v4Guard Plugin Connector v2.0.0

What's Changed

• Complete codebase rewrite: Thanks to the dedicated efforts of @f4n74z14, the entire codebase has received an important rewrite. This major revision has significantly improved the overall quality of the code.
• Some additional checks have been added: New checks have been incorporated to enhance the plugin's capabilities.
• Added bedrock support: A notable addition to this release is the introduction of support for bedrock players. Now, the plugin can effectively detect and mitigate malicious players accessing from bedrock clients, some known issues with bedrock clients were known.
• Improved cache system: The cache system has been refined and improved, contributing to better performance and efficiency.
• General bug-fixes: Several bugs have been addressed and resolved, leading to a more stable version.

Contributors

• @f4n74z14 has made its first contribution in #25. We really appreciate your work!
• @zHackeed has also contributed to fine-tuning the final details of this release. Appreciated!

Full Changelog

For a detailed list of changes, please refer to: v1.1.4c...v2.0.0

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.4c

What's Changed

• Cleanup: Code reorganization
• Fix: Changes in event priorities + missing line from last commit
• Fix: Reject check if the player is already logged in

Full Changelog: v1.1.4b...v1.1.4c

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.4b

What's Changed

• fix: incorrect imports by @samfces in #22
• perf: cache player after sending client brand to backend && fixes by @zHackeed in #23
• Fix CME when listening to Minecraft client branding by @eugeniodevv in #24

New Contributors

• @zHackeed made their first contribution in #23
• @eugeniodevv made their first contribution in #24

Full Changelog: v1.1.4...v1.1.4b

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.4

This release adds new privacy options and new ways of detecting fraudulent clients. In addition to this, support for Spigot has been definitely removed.

Changes

• Added a new privacy option to anonymize subdomains.
• Spigot support has been dropped.
• Client brands can now be collected from the client (with option to disable it).
• Added a permission to activate/deactivate account shield detection.
• Small optimizations and tweaks have been made in the code. Thanks to @xism4 and @f4n74z14
• [HOTFIX] Incorrect imports solved.
• [HOTFIX 03/01/2023] Fixed a bug where players who are already logged in were kicked.
• [HOTFIX 21/01/2023] Several MC Brand fixes and cleanups had been made.

What's Changed

• Reduce redundancy & improve verification in #18
• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.4 in #21

Full Changelog: v1.1.3c...v1.1.4

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.3c

In this release small bugs have been eliminated and, in addition, support for a new feature has been included.

Additions

• Added support for v4Guard Account Shield.

Changes

• Fixed an issue related to the JSON document parsing.
• Removed innecesary data from location packet.

What's Changed

• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.3c in #17

Full Changelog: v1.1.3b...v1.1.3c

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.3b

his minor release adds support for the new protection feature: v4Guard Account Shield.

Additions

• Added support for v4Guard Accound Shield

What's Changed

• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.3b in #14 and #15

Full Changelog: v1.1.3...v1.1.3b

v4Guard Plugin Connector v1.1.3

In this release some inconsistencies in the code are improved and some parts of the code are cleaned up. In addition, new information packets have been added.

Additions

• A cache clearing packet has been added.
• Added a new localization packet
• Added an option to send custom kick messages
• The plugin is now checked for integrity

Changes

• Obsolete code has been removed and some code improvements have been made. Thanks to @xism4
• Improved IP check task code

What's Changed

• Improve inconsistencies and avoid deprecated methods in #12
• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.3 in #13

New Contributors

• @xism4 made their first contribution in #12

Full Changelog: v1.1.2...v1.1.3

v4Guard Plugin v1.1.2b

This release fixes an internal exception and also adds extra information to the checks to improve VPN detection.

Information to consider.

1: Instances that are connected using an outdated plugin will no longer be supported and, therefore, will no longer be able to perform protection checks to our backend one week after each major release.
2: This is not a major release. Support will not be discontinued until version 1.1.3.

Additions

• Virtual Host information has been added to the checks to improve detection.

Fixes

• Fixed an internal exception that occurred when making checks before the plugin authentication was finished.

What's Changed

• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.2b by #11

Full Changelog: v1.1.2...v1.1.2b

v4Guard Plugin v1.1.2

In this release, several internal fixes have been made and several messaging features have been added.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Instances that are connected using an outdated plugin will no longer be supported and, therefore, will no longer be able to perform protection checks to our backend one week after each release.

Additions

• Added a listener to send messages to the console.
• We have implemented a new listener to send messages to a specific player.
• A listener has been created to kick certain players with a reason.
• The authentication message is now repeated every minute if the instance has not been authenticated.

Changes

• Specified a default wait response value in case the backend does not return a certain value.
• Plugin now skips errors when it fails to connect to bStats.

What's Changed

• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.1c in #9
• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.2 in #10

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.1.2

v4Guard Plugin v1.1.1b

IPSet handling is disabled in this release in view of future improvements and implementations.

Changes

• IPSet manipulation has been disabled.

What's Changed

• v4Guard Plugin v1.1.1b in #8

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.1.1b