zEssentials - Best Essentials/CMI/SunLight Alternative !

- **zEssentials now loads as a Paper plugin** (paper-plugin.yml): - Dependencies are declared through Paper's dependencies.server system (zMenu and PlaceholderAPI required, every hook optional) with explicit classpath access - The MariaDB JDBC driver is now downloaded by a Paper plugin loader (ZEssentialsPluginLoader) instead of the libraries section; the PAPER\_DEFAULT\_CENTRAL\_REPOSITORY mirror is honored - **Spigot fallback**: on Spigot the plugin stays inactive (no commands, modules or API) and logs a warning; players with zessentials.paper.warning (default op) are told on join…

• New configuration option: enable the "First join teleport" in the config.yml file; it is now disabled by default.
• Added Faststats https://faststats.dev/project/zessentials/.
• Changed method signature in the configuration interface.
• Fixed MySQL error on create user home tables.
• Fixed Teleport world command permission.

- Added **text mails** to the mailbox module, to send a message to a player who is not connected (modules/mailbox/config.yml): - /mail send <player> <message> works with an online or offline player, /mail read displays the received mails and marks them as read, /mail clearmessages \[player\] deletes them and /mail sendall <message> sends a mail to every online player - A player who connects with unread mails is notified with a clickable message (message-notify-on-join, message-notify-delay) - Configurable limits: message-max-amount per player, message-max-length,…

Added player list placeholders for retrieving online player information by index (1-based, sorted alphabetically, excludes vanished players): - %zessentials\_playerlist\_count% Returns the number of visible online players (excludes vanished) - %zessentials\_playerlist\_<index>\_name% Returns the player's name at the given index - %zessentials\_playerlist\_<index>\_uuid% Returns the player's UUID at the given index - %zessentials\_playerlist\_<index>\_ping% Returns the player's ping in milliseconds - %zessentials\_playerlist\_<index>\_colored\_ping% Returns the…

- Updated zMenu to version 1.1.1.2 - Updated Sarah to version 1.23 - Added generic Bukkit event-based permission checker for WorldEdit module — blocks in protected claims (HuskClaims, GriefPrevention, Lands, Towny, etc.) are now automatically skipped without needing a specific hook [\#237](https://github.com/Maxlego08/zEssentials/issues/237) - Added configurable sounds for teleportation countdown and completion (countdown-sound and complete-sound in modules/teleportation/config.yml), supports custom sounds via the zMenu XSound API - Added warp lookup cache with O(1) HashMap for improved…