TAB [1.7.x - 1.21.10] 5.3.2

• Added 1.20 support
• Removed everything that should not be exposed in the API module and added API for layouts
• Pet name fix feature was removed from the main plugin and released as a separate plugin.
• Ping spoof feature was removed
• Removed Vault hook. According to bStats, 88% of servers that use TAB use LuckPerms and 5.6% use nothing. Other permission plugins are still supported when assigning groups by permissions.
• %vault-prefix% and %vault-suffix% got removed. You can use their PlaceholderAPI alternative or the internal LuckPerms placeholders
• %afk% got removed, use %essentials_afk% for essentials and %purpur_player_afk% for purpur's afk detection
• %essentialsnick% got officially removed, it was already partially removed previously only returning player's name
• Placeholder refresh interval categories were merged. Relational placeholders still have to start with %rel_, so those are not a problem. You are no longer able to specify server placeholders manually. Only those from server expansion are now registered as server placeholders.
• Added Fabric support. Due to nature of Fabric being unable to support more than 1 server version in a single jar, the release only supports 1.20.
• Moved layout.yml content to config.yml
• Feature are no longer being disabled in worlds/servers, but a disable-condition was introduced. It allows more customization. Bossbar and scoreboard got this option completely removed, as each configured object has display-condition already.
• Layout now properly hides vanished players only from those, who shouldn't see them (previously everyone had the same view). This opens new options for the future.
• Many other small changes and bug fixes

- Fixed github issue #842
- Fixed many errors
- Unlimited nametag mode will now force marker tag for 1.8.x players instead of allowing to configure it
- Fixed TAB expansion for placeholderapi not registering again on plugin reload with new PlaceholderAPI version

Bukkit:

1. Added 1.19.4 support

BungeeCord:

1. Fixed broken anti-override for teams from previous version

Belowname:

1. No longer sending updates to players in disabled worlds

Scoreboard teams:

1. Fixed teams being registered on name change in disabled worlds

Layout:

1. Slots in player groups matching fixed slots will be ignored instead of overwriting them

Global playerlist:

1. Reduced amount of packets sent & no longer blocking packets from other plugins

Other:

1. Sped up plugin reloading on high player counts

Added Sponge support

1. Supports both Sponge 7 (1.12.2) and Sponge 8 (1.16.5)
2. Not all features are available on both versions, see what is and what isn't available on the Compatiblity page

Scoreboard:

1. Fixed placeholders in title rarely not refreshing when switching between scoreboard with the same title

Unlimited nametags:

1. Fixed error on player quit which caused further issues

RGB:

1. Fixed conversion to legacy codes inserting redundant codes, hitting limits much faster (#827)

- Removed %essentialsnick% placeholder due to being highly redundant (majority of server who want it have placeholderapi anyway). The placeholder will now return player name to avoid sudden placeholder break on update

- Attempted to fix false config conversion trigger (#762)

- Added support for * symbol in world/server groups in configuration at the beginning as well (previously only worked at the end)

- Unlimited nametag mode will now show armor stands of invisible players to players in spectator gamemode (#785)

The next version will include Sponge support. If you're a customer interested in this, let me know by opening a ticket on discord.

Fixed player login processing caused by a an error in Bukkit API

- Added RGB support to messages sent into console
- Added colorization of output of relational placeholders
- Fixed bossbar error when progress is below 0 or above 100
- Reverted placeholder timeout from previous update due to many issues
- Fixed rare error on bukkit

Bukkit:

1. Fixed startup on Thermos
2. Added 1.5.0 support (for fun)

Nametags:

1. Fixed players unregistered with wrong team name on team name change

Unlimited nametags:

1. Fixed error leading to player disconnect

Scoreboard:

1. No longer sending update packets to players who cannot see scoreboard

Aligned suffix:

1. Fixed rare error

Commands:

1. Added instant updating if player's uuid is used in /tab player command

Placeholders:

1. Added timeout for placeholders to retrieve value to avoid plugin freezing when a placeholders makes an SQL task that freezes, set to 50ms

Global playerlist:

1. Increased time of blocking player removal packets on server switch to prevent proxy removing players from tablist on server switch

Configuration:

1. Small changes to default configuration showing how to do some commonly asked things

Header/Footer:

1. Plugin will no longer forcibly add &r at the beginning of each line (so formatting will follow unless overridden)

Yellow number:

1. Disabled the feature for bedrock players due to display bugs and no actual benefits

Other:

1. Fixed rare error on reload

Fixed 2 issues from previous release.

