1.1.0

🐝 MoreBees v1.1.0 – Enhanced Item Configs & Developer Support

Improving flexibility, item customization, and developer integration

✨ Features

📦 Extended Bee Product Configuration

• Reworked the product field in bee definitions: /!\ BREAK OLD CONFIG backup your configs and recreate it

  • Now supports multiple product types:

    • additional: main block/item (e.g., ores)
    • honey: custom honeycomb with display name and lore
    • honey-block: custom honey block with metadata

  • Improved clarity and extensibility for resource-producing bees

DOCUMENTATION EXPOSITION

🧰 New Configurable Bee Tools

• Added YAML configuration for:

  • Bee Jar: Now fully customizable (material, name, lore, placeholder support)

  • Bee Box: Same as above, includes %bees% placeholder for live content

  • Beehive Lore: Dynamic lore lines for in-world hives with placeholders:

    • %max-bees%, %production-multiplier%, %produce-blocks%, etc.

🧾 ItemStackWrapper Support

• Introduced new ItemStackWrapper configuration format:

  • Define any item with material, name, lore, and model-id
  • Enables easy integration with other plugins (via custom IDs or textures)
  • Internal placeholder support for dynamic display

🛠️ Upgrade Item Lore

• upgrades.yml items now support lore with meaningful placeholders:

  • %max-bees%, %production-multiplier%, %produce-blocks%
  • Enhances user feedback in-game when using upgrade items

🔧 Build & API Improvements

• Reintroduced maven-publish in the API module for:

  • Cleaner developer workflows
  • Easier integration into external plugin projects
  • Structured build.gradle for future publishing and maintenance

Full Changelog: 1.0.0...1.1.0

1.0.0

🐝 MoreBees v1.0.0 - Initial Release

A powerful and modular bee expansion plugin for Minecraft 1.21+ servers

✨ Features

🐝 Custom Bee Types

• Added support for multiple custom bees: Redstone, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Iron, and more.

• Each bee has:

  • Unique food and flower preferences
  • Custom model support (via ModelEngine)
  • Specific resource production (e.g., ores, items)

• Implemented cross-breeding system between bee types

• Introduced mutation mechanics triggered by environmental blocks

🏠 Advanced Beehive System

• Beehives can be upgraded through 3 levels:

  • Increased bee capacity
  • Boosted production rates
  • Custom block production toggle

• Upgrades are visually displayed as floating 3D items

• Each beehive tracks its own bees and resources

• Honey auto-converts into items/blocks when full

🛠️ Bee Management Tools

• Bee Jar: Capture and carry one bee
• Bee Box: Store up to 10 bees in one portable item
• Simple right-click and sneak+right-click release mechanics

🔧 Configuration System

• Fully configurable via YAML:

  • config.yml: General settings, bee definitions
  • breeds.yml: Breeding and mutation rules
  • upgrades.yml: Upgrade tiers and associated items

🎮 Commands & Permissions

• /morebees base command with subcommands:

  • egg, spawn, honey, tool, upgrade, reload

• Multiple aliases: /mb, /bees, /bee

📘 RecipesAPI Integration

• All custom crafting handled via RecipesAPI:

  • Define recipes in YAML or Java
  • Advanced validation and custom item support

🚀 Performance & AI Improvements

• Implemented optimized spiral search algorithm:

  • 10x faster than vanilla cube scan
  • Early termination when target is found
  • Server-friendly for large bee populations

🎨 ModelEngine Support

• Full compatibility with ModelEngine:

  • Custom 3D animated models for bees
  • Scaled models for baby bees
  • Flying animation support

🛠️ Developer API

• Public API to:

  • Spawn bees
  • Get bee types from entities
  • Integrate with bee management systems

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Traqueur-dev/MoreBees/commits/1.0.0