AdvancedBan 2.3.0

In this version, there have been major structural changes to AdvancedBan's codebase.
So if you are using some other plugins that rely on the AdvnacedBan API there is a good chance that they might stop working until they get updated to the new API version.

[~] AdvancedBan got split into multiple Maven projects
[+] Offline permission support for Bungeecord through LuckPerms
[+] Support for CloudNet
[~] Leaving a message empty ("") in the message file will now stop the plugin from sending that...

[!] Hotfix for automatic update of Message.yml

The old version-update missed two spaces (" ") at UnNote>Clear>Empty and UnNote>Clear>Done causing an message error for some servers

[+] Note System (/note, /notes, /unnote | Similar to warns but no receiving-notification and no effect)
[+] Advanced Tab Completion for all commands (e.g. suggestion of available Message-Layouts)
[~] Fixes for /change-reason command

Note: Once you have added you first note to a player (/note) you won't be able to downgrade to an older version again

[~] Fixed compatibility issues with other plugins rated to SQL Storage
[~] Fixed mute commands triggering false positives
[+] Add config option to toggle commands behavior
[+] Add config option for MySQL connection parameters
[~] Fixed warn action issue
[~] Fixed change reason command
[~] Fixed more minor bugs

[+] Connection pooling for MySQL and HSQLDB with HikariCP
[+] Added Vault support so that exempt permissions also work when a player is offline
[~] MySQL Data can now be directly entered in the config.yml
[~] Fixed caching issues with /unpunish and /unwarn
[~] Some minor fixes

Required action: none

Note: The following setting is now available in the config.yml (will be true for old configs)

Code (YAML):

# Whether to disallow connections to the server when there is an error
#...

[+] (Re)introduced /systemprefs & /tempipban command
[~] Enforced UTF-8 for all config files. You can now use UTF-8 symbols without escaping them \^O^/
[~] Fixed /unpunish command
[~] Fixed /warns command
[~] Fixed IP Ban being displayed as a normal ban.
[~] Fixed reasoned layouts
[~] Fixed time calculation (Time Layouts)
[~] Patched small displaying issues

Required action: none

Note: An WarningsOwn: section got added to the [FONT=Courier...

[+] /check now shows whether the player's data is currently cached
[~] Fixed message for /unpunish
[~] Fixed permissions for /warns
[~] Fixed issue with using Time or Message Layouts in v2.1.6
[~] Stacktraces of errors will now be written to the advancedban log files for easier debugging
[~] AdvancedBan won't check users that have already been denied access by other plugins (Prevents server crash during bot attacks)

Required action: none

Recommended action:
Replace the...

[~] Rewrote complete command system and other major parts of the Plugin
[~] Fixed 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds issue (now displays 24 hours)
[+] Layered exempt permissions (see below)
[~] Changed notify permissions from ab.TYPE.notify to ab.notify.TYPE so you can do ab.notify.*
[~] Small bug fixes

[*] AdvancedBan is now reliably available as a Maven dependency
[*] Added JavaDocs (can be found only)
[*] Improved CI for easier and faster development/contribution

Layered exempt...

Important / Most requested:
[+] UTF-8 Support for MySQL
[+] Added capitalization for player names while on the server
[+] Added an option in the config to disable prefix
[+] Enhanced compatibility with other Plugins
[~] Fixed Bungeecord-Tab-Exploit
[~] Major bugfixes

Other Changes:
[+] Compatibility with vanilla-bans
[+] Bungee-Messaging-Channel can be used for Punishments
[+] Added a more colorful startup and shutdown message :>
[+] Now you can use /check "id" to check by...

[+] Log system for debugging
[+] Added variables %DD%, %HH%, %MM% and %SS% for punish messages
[+] Layouts can now have reasons
[~] Major bugfixes