Bukkit:

1. Fixed startup on 1.8.0
2. Added 1.19.3 support

BungeeCord:

1. Fixed crash on 1.7 clients
2. Updated to latest bungeecord build, which adds 1.19.3 support (no longer compatible with older versions)

Layout:

1. Fixed anti-override for tablist names being disabled when layout is enabled even if no layout is visible due to no condition being met
2. Fixed startup error when slots contained a number instead of interval
3. Implemented a fix for compatibility with plugins that add empty player name to a team
4. Fixed startup error when fixed slot slot value was not a valid number
5. Note on 1.19.3+: Entries will now appear in chat complete as mojang removed a mechanic I used to hide them

Header/Footer:

1. Prioritize per-world settings over per-server

BossBar:

1. Fixed announcement bar disappearing when a placeholder in it is updated
2. Fixed %countdown% placeholder not activating for usage in TAB's expansion
3. Fixed announcement bars appearing in disabled worlds/servers

Placeholders:

1. Fixed classic placeholders not updating in a line of text if a relational placeholder updated

Configuration:

1. Changes to default groups.yml file - removed admin and group overrides to reduce the load on LP mods answering this question over and over
2. Fixed nested conditions not working when defined below condition that uses them
3. Added support for OR condition types in short format using "|" symbol

MySQL:

1. Attempted to fix startup error (#717)

Tab expansion:

1. replace_ function now parses nested placeholders as well
2. Fixed values not being sent to new server's bridge on server switch

Global playerlist:

1. Added %playerlist-group_<group>% placeholder showing online player count in specified server group
2. Server names are no longer case-sensitive
3. Fixed faulty mechanic causing the feature to break nick/skin plugins on 1.19+ (as mojang no longer allows that mechanic) (#752)

Sorting:

1. Reduced amount of characters needed for sorting by groups, permissions and "placeholder" type (more about this limit on wiki)

Commands:

1. Fixed debug command saying sorting is disabled even when layout is enabled and sorts players

API:

1. Removed old event API

General:

1. Marked 1.19.2 as compatible (plugin will no longer send a console warn)

Teams:

1. Added config option to control `canSeeFriendlyInvisibles` flag

Placeholders:

1. Fixed rare issue with nested placeholders

Layout:

1. When enabled, plugin is no longer formatting original entries which might contain raw placeholders at first, causing wide entries
2. Added config option to show vanished players in layout

Global playerlist:

1. Fixed client kick issue & added config option to control the value causing it
2. Fixed issues on 1.7

Conditions:

1. Added "startsWith" and "endsWith" condition types for string operations

Scoreboard:

1. Fixed show command sending scoreboard for players who have it hidden using a toggle command

Fixed plugin causing disconnect when typing in chat. If you are wondering what does TAB have to do with signed chat messages, player signing key is sent using tablist packet and TAB is a tablist plugin so.. yeah.

Also fixed 2 bugs from previous release.

