocity of an actor respectively.
• Actor::getLevel for getting the Level that an actor resides in.

Changed

• Level is no longer created for each Dimension in a Minecraft world. Instead, one Level now manages multiple Dimensions.
• Player::getAddress now returns a SocketAddress instead of std::string. Player::getPort was removed, use SocketAddress::getPort instead.
• Executable endstone now accepts --server-folder instead of --install-folder, and --no-confirm instead of --install.
• Endstone server will now ask the user whether to update the Bedrock Dedicated Server if an older version is found.

0.4.2 - 2024-04-30

Compare with 0.4.1

Added

• Level::getDimension for getting the dimension of a specific level.
• Player::getAddress and Player::getPort for getting the socket address and port of a specific player, respectively.
• Logs are now written to logs/latest.log with rotations.
• Basic scheduler implementation, currently supporting only synchronized task execution.
• PlayerLoginEvent is called when a player attempts to log in.

Changed

• Support for Minecraft v1.20.81 (Bedrock)

Fixed

• Server no longer crashes when the weather is changed on Linux.

0.4.1 - 2024-04-24

Compare with 0.4.0

This release focuses on supporting game version v1.20.80, which adds several new features. Additionally, we add a few useful functions to Player and Server.

Added

• Commands executed by players are now logged to the console.
• Message of /say command will be logged to the console.
• PlayerCommandEvent is called when a player attempts to execute a command.
• Server::broadcastMessage for broadcasting messages to all players.
• BroadcastMessageEvent is called when a message is broadcast by the server.

Changed

• Support for Minecraft v1.20.80 - Armored Paws (Bedrock)

Fixed

• Player permissions are recalculated when the op status is changed.
• Incorrect UUID for Players corrected.

0.4.0 - 2024-04-20

Compare with 0.3.0

In this release, we added an event system and several basic interfaces for game objects like Level, Actor and Player.

Added

• Event system that allows plugins to listen for specific events.
• ServerLoadEvent is called when a server is started up.
• Plugin::registerEventHandler for registering an event handler in C++ plugins.
• Decorator @event_handler for registering an event handler in Python plugins.
• PluginEnableEvent and PluginDisableEvent are called when a plugin is enabled or disabled.
• ServerPingListEvent can be listened to for customizing how the server appears in the client list.
• ServerCommandEvent is called when the server executes a command.
• WeatherChangeEvent and ThunderChangeEvent are called when the weather or thunder status changes in a level.
• Basic interface endstone::Level for a level/world.
• Basic interface endstone::Actor for entities/actors.
• Basic interface endstone::Player for players.
• Server::getPlayer for getting a player instance by UUID.
• Player::sendPopup and Player::sendTip for sending popup and tip messages.
• Stack traces are now printed to the console when an unrecoverable error occurs.
• PlayerJoinEvent and PlayerQuitEvent are called when a player joins and leaves the server.
• ActorSpawnEvent is called when an actor is spawned in the level.
• ActorRemoveEvent is called when an actor is removed from the level.
• PlayerChatEvent is called when a player sends a message.

Changed

• Singletons are now managed using entt::locator.
• Macro ENDSTONE_PLUGIN is improved to simplify the definition of plugin metadata.
• ColorFormat and GameMode have been moved from endstone.util to endstone in the Python package.
• Wheels are now built and released with RelWithDebInfo configuration to enable stack trace printing.
• Support for Minecraft v1.20.73 (Bedrock)

Fixed

• Server no longer crashes when /listd command is executed.

0.3.0 - 2024-03-21

Compare with 0.2.0

This is the second release of Endstone with a focus on the permission system and improving the plugin loading mechanisms.

Added

• Basic permission systems.
• Enforced Plugin API version checks for C++ and Python plugins to ensure ABI/API compatibility.
• Commands are now defined within the plugin metadata which will be automatically registered when the associated plugin is enabled.
• PluginDescription properties are extended to support website, load_order, depend, soft_depend, load_before, and provides.

Changed

• Improved ENDSTONE_PLUGIN macro to further simplify the definition of plugin metadata.
• Plugin names and websites are now displayed when using /version [plugin: PluginName].
• Support for Minecraft v1.20.72 (Bedrock)

Fixed

• C++ plugin loader now respects the prefix property of a plugin.

0.2.0 - 2024-03-19

Hello World! This is the first release of Endstone.

Added

• Basic plugin loader for C++ and Python plugins.
• Basic command system that allows plugins to register custom commands.

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