SIR

Massive modernization update that rebuilds SIR from the Legacy 1.7.0 branch into the new 2.0.0 modular architecture.

Recommended: Back up your full server and plugin data before upgrading.

Added

• Added the new Modern SIR 2.0.0 branch as a full Gradle multi-project rewrite with dedicated core, plugin, module/*, and command/* components.
• Added 13 standalone modules: advancements, announcements, channels, cooldowns, discord, emojis, join-quit, login, mentions, moderation, motd, tags, and vanish.
• Added 8 standalone command providers: clear-chat, color, ignore, message, mute, nick, print, and settings.
• Added dedicated command families for /announce, /chat-view, /clear-chat, /chat-color, /ignore, /message, /reply, /mute, /tempmute, /unmute, /check-mute, /nick, /print, and /chat-settings.
• Added /sir commands and /sir migrate <SIR/Essentials> to the main admin workflow.
• Added GUI-based module and command-provider management on supported server versions.
• Added persistent modules/states.yml and commands/states.yml handling, including per-command override states.
• Added normalized users/ storage for ignore data, mute data, chat-view data, chat-color data, and nick data.
• Added automatic backup creation under back-ups/ during migration routines.
• Added built-in migration support for Legacy SIR data.
• Added built-in migration support for Essentials / EssentialsX data, including joins/quits, MOTD, chat formatting, nicknames, language mappings, and command-state imports.
• Added a dedicated nick provider so players and staff can manage nicknames directly from SIR.
• Added a dedicated chat-settings provider for player-side communication preferences and toggleable chat behavior.
• Added Channels v2 with clearer access, audience, style, and logging sections, plus support for converting legacy or hybrid channel layouts.
• Added a far more granular moderation setup with dedicated caps.yml, format.yml, links.yml, and swearing.yml.
• Added branch-aware documentation for modules, command providers, configuration layout, integrations, and migration.

Changed

• Reworked SIR from the old single-project Maven build into a maintained Gradle multi-project architecture.
• Reworked the runtime layout from the old plugins/SIR/resources/... tree into dedicated users/, modules/, commands/, and back-ups/ folders.
• Split the old resources/modules/chat/ umbrella into independent channels, cooldowns, emojis, mentions, moderation, and tags modules.
• Split the old resources/modules/hook/ umbrella into dedicated discord, login, and vanish modules.
• Reworked command handling from one umbrella resources/commands/commands.yml model into per-provider commands.yml and lang.yml files, with optional data.yml, menu.yml, and settings.yml where needed.
• Reworked /sir administration around modules, commands, reload, about, help, support, and migrate.
• Updated the announcement system so command metadata and language now live directly with the announcements module.
• Updated moderation from one large moderation.yml file into separated rule lanes that are easier to audit, maintain, and disable independently.
• Updated user-data persistence so command providers handle interaction flow while user state is stored in normalized files.
• Updated command and permission naming across the modern branch to follow a cleaner provider-based structure.
• Updated legacy command mappings, including sir.clearchat -> sir.clear-chat, sir.chatcolor -> sir.color, sir.mute.perm -> sir.mute, sir.mute.temp -> sir.temp-mute, and sir.checkmute -> sir.check-mute.
• Updated the legacy /announcer flow into the modern /announce family while preserving familiar aliases.
• Updated the internal project namespace from me.croabeast.sir to com.bitaspire.sir as part of the BitAspire modernization pass.

Fixed

• Fixed one of Legacy's biggest upgrade pain points by adding automatic migration for old SIR user data, shared files, module configs, module states, and command states.
• Fixed migration friction for Essentials / EssentialsX-based setups by importing supported nick, join/quit, MOTD, chat, mute, ignore, and command-related data into SIR's new structure.
• Fixed state-management ambiguity by separating module state, command state, and user data into dedicated modern files instead of mixing everything under the old resources/ tree.
• Fixed several long-standing maintenance pain points caused by broad mixed folders by giving chat systems, hooks, moderation rules, and command families their own isolated units.

Notes / Recommendations

• Recommended: back up your full server and plugin data before upgrading from any Legacy SIR setup.
• Do not copy old resources/ folders directly into 2.0.0; use the new layout or run /sir migrate SIR.
• Review all permission nodes before going live, especially if your staff groups still use legacy names.
• sir.admin.update from Legacy does not carry over to the modern plugin.yml permission tree.
• After migration, verify users/, modules/, commands/, and back-ups/ before opening the server to players.
• If you are migrating from Essentials / EssentialsX, use /sir migrate Essentials.
• Modern SIR 2.0.0 is the recommended branch for new installs; Legacy should only remain on servers that still depend on the old runtime tree and permission model.