Bukkit:

1. Fixed startup on 1.7.x and 1.8.0
2. Added 1.19.1 support

BungeeCord:

1. Fixed vanish/invisible status retrieved through bridge not resetting on server switch
2. Fixed console error when using 1.7.x client
3. Added check for Waterfall's disable_tablist_rewrite config option for the plugin to work properly

Sorting:

1. Fixed not listing a group in list sometimes making it not sort on the bottom properly
2. Fixed space between entries causing them to not work as expected
3. Fixed startup error caused by misconfiguration (not defining values when sorting by predefined values)

Unlimited nametag mode:

1. Option to disable the feature for players on boats now support boats with chest as well
2. Armor stands are no longer spawned for <1.8 players
3. Fixed sneak status not detected on reload
4. Improved heights to match vanilla & removed space-between-lines option
5. Fixed per-world formatting not applying/changing on world switch

Configuration:

1. Fixed startup error when a config option was missing
2. Fixed startup error when disabled world or server was null

Scoreboard:

1. Fixed lines with the same text not appearing when use-numbers is true
2. Fixed error when using show command without player argument from console

Commands:

1. Properties can now also be removed per-world or per-server (with no argument and immediately following with -w or -s)
2. Auto-complete will no longer suggest default bossbars when announcing bossbar

Aligned suffix:

1. Fixed rare error
2. Updated default character widths for 1.19

Placeholder output replacements:

1. Fixed color codes causing exact match to not work (since new PlaceholderAPI no longer translates colors)
2. Are now applied again after applying nested placeholders

Layout:

1. Fixed startup error when a layout is missing groups

Conditions:

1. Fixed condition placeholder outputs being 1 refresh loop behind their nested placeholders

Tab expansion:

1. Added %tab_nametag_visibility% showing if player can see nametags of players or not (/tab nametag toggle) and renamed %tab_ntpreview% to %tab_nametag_preview%

BossBar:

1. Made Wither's size on 1.8.x zero, avoiding visual glitch with less than 50% health
2. Fixed issues when hidden-by-default is enabled

PingSpoof:

1. Added compatibility with Layout feature

General:

1. Added 1.19 support

Tab expansion:

1. Fixed some placeholders not loading on join

Layout:

1. Fixed error when player has no layout displayed

Scoreboard:

1. Lines with empty text will no longer show, empty placeholder output mechanic still works
2. Fixed startup error when a line was null in config
3. Fixed additional empty lines present when use-numbers was enabled
4. Fixed RGB codes not translating into legacy when using long lines

Unlimited nametags:

1. Removed 1.8 bug compensation that rarely led to OOM due to thread spam

Aligned suffix:

1. Assume vanished players can see themselves even without tab.seevanished permission
2. Fixed memory leak

Sorting:

1. PLACEHOLDER sorting type now allows placeholders that contain ":" inside them, such as conditions

Before we get to the update notes you are so excited to carefully read and act accordingly, I would like to make 2 announcements first.

First of all, this is the last updating adding any functions for a while. I am not able to keep up with the demand from users for the current vastly decreasing income and am limiting my activity to minimum. Full explanation, as well as what can you do if you want the plugin to keep growing can be found in this paste.

Second, I want to inform Velocity users that Velocity support is not officially advertised and although the plugin works, support will be dropped in the future for both objective and subjective reasons.

Now, let's get to the changes:

General:

1. #516 - Fixed error spam when reading player skin

Aligned playerlist:

1. Fixed error

Group refreshing:

1. Fixed group changes in LP not being detected

Placeholders:

1. Fixed 2x rare error when refreshing
2. Fixed StackOverflowError when using placeholder's identifier inside replacement values (will act same as %value% now)
3. Fixed placeholders only used in tab expansion not refreshing
4. Fixed placeholders not loading initially into tab expansion
5. Replacements now support negative values in intervals, use ~ symbol instead of - to define range
6. Fixed placeholders sometimes not loading on bungeecord
7. #543 - Fixed placeholder refreshing issue with specific refresh interval combinations

Unlimited nametags:

1. Fixed memory leak
2. Fixed nametag preview disabling on server switch when TAB is on bungeecord
3. Fixed 3x rare NullPointerException
4. Fixed 2 API bugs with disabling armor stands

MySQL:

1. #517 - Fixed upload/download of header/footer
2. #517 - Fixed case-sensitivity of groups in database

Scoreboard:

1. Fixed rare NullPointerException

API:

1. Exposed a few methods with placeholders

RedisBungee:

