MatchboxPlugin

Matchbox 0.9.6 - Nick System, Sign Mode, Skin & Stability

Nick System

Players can now compete under custom nicknames that activate when a game starts and are removed the moment it ends. Nicks are session-scoped, unique per session, and persist as a preference across restarts.

• /mb nick <name> - set a nick (3-16 chars, letters/numbers/_/-)
• /mb nick random - generate a realistic-looking random username
• /mb nick reset - remove your nick
• Admins (matchbox.admin) can set, randomise, or reset any player's nick
• Action bar reminder shows your active nick while outside a game

Sign Mode

When sign-mode.enabled: true, players communicate by placing signs during the swipe phase instead of typing in chat. Each player receives a sign kit at swipe start; all placed signs are automatically cleaned up when discussion begins or the game ends. Normal chat is suppressed while sign mode is active.

Skin & Visual Changes

• Skin rendering upgraded to use ProtocolLib player-info packet rewrites for more consistent updates across clients
• Steve fallback improved - all players receive a consistent classic Steve skin when lookups fail (offline mode or API unavailable)
• Paper compatibility raised to 1.21.11

Bug Fixes

• Eliminated players no longer appear in game chat (cache was not cleared on death)
• Arrow tracking is now per-session - a round reset no longer affects players in other concurrent sessions
• Players with failed state backups are now excluded from the game entirely rather than being left in a broken state
• Win screen now correctly shows the Spark's display name instead of their UUID on disconnect
• Delusion decay timer is now cancelled on session end
• Random skin preloading no longer silently fails on malformed UUIDs
• Hologram cleanup is safe during plugin shutdown - no new scheduler tasks are created while disabling
• Session player limit fixed - min/max validation now accepts the full 2-20 range
• Default config spawn world corrected from m4tchb0x typo to m4tchbox