Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

News:

• The ElytraMove check has been improved to react better when used concurrently with fireworks or tridents. Additionally, detections of it have been extended to handle speed deceleration.

Logs:

1. Slightly optimised the Spartan-Player object.
2. Corrected several ElytraMove trident false positives.
3. Corrected several Ender-Dragon push movement false positives.
4. Slightly improved the Syn verification handler.
5. Noticeably improved the Cloud feature with better debug.
6. Corrected several horizontal-chain block movement false positives.
7. Greatly improved the Ground utilities with support for more 1.14 & 1.16 blocks.
8. Corrected all remaining Speed trident false positives.
9. Corrected a BoatMove ice false positive.
10. Noticeably improved the ElytraMove check when using firework & tridents.
11. Noticeably optimised the ElytraMove check by using much less memory.
12. Greatly improved the Verbose-Notifications feature with more advanced commands.
13. Removed a checks.yml option. (Nuker.check_breaks_per_sec)
14. Corrected a Nuker breaks-per-sec surface block false positive.
15. Greatly improved the ElytraMove speed detection with deceleration handling.
16. Noticeably improved the Violation-Divisor handler for low amounts of online players.
17. Corrected a few movement false positives caused by bell blocks.
18. Corrected a few potential IrregularMovements step height false positives.
19. Removed the ban-list command and included its functionality in the ban-info command.
20. Slightly improved the wave command by adding an exception message that was missing.
21. Slightly improved the Violation system with better methods.
22. Corrected dozens of KillAura block-raytrace & hits-per-second mob farm false positives.
23. Greatly improved the ItemDrops check with better command prevention compatibility.

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News:

• The config.yml violation-divisor option has been removed. Like the cancel-after-violation feature, existing options will remain compatible. The default violation-divisor has been chosen by me for each check, but custom ones are now supported by the verbose-notifications command.
• Hot-fix updates now support decimal build numbers. However, Spartan's SQL "spartan_build" column only accepts integers. It's recommended you update the SQL "spartan_build" column to DOUBLE or ultimately delete the table and let it be recreated.
  
• The RAM-over-CPU feature has once more caused lag issues. For this reason, it has now been disabled and expected to be removed in the near future with a small chance of a revival. Those having lag issues, this update will resolve them.

Logs:

1. Corrected several NoSwing, BlockReach & Nuker false positives caused by the MineBomb plugin compatibility.
2. Updated the Piracy system to support not only integers but decimals as Build versions.
3. Corrected a bug where the Notifications.cross_server_notifications settings.yml option would only work if set to true.
4. Corrected an asynchronous console error caused by the Piracy protection.
5. Corrected a bug where the Developer-Report Command feature would have no cooldown after successful execution.
6. Corrected several IrregularMovements step & Speed limit trident false positives.
7. Updated the default settings.yml configuration with more reliable options names.
8. Moved a messages.yml configuration options to the settings.yml configuration. (staff_chat_character)
9. Slightly optimised the Configuration & Punishment systems.
10. Slightly improved the Syn inventory menu with description corrections.
11. Noticeably optimised the Cancel-Violation handler by making it refresh when necessary.
12. Corrected an EntityMove vertical horse jumping false positive.
13. Slightly optimised the Movement listeners with redundancy prevention.
14. Potentially corrected a HitReach horizontal 1.9+ combat mechanics false positive.
15. Corrected a major lag issue caused by the RAM-over-CPU feature.
16. Corrected a FastEat eat high player latency false positive.
17. Corrected an issue in the Cloud feature where it wouldn't support decimals as plugin version.
18. Corrected a major functionality bug in the SQL feature that was caused by decimals being used as versions.
19. Chat messages sent using the Staff-Chat feature will now be logged and be cross-server compatible.
20. Corrected a few movement false positives caused by lantern blocks.
21. Implemented a new settings.yml option to toggle the permission cache.
22. Noticeably improved the Verbose-Notifications feature with more advanced commands.
23. Implemented a new Developer API method. setVerbose()
24. Corrected a minor API bug that required Verbose notified players to also have the permission.
25. Implemented compatibility for a plugin named WildTools.
26. The config.yml violation_divisor option has been removed.
27. Corrected several step jump boost effect false positives.
28. Slightly improved the Configuration system with more proper codes.
29. Corrected a Velocity check null-pointer console error.
30. Corrected an EntityMove horse vertical false positive.
31. Corrected an ElytraMove ratio false positive.
32. Corrected a bug in the Syn inventory menu where it would refer to the wrong price.
33. Corrected several movement false positives caused by Trident item use in a player weather.
34. Corrected a Nuker mushroom-stem false positive.
35. Updated the Block utilities material library to help correct false positives.
36. Corrected a KillAura aimbot non-living-entity false positive.
37. Corrected a KillAura aimbot multiple entities false positive.
38. Potentially corrected a few Jesus swimming false positives.
39. Corrected a Jesus ypos upward motion false positive.
40. Corrected all remaining Speed soul-speed enchantment false positives.
41. Potentially corrected several ElytraMove off-hand firework false positives.
42. Incompatible-Items feature is no longer limited to 54 outside of the inventory menu.