1. Fixed feature breaking when enabling unlimited nametag mode
2. Fixed players possibly not being assigned into teams properly due to players sharing same team name
3. Fixed /btab reload removing players on the same server from tablist when global playerlist is disabled
4. Added nickname change detection from other proxies

Global playerlist:

1. #539 - Fixed player possibly getting removed from tablist when rejoining rapidly

Layout:

1. #545 - Added latency refreshing for player slots

Commands:

1. Added auto-complete for group names in /tab group command

Most important part of this update is full recode of bridge plugin for communication with TAB on the proxy:

1. Drastically reduced packet flow
2. Added support for relational placeholders
3. Added unlimited nametag mode
4. Added tab expansion
5. Added pet name fix feature

Other changes:

1. Marked 1.18.2 as compatible
2. Fixed issues with long lines in scoreboard
3. Made ping value in layout slots configurable
4. Fixed error with placeholder sorting type
5. Fixed bossbar never showing when joining disabled world/server
6. Solved github issues #347, #475, #488, #494, #501, #504, #506
7. Fixed errors
8. Fixed placeholders not updating in bossbar when values changed while bossbar was hidden
9. Added /tab groups command listing all configured groups
10. Added /tab group <name> command listing all settings of a group
11. Added /tab mysql upload/download commands for data migration
12. Dropped direct UltraPermissions support (still supported via vault / permission node
13. Removed %maxplayers% placeholder, static number or placeholderapi alternative can be used instead
14. Massively reduced CPU usage on bungeecord
15. Added /tab nametag toggle (tab.nametag.toggle permission) which enables/disables nametags for player running the comma
16. Renamed /tab ntpreview to /tab nametag preview (and permission from tab.ntpreview to tab.nametag.preview)

• Added registered placeholders into tabcomplete of /tab parse
• Fixed placeholders not updating in placeholder output replacements
• Fixed per-world / per-server header/footer not working with multiple worlds/servers separated with ;
• Fixed error when RedisBungee plugin did not enable correctly
• Added API method to get player's current scoreboard
• Small fixes in default configuration
• Fixed 12 issues in config conversion to 3.0.0 format
• Fixed missing entries in /tab cpu
• Fixed/added github issues #442, #444, #447, #448, #453, #455, #472
• Fixed cpu leak in %online% placeholder on bungeecord
• Fixed sorting not always working when it's misconfigured
• Fixed error when executing /tab scoreboard show
• Fixed many various random and startup errors
• Small optimizations
• Improved placeholder refreshing on bungeecord through bridge, changes will apply immediately when response is received instead of waiting for next refresh (this will for example make scoreboard placeholders update almost instantly instead of looking at raw placeholders for up to a few seconds and overall fix refresh interval being double)
• Fixed belowname and yellow number disappearing on server switch when installed on bungeecord
• Fixed startup error caused by layout misconfiguration
• Layout now ignores vanished players
• Reduced amount of redundant packets sent on world/server switch
• Fixes in RedisBungee support
• Fixed % symbol displaying as %% if no placeholders are used in the text
• Made bungeecord event processing async to caller thread to avoid console spam
• Fixes with mysql
• Removed remove-strings config option due to being redundant
• Improved command feedback from bossbar send and announce commands
• Fixed compatibility on 1.8.8 tacospigot
• Fixed scoreboard not appearing on bungeecord when switching from a server which had scoreboard from different plugin
• Bossbars will now always be displayed in defined order (previously when one was removed and then added back due to display condition order swapped since clients orders them by time added)
• Added syntax for per-world / per-server properties with command, for example /tab player NEZNAMY tabprefix &6&lTAB &r -w world (or -s server)
• Added option for long scoreboard lines on <1.13, to use it, add Long| prefix to lines which should be longer
• Fixed unlimited nametag desync when players ride each other

