Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

News:

• Spartan’s Verbose & Mining notifications have been replaced by a unified notification system. A player can now only toggle notifications and change their frequency. If a player has the default notification frequency, they may be more notified about certain players depending on how close they are to them.
• Spartan’s movement processes are split in two, the ones who run in events and ones who run in schedulers. This update provides a significant & apparent performance improvement on top of all the previous, by moving 99% of movement processes to events, which will prevent unnecessary calls, reduce memory usage, and reduce performance waste from similarly collected data.
• Spartan’s data utilities, also known as Cooldown, Millis, Double, Attempts & Tracking, have been rewritten as objects, which will greatly help a server’s garbage collector to manage them and prevent high memory usage. This should also help the plugin’s general performance by requiring less cycles when searching for information.

Logs:

1. Corrected a few Clip instant trident false positives.
2. Slightly reduced the method calls of the Cloud feature.
3. Corrected a few Exploits undetected movement invulnerable player false positives.
4. Corrected a rare Spartan Player object concurrent modification console error.
5. Slightly optimised the Spartan Player object with more compact schedulers.
6. Slightly improved the Debug feature with shorter & better descriptions.
7. Noticeably improved the Movement listeners with replacement of schedulers with events.
8. Corrected dozens of Exploits ping-spoof packets false positives caused by Purpur forks.
9. Corrected a few Exploits ping-spoof prediction false positives caused by low calculations.
10. Corrected a few Fly stable soul-sand false positives.
11. Potentially corrected a few ElytraMove speed & fly firework false positives.
12. Slightly improved the Cache system with more accurate usage statistics.
13. Corrected a few KillAura area unsafe advantage false positives.
14. Greatly improved the Player utilities with less memory calls & more accurate methods.
15. Corrected a few Jesus speed jumping in water false positives.
16. Item Attributes compatibility will now automatically enabled if Mythic Mobs compatibility is detected.
17. Potentially corrected a few Exploits undetected movement player push false positives.
18. Noticeably improved the Elytra Glide handler with a new firework cooldown system.
19. Greatly optimised the Sprint check with custom instead of native object calls.
20. Noticeably optimised many Protections & Handlers by moving them off the main thread.
21. Corrected a few IrregularMovements jump auto-jump false positives.
22. Corrected a few MorePackets instant detection elytra false positives.
23. Completely rewritten the Cooldown, Millis, Double, Attempts & Tracking as objects.
24. Slightly improved the Spartan Bukkit system with less memory calls and more dynamic methods.
25. Slightly optimised the Plugin Ticks handler with more pre-calculated variables.
26. Noticeably optimised the Clip check with less method calls.
27. Corrected a few Exploits chunk updates vehicle false positives.
28. Verbose & Mining notifications have been replaced by a single notification system that may adjust itself based on distance from the spectated player.
29. Replaced some language.yml & settings.yml options with new ones.
30. Deprecated 5 API methods and replaced them with 3 new ones.
31. Implemented a new permission named “spartan.notifications” for the new unified notifications.
32. Permissions “spartan.verbose” & “spartan.mining” will remain compatible and replace “spartan.notifications”.
33. The Background API’s methods will no longer be accessible as it should have been from the beginning.
34. Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (Clip.check_abstract_blocks)
35. Corrected a Fly stable 1.12 server semi-solid block bridging issue.
36. Noticeably improved & optimised the Teleport Protection feature with a faster WorldGuard compatibility & vulnerability patches.
37. Noticeably optimised the Block utilities with less location calls & less memory usage.
38. Noticeably improved the Manage Checks inventory menu with more compact & organised item descriptions.
39. Corrected a few BlockReach break sensitive block false positives.
40. Greatly improved the BlockReach check with better calculations and more detailed verbose information.
41. Slightly optimised the Default Configuration handler with faster methods.
42. Greatly improved the Configuration Recommendations feature with more & better recommendations.
43. Slightly improved the Math utilities with new useful methods.