Settings.yml Changes:

Code:

Removed:
Important.vl_reset_on_kick
Important.vl_reset_time
Notifications.staff_chat

Added:
Important.violations_reset_on_kick
Important.violations_reset_seconds
Important.use_permission_cache
Chat.staff_chat_character

News:

• A new KillAura detection has been implemented to properly prevent aimbot hack modules. It's been in the works for the past 2-3 updates, so it's expected to be stable and largely improved in the future.
• I have planned my vacation for the second half of this month, starting extremely soon, so expect this update to be magnificently stable and my support slower than usual.

Logs:

1. Corrected several Speed air honey-block false positives.
2. Corrected several HitReach horizontal chasing left/right direction false positives.
3. Slightly improved the Nuker delay detection with better limits.
4. Corrected several Velocity latency false positives.
5. Updated the default config.yml configuration of the ElytraMove check.
6. Made the Daily-Progress feature refresh every 6 hours.
7. Corrected a Move utilities null-pointer console error.
8. Corrected several IrregularMovements step movement & liquid false positives.
9. Noticeably improved the Spartan-Player object with faster cache.
10. Corrected a Search-Engine & Cloud feature array console error.
11. Updated the default settings.yml & config.yml configurations to be more customer friendly.
12. Noticeably improved the Awareness-Notifications feature with less spam & console logging.
13. Noticeably optimised almost all objects with final statements.
14. Corrected a checks.yml configuration option replacement typo.
15. Greatly optimised and improved several KillAura detections for PvE situations.
16. Slightly improved the Misc category of the Debug feature.
17. Corrected a GhostHand interact & break liquid false positives.
18. Noticeably optimised the Search-Engine feature with more accurate cache limits.
19. Removed the Exploits re-enchant detection due to causing unnecessary false positives.
20. Slightly improved the Verbose-Notifications feature.
21. Corrected several Jesus water-logged speed, walking & repeated false positives.
22. Made the Piracy check connection asynchronous to prevent thread dumps for a few customers.
23. Corrected several GhostHand break & interact false positives.
24. Potentially corrected several remaining Speed soul-speed false positives.
25. Corrected a Speed limit soul-soil false positive.
26. Corrected a Hack-Prevention object violation exemption bug.
27. Implemented a new KillAura detection to prevent aimbot.
28. Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (KillAura.aimbot_max_distance)
29. Implemented a new Cloud feature named Forcefully-Disabled-Detections.
30. Implemented a new Cloud feature named Cross-Server-Notifications.
31. Implemented a new settings.yml configuration option. (Notifications.cross_server_notifications)
32. Corrected a bug in the Violations system related to the plugin's API.
33. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold sneaking false positive.
34. Removed the KillAura comparison detection due to being unstable.
35. Corrected several movement upwards bypasses caused by the Liquid & Explosion protection.
36. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold & tower TPS false positives.
37. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold & tower entity-block false positives.
38. Corrected several Nuker delay surface block false positives.
39. Greatly improved the Spartan & Syn inventory menus with new items.
40. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold soil/farmland block false positive.
41. Corrected a bug in the Configurations inventory menu where color codes would be included in the config changes.
42. Updated the default checks.yml to improve the accuracy of the HitReach check.