1. Added 1.18.1 to known versions
2. Fixed invalid placeholder used in default layout.yml
3. Added conversion for multiple groups being sorted with same priority
4. Solved %online% not updating on vanish
5. Fixed mohist 1.12.2 support
6. Added mineskin support by uuid into layout
7. Fixed bungeecord errors when using invalid relational placeholder
8. Added color support to remaining players text in layout
9. Added another check to avoid bungeecord bug kicking players
10. Fixed placeholderapi placeholder on bungeecord and sync placeholders showing "null" instead of identifier before they are initialized
11. Added back %essentialsnick% placeholder
12. Fixed 9 errors
13. Fixed some placeholders showing wrong value after reconnecting
14. Fixed animations lagging when using nested animations inside
15. Added back animation file conversion (2.8.10 -> 2.9.0)
16. Fixed conditions not refreshing when using event-based placeholders (%server%, %world%..)
17. Fixed world forwarding to bungeecord via bridge
18. Fixed refreshing stopping when server travels back in time
19. Removed <#RRGGBB> format due to conflict with gradient with the same pattern start
20. Fixed _DEFAULT_ group not being used when using MySQL
21. Fixed issues with luckperms hook
22. Fixed startup error on bungeecord when assigning groups by permissions and using bukkit permission manager
23. Allowed decimal numbers in sorting placeholder
24. Added API method to change player group

1. All users will have access to more features by default, possibly spreading the plugin to more users
2. People who want to test the plugin before buying to make sure all advertised features are actually present are now able to do it easily
3. Less headache for me from discord tickets, as well as more time to work on the plugin
   

1. High quality discord support
2. Access to pre-releases
3. Access to bug reports/feature requests without being ignored
4. More? Any ideas?
   

1. Many people come asking for help before reading wiki and even if they receive direct wiki link answering their question, they don't read it and just say it didn't work, resulting in wasting my time spoonfeeding them. More than once I delayed my sleep due to an active ticket from someone refusing to read the wiki. Once in the middle of september we got 3 tickets during night who sent a message about 30 minutes after ticket creation that they solved their issue. If they managed to do it without help, others can as well.
2. Some of them then say they don't speak english well, which I don't find as a fair reason to waste my time I could spend improving the plugin for everyone. If they don't speak english well, they are very likely not old enough to be capable of running a serious server.
3. Many of those who decide to get the plugin from blackspigot have no shame asking for help with premium version. They then say they bought it, but "can't verify right now, just help me quick pls I just want this little thing", their server owner bought it, who will never verify, or straight up leave the server after being asked to verify. With MC-Market's verification bot they'll have no one to beg and waste time of.
4. Some say they compiled the plugin themselves and ask for help, despite readme saying they won't get any. Really not any better than the point above.
5. Some have noticed the premium mark in debug output and instead of sending a screenshot from game when asked they paste console output, but remove "Premium" from version, thinking how great hackers they are, to then just get caught by secret marks of the debug output. Then, they either go back to previous steps or say they aren't asking for help with premium features so what's wrong with it. Disrespecting me and yet demanding my time. That's what is wrong.
6. Currently, I spend about same amount of time providing support as developing the plugin, which is completely unacceptable since wiki exists. Imagine where would the plugin be if my time spent on it was double. Yes, helpers exist, but they are doing it for free in their free time. I can't tell them to be available 24/7 for support.
7. Many users ask for help and then don't respond back with results after they were answered, sometimes for days and even weeks. This just makes it harder to manage tickets and we must ping users to get any feedback from them. Often after a week of pinging them every day they asking if the wiki page we sent them / them hints we gave helped to solve their problem they just say "no" and we can go back to the beginning. Premium users do this as well, but it's way more common for free users.
   

1. It will remove `Users` and `Groups` keyword, resulting in 1 less indent (2 less spaces) and keyword gone, resulting in lower chance of users making it to discord pasting their syntax error after they removed Groups keyword for some reason or didn't respect spacing.
2. When a command is ran to alter config (altering groups/users), it will result in all comments of config disappearing. This increases the chance of users making it to our discord asking what an option does, despite first line of their config containing wiki link. Altering another file and not the main config will avoid this issue.
   