Language.yml Changes:

Code:

Removed:
verbose_message
mining_message

Added:
detection_notification
mining_notification

Settings.yml Changes:

Code:

Removed:
Notifications.enable_verbose_notifications_on_login
Notifications.enable_mining_notifications_on_login
Notifications.individual_only_verbose_notifications
Notifications.output_silent_check_verbose
Notifications.output_uncertain_check_verbose

Added:
Notifications.enable_notifications_on_login
Notifications.individual_only_notifications
Notifications.send_silent_notifications
Notifications.send_uncertain_notifications

API Changes:

Code:

Deprecated:
hasMiningNotificationsEnabled()
setMiningNotifications()
hasVerboseEnabled()
setVerbose() x2

Added:
hasNotificationsEnabled()
setNotifications() x2

News:

• Spartan’s codes will now communicate better between threads with automated identifiers and accounting for variable differences. This will slightly improve the plugin’s performance & reduce false positives by providing more accurate method results.

Logs:

1. Potentially corrected several ElytraMove speed firework rocket false positives.
2. Corrected a few Fly stable low air ticks & slow fall effect false positives.
3. Slightly improved the Default Configuration configuration handler with more universal methods.
4. Noticeably improved the Explosion protection with more organised & faster methods.
5. Corrected a few Fly downwards & Exploits undetected movement false positives caused by other checks preventing a player from hacking.
6. Slightly improved the 1.13 Event Listeners with less events running.
7. Greatly improved the Teleport protection with more universal methods.
8. Corrected several NoFall ratio player teleportation false positives.
9. Potentially corrected a few Jesus speed false positives caused by exiting small areas of liquid blocks.
10. Potentially corrected a few Fly, NoFall & MorePackets false positives caused by TNT explosions.
11. Implemented a new Exploits ping-spoof sub-detection named prediction.
12. Greatly improved the Configuration, Hack Prevention object, Cloud feature, Search Engine handler, Syn system & Attempts utilities with more universal methods.
13. Corrected a minor bug in the Cloud feature that would cause some information to not be retrieved.
14. Corrected a few FastBreak delay extremely fast breaking speed bypasses.
15. Corrected a memory leak in the SQL Logs feature.
16. Corrected a rare invisible block bug with the Update Block Upon Violation feature.
17. Corrected a few Fly & MorePackets skipping movement bypasses.
18. Slightly improved the Math utilities with more universal variables.
19. Noticeably improved the MorePackets check with better detections & verbose information.
20. Noticeably improved the Cloud feature with automatic partial data updates every hour.
21. Noticeably optimised the Spartan Location object with additional cache sharing & retaining.
22. Corrected a few IrregularMovements jump climbing block false positives.
23. Greatly improved the Player utilities with more accurate ground identification methods.
24. Greatly optimised the Speed, Fly, NoFall & Jesus checks with better codes.
25. Noticeably improved the Multi Version system with faster & more reliable methods.
26. Corrected a few FastEat dried kelp inaccurate delay false positives.
27. Corrected a few NoFall cancelled fall damage false positives.
28. Corrected dozens of GhostHand semi-solid block interact false positives.
29. Corrected a few FastBreak soul-soil block efficiency enchantment false positives.
30. Slightly improved the Cache system with more specific data clearance.
31. Noticeably improved the Move utilities with more reliable methods & variables.
32. Corrected a few Fly down & Exploits undetected movement shulker box block false positives.
33. Corrected a few Speed air parkour block jumping false positives.

News:

• Some parts of processes were moved to the main thread in Build 386, cancelling some of the recent performance improvements. This update corrects this by improving the ways heavy synchronised information is processed.
• This update fixes many major issues created by recent updates. Build 386 did not create any new issues and served well as far as customers reported. However, it is time to go back to being extremely stable.

