Zentrix | Battle Royale Plugin v2.0.0

New Features

• Added a full per-arena Nether system. Arenas can now use their own Nether template worlds, and each match receives its own paired runtime Nether world.
• Added vanilla Nether portal routing for active games, including proper Overworld-to-Nether coordinate scaling.
• Added /zx arena modify <arena> nether ... controls to enable or disable Nether support, set a Nether template, set a fallback portal, and view Nether setup details.
• Added the toggleNether phase action so phases can open or close Nether access, optionally adjust Nether PVP, and apply Nether border settings.
• Added configurable Minecraft game rules for game, deathmatch, waiting lobby, and Nether worlds.
• Added admin commands for managing game rules from in-game commands, including per-arena game/deathmatch/Nether overrides and global deathmatch rule management.
• Added /zx forcestart [game] so admins can start waiting or starting matches without waiting for the normal countdown requirements.
• Added optional WorldGuard support to copy template regions and flags into generated game, waiting lobby, Nether, and deathmatch worlds.

Improvements

• Improved TAB compatibility so Zentrix can manage match nametags, sorting, tab formatting, and scoreboards while leaving TAB header/footer behavior alone.
• Improved team ordering in the player list so teams sort more consistently during matches.
• Improved arena loading and reloads so one broken arena file no longer stops all other valid arenas from loading.
• /zx reload arenas now reloads arena template files from disk while keeping active runtime games intact.
• Improved /play handling for admins and parties by joining multiple players together more reliably instead of spacing joins out one by one.
• Improved /leave admin feedback when removing multiple players from games or spectator mode.
• Improved Nether portal safety by creating an automatic fallback portal, with an optional admin-set fallback portal for each arena.
• Phase sounds now support an optional delay value in seconds.
• World borders now support a configurable damage buffer in phase border settings.

Fixes

• Fixed scoreboard team count formatting that could show unwanted reset formatting.
• Fixed spectators being able to enter vehicles or mount entities while in spectator mode.
• Fixed several teleport-preparation cases for spectators and players leaving runtime worlds.
• Fixed runtime game-* arenas appearing in places intended for arena templates.
• Fixed active runtime arena data being lost during arena reloads.
• Fixed party queueing from addon integrations so parties use the correct leader and current online members.

Performance & Stability

• Added stronger runtime world cleanup for generated game, waiting lobby, Nether, and deathmatch worlds.
• Improved shutdown cleanup so players are moved out of generated worlds and leftover runtime worlds/configs can be cleaned up safely on restart.
• Added durable cleanup tracking so interrupted shutdowns are less likely to leave stale generated worlds behind.
• Improved currency shutdown handling so accepted currency changes can finish before storage closes.
• Improved handling for missing or unavailable custom world generators by warning admins and falling back safely.

Configuration Changes

• Added hooks.worldguard.enabled to settings.yml for controlling the WorldGuard integration.
• Updated arena-management.game-rules in settings.yml with defaults and custom sections for game, deathmatch, waiting lobby, and Nether rule control.
• Added Nether examples and settings to phases.yml, including toggleNether, optional Nether border controls, and delayed sounds.
• Added new locale messages for force-start, game rule management, arena reloads, admin play/leave feedback, and Nether setup commands.

- Changed the license system.

New Features

• Added a Party System: squad up with your friends and queue together. The party leader is in charge of joining, leaving, and spectating for everyone in the party.
  • /party create — Start a party.
  • /party invite <player> — Send an invite. It expires after a set time (default: 60s).
  • /party accept / deny — Accept or decline an incoming invite.
  • /party leave — Leave your party.
  • /party kick <player> — Remove a member (leader only).
  • /party promote <player> — Hand off leader to someone else.
  • /party disband — Completely disband the party (leader only).
  • /party list — See who's in your party.
  • Max size, invite expiration, and solo-queue behaviour are all configurable in settings.yml under the new party: section.
• Added Party Chat — type in /chat party or keep pressing /chat to cycle to it. Party messages only show up for online party members, no matter what world they're in.
• Chat and nametag formats now live under a dedicated formats: section in settings.yml instead of being scattered across the file:
  • formats.lobby.chat / formats.lobby.nametag — lobby chat and nametags.
  • formats.spectator.chat — spectator chat.
  • formats.team.chat — the /chat team channel.
  • formats.party.chat — party chat.
  • {player}, {message}, color codes, hex colors, and PlaceholderAPI all work in every format.
• The Team Changer GUI now has pages, too many teams to fit on one screen? Arrow buttons let you flip through them.

