ChunkVeil 0.3.0

What's new

• MC 26.x support — ChunkVeil now fully supports Paper 26.x (tested on 26.1.2). A protocol format change in 26.x caused startup failures and chunk packet crashes. Both are fixed.
• Universal jar — Single jar for both 1.21.x and 26.x. ChunkVeil detects the server version at runtime automatically — no need to pick the right file.

Supported versions

• Paper 1.21.x (tested on 1.21.11)
• Paper 26.x (tested on 26.1.2)
• Java 21
• ProtocolLib compatible with your server version

ChunkVeil 0.2.3

This update improves admin diagnostics, performance tuning, packet protection, and fail-closed safety.

• Added /chunkveil compat - Shows Minecraft, Paper, Java, ProtocolLib, raw chunk rewrite status, runtime state, enabled worlds, and warnings.
• Added /chunkveil inspect <player> - Shows player-specific ChunkVeil state such as world, bypass status, view distance, visible chunks, queued chunks, hidden entities, last scan age, and current chunk state.
• Added /chunkveil report - Creates a diagnostic report file for troubleshooting.
• Added /chunkveil predict - Estimates performance from live timing samples.
• Improved /chunkveil status - Clearer grouped output with runtime, compatibility, counters, queues, and timing metrics.
• Added config validation - Warns about missing worlds, risky fake blocks, expensive scan settings, no enabled worlds, and other common setup issues.
• Added performance budgets - Chunk update budgets and entity scan limits are now configurable.
• Added optional adaptive scan quality - Can reduce reveal ray counts below a configured TPS threshold.
• Improved fail-closed behavior - ChunkVeil refuses unsafe fallback behavior when raw chunk rewriting is unavailable or breaks at runtime.
• Improved packet protection - Added counters and handling for hidden explosions, world events, block break animations, and positional sounds.
• Fixed partial hidden section handling - Non-16-aligned hide-below-y values are now handled more safely in chunk packets.
• Improved documentation - Updated Spigot and Modrinth descriptions plus new Spigot documentation text.

Important: ProtocolLib compatibility matters. Use a ProtocolLib build compatible with your exact Paper/Minecraft version.

Full release:
https://github.com/DeKaeyman/ChunkVeil/releases/tag/v0.2.3

This release has separate builds per Paper version.

Download the correct jar from GitHub:
https://github.com/DeKaeyman/ChunkVeil/releases/tag/v0.2.2

Use:
- paper-1.21 for Paper 1.21.x
- paper-26.1 for Paper 26.1.x

First stable release.

- Removed the beta version suffix.
- Optimized view reveal scanning for better performance.
- Added new config options for front, side, and back reveal rays.
- Officially focused on Paper 1.21.11 with ProtocolLib.