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What's New

• Full Combat UX redesign for a cleaner and more modern experience
  
  
• New join notices for Java and Bedrock players
  
  
• New combat actionbar cues during PvP
  
  
• Optional TAB suffix support for Bedrock/Java visibility
  
  
• Added a full custom kill message system
  
  
• Added kill message GUI, ownership, equipping, previewing, and rentals
  
  
• Added admin tools for kill message management
  
  
• Improved latest Paper compatibility
  
  
• Added more graceful handling when optional integrations are missing
  

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New Features

Combat UX

• Configurable join notice system
  
  
• Configurable join display surface:
  • actionbar
  • chat
  • title
  
  
• Configurable PvP cue modes:
  • first-hit
  • target-switch
  • cooldown
  
  
• Configurable Java/Bedrock suffixes
  
  
• Unified ux.* config layout with documented settings
  

Kill Messages

Player Commands

• /killmsg
  
  
• /killmsg preview
  
  
• /killmsg equip
  
  
• /killmsg unequip
  
  
• /killmsg list
  

Admin Commands

• /kmadmin reload
  
  
• /kmadmin give [rental_days]
  
  
• /kmadmin giveall
  

Kill Message System Includes

• Category-based kill messages
  
  
• Free or paid unlocks
  
  
• 7-day rentals
  
  
• 30-day rentals
  
  
• Active/equipped message selection
  
  
• Per-player ownership storage
  
  
• Placeholder support:
  • %killer%
  • %victim%
  • %weapon%
  • %killer_platform%
  • %world%
  

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Improvements

• Legacy configs now migrate better into the new UX format
  
  
• Bedrock and Java welcome migration now behave consistently
  
  
• Kill message storage cleanup is safer
  
  
• Vault economy lookup is safer
  
  
• Kill message list handling is null-safe
  
  
• kmadmin now has permission metadata
  
  
• Kill message GUI now properly supports:
  • Preview
  • Permanent purchase
  • 7-day rental
  • 30-day rental
  

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Compatibility

• Updated for newer Paper builds
  
  
• Plugin now degrades more gracefully when some integrations are unavailable
  

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Optional Integrations

• TAB
  
  
• Vault
  

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Notes

• If Vault is not installed, paid kill-message purchases fall back to free cosmetic unlocks
  
  
• If TAB is not installed, suffix features are skipped
  
  
• Full Bedrock combat behavior still depends on your installed Geyser / OldCombatMechanics stack being compatible with your server version