Improvements

• The old arena-management.lobby-chat-format and arena-management.spectator-prefix keys have been moved to the new formats: section. Existing values are carried over automatically on startup, nothing to do on your end.
• The Class Selection menu used to re-render items every few ticks in the background. It now just builds them once when you open the menu, which is a bit lighter.
• The arena wand's display name and lore no longer show the plugin prefix.
• The plugin now starts at POSTWORLD so all worlds are loaded before Zentrix touches anything.
• The Config Updater can now cleanly remove old keys from your config files (including comments) when they're no longer needed.
• All party messages in locales/en.yml are fully customizable and get added automatically to existing locale files on startup.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed players dying to the void not getting teleported back, if you're in the lobby you go to lobby spawn, if you're in a waiting lobby you go back to that waiting lobby's spawn.

New Features

• Added Team Changer — players can now switch teams from the waiting lobby before the game starts.
• Added options in settings.yml to turn off chat and nametag formatting. When turned off, Zentrix steps aside and lets other plugins handle how chat and nametags look.
• Chat messages now support PlaceholderAPI when chat formatting is on — works in global, team, and spectator chat.
• Added a lobby-chat-format option in settings.yml to customize how chat looks in the lobby. Supports {player}, {message}, colors, and PlaceholderAPI placeholders.
• Added a custom-join-message toggle in settings.yml. When on (default), Zentrix replaces the default join message with its own. When off, it leaves join messages to other plugins entirely.
• Added a custom-leave-message toggle in settings.yml. Works the same way as the join message — when on (default), Zentrix shows its own leave message; when off, it lets other plugins handle it.

Improvements

• Text in several menus that was previously hardcoded can now be changed in locales/en.yml:
  • Player Finder: menu title, the "no players online" message, and page navigation buttons.
  • Class Selection: menu title and the description header (supports per-class color using {color}).
  • Recipe Browser: menu title.
• Any new language keys are added to existing locale files automatically on startup — no manual edits needed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed spectator scoreboards freezing when the game moved into the deathmatch phase.
• Fixed the lobby scoreboard showing outdated info (timer, player count, currency) — it now updates every second.
• Fixed certain scoreboard placeholders (e.g. %zentrix_wins%, %zentrix_total_kills%) showing as plain text when PlaceholderAPI was not installed.
• Fixed item attribute tooltips (such as Attack Damage and Attack Speed) still showing on items even when HIDE_ATTRIBUTES was set — item attributes are now properly cleared so the tooltip is fully hidden.

v1.1.0 – Release​

This update fixes several major issues and adds a few new features.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the scoreboard would sometimes not show.
• Fixed the PvP flag not working as intended in phases.yml.
• Fixed an issue where messages and broadcasts were sometimes shown to players who weren’t in the game or lobby.
• Fixed the storage initialization system so it correctly uses the preferred storage type set in settings.yml.

Additions

• Added a sync-tab option in settings.yml, allowing you to disable player list isolation.

• Added option to not hide player list. (TAB)
• Improved setting PvP flags in the arenas.

v1.0.1 – Release​

This update fixes several minor issues and adds a few new features. Fixes

• Fixed spectators’ held items being visible to other players.
• Fixed players not being properly reset after leaving spectator mode.

Additions

• Added a Player Teleporter Compass (given to spectators).
• Added the ability to switch between team chat and global chat using /chat command.