Astral Core - SMP Engine v2.4.0

Fixed​

• Fixed CrateShop crate chest locations not persisting across restarts (locations now load even when worlds are unloaded at startup; holograms hydrate on WorldLoadEvent).
• Fixed /rtp failing after warmup when RegionVerse hook was unavailable — RTP now falls back to teleportAsync like RTP zone and AFK.
• CrateShop unregister no longer rewrites data.yml when no crate was removed.

Changed​

• RTP failure messages distinguish missing world, no safe location, and teleport failure (messages.fail-teleport, messages.world-missing).
• Default RTP user messages moved under messages: in donutcore/rtp/config.yml (was incorrectly under sounds.

Fixed​

• Fixed an issue where returning from the End could incorrectly trigger inventory or armor logic.
• Prevented starter kits/loadouts from applying during End exit portal transitions.
• Improved safety checks around inventory synchronization (respawn kit is centralized; post-death teleporter no longer reapplies chainmail every tick).
• Removed duplicate unconditional chainmail application from the settings module on respawn.

Added​

• Added optional End exit portal inventory protection (inventory.protect-end-exit-portal, default true).
• Added inventory.portal-protection-ticks and inventory.debug in main config.yml.
• Added clearer database connection failure messages ([DonutCore] Database connection failed...) for economy, shards, stats, spawn, and homes.
• Added Database setup for beginners in Guide.md.
• Added docs/compatibility.md with platform support matrix and manual test checklist.

Changed​

• Improved /worth reload: clears shulker worth cache and rebuilds GUI material list; invalid values keys log a warning instead of failing silently.
• Removed invalid PLANKS entry from default worth.yml (use OAK_PLANKS, etc.).
• Startup logs a note when server version contains 26.1 (built against Paper 1.21.1 API).

• Fixed semantic version comparison so older remote versions such as v2.0.3 are not reported as newer than 2.2.x.
• Existing loaded worlds are detected and reused by the internal region service.
• When standalone RegionVerse is installed and enabled, DonutCore disables its internal world loader to avoid duplicate managed-world startup/import work.
• DonutCore now soft-depends on RegionVerse so the external plugin is detected first when both plugins are installed.

• No more need for RegionVerse everything now is built-in.

• Removed the license system the plugin now starts up instantly without any key validation or network checks.
• /donutcore reload works immediately without waiting for license revalidation.

• You can now retrieve items from the snapshots menu without forcing a rollback.

Donut Protect addon

• Changed the /scan command into /scan new
• /scan now opens the latest scan menu and you can now see scanning progress if task ongoing.

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• Custom Ender Chests now safely save all changes, prevent dupes, and recover pending data on crashes.

Donut Protect addon added

• /sus command safely moves a player’s offhand item or drops it if inventory is full, fully Folia-safe.
• /scan command performs lightweight async scans of online players’ Ender Chests using trust scoring to detect suspicious or duplicated items.
• Scans run off-thread on snapshots only, with configurable slice sizes and delays to prevent server overload.
• Thresholds, permissions, and messages are tunable, making detection accurate and server-friendly.

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• Updated /profile and now you can teleport to players’ homes.
• Fixed an issue where Amethyst Tools sometimes didn’t work.
• Fixed a bug in the Bounty Menu that let you put items in the GUI.
• Fixed a bug with Ender Chest access.