SleepPolls 2.0 is the largest update in the project's history.
This release introduces persistent player statistics, leaderboards, database support, a completely refactored architecture, improved performance, and a significantly more polished sleep voting experience for modern Paper servers.
🚀 Major New Features
📊 Persistent Statistics
SleepPolls now tracks player activity across server restarts.
Tracked statistics include:
- Total votes cast
- Successful votes
- Failed votes
- Polls started
- Nights skipped
View your statistics anytime with:
/sp stats
🏆 Leaderboards
Compete with other players and see who contributes the most to keeping the server moving.
New command:
/sp top
Displays the server's most active sleepers and voters.
💾 Database Support
SleepPolls now supports persistent database storage.
Supported backends:
- SQLite
- MariaDB
Features:
- Automatic table creation
- HikariCP connection pooling
- Async database operations
- Persistent player statistics
🌙 Improved Sleep Voting
Sleep voting has been refined and polished throughout.
Interactive Voting
Players can vote directly from chat:
- ✔ YES
- ✖ NO
No command typing required.
Live Poll Tracking
- BossBar progress tracking
- ActionBar updates
- Real-time vote counts
- Countdown timers
Smart Eligibility Detection
SleepPolls automatically excludes:
- AFK players (EssentialsX)
- Spectators
- Dead players
- Offline players
Ensuring fair vote requirements for active players only.
⚙️ Configuration Improvements
Expanded configuration options:
- Poll duration
- Required vote percentage
- BossBar support
- Sounds
- Weather clearing
- World blacklist
- Database backend selection
🛠 Commands
Player Commands
/sp help
/sp status
/sp yes
/sp no
/sp stats
/sp top
/sp bossbar
/sp version
Admin Commands
/sp reload
🧠 Internal Improvements
This release includes a substantial internal refactor:
Architecture
- Refactored poll management system
- Improved separation of responsibilities
- Cleaner component architecture
- Improved maintainability
- Reduced code duplication
Performance
- Async database operations
- Optimized SQLite configuration
- HikariCP connection pooling
- Reduced memory overhead
- Improved task handling
Code Quality
- Modernized codebase
- Improved encapsulation
- Cleaner service structure
- Better UI component separation
- Easier future feature development
🔮 What's Next?
Planned features for future releases:
- Velocity network-wide sleep voting
- PlaceholderAPI support
- Localization support
- Customizable messages
- Per-world vote settings
- GUI voting interfaces
❤️ Thank You
Thank you to everyone using, testing, and contributing to SleepPolls.
Version 2.0 lays the foundation for future expansion while delivering a modern, reliable, and feature-rich sleep voting experience for Paper servers.