Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

1. Spartan will now synchronize configurations via the Cloud for certain customers.
2. Tightened the log requirements of the Research Engine handler.
3. The Configuration system has been made less prone to exceptions.
4. The SQL feature will no longer add data to a column when not needed.
5. Certain check modifications & staff chat will no longer be logged.
6. Implemented new Block utilities methods to judge water-logged blocks.
7. Adjusted the IrregularMovements liquids detection to judge water-logged blocks more leniently.
8. Implemented new Base64 methods in the String utilities.
9. Certain Cross Server Logs will require to be retrieved from similar server types.
10. Removed unused variables from the Cloud feature.
11. Suspected/Hacking Evidence of disabled checks will no longer be calculated or shown.
12. The XRay check will still use the memory but no longer log information if disabled.
13. Optimized the plugin’s configurations with faster & more consistent codes.
14. Improved the plugin’s player finder tab completion handler.
15. Renamed the SQL table column “spartan_build” to “plugin_version”.
16. Renamed the SQL table column “date” to “creation_date”.
17. Renamed the SQL table column “info” to “information” and adjusted its max length to 4096.
18. Renamed the SQL table column “hack_type” to “functionality”.
19. Removed the SQL table column “silent_check” and will use “cancel_violation” set to NULL to represent silent checks.
20. Removed the SQL table column “detection_information” and will use “information” in its place.
21. Removed the SQL table column “mined_item” and will use “functionality in its place.
22. Removed the SQL table column “false_positive” and will use “type in its place.
23. Introduced a new SQL table column named “player_latency”.

1. Completely rewritten the Step detection with chronic value storage.
2. Further improved the Customer Support command with disallowance when the Cloud feature is disabled.
3. Improved the String utilities with new useful methods for the SQL & Cloud functionalities.
4. Improved the SQL feature with more fail-safe methods.
5. Removed some unused variables from the Player Info inventory menu.
6. Changed the developer-report tab completion to customer-support.
7. Files will now be used as a backup when the SQL feature fails.
8. Adjusted the Move utilities jump effect motion calculation method to be more precise.
9. The Notifications.cross_server_notifications option has been changed to Important.server_name with backwards compatibility.
10. To combat SQL connectivity issues, the Cloud feature will now automatically synchronize logs amongst your servers.
11. A new sql.yml option has been introduced to allow the replacing of special characters.
12. Adjusted the Modify Server Configuration option/feature to support the new folder changes.
13. Suspicion Notifications will now be distributed via the Cross Server Notifications feature.
14. Most of the Cloud feature will now work without it being enabled in the config to improve the ecosystem & synchronicity.

Corrected a connection issue with the Cloud feature, updating is strongly recommended.

Made some corrections to the newly introduced Customer Support feature.

1. Rewritten the Developer Report feature with a more proper functionality and renamed it to Customer Support.
2. The Information Analysis object will no longer return faulty decimals for small length strings.
3. Provided some additional optimisations to the Player Profile object, Damage handler & Event listeners.
4. The Damage & Explosion handlers will now be applied on passengers of vehicles for more universal methods.
5. Implemented additional useful methods to the Damage handler to universally support damage causes.
6. The Spartan command will now show information about the gift status.
7. The Information Analysis object will now further check its variables to avoid exceptions.
8. Implemented additional warnings to the Spartan inventory menu.
9. Discord Webhooks will now always be processed to avoid confusions.
10. Major incompatibilities detectors can now be toggled via compatibility.yml.
11. Discord webhooks will now execute asynchronously to not cause issues with the server.
12. Implemented new useful methods to the String utilities.
13. Rewritten parts of the Command Execution handler to improve its readability & performance.

1. The Discord Webhooks feature will now properly handle staff chat messages.
2. Slightly increased the security of the Cloud feature with more proper inputs.
3. Implemented new methods in the Buffer object to have more versatility.
4. Rewrote parts of the NoFall check to improve its performance, readability & accuracy.
5. Moved parts of the Player Violation object off the main thread to help with performance.
6. Completely rewritten how Spartan judges a player as hacker or suspected.
7. Updated the Spartan inventory menu to have shorter & easier item documentations.
8. Suspected players will now be treated more strictly only in checks they are suspected for.
9. Balanced out the default cancel-violation thresholds.
10. The AntiCheat Progress item will now work and show the correct numbers.
11. Further balanced the Suspicion Notifications feature with more accurate results.
12. Made the codes of the combat legitimacy identifier & Building protection more universal.
13. Made the item description of the Player Info inventory menu more consistent.
14. Decreased the usage of heavy Move utilities methods in the checks.
15. Removed unused codes from the Hack Prevention object.
16. The Vehicle Access handler will now be more strict towards hackers & suspected players.
17. The IrregularMovements bouncing blocks identification has improved thus leading to less bypasses.
18. Suspicion Notifications will no longer notify you about yourself as a player.
19. Suspicion Notifications will no longer take place together with Detection Notifications.

Some Awareness Notifications will now be sent once instead of multiple times.

Logs:

1. Mangrove-door blocks have been listed & properly handled in the Block utilities.
2. The IrregularMovements horizontal-detection will now be more lenient towards increased velocity scenarios.
3. Updated the in-game join notifications to repeat and be more accurate.
4. Ban and Warning messages will now be treated like other messages and forcefully include the prefix in some versions.
5. The NoSwing break detection will no longer target sensitive held items.
6. The IrregularMovements step detection will now be more lenient when the player is falling.
7. The Research Engine will now do safety checks before reading logs data to prevent algorithmic failures.
8. The Research Engine will no longer confuse yaw & pitch rates of winner players versus loser players.
9. The Speed water detection will now be more lenient around ice blocks.
10. The IrregularMovements downwards detection will now consider more variables when checking a player.
11. The Speed check’s horizontal detection will now be more lenient towards ice blocks in certain scenarios.
12. The Speed water detection will now return the entity type instead of the entity object in the detection information.
13. The Speed water detection will now be more lenient when the player has been recently building/placing blocks.
14. The SpartanWebhooks plugin recommendation has been removed from the inventory menus as it’s no longer valid.
15. The Chat Protection feature will no longer consider only decimal messages as repetitions.
16. Detection Notifications will now be sent instead of Suspicion Notifications when a player is likely testing.
17. The KillAura direction detection will now be more lenient around many entities.
18. The Cloud feature now supports decimal versioning so features like external auto updaters can work more properly.
19. The Elytra handler will now be more lenient when the player was recently gliding.