1. removed `%money%`, use `%vault_eco_balance_formatted%`
2. removed `%deaths%`, use `%statistic_deaths%`
3. removed `%xPos%`, use `%player_x%`
4. removed `%yPos%`, use `%player_y%`
5. removed `%zPos%`, use `%player_z%`
6. removed `%essentialsnick%`, use `%essentials_nickname%` - this in default config resulted in users copypasting this bukkit-only placeholder to bungeecord and complaining it doesn't work there
7. added `%vanished%` showing vanish status from other plugins, originally added for internal use, but literal output is not used, so it can be freely altered with placeholder output replacements
8. added `%mspt%` showing average tick time (requires paper core)
9. `%afk%` no longer supports plugins which no one uses / have placeholderapi placeholders. Now only supports Essentials, Purpur and AntiAFKPlus. It no longer has directly configurable output in config (previously `afk-yes` and `afk-no`), since placeholder output replacements are now available to everyone
10. `%online%` was removed and `%canseeonline%` was renamed to `%online%`
11. `%staffonline%` was removed and `%canseestaffonline%` was renamed to `%staffonline%`
12. `%world%` placeholder is now available on bungeecord as well with bridge
13. removed `%rank%` and added `%group%` showing primary group, for customization see placeholder output replacements
    

1. 1.18 support
2. Fixed issues when bossbar announce command was used several times at once for the same bossbar
3. Sync placeholders will now show as red in /tab cpu to warn about them, since they slow down the server
4. Added world forwarding to bungeecord (requires bridge update), allowing all kinds of per-world settings on bungeecord
5. Significantly reduced CPU usage and drastically reduced memory allocations (when testing animations I was able to get 100x lower memory allocations with same configuration)
6. Added support for CatServer and Fabric (with cardboard mod)
7. Added missing options to tabcomplete
8. Added `/tab scoreboard show [player]` command sending specified scoreboard to player
9. Improved /tab cpu output with more detailed info on which part of each feature is sending packets
10. Belowname is now disabled by default
11. Added geyser hook to show scoreboard line values as 1-15 for bedrock users instead of 0s to fix line order
12. Fixed placeholders only used in tab expansion not refreshing
13. Fixed gradient text being black if output is only 1 character long
14. Fixed global playerlist sometimes not working properly with vanish plugins
15. Added config option to disable scoreboard detection from other plugins
16. Fixed a lot of random errors
17. Added compensation for rare bug in unlimited nametag mode making armor stands not appear
18. Global playerlist now updates latency of players on other servers (can be disabled)
19. Added support for nested placeholders
20. Bossbar and scoreboard now require permission to toggle instead of having an option (`tab.bossbar.toggle` and `tab.scoreboard.toggle`)
21. Improved yaml error assistant
22. Bossbar and scoreboard now require permission to toggle
23. `_OTHER_` group keyword was renamed to `_DEFAULT_` for a more accurate reflection of it's functionality
24. Changed parse command syntax to `/tab parse `
25. Fixed bossbar visibility issues on 1.8
26. Conditions will now have automatically chosen refresh interval based on fastest nested placeholder (permission checks count as 1000ms) instead of using values from config
27. Fixed rare bungeecord error leading to a kick
28. * Added detection for name changes with nick plugins to properly apply nametags & sorting
29. Reworked command messages, file is now called messages.yml and contains even more messages to customize
30. Added support for CMI's {#RRGGBB<>} shortcut in gradients
31. Added <#RRGGBB> RGB format
32. Configuration files should automatically come with UTF-8 encoding
33. Scoreboard line numbers will now update correctly when a line hides and use-numbers is set to true
34. Changed `tab.togglebar` permission to `tab.bossbar.toggle` and `tab.togglescoreboard` to `tab.scoreboard.toggle`
35. Fixed scoreboard not visible when joining into disabled world/server and switching to enabled
36. Added %tab_scoreboard_name% placeholder returning name of currently visible scoreboard