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### Xenofactions 2.1 Stable Release The largest Xenofactions update to date, featuring a complete overhaul of warfare, diplomacy, territory management, prestige, administration, and server customization. --- ## Warfare & Diplomacy Overhaul ### New War System * Wars are now faction-versus-faction. * War declarations require target factions to meet online activity requirements. * Allied factions can participate in allied wars. * Allies can no longer declare war on each other. * Alliance breaks now trigger war cooldowns. * Added configurable war declaration requirements and restrictions. ### Diplomacy * Added **Surrender**, **Ceasefire**, and **Peace** