Bukkit

v0.5 (1 Feb 2012)

• Recommended CraftBukkit 1.1-R3 (build 1846). ChessCraft 0.5 will not work with releases earlier than CB 1.1-R1.
• ChessCraft now uses the Vault plugin for economy support. The Register plugin is no longer required at all.
• Added time controls: specify a time limit for the game, time limit for each move, or more complex "rollover" limits (e.g. "40 moves in 60 minutes, then 20 moves in 60 minutes ...")
• Added ability to change (most) board style parameters on the fly, and to save new board styles with your updated style parameters (style parameters affecting board dimensions cannot be changed after a board has been created).
• Chess board lighting no longer handled by peppering the board with glowstone at night - boards should now stay at a constant light level all day round.
• Chess board and piece drawing is now *much* faster and lighter on the server (thanks @bergerkiller for some great optimisation advice). Memory usage for the plugin should be slightly lower too.
• Significant internal code cleanup and streamlining. Now uses Bukkit 1.1 event model for improved performance.
• Board and game save files (under plugins/ChessCraft/data) have changed format slightly (to take advantage of the Bukkit serialization API), but will be auto-migrated to the new v0.5 format. Migration has been well-tested but if you're really paranoid, finish any games in progress before upgrading to 0.5.
• Now uses Maven to build the project.