Spartan AntiCheat & AntiExploit v4.0.8.8

Logs:

• Corrected an Event handler NPC null-pointer console error.
• Drastically improved the Attempt utilities.
• Greatly improved the Millis utilities.
• Drastically improved the Cooldown utilities.
• Corrected a NoFall ratio feather-falling enchantment false positive.
• Slightly optimized the MorePackets check.
• Corrected a previously unfixed Exploits packet-overflow console error.

News:

• Spartan will now identify water-logged blocks, also known as a type of block introduced in 1.13, which allows semi-solid blocks to also take the state of liquid and be surrounded with it instead of air.

Logs:

• Corrected an Event handler null-pointer console error.
• Corrected an Exploits packet-overflow asynchronous-entity-add console error.
• Drastically optimized the Spartan-Player multi-threaded object.
• Corrected dozens of movement false positives by detecting water-logged blocks.
• Improved the Block utilities liquid-block methods.
• Improved the Spartan-Location multi-threaded object.
• Improved the Spartan-Block multi-threaded object.
• Implemented support for water-logged blocks.

News:

• The Velocity check has been drastically improved. Previously, most of the check's detections wouldn't support bow shots, while now enchanted bows will allow almost all detections to take place with even lenient configuration.

Logs:

• Drastically improved the Velocity check with better knockback handlers.
• Potentially corrected a Velocity enchanted-bow damage bypass.
• Improved the plugin's online documentation with mistake corrections.
• Drastically improved the Chat protection with space handling.
• Slightly improved the 1.15 compatibility.
• Potentially corrected an ImpossibleActions scaffold bypass.
• Added additional information to the ImpossibleActions verbose notifications.
• Slightly optimized the ImpossibleActions check.

News:

• It seems that 1.15 was a pretty simple and easy to do compatibility. Only difficulty was the honey blocks, which apparently share many similarities to the slime blocks, just in an opposite way.
• We are half way thru December, Christmas is close, and we will be soon entering a new year. I would you like to thank everyone who supported me by reporting issues, providing feedback, and purchasing my products. 2019 was my best year yet and I have huge plans for the future of my small company and its customers.
• Lastly, this is Build 300, which is like any other build, but clearly shows the progress and improvements Spartan has gone thru. I've been putting more work than ever daily for the past year, even if I was travelling for work or fun, I always had my laptop with me, assisting people whenever I find time.

Logs:

• Slightly optimized the Spartan-Player multi-threaded object.
• Implemented 1.15 compatibility.
• Made the NoSlowdown food detection run only in survival and adventure gamemodes.
• Implemented 1.15 compatibility in the Version utilities.
• Implemented support for honey blocks in the Ground utilities.
• Implemented support for honey blocks in the Block utilities.
• Implemented support for the honey block in the Fly check.
• Implemented support for the honey block in the NoFall check.
  
• Implemented support for the honey block in the Speed check.
• Implemented support for the honey block in the IrregularMovements check.
• Implemented support for the honey block in the Speed check.
• Implemented support for fall-damage ganerule in the NoFall check.
• Slightly improved the Piracy protection.

News:

• After reports of a customer having problems with the Cloud feature, specially their server crashing, I added an option to disable it. You should ONLY disable this feature if you face major issues, as removing it will disable parts of the False-Positive-Detection & Developer-Report features and will render the CombatAnalysis check useless.

Logs:

• Drastically improved the Combat utilities.
• Potentially corrected many combat high-damage item bypasses.
• Implemented a new checks.yml configuration option. (HitReach.account_speed_effect)
• Greatly improved the HitReach's check handling of speeds.
• Corrected several KillAura rapid-hits high latency false positives.
• Corrected a major bug in the False-Positive-Detection feature that allowed partially protected checks to be protected fully.
• Corrected a few KillAura direction false positives.
• Greatly improved the Piracy protection.
• Implemented a new settings.yml configuration option. (Important.cloud_feature)
• Potentially corrected a Cloud feature crash a customer faced.
• Corrected a major IrregularMovements block-climbing bypass.
• Improved the security of the TPS protection.
• Improved the security of the Ping protection.

News:

• This update corrects a few but very annoying and resourceful console errors that caused servers to lag, a few crash, and many have their storage full from the recent server log files. Enjoy!

Logs:

• Corrected an Exploits packet-overflow console error.
• Potentially corrected an Exploits packet-overflow console error.
• Corrected a ViaVersion compatibility console error.

News:

• The settings.yml configuration of the plugin has been drastically simplified by having many unneeded options removed. Reseting the specific file or general configuration is not required.

Logs:

• Removed the settings.yml option 'Important.developer_api_events' as it no longer serves a purpose of optimising the plugin.
• Removed the settings.yml option 'Notifications.violations_reset_message' due to the automated message being removed to reduce unnecessary spam.
• Removed the settings.yml option 'Logs.log_false_positives' as storing false positives is now necessary for the plugin's better performance.
• Removed. the settings.yml option 'Protections.prevent_same_chat_messages' as the plugin will now judge its correct use.
• Corrected a minor prevention bug in the Chat protection.
• Removed the settings.yml option 'Notifications.verbose_notifications' as it caused confusion.
• Use of custom Verbose notifications will now disable the automated version until the plugin is reloaded.
• Removed the settings.yml option 'Important.periodically_refresh_configuration' as it no longer serves a purpose of optimising the plugin.
• Included the KillAura block-raytrace detection in the False-Positive-Detection feature.

News:

• All movement protections have been improved, optimised or both to prevent unknown (usually major) bypasses from occurring. Additionally, all of them will now reset properly, preventing false cache from being used.
• ViaVersion is already a compatible plugin. What this update changed is that Spartan will now use it to check a player's actual version and prevent false positives from occurring, such as those of fake swimming.

Logs:

• Slightly optimized the File logging utilities.
• Implemented compatibility support for a plugin named ViaVersion.
• Implemented player-version support with the ViaVersion API.
• Improved the handling of the Version utilities.
• Potentially corrected many console errors caused by the Block utilities.
• Corrected dozens of Jesus swimming false positives with the ViaVersion compatibility.
• Drastically improved & optimized the Gamemode protection.
• Drastically improved the Death-n-Respawn protection.
• Drastically improved & optimized the Invisible-Block protection.
• Greatly optimized & optimized the Shulker-Box protection.
• Greatly improved & optimized the Item-Teleporter protection.
• Drastically improved the Move utilities with new method implementations.
• Greatly improved the Water-Soul-Sand protection.
• Greatly improved & optimized the Piston protection.
• Drastically improved & optimised the Teleport protection.
• Drastically optimised the Velocity check.
• Prevented unnecessary check cancellations that resulted in potential bypasses.
• Corrected a handler bug in the Exploits packet-overflow detection.