Logs:

1. Noticeably optimised the Spartan Player object with less memory usage and faster schedulers.
2. Potentially corrected a few Fly ladder downwards movement uncertain false positives.
3. Greatly optimised the NPC stability handler with faster methods.
4. Corrected a few ImpossibleActions liquids placement on semi-solid block false positives.
5. Corrected a bug that caused the GhostHand interact detection from properly running.
6. Noticeably improved the Jesus with support for smaller and more abstract liquid depths.
7. Slightly improved the Jesus check with faster environment & limit identification methods.
8. Corrected a few remaining Jesus, MorePackets & IrregularMovements water elevator false positives.
9. Noticeably improved the data update frequency of many protection handlers.
10. Corrected a few Fly stable minor timer based bypasses.
11. Corrected a few BlockReach false positives caused by Skript plugins.
12. Potentially corrected dozens of Exploits undetected-movement false positives caused by Skript plugins & high player latency.
13. Corrected a small issue in the Cloud feature that prevented it from delivering all information.
14. The Search Engine configuration handler will now only notify when the plugin is reloaded.
15. Corrected a small bug where the wrong violation-divisor would be supplied to the Verbose Notifications feature.
16. Low player count Verbose Notifications will now be sent if the player is close to the staff member.
17. Potentially corrected a rare Spartan Location object null-pointer-exception console error.
18. Corrected a few KillAura angle unsafe advantage false positives.
19. Noticeably improved the Register class & Threads system with more thread-safe methods.
20. Brought back the implementation of the Chunks system to validate locations and prevent console errors.
21. Noticeably improved the Spartan Location object with more error proof methods.
22. Slightly improved the Move utilities with more cache friendly methods.
23. Slightly improved the Cloud Developer Report feature with better information structure.
24. Slightly improved the Multi Version feature with more identifiable server types.
25. Greatly improved the Criticals check with more precise location evaluation.
26. Potentially corrected a few Criticals damage no held item false positives.
27. Corrected a few FastBreak latency related false positives.
28. Noticeably improved the Test Server stability handler with anticheat listing.
29. Slightly improved the Plugin utilities with faster methods.
30. Corrected a few MorePackets, Fly neutral & IrregularMovements step bouncing blocks false positives.
31. Corrected a few NoSlowdown web boat stepping false positives.
32. Corrected a few Fly above block blocked jumping false positives.
33. Corrected a Ground utilities bug when a player was on top of fence/wall blocks.
34. Noticeably improved the Attempts utilities with more thread-safe and error proof methods.
35. Greatly optimised the Configuration Diagnostics feature & Syn system with scheduler free cooldowns.
36. Slightly improved the Piracy system with minor bug corrections.
37. Slightly improved the AutoRespawn check with less memory calls.
38. Slightly improved the Violation Reset API event with faster methods.
39. Slightly improved the Lag Leniencies feature with more universal methods.
40. Greatly improved the Violations feature with more useful methods.
41. Slightly improved the Math utilities with useful variables.
42. Slightly improved the Player Info inventory menu with more information.
43. Greatly improved the Spartan Player object with more useful methods.
44. Corrected a major bug in the Scheduler listener that caused many kinds of problems.

Logs:

1. Slightly improved the Item Attributes compatibility with longer cache retention.
2. Corrected a few Speed false positives caused by the Item Attributes compatibility.
3. Corrected a few Speed false positives caused by the Item Attributes & Mythic Mobs compatibility.
4. Corrected a few Spartan Player object world entities retrieval concurrent-modification console error.
5. Corrected a few Attempts utilities null-pointer console error.
6. Noticeably improved the Attempts utilities with less memory calls & a new scheduler system.
7. Corrected several ImpossibleActions liquids semi-solid block placement false positives.
8. Corrected a distant teleportation bug in the From Location stability handler.
9. Corrected several IrregularMovements jump & step water elevator false positives.
10. Corrected several Jesus exit water elevator false positives.
11. Slightly improved the Liquid & Bouncing Blocks protection handlers with more frequent cache updates.
12. Corrected a few Velocity zero distance knockback enchantment false positives.
13. Corrected a few IrregularMovements step CMI plugin false positives.
14. Corrected a few KillAura hits-per-second CPS false positives.
15. Corrected several Fly calculated ladder falling false positives.
16. Potentially corrected a few ElytraMove speed semi-solid block false positives.
17. Corrected a few climbable block movement false positives caused by the Ground utilities.
18. Corrected a Scheduler listeners rare ignorance bug that allowed for a few movement bypasses.
19. Corrected dozens of ElytraMove Skript plugin false positives.
20. Noticeably improved the Spartan Player object with a new scheduler system.
21. Corrected a few KillAura false positives caused by cancelled damage listeners.
22. Slightly improved the False Positive Detection with more simplified & secure methods.