Corrected a few console errors to prevent inconvenience in the user experience and support spam.

News:

• The language.yml and mysql.yml configurations have been renamed accordingly to messages.yml and sql.yml. If you are using the old named configurations, you don't need to apply any changes, they will remain compatible.
• In config.yml, the option cancel_after_violation has been removed and will now be calculated automatically based on your punishments, server performance, gameplay performance & knowledge of my own. If you believe you have found the sweet spot of this option, don't remove it, it will remain compatible.
• Build 358 was a without a doubt not the most stable update but nothing game-breaking. From the number of logs, one can assume how much more stable Build 359 is going to be.

Logs:

1. Slightly optimised the Movement utilities with less calls of external methods.
2. Corrected a Velocity check long range false positive.
3. Corrected a HitReach horizontal entity teleportation false positive.
4. Noticeably improved the Spartan-Player object with more frequent caching to prevent vanilla false positives.
5. Corrected an Exploits undetected-movement vehicle exit false positive.
6. Corrected an IrregularMovements step jump effect false positive.
7. Corrected a bug in the Spartan-Location object that prevented the identification of water-logged blocks.
8. Corrected a major cache bug in the RAM-Over-CPU feature that has caused dozens of bypasses & false positives.
9. Brought back an improved version of the IrregularMovements hop detection and its configuration settings.
10. Corrected a few word typos in the File, Console, SQL logs & awareness notifications.
11. Stopped using the Hack-Prevention object for violation identification due to bugs.
12. Corrected a Search-Engine feature max cache size bug related to Syn members.
13. Corrected dozens of movement false positives caused by water-logged blocks.
14. Noticeably improved the Performance-Optimizer feature by making it safer but also more lenient.
15. Corrected a Spartan inventory menu command permission bug.
16. Corrected several Speed ice-speed keyboard spam false positives.
17. Corrected several movement soul-campfire & soul-lantern block false positives.
18. Noticeably improved the Ground utilities with support for pistons & more 1.16 blocks.
19. Corrected a Fly packets upwards movement bypass.
20. Corrected a bug in the Mining-Notifications feature where gilded-blackstone & ancient-debris blocks wouldn't be logged.
21. Slightly optimised the Exploits ping-spoof, Criticals position & KillAura comparison detections.
22. Greatly improved the Cache system with more organized codes.
23. Noticeably improved the Spartan, Manage-Checks & Player-Info inventory menu with better item placements & descriptions.
24. Removed and replaced several language.yml configuration options.
25. Renamed the language.yml configuration to messages.yml but kept compatibility for old one.
26. Updated the plugin's overview page and online documentation.
27. Slightly improved the Minecraft-Hosting inventory menu with a permission check.
28. Slightly improved the Syn verification handler and its command.
29. Slightly improved the Exploits undetected-movement detection with more stable preventions.
30. Updated the plugin's slogan to "Powerful cheat prevention made simple.".
31. Renamed the mysql.yml configuration to sql.yml but kept compatibility for old one.
32. Greatly improved and optimised the FastBreak check with less lenient limits.
33. Corrected a Jesus upwards identical jumping major bypass.
34. Corrected an Exploits undetected movement player pushing false positive.
35. Corrected several 1.15+ Speed limit walking & sneaking false positives.
36. Corrected several Jesus speed edge-block jumping false positives.
37. Slightly improved and optimised the MorePackets check with more recent methods.
38. Corrected a MorePackets instant low-violation major bypass.
39. Slightly optimised the Speed check with more final values.
40. IP limitation has been decreased from 5 to 4 per license.
41. Corrected a KillAura block-raytrace bypass caused by no support for multiple entities.
42. Corrected a Nuker delay efficiency enchantment major bypass.
43. Noticeably improved the Nuker delay detection with better limits.
44. Corrected a bug where checks.yml options wouldn't affect the IrregularMovements step detection.
45. Corrected an Exploits undetected movement & IrregularMovements step piston false positive.
46. Corrected several ImpossibleInventory sprinting & sneaking toggle false positives.
47. Greatly optimised the Piston protection with recent codes.
48. Noticeably improved the Player utilities with better elytra handling.
49. Corrected a Clip vector elytra false positive.
50. Corrected dozens of movement false positives by correcting the Shulker-Box protection.
51. Unlisted the removed chat_protection.yml configuration from the Configurations inventory menu.
52. Removed the command "/spartan diagnostics" which is no longer the preferred way of using this feature.
53. Replaced the cancel-after-violation option & the configuration diagnostics feature with an automated system.
54. Slightly optimised the False-Positive-Detection feature with better methods.
55. Corrected a small method splitting bug in the BoatMove check & Hack-Prevention object.
56. Slightly improved the Logging feature with faster SQL methods.
57. Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (Speed.minimum_limit_in_blocks)
58. Corrected dozens of Speed soul-speed enchantment false positives.
59. Corrected several Jesus speed & repeat boat false positives.
60. Slightly optimised the Jesus check with less repetition of specific methods.
61. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold block-face bypass.
62. Corrected a Jesus walking water-logged block false positive.
63. Noticeably improved the Spartan-Location & Spartan-Block objects.

