Changelog

2.4.2-beta

• groups.yml prefix/suffix values can now lead with arbitrary text -- including a PlaceholderAPI placeholder -- before an anim:<name> reference, e.g. "%tick_linked%anim:sovereign". Previously a groups.yml value went straight to MistTags' own animation renderer, which only understands its own anim:<name> syntax and never touched PlaceholderAPI at all, so a placeholder (a Discord-link checkmark, anything) baked into a group's tag had no path to resolve -- unlike the plain-LuckPerms-prefix fallback fixed in 2.4.1-beta, which is a completely different code path.

2.4.1-beta

• Fixed %misttags_display_prefix%/%misttags_display_suffix% not resolving a placeholder embedded inside the raw LuckPerms prefix/suffix meta (e.g. %tick_linked%OWNER, a Discord-link checkmark placeholder typed directly into a rank's prefix) when falling back to plain LuckPerms. PlaceholderAPI.setPlaceholders() only resolves the literal %luckperms_prefix% placeholder itself in one pass; it doesn't re-scan the raw meta text that comes back as the answer, so anything nested inside that raw text stayed unresolved. TAB masks this by re-resolving nested placeholders itself when building tablist/nametag text; a plugin taking the smart placeholder at face value for a single PAPI pass (most chat formatters) does not. The fallback now runs the result through a second PlaceholderAPI pass to catch that case.

2.4.0-beta

• Added groups.yml: per-LuckPerms-group default prefixes/suffixes, resolved by MistTags itself (including anim:<name> animation references) instead of left as raw placeholder text. Fixes animated group tags showing up as literal unresolved placeholder syntax (e.g. %animation:<name>%) in chat, staff-chat, or any other plugin that does a single PlaceholderAPI pass -- they only ever rendered correctly in TAB's own tablist/nametag output, which re-parses TAB's animation syntax itself.
• %misttags_display_prefix%/%misttags_display_suffix% now check groups.yml before falling back to the raw %luckperms_prefix%/%luckperms_suffix% passthrough.
• Fixed /mt addprefix//mt addsuffix tags not reliably overriding other chat-formatting plugins: ChatListener now runs at HIGHEST priority instead of the default, so an active MistTags tag wins the chat format instead of racing whichever plugin's listener happened to run last.
• Corrected the LuckPerms/TAB integration docs, which previously recommended pasting %animation:<name>% directly into a LuckPerms prefix meta value -- that only works for TAB's own rendering and silently breaks chat. Docs now recommend groups.yml for that use case.

2.3.4-beta

• Fixed broad staff permissions so misttags.manage, misttags.admin, and misttags.* work across commands, tab completion, and the manage GUI.
• Added misttags.admin and misttags.* permission declarations.
• Added or_none placeholders for scoreboards/menus so TAB nametags can stay empty while sidebars show red None.
• Added docs for using TAB animation placeholders, such as %animation:sovereign%, through LuckPerms fallback prefixes.

2.3.3-beta

• Added the Paper Dialog animation picker after staff edit a prefix or suffix.
• Made every animation preset in the docs use {text} so copied examples work as templates.
• Updated version metadata for the next beta build.
• Kept public release naming focused on MistTags for Modrinth compliance.

2.3.2-beta

• Added template animation support using {text} in animations.yml frames.
• Added command syntax such as /mt addprefix MistDig 1m anim:gradient_chroma VIP.
• Added default gradient_chroma template animation.

2.3.1-beta

• Fixed /mt help and tab completion so players only see commands they have permission to use.
• Fixed standalone command tab completion so self-service players only see their own name.

2.3-beta

• Added Paper Dialog UI support for /mt check <player> on supported Paper/26.x servers.
• Added dialog editing with separate tag and duration inputs.
• Added Back buttons for time dialogs.
• Added commands.yml for custom command aliases that route to the same MistTags actions.
• Switched normal game storage to SQLite by default and stopped writing data.yml.
• Added display-only spacing so prefixes do not merge into names and suffixes do not attach to names.
• Improved clickable /mt list rows and Adventure color handling.
• Fixed preview cleanup to last 5 seconds and clear reliably.
• Added safer scheduler cancellation for Paper/Folia task handles.

2.2-beta

• Added /mt check <player> staff manage menu.
• Made /mt list show rendered colored prefixes/suffixes instead of raw MiniMessage.
• Made /mt list rows clickable for players, opening the manage menu.
• Added manage buttons for delete, edit-command suggestion, and time-left checks.
• Fixed /mt preview to last 5 seconds.
• Updated plugin website metadata to the MistTags docs site.
• Added default-message fallback so new messages still work on old msg.yml files.

2.1.2-beta

• Added plugin description, website, and author metadata so /version MistTags shows useful in-game information.

2.1.1-beta

• Fixed legacy color handling by using safe Unicode escapes for section-color conversion.
• Fixed the default rainbow animation's purple frame to use valid MiniMessage color syntax.
• Kept TAB/LPC smart-placeholder auto setup from 2.1-beta.

2.1-beta

• Initial public beta release.
• Added temporary and permanent prefixes/suffixes.
• Added /mt list, /mt stats, /mt preview, and /mt reload.
• Added PlaceholderAPI placeholders, editable msg.yml, animations, YAML/database storage, and TAB/LPC smart integration.