Corrected many movement false positives caused by nearby vehicle entities & other abstract causes.

News:

• Many of Spartan’s utilities, schedulers & features have had their schedulers made asynchronous thanks to improvements made in the Spartan Player object. Performance usage should decrease by at least 20% and up to 50%.
• The previous update, Build 384, wasn’t that great for the ElytraMove check. Fortunately, most of you didn’t notice the slightest difference thanks to the Cloud feature. This update corrects all the issues of the previous update and provides additional code polishing.

Logs:

1. The Interactions Per Tick protection feature will no longer work under the influence of bypass permissions.
2. Corrected an ImpossibleActions liquids block placement bypass.
3. Corrected a few Velocity item usage false positives.
4. Corrected dozens of KillAura unsafe advantage case false positives.
5. Removed a limitation from the Scheduler listeners that caused dozens of ElytraMove false positives.
6. Noticeably optimised the Spartan Location object with less memory usage and more thread-safe methods.
7. Noticeably optimised the Spartan Player object with less memory usage & new & better caching systems.
8. Greatly optimised the Spartan Bukkit system with less and more compact methods.
9. Completely rewritten the Threads system and now every purpose has its own reusable thread.
10. Slightly improved the Reports inventory menu with faster page caching.
11. Made Spartan more friendly towards plugins such as Plugman that allow for full reloads.
12. Corrected a Double utilities null-pointer-exception console error.
13. Greatly optimised the Double utilities with faster methods & less method calls.
14. Slightly improved the Double utilities with more thread safe methods.
15. Slightly optimised the NPC stability handler with faster methods & less method calls.
16. The Search Engine configuration handler will now be updated every 15 minutes for Syn members.
17. Noticeably optimised the Search Engine configuration handler with additional caching.
18. Corrected dozens of MorePackets frost-walker boots enchantment, latency & boat false positives.
19. Corrected a few Jesus ypos downwards trident movement false positives.
20. Noticeably optimised the Violation system by decreasing method calls.
21. Noticeably optimised the Move, Attempt & Player utilities with asynchronous scheduled tasks.
22. Noticeably optimised the Shulker protection handler with asynchronous scheduled task.
23. Noticeably optimised the Test Server & From Location stability handlers with asynchronous scheduled tasks.
24. Slightly improved the Limit Server Flying feature with more console error proof methods.
25. Slightly improved the Elytra Glide maintenance handler with more console error proof methods.
26. Slightly improved the Hacker Finder feature with less method calls & loop free cooldowns.
27. Potentially corrected a few movement rapid vehicle entering & exiting 1.8 and earlier false positives.
28. Corrected a few IrregularMovements jump low violation false positives.
29. Corrected several BoatMove horizontal & vertical jumping motion bypasses.
30. Potentially corrected a few IrregularMovements shulker-box block false positives.
31. Slightly improved the Cache system with more accurate RAM usage results.
32. Noticeably improved the TPS & Latency protections with a partially rewritten structure.
33. Greatly improved the False Positive Detection feature with less methods and better results.
34. Slightly improved the Debug feature with less chat spam when debugging player movement.
35. Potentially corrected several BoatMove nearby boat contact false positives.
36. Noticeably improved the Scheduler & Movement listeners with more secure ignorance techniques.
37. Greatly optimised the SQL Logs feature with less frequent query calls.
38. Slightly improved the SQL Logs feature with more console error proof methods.
39. Slightly improved the AutoSync plugin compatibility by removing unnecessary messages.
40. Corrected a few NoFall spoof rare bypasses caused by falling directly after a teleport.
41. Greatly improved the Player utilities with less redundant methods & better method calculations.
42. Noticeably improved the Move & Ground utilities with better method calculations.

Corrected a few Fly & IrregularMovements climbable block false positives.

Corrected a few existing and potential null-pointer-exception console errors caused by threads running fully or partially asynchronously.