Welcome Back to Modification of the Month
Welcome back, one and all, to a large Modification of the Month... Or is it? This month's Modification of the Month will be broken up into multiple parts over the course of the month as we hit different stages of rollout progress.
I can hear you. "Does this mean 1.21.8 soon??". Hush, my child. Maybe. You'll hear from your local representatives soon enough.
Today's Updates
Today's maintenance is setting the foundation down for the 1.21.8 update. We're moving 1.20 versions of our critical plugins over first so we can catch any issues that snuck past us on dev and snapshot early.
THIS IS NOT 1.21.8 BEING ADDED TO THE SERVER... yet!
Why did these updates take so long?
A lot of Nerd's code is heavily legacy. It was coded back when Spigot was being used (and in one case, a plugin was even on the Bukkit API!). A number of plugins required rewrites to keep them going.
We also added a bunch of QoL and other fun features to some of the plugins that you'll be seeing soon enough.
You can see the plugins we've updated here:
GitHub repo
Below you'll see the plugins being updated tonight, what was updated about them, and the live update status board.
CoreProtect
- Replacing LogBlock.
- Grants moderators more tools and easier to use commands for inspecting and rolling back lag.
- Allows for longer logging periods.
- LogBlock will remain for a few weeks just in case.
TAB
- Adds better name colour support.
- Replacing NerdBoard.
- Used by ModMode, PvPToggle, and NerdAFK for name colours, prefixes, and suffixes.
ModMode
- ModMode is now able to dynamically generate modes based on the config file.
- AdminMode was added.
- Moved admin permissions to AdminMode.
- Admins now have the ability to toggle if they can pick up/drop items in AdminMode.
- Added status bars for staff in ModMode, AdminMode, and normal vanish.
- Silent quitting/joining now works properly. Staff can no longer join and leave ModMode without their entry being announced.
- Added
/modmode on and /modmode off for strict enabling/disabling.
- Broke up the main config file due to conflicts with constant editing for players switching modes.
- ModMode is now able to be reloaded at runtime without having a fit with
/reloadmodmode
- Added self-recovery modules to the plugin to try to fix staff being in broken limbo states.
- Changed from Spigot to PaperMC API
PvPToggle (Updated by Mats1300)
- Switch Spigot Api for Paper and Updated to 1.20+
- Added TAB 5.2.5 as a Dependency
- Change Java Version to 21 for 1.21 compatibility
- Added Adventure Coloring
- /pvp persist is now togglable
- Added TabCompleter for easier command use
- /plugins now show the correct info for PvPToggle
NerdAFK (Updated by Mats1300)
- Updated from Spigot to PaperMc API now supports version 1.20+
- Java 21 now to support 1.21
- Updated dependency to now run off TAB Version 5.2.5
- Fixed Auto AFK
- Fixed ReadMe.
TPControl
- Added the ability for staff to teleport offline players to their location.
- Added tab autocomplete for
/warp
NerdClanChat
- Migrated API from Spigot to PaperMC 1.20+.
- Replaced BukkitEBean with ORMLite for handling database transactions.
- Rewrote so damn much of this plugin lmao.
- Added the ability to use hex colour codes for clanchat names, messages, and alerts (i.e.
/clanchat textcolor myclanchat #444444
LuckPerms
- Updating the Nerd permissions hierarchy.
- The previous one was overcomplicated and had some useless groups laying around.
BanManager
- Normal version bump. Trying to see if this will fix an issue.
As always, thanks for reading!
~ The TAdmins <3
Groundwork for 1.21.8
Live status updates
Completed!
Add and Update Plugins
Add: CoreProtect and TAB.
Update: ModMode, BanManager, TPControl, PvPToggle, NerdAFK, NerdClanChat, and Luckperms.
Remove: NerdBoard
UPDATE: Experiencing some issues with Java versions.
Completed!
Create and Port Over Databases
Create a new database for CoreProtect and port over the dev copy of our new LuckPerms database.
Completed!
Configure Plugins
Disable LogBlock logging, hook CoreProtect up to the new database, update BanManager permissions and modify ModMode options.
Completed!
Test Plugins
Test all 5 plugins across PvE, Creative, and Lobby.
Completed!
Full Server Launch
Complete rollout and announce completion.
Posted by PPGOME on Aug. 7, 2025 in Tech Admin
