LightHealth 1.1.0

LightHealth 1.1.0

Clearer for new players, quieter on a fresh install, and stricter about the
servers it agrees to run on.

Requirements

• Server: Paper / Purpur / Folia 1.21.4+ (Paper 26.x included)
• Java: 21+ on 1.21.x · 25+ on 26.x (Minecraft itself requires 25)
• Not CraftBukkit / Spigot

Player experience

• One-time first-hit tip that introduces look-at inspect and /lh toggle
• New /lh status showing personal feedback, active channels, look-at, and style
• Boss bar disabled by default on new installs to reduce visual clutter
• Onboarding and status messages in English, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese

Compatibility and reliability

• The jar now refuses to load below 1.21.4 instead of loading and then failing on the first hit
• The first-hit tip no longer writes player data while handling a damage event
• Leaving the server clears leftover holograms and damage numbers
• /lh reload re-reads stored /lh toggle choices

Install

1. Put LightHealth-1.1.0.jar into plugins/, replacing any older jar
2. Restart the server
3. Existing configs are kept and missing keys are merged in automatically

Full changelog

v1.0.4...v1.1.0

LightHealth 1.0.4

LightHealth 1.0.4

The plugin jar is now Java 21 bytecode. Look-at no longer disappears after a hit hide timer.

Requirements

• Server: Paper / Purpur / Folia 1.21.4+ (Paper 26.x included)
• Java: 21+ on 1.21.x · 25+ on 26.x (Minecraft itself requires 25)
• Not CraftBukkit / Spigot
• Paper 1.21.0 / 1.21.1 is not supported

Changes

• Plugin bytecode targets Java 21 so 1.21.4+ servers on Java 21 can load it
• Building from source still needs JDK 25 (Paper 26.2 API)
• Look-at hologram / action bar / boss bar stay up after the damage hide timer if you are still aiming
• /lh lang without a code now reports the current language

Install

1. Replace the jar with LightHealth-1.0.4.jar
2. Restart or /lh reload
3. Paper / Purpur / Folia 1.21.4+ · Java 21+ (Java 25+ on Paper 26.x)

Full changelog

v1.0.3...v1.0.4

LightHealth 1.0.3

LightHealth 1.0.3

Bugfix release for Paper / Purpur / Folia.

Fixes

• Look-at vs damage: looking at the same mob no longer replaces the hit action bar / boss bar -<amount>
• Shared holograms: looking away no longer hides the bar for other players still aiming at that mob
• See-through walls: holograms and damage numbers are no longer readable through blocks
• /lh toggle / lighthealth.see: TextDisplays are hidden by default and shown only to eligible observers
• Folia: look-at reads player state on the player thread; displays are removed on their own scheduler
• Names: mob names use the client translation; players show their actual name
• Indirect hits: pet / TNT / lingering potion / lightning owners are treated as the viewer

Improvements

• Look-at hide timers no longer reschedule every scan tick
• Spectator / lost permission clears look-at immediately
• player-toggles.yml saves under a lock
• /lh lang esoteric is no longer accepted as Spanish

Install

1. Replace the jar with LightHealth-1.0.3.jar
2. Restart or /lh reload
3. Paper / Purpur / Folia 1.21+ · Java 25+

Full changelog

v1.0.2...v1.0.3

LightHealth 1.0.2

LightHealth 1.0.2

Bugfix release for Paper / Purpur / Folia.

Fixes

• Look-at -0: actionbar / bossbar use look-at templates without damage
• Look-at through walls: raycast is blocked by solid blocks
• Rideable mobs: holograms no longer sit as passengers on horses / pigs / striders / camels / players
• Killing blow: hologram can show 0 / max instead of vanishing on death
• /lh toggle: preference is saved in player-toggles.yml (survives quit and restart)
• Folia: viewer bars hop to the player region; look-at reads the target on its region
• Docs: this is a Paper plugin (does not load on Spigot)

Improvements

• Config merge for new keys; /lh lang only edits the language: line
• Environmental damage numbers throttled (env-interval-ticks: 10)
• Safe MiniMessage / invalid tier parse; no-permission is actually sent
• Looking away hides look-at overlays immediately

Install

1. Replace the jar with LightHealth-1.0.2.jar
2. Restart or /lh reload (new config keys merge automatically)
3. Paper / Purpur / Folia 1.21+ · Java 25+

Full changelog

v1.0.1...v1.0.2

LightHealth 1.0.1

LightHealth 1.0.1

Bugfix and reliability release for Paper / Folia.

Fixes

• Folia: floating damage numbers no longer leave orphan TextDisplay entities when the victim dies (animation bound to the display; cleanup on entity remove)
• hologram.only-when-damaged: only affects holograms — 0-damage hits no longer suppress numbers / actionbar / bossbar
• /lh toggle + lighthealth.see: unified ViewAccess — personal bars and holograms/numbers from your hits respect prefs/permission; actionbar cleared immediately on toggle off
• Memory: quit cleans prefs, actionbar generations, and bossbars

Improvements

• Holograms ride the mob (no per-tick teleport follow task)
• Look-at uses a single raycast
• Cached Folia detection (no repeated Class.forName)
• Locale files soft-merge new keys on reload without overwriting customizations
• Removed empty plugin bootstrapper
• Unit tests for language normalize

Install

1. Replace the jar with LightHealth-1.0.1.jar
2. Restart or /lh reload (restart preferred after major update)
3. Paper / Folia 1.21+ · Java 25+

Full changelog

v1.0.0...v1.0.1

LightHealth 1.0.0

LightHealth 1.0.0

Modern, lightweight mob health feedback for Paper / Folia.

Highlights

• Hologram HP bar above mobs (TextDisplay)
• Colored damage numbers + critical hit style
• Action bar & boss bar (green → yellow → red)
• Look-at mode (HP while aiming at a mob)
• Styles: bar / hearts / numeric / custom
• Locales: en, ru, es, zh
• Zero hard dependencies, Folia-ready

Install

1. Put LightHealth-1.0.0.jar into plugins/
2. Restart the server
3. Optional: edit config.yml, then /lh reload

Requirements

• Paper / Folia 1.21+ (modern Paper 26.x)
• Java 25+

Commands

/lh · /lh toggle · /lh reload · /lh lang <en|ru|es|zh>