[2.9.8] Support for 1.21.9 and 1.21.10

Changes in Version 2.9.8

New features / Improvements:

• Added support for 1.21.9 and 1.21.10 (Thanks james090500)

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.7] Bugfixes

Changes in Version 2.9.7

New features / Improvements:

• Fixed the /dh h clone command not validating the new hologram's name.
• Fixed the /dh l insert command reusing the previous line’s location instance, causing multiple lines to share the same location until a reload.
• Fixed the /dh h lines command page index being off-by-one.
• Fixed entity dismount in 1.8.
• Fixed potential client-side errors by ensuring at least one metadata property is included in spawn entity living packets.
• Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when wave animations were missing one of their two required arguments. (Thanks Andre601)

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.6] Support for 1.21.8

Changes in Version 2.9.6

New features / Improvements:

• Added support for Minecraft 1.21.8 (v1_21_R5).
• Fixed skull texture fetching by replacing the discontinued Minetools API with a new system.
• Fixed placeholder expansion exceptions not being correctly caught and handled.
• Updated item-nbt-api to 2.15.2-SNAPSHOT.

API Changes:

• Added the following events: HologramRegisterEvent, HologramUnregisterEvent, HologramEnableEvent and HologramDisableEvent. (Thanks Andre601)

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[2.9.5] Major Bugfix

Changes in Version 2.9.5

New features / Improvements:

• Fixed a bug that caused way more packets to be sent to players unnecessarily, possibly having a negative impact on performance.

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[2.9.4] Bugfixes

Changes in Version 2.9.4

New features / Improvements:

• Updated item-nbt-api to 2.15.1 which supports 1.21.7.
• Fixed potential memory leaks with config files.
• Fixed lines not being realigned after setting one.

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.3] Support for 1.21.7, Bugfixes

Changes in Version 2.9.3

Notes:

• ⚠️ Custom NBT on items may not function correctly in this version, as item-nbt-api has not yet been updated for Minecraft 1.21.7.

New features / Improvements:

• Added support for Minecraft 1.21.7 (v1_21_R5).
• Updated item-nbt-api to 2.15.1-SNAPSHOT which supports 1.21.6.
• Fixed performance issues with Ticker.

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.2] Support for 1.21.6, Bugfixes

Changes in Version 2.9.2

Notes:

• DecentHolograms 2.9 is now considered stable with this release.
• Version 2.9.2 should now be available on JitPack unlike 2.9.0 and 2.9.1.
• ⚠️ Custom NBT on items may not function correctly in this version, as item-nbt-api has not yet been updated for Minecraft 1.21.6.

New features / Improvements:

• Added support for Minecraft 1.21.6 (v1_21_R5).
• Fixed a bug where entities were not being destroyed correctly on 1.17.
• Fixed runtime errors being thrown by outdated item-nbt-api.
• Improved internal handling of entity types.
• Updated some dependencies.

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.1] Fix 1.21.5 support [EXPERIMENTAL]

Changes in Version 2.9.1 [EXPERIMENTAL]

Notes:

• This release is marked experimental. It is safe to use on your server, but unexpected bugs or version‑specific quirks may occur.
• If you encounter any issues (holograms not showing, errors, etc.), please report them on our Discord server, so we can fix quickly them.

New features / Improvements:

• Added configurable new_version_available message.
• Updated item-nbt-api to 2.15.0
• Fixed support for 1.21.5.
• Removed some unused/unnecessary code.

Have you found any bugs or mistakes? Please, report them on our Discord server.

[2.9.0] Rewritten NMS integration [EXPERIMENTAL]

Changes in Version 2.9.0 [EXPERIMENTAL]

Notes:

• This release is marked experimental. It is safe to use on your server, but unexpected bugs or version‑specific quirks may occur.
• If you encounter any issues (holograms not showing, errors, etc.), please report them on our Discord server, so we can fix quickly them.

New features / Improvements:

• Rewritten NMS integration: Completely replaced the old, reflection-heavy code with separate modules for each supported Minecraft version.
• Improved performance: Plugin now interacts directly with NMS classes, removing reflection overhead.
• Modular version support: Each Minecraft version is isolated in its own module, making future updates safer.
• New features are now possible: The old system made adding anything new virtually impossible—this rewrite fixes that.

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[2.8.17] Update item-nbt-api, Fix skulls

Changes in Version 2.8.17

New features:

• Added a config option to set the timeout for loading skull textures (Thanks Andre601)

Bugfixes:

• Updated item-nbt-api to 2.15.0
• Fixed connection issues when loading skull textures (Thanks Andre601)