Messages.yml Changes:

Code:

Added:
notifications_enable
notifications_disable
no_permission

Removed:
verbose_enable
verbose_disable
mining_notifications_enable
mining_notifications_disable
command_no_access
menu_gui_no_access

News:

• This version corrects over 10 bypasses, most of them related to movement. To achieve that, new detections have been implemented in several checks and old ones have be partially rewritten and maintained. Changes have excessively been tested and are expected to be stable.
• New detections to prevent aimbot and omnidirectional jumping should be expected in future updates.

Logs:

1. Corrected a Velocity check null-pointer console error that prevented the check from functioning.
2. Corrected a Velocity check logical bug that prevented the check from functioning.
3. Slightly improved the Self-Hit protection handler.
4. Noticeably improved the IrregularMovements check with optimizations.
5. Corrected an IrregularMovements jump(illegal) jumping-after-falling bypass.
6. Corrected an IrregularMovements jump(illegal) place-jumping bypass.
7. Slightly improved the ViaRewind plugin compatibility.
8. Corrected an IrregularMovements step(high) high latency false positive.
9. Corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold minor sensitive movement bypass.
10. Greatly improved the ImpossibleActions scaffold detection with new limitations.
11. Corrected several Nuker delay high efficiency enchantment false positives.
12. Slightly improved the Spartan-Player object with a better sneaking method.
13. Corrected a Ground utilities null-pointer console error.
14. Improved the ImpossibleInventory closed-inventory & cursor-usage detections to catch jumping.
15. Greatly improved the Movement utilities with better tracking of a player's gameplay.
16. Implemented a new IrregularMovements step detections named scheduler.
17. Corrected several upwards motion bypasses with the new IrregularMovements detection.
18. Slightly improved the Scheduler listener to allow for more accurate preventions.
19. Noticeably improved the From-Location utilities to prevent abuse of a player's cached location.
20. Corrected a minor cache clearance bug in the Violations system.
21. Slightly improved the Cache system to allow for more dedicated memory keeping.
22. Corrected a major bug in the Ground utilities that allowed for upwards motion bypasses such as Fly.
23. Corrected a Fly stable no-hit-delay compatibility false positives.
24. Corrected several Speed fall-distance(illegal) precision false positives.
25. Corrected a toggle bug in the Teleport protection related to the worldGuard plugin compatibility.
26. Corrected a Nuker delay warped-nylium & crimson-nylium blocks false positives.
27. Noticeably improved the Block utilities with support for the 1.16 blocks warped-nylium & crimson-nylium.
28. Corrected several Speed soul-speed enchantment false positives.
29. Corrected a Fly up, stable & down shulker-box false positives.
30. Corrected an IrregularMovements jump(illegal) & jump(unusual) shulker-box false positives.
31. Slightly improved the WorldGuard compatibility with exemption of global regions.
32. Slightly improved the Syn inventory menu with more universal descriptions and typo corrections.
33. Corrected a Speed upwards side stairs & slab false positives.
34. Corrected a BlockPlace place, break & interact strider vehicle 1.16 false positive.
35. Corrected a Velocity long distance false positive caused by a logic bug.
36. Improved the Player-Info inventory menu by not showing all cross-version information.
37. Improved a HitReach horizontal player chasing false positive.
38. Slightly optimised the settings.yml configuration with ignorance of NPCs.
39. Slightly improved the Spartan-Location object by making it more compatible with the native Location object.
40. Noticeably improved the Hack-Prevention object with new methods for identifying upcoming detections.
41. Made the Cloud Developer-Report feature notifications less sensitive due to higher masses of reports.
42. Greatly improved the Latency system with recently updated codes and the removal of an unused object.
43. Removed the IrregularMovements hop detections and its configuration options due to being unreliable and outdated.
44. Updated the plugin's online documentation.

