Spigot 1.4.5-R1.0-x

The long awaited CraftBukkit recommended build is upon us, along with a swathe of other new announcements which I suggest you check over at the Bukkit forums.

The big points in this commit, especially for Spigot are:

• Asynchronous chunk loading -> reduce toll chunk loading has on the server
• Optimized tick loop -> perfect for GSPs, reduces idle load to nearly 0%
• Nerfing of maps in item frames -> Only update once on chunk load, causes huge TPS increases
• Chunk garbage collector -> remove chunks which have been left around for some reason, ensures RAM usage is consistent.

You can checkout the full Bukkit changelog here http://dl.bukkit.org/downloads/craftbukkit/view/01707_1.4.5-R1.0/

Important: As of this release, Spigot will be moving to a new patch based system. This means we can easily keep track of changes we apply to the source code, allowing for easy tracking of bugs, and ensuring a more stable server by only using select CraftBukkit commits. We will likely still have a branch with bleeding edge CraftBukkit commits for those of you who want it. Early 1.4.6 builds will still be applied with the old system.

Special thanks to ammar2 who was the driving force in implementing async chunkloading.

I don't know if this will be the last post from us before Christmas, but in any case, happy holidays to you all!

~Spigot Team