Changelog

Posted by: BlueDragon TeamCreated: Jun 27, 2022Last Modified: Aug 31, 2024

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2024-09-14

Server

• Fixed a bug where game servers occasionally hang after a game ends, causing players to timeout until the server restarts
• Fixed a bug in HueHunters where Hunters' Helpers were not able to damage hiders who were snapped to their current block

2024-09-07

Server

• Fixed a bug in BedWars where breaking one half of a bed would not automatically break the other half
• Fixed a bug where item generators' countdown displays were out of sync with their actual item drop timers

2024-09-03

Server

• Fixed a bug where player knockback was incorrect in Dominate and Paintbrawl
• Fixed a bug where blocks like short grass, tall grass, and leaves would drop in item form when broken
• Fixed a bug where players would be invisible to others after leaving HueHunters

2024-08-31

Server

• Updated to 1.21
• Added a new game: HueHunters! This is our submission to the 2024 Minestom Game Jam under the theme "Color changes everything."
• Fixed a bug with Skyfall where players didn't take damage from the void
• Fixed a bug where the message sent when the party leader disconnects wasn't translated properly
• Fixed a bug with the /party command where players on other servers couldn't be found
• Fixed a bug where players' natural regeneration rates would be increased after playing multiple games

2024-06-06

Server

• Fixed a bug where 1.20+ clients experienced short lag spikes when shooting projectiles in Paintbrawl

2024-02-20

Server

• Updated to Minecraft 1.20.4
• Added a new Paintbrawl powerup: Heatseeking paintballs!

2024-02-18

Server

• Fixed a bug with /p warp where it incorrectly considered some games full and prevented the leader from warping
• Fixed a bug with /p list where no chat feedback was given when the player was not in a party

2023-12-31

Server

• Fixed a few bugs with the party system

2023-12-11

Website

• Added an RSS feed to the blog and changelog

2023-12-03

Server

• Fixed an issue where absorption would prevent players from properly taking damage
• Fixed some desync issues between the Minecraft servers and the matchmaking/player tracking service

2023-11-10

Server

• Fixed wooden doors in all games
• Fixed an issue in PvPMaster where the scoreboard did not update when players' armor levels changed
• Moved two spawn points in SkyFall to their correct locations
• Changed the leveling formula to be based on a square-root curve instead of logarithmic growth

2023-11-09

Server

• Added a new WackyMaze map: Orbit

2023-11-08

Server

• Reworked our internal configuration system to make it easier to add more customization to specific maps
• Rewrote our internal module resolution/dependency system to make it more robust
• Added a new Burst Gun to Paintbrawl
• Fixed an issue in Paintbrawl where paintballs would be stopped by powerups

2023-11-07

Server

• Added clickable as to the /version command
• Added some status information to the sidebar in most games ("Waiting for players...", "Starting soon...", etc.)
• Fixed an issue where players were automatically re-routed to a different server instead of being kicked

2023-09-23

Server

• Made BedWars wool appear in the shop as your team's color instead of changing its color when placed in the world

2023-07-26

Server

• Added three new block sets to FastFall: Desert, Cave, and Taiga

2023-07-03

Server

• Added Dominate
• Added tic-tac-toe minigame to the lobby
• Updated to 1.20.1

Website

• Created a new homepage design featuring Dominate.
• Added Dominate game and leaderboards.

2023-06-12

Server

• Fixed bug where fall damage wasn't always working
• Fixed bug where chat was not confined to one instance

2023-02-26

Website

• Added leaderboard positions to player pages where applicable (example).
• Added a new API endpoint to get leaderboard positions.

2023-02-23

Website

• Created a new homepage design featuring Paintbrawl.
• Moved contents from the About page to the homepage.

2023-02-20

Server

• Added new Paintbrawl statistics:
  • Total points
  • Kills (per-weapon)
  • Powerups claimed
  • Blocks vacuumed

2023-02-19

Server

• Added Paintbrawl, a fast-paced, action-packed multiplayer combat experience with tons of maps, weapons, and powerups to shake things up!