Logs:

1. Corrected a 1.10 Llama entity no-such-method console error.
2. Corrected an IrregularMovements step(high) no-hit-delay compatibility false positive.
3. Slightly improved the Fly check with better tracing of potion effects.
4. Corrected a Jesus walking slow-falling effect false positive.
5. Noticeably improved the plugin's performance consumption by improving the RAM-over-CPU feature.
6. Corrected a Chunks system rare console error caused by a failed math conversion.
7. Updated the libraries of the "MinigameMaker" compatible plugin for error reassurance.
8. Corrected a bug in the Request utilities that prevented the Developer-Report feature from functioning.
9. Slightly improved the Spartan Syn verification handler with more proper methods.
10. Slightly optimised the Request utilities with decreased RAM allocation.
11. Slightly improved the Ground utilities with more accurate methods.
12. Slightly improved the Player & Movement utilities with more reliable methods.
13. Corrected a Velocity check self bow hit false positive.
14. Corrected several IrregularMovements jump(illegal) & jump(unused) self bow hit false positives.
15. Removed a forgotten debug message left in the Block utilities.
16. Slightly improved the Spartan-Player mutli-threaded object with more accurate methods.
17. Corrected a NoSlowdown food-eating false positive caused by 1.16 server versions.
18. Corrected a bug in the Mining-Notifications feature where it wouldn't gather netherite-scrap data.
19. Corrected several X-Ray check bypasses caused by the netherite-scrap data bug in the Mining-Notifications feature.
20. Corrected a BoatMove water(packets) relatively low TPS false positive.
21. Corrected several movement false positives caused by players entering a vehicle mid-air.
22. Noticeably optimised and improved the False-Positive-Detection feature with more prevention handlers.
23. Corrected a Velocity 1.16 netherite armor false positive.
24. Increased Latency protection's max supported ping to correct more high latency false positives.
25. Slightly improved the Recommended-Plugins inventory menu with better descriptions.
26. Brought back an old settings.yml configuration option. (Chat.prevent_same_message)
27. Slightly optimised the Chat-Protection feature with faster codes.
28. Verbose notifications at maximum violation level will no longer be sent.
29. Corrected a KillAura area player chasing false positive.
30. Corrected a potential KillAura area minor bypass.
31. Corrected an ElytraMove speed(normal) firework false positive.
32. Corrected several ElytraMove front-block false positives.
33. Corrected a Spartan inventory menu description categorisation bug.
34. Maximum checked height has been moved from 256 to 272 to prevent unnecessary bypasses.
35. Corrected several NoFall pattern low violation false positives.
36. Corrected a potential issue that prevented the XRay, FastClicks & AutoRespawn checks from functioning.
37. Prevented a few unnecessary calls of the CheckCancelEvent Spartan event.
38. Greatly improved the Configuration system.
39. Greatly improved the Hack-Prevention object with new methods and existing method improvements.
40. Corrected a Jesus speed minor walking bypass.
41. Corrected several ElytraMove firework boosting false positives.
42. Updated the default config.yml configuration by setting NoFall.cancel_after_violation from 2 to 1.
43. Drastically improved the Mining-Notifications feature with parts of its code completely rewritten.
44. Drastically improved the Cache system with a more proper way of clearing cache when the plugin disables.