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# 📜 CustomDeathMessages - Changelog v0.0.2
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#### 🎉 **Minor Update with Major Improvements!**
This version refines the foundation of v0.0.1, adding new community-requested features and improving stability and developer experience.
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#### ✅ **New Features**
* **Killer Support in `/cdm test`!**
The test command now accepts an optional third argument: the killer's name.
Example: `/cdm test ENTITY_ATTACK Notch`
This allows you to accurately test placeholders like `{killer}`, `{killer_displayname}`, and `{distance}`.
* **New Placeholder: `{killer_displayname}`**
Displays the killer’s display name, respecting nicknames, prefixes, and colors set by other plugins (like EssentialsX or LuckPerms).
* **New Placeholder: `{distance}`**
Shows the distance in blocks between the victim and the killer, formatted to one decimal place (e.g., "5.2").
* **Random Message Cooldown System**
The plugin now remembers the last random message shown to a player and will avoid showing it again until a different message has been displayed. This prevents annoying repetitions.
* **Improved Killer Detection**
The plugin can now correctly detect the killer’s name even if it’s an entity (like a Creeper or Zombie) or has a custom name. Entity names are formatted with initial capital letters (e.g., "Zombie Pigman").
* **Centralized System Messages**
All console messages, warnings, and command responses are now loaded from `messages.yml` under the `system-messages` section. This allows administrators to fully translate the plugin without modifying the code.
* **PlaceholderAPI Compatibility in `/cdm test`**
PlaceholderAPI placeholders are now also expanded when using the test command, providing a more accurate preview.
* **Registered TabCompleter**
The `/cdm` command now has a functional `TabCompleter` that suggests "test", damage causes, and names of online players, greatly improving usability.
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#### 🐛 **Bug Fixes**
* Fixed an error in `MessagesManager.java` where the character encoding when loading the default file was not specified, which could cause issues with special characters. It now uses `StandardCharsets.UTF_8`.
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Thank you for using CustomDeathMessages! This update makes the plugin more powerful, flexible, and easier to use than ever before.
Developer information
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