Website

• Added Paintbrawl leaderboards and statistics.

2023-02-18

Website

• Redesigned the leaderboards page.
• Added more information to player statistic pages, including:
  • Rank name and color
  • Network level
  • Total experience
  • Coins
  • Owned cosmetics
• Added API documentation for players and leaderboards.

2023-01-28

Website

• Added a new status page: bluedragonmc.com/status
  • This page displays connected players and latency, and is updated whenever the page is refreshed

2023-01-27

Server

• Fixed an issue where players could be declared the winner of a game before it started
• Fixed an issue where players would be invisible to each other due to a problem with player info packets not being sent
• Fixed an issue where blocks would be duplicated upon joining, leaving, and rejoining the same multiplayer Infinijump game
• Fixed an issue where the "total points" Infinijump statistic was not recorded in Race mode

2023-01-26

Server

• Added a new WackyMaze map: Canopy! (see the blog post here)
• Made lava lethal in WackyMaze - this change is only applicable to Canopy as it is the only map with lava
• Started recording kill and death statistics in PvPMaster
• Fixed an issue where the countdown would go down faster than the intended rate
• Fixed an issue where games would not start when the last required player had to switch game servers to join the game

Website

• Redesigned leaderboards page

2023-01-23

Server

• Added a Jukebox menu! To play a song, type /play and click the song that you want to play. Other new commands include /pause, and /resume

2023-01-14

Server

• Changed the style of the "bluedragonmc.com" text on the sidebar
• Added diagnostic information to the sidebar

Website

• Created a new website for BlueDragon!

2023-01-09

Games

• Made the FastFall sidebar stop updating when the game ends
• Added a sidebar to WackyMaze displaying the currently alive players
• Fixed a bug with Infinijump that caused blocks to spawn in sparratic directions when in multiplayer modes

Server

• Started recording first- and last-joined dates for each player

2023-01-07

Server

• Internally changed the way that worlds are chosen when a player joins a server
• Fixed many bugs where players would spawn in the wrong locations
• Improved support for Minecraft 1.19.2

2023-01-06

Server

• Fix an issue causing some players to not show up on Lobby leaderboard displays

2023-01-01

Server

• Added a Race mode to Infinijump

2022-12-31

Server

• Started recording mode-specific "highest-score" statistics in Infinijump

2022-12-30

Server

• Added a game mode selector

2022-12-28

Server

• Added a Versus mode to Infinijump!

2022-12-27

Server

• Added levelling information to Lobby sidebar
• Fix a bug preventing Infection from initializing
• Added sidebar displays in the Lobby and in Infinijump
• Improved the FastFall sidebar

2022-12-20

Server

• Added a way to change configuration without rollout out a game update

2022-12-18

Server

• Switched to LuckPerms for permissions and group handling

2022-11-28

Server

• Fixed randomization of chest loot

2022-11-22

Server

• Fixed an issue where a statistic was recorded multiple times instead of only once on login
• Fixed an issue with creating a game with a random map

2022-11-19

Server

• Modified the structure of the codebase to allow externally-made games to be loaded like plugins

2022-11-13

Server

• Refactored database and messaging logic to be more easily maintainable

2022-11-09

Server

• Fixed the total player count in server list responses

2022-11-08

Server

• Fixed a bug that could prevent BedWars from initializing properly

2022-11-07

Server

• Added network-wide private messages using the /msg command

2022-11-06

Server

• Started work on switching our internal messaging system from RabbitMQ to gRPC

2022-11-02

Server

• Fixed a bug that prevented SkyWars from initializing properly

2022-11-01

Server

• Added a /version command that allows players to see the server's version, commit date, and uptime

2022-10-28

Server

• Added cosmetics to Infinijump
• Added coin awards to Infinijump
• Fixed glowing effect on Infinijump 3x3 platforms

2022-10-23

Server

• Add options to replay or return to the Lobby after completing Infinijump

2022-10-08

Server

• Added a rainbow Lobby hat
• Converted text in cosmetic items into a translatable format

2022-10-07

Server

• Fixed an issue that prevented BedWars from initializing properly

2022-10-01

Server

• Added lobby hats

2022-09-30

Server

• Added Skyfall
• Fixed Lobby leaderboard map rendering with longer usernames
• Added FastFall cosmetics

2022-09-29

Server

• Added menus for cosmetics and some working cosmetics

2022-09-27

Server

• Added GUIs for map selection, game information, and random game
• Added ender pearls and golden apples to the BedWars shop
• Added projectile sounds and ender pearl support

2022-09-24

Server

• Greatly reduce the number of unnecessary packets sent by leaderboard displays
• Made the player teleport to spawn if they are already in the lobby while typing /lobby

2022-09-23

Server

• Added lobby parkour
• Added hotbar buttons to teleport to a checkpoint and to reset the parkour course
• Fixed bugs relating to double jumping in the lobby

2022-09-20

Server

• Added a combat area in the Lobby

2022-09-19

Server

• Added a notification message and sound when the player gets a new record time in FastFall
• Added a boss bar display to the lobby

2022-09-16

Server

• Eliminated an unnecessary delay of up to 2 seconds when creating a new game

2022-09-12

Server

• Changed player data loading to before players are able to complete the login phase
• Fixed many stability and concurrency issues with the login process

2022-09-05

Server

• Fixed bow placement in the BedWars shop
• Added ViaVersion support to allow newer clients to connect

2022-09-04

Server

• Added projectiles to BedWars shop
• Added fireball projectiles

2022-09-03

Server

• Added bow/arrow, snowball, and egg projectile support
• Improved Infinijump sounds
• Removed Infinijump game start countdown
• Changed Infinijump blocks so they reappear when the player dies
• Randomized SkyWars loot item positions and fixed a few SkyWars bugs

2022-09-02

Server

• Improved the stability of the queue and party systems
• Make lobby compass clickable in the player inventory
• Made item names and descriptions, action bars, titles, holograms, and menu names translatable
• Added a jukebox to the lobby with all the standard Minecraft music discs
• Made Infinijump dark
• Improved Infinijump failed jump detection
• Fixed an issue with FastFall statistics

2022-09-01

Server

• Fixed fall damage applying when it was not supposed to
• Added a leaderboard browser
• Added a few new statistics for FastFall and Infinijump

2022-08-31

Server

• Added statistics to all games
• Added a basic leaderboard layout and dummy leaderboard with automatic text sizing

2022-08-30

Server

• Started work on Lobby leaderboard displays
• Added /leaderboard command for viewing the top-ranked players for any tracked statistic

2022-08-28

Server

• Fixed Infinijump blocks not appearing ahead of the player after the game starts
• Resolved issues relating to fall damage
• Added firework win effect

2022-08-27

Server

• Fixed an issue preventing players from running certain subcommands of /party
• Fixed purchasing items in BedWars shop
• Fixed the /list command with more than 2 players in one instance

2022-08-25

Server

• Added themes to FastFall
• Added a "<player> is in the lead!" alert in FastFall
• Added a glowing effect to the lead player in FastFall
• Fixed an issue when there were multiple FastFall spawnpoints
• Added a /list command for viewing the players in a player's current game

2022-08-23

Server

• Added /msg and /party list commands
• Fixed FastFall only creating one block ahead
• Decreased the waiting period between falling and the game ending in Infinijump

2022-08-18

Server

• Added ArenaPvP

2022-08-17

Server

• Fixed MOTD centering on an invalid client version

2022-08-09

Server

• Added a few items to SkyWars loot
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to swap items into their offhand when not allowed to move items in their inventory
• Started work on making the server easily translatable into other languages

2022-08-08

Server

• Added block breaking animation to the entire platform in Infinijump
• Increased average Infinijump jump distance

2022-08-07

Server

• Replaced slime blocks with platforms in Infinijump
• Fixed the downward trend of parkour jumps in Infinijump
• Nerfed the Fast Feet BedWars upgrade
• Added PvPMaster

2022-08-06

Server

• Added a compass to player hotbars in the Lobby

2022-08-04

Server

• Fixed the total player count in server list pings
• Fixed a bug where players were queued twice
• Improved Infinijump block collision detection
• Reduced Infinijump countdown timer to 3 seconds

2022-07-31

Server

• Added Infinijump
• Fixed an issue with spectator invisibility where spectators could be seen as floating heads

2022-07-25

Server

• Implemented various formatting changes
• Added rank prefixes and colors

2022-07-24

Server

• Added a game selector
• Added lobby NPCs and random game support

2022-07-23

Server

• Added custom death messages for all games
• Added /ping command which tells a player their current (approximate) connection latency
• Added golden apples and regeneration and absorption potion effects
• Fixed an issue allowing friendly fire in Infection
• Fixed an issue allowing spectators to pick up items in the world
• Nerfed the Fast Feet BedWars team upgrade
• Added a sidebar to Infection

2022-07-21

Server

• Fixed smooth (non-rotating) teleportation in CountdownModule
• Added Infection
• Added a database-backed punishment system
• Fixed a few minor bugs

2022-07-20

Server

• Added smooth teleportation in CountdownModule that does not reset head position
• Fixed an issue where leaving and rejoining during the countdown would not restart the countdown
• Nerfed the Fast Feet BedWars team upgrade
• Fixed an issue that allowed spectators to open the BedWars shop
• Added per-instance tablist and chat
• Fixed an issue where players would join the lobby before being sent to their desired game

2022-07-19

Server

• FastFall improvements and bug fixes

2022-07-18

Server

• Added FastFall

2022-07-17

Server

• Fixed a few minor bugs

2022-07-16

Server

• Fixed various issues in BedWars and SkyWars
• Fixed a bug where players' attributes would not reset after they died
• Nerf the Fast Feet BedWars team upgrade
• Randomized the order that spawn points were used

2022-07-15

Server

• Added a server icon
• Added SkyWars
• Fixed single chests and added proper chest animations and sounds
• Implemented elytra fall damage mechanic
• Changed the behavior of double jumps in the Lobby

2022-07-13

Server

• Added double jumping in the Lobby
• Fixed various BedWars bugs
• Added a player XP system
• Added /party accept, warp, and transfer subcommands
• Fixed item drop velocity and pickup delay
• Fixed many other minor issues

2022-07-12

Server

• Added a /party command
• Fixed bugs with the queue system and with NPCs

2022-07-11

Server

• Added passive healing to BedWars
• Modified BedWars kit balancing
• Added an experimental new queue system

2022-07-10

Server

• Fixed item damage/durability and armor resistance
• Fixed dropping items on the ground
• Added more items to the BedWars shop
• Fixed bugs with BedWars NPCs not displaying properly

2022-07-09

Server

• Fixes and improvements for BedWars
• Added a system for scoreboards
• Added a custom chat format
• Created a /join command that allows players to join games without using menus
• Implemented armor damage reduction and sword damage bonuses (using 1.9+ values)

2022-07-08

Server

• Revamped command system and added a few commands

2022-07-06

Server

• Added a lobby and a temporary queue system

2022-07-04

Server

• Added loading of spawn points from a Mongo database

2022-07-03

Server

• Bug fixes and misc. improvements

2022-07-02

Server

• Added a system for loot chests

2022-07-01

Server

• Added team functionality with custom prefixes and name colors for each team
• NPC improvements
• Added a system for creating menus

2022-06-30

Server

• Started work on 1.8-style combat
• Added a countdown system for minigames
• Added instant respawns
• Added basic spectating logic

2022-06-27

Server

• The current iteration of BlueDragon was born!