🧪 ImprovedHoppers v1.1.0 — The Bottled Experience & Localization Update

A feature-rich update focused on XP storage & bottling, a localization overhaul, and lots of stability and integration improvements.

✨ Highlights

Experience Storage & Bottling
- Store hopper-generated XP and bottle it directly from the menu.
- Supports partial withdrawals, per-XP bottle queues, and localized metadata/lore.
- PRs: #924, #925, #927, #928, #929, #930, #931, #932, #933
Localization Overhaul
- New messages.yml and MessageService powering all menus, prompts, and command feedback.
- Covers settings, filters, links, network views, stats, admin/trusted menus, holograms, and more.
- PRs: #820–#852 (selected)
Compatibility & Integrations
- Guarded hologram hook when DecentHolograms isn’t present. (#806)
- Runtime particle adapter and legacy-safe item metadata helpers. (#812, #809)
- Graceful NamespacedKey handling on older servers. (#813, #814)
- 1.21 shaped recipe category support. (#815)
- Relaxed BentoBox startup gating. (#818)
Performance & Stability
- Coalesced async hopper node saves and prevented tasks from loading distant chunks. (#926, #934)
- Reloads config before applying power settings. (#819)
- Shared data directory migration for cleaner upgrades. (#807)
UI/UX Tweaks
- New main menu entrypoint for hoppers. (#919)
- Back button in filter browser; Search moved above Simulate. (#923, #922)
- Trimmed settings button from filter list where redundant. (#920)
- Compatibility icons (e.g., Experience Bottle, End Crystal, Redstone Torch). (#921, #903, #904)

Refactors and helpers for sound/particle lookups across legacy runtimes. (#901, #911–#918)
Safer fallbacks for GUIs, icons, dyes, panes, and comparator/stats visuals on older servers. (#878–#882, #879, #880)
Misc. legacy guards (API availability, version detection) and cleanups. (#870, #877, #887, #883)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/JakeHoolz/ImprovedHoppersRelease/commits/1.1.0