JPPlayerVaults 1.2.0

[1.2.0] - 2026-10-18

Modern-version features: the plugin now takes advantage of what new servers offer while keeping the
same jar working on 1.8.

Added

• Vault picker: /pv without arguments opens a menu with one icon per vault (item count in the
  lore). /pv 3 opens a specific vault as always and /pv help shows the text help;
  vaults.picker: false restores the old behaviour.
• MiniMessage colours (messages-format: auto | legacy | minimessage): on servers with
  Adventure (Paper and its forks) a message written with tags such as <gradient:#2ec4b6:#12727f>,
  <#ff8800>, <click:run_command:'/pv 1'> or <hover:show_text:'...'> is sent as a Component.
  It applies to chat, action bars, inventory titles and the picker item names/lore. auto is the
  default: messages that use & keep working exactly as before, on every version.
• NBT item storage for the SQL backend (storage.item-format: auto | nbt | bukkit). On Paper
  1.20.5+ vaults are stored with ItemStack.serializeItemsAsBytes, which Paper documents as safer
  for data migrations than Bukkit's own serialization, and which keeps slot order and gaps by
  design. Every blob records its format, so data written by 1.0.0-1.1.0 still loads.
• storage.yaml-format: readable | nbt: the YAML backend can store each vault as Base64 NBT instead
  of hand-editable slots (readable stays the default).
• storage.mysql.driver-jar and automatic loading of any .jar placed in
  plugins/JPPlayerVaults/lib/: the database backend no longer depends on the server shipping the
  JDBC driver. (plugin.yml documents Paper's libraries: as an alternative, commented out because
  it makes every server start need internet.)
• vaults.title-max-length (default 32, 0 = no limit): with Components available the 1.8-1.12
  title cap can be lifted.
• Paper/Folia scheduler support: the autosave and the migration use GlobalRegionScheduler when it
  exists, and anything that touches a player (closing a vault, saving it) is scheduled on that
  player's region thread via EntityScheduler.
• /pv admin looks names up with Paper's getOfflinePlayerIfCached instead of walking the whole
  player cache.

Changed

• Messages are only sent as Components when the message actually uses MiniMessage; legacy messages
  keep the plain string path, so nothing about existing texts changes.
• The integration harness grew to cover the new surface: 102 checks on Paper 26.3 and 64 on
  Paper 1.8.8, including an NBT round-trip, the compatibility of pre-1.2.0 blobs, MiniMessage in
  both modes, the picker and the schedulers.

Notes

• Folia scheduling is implemented (region-aware), but the plugin does not declare
  folia-supported: true yet because it has not been tested on a real Folia server.
• On a server without Adventure the MiniMessage tags of a message are stripped so the text stays
  readable, and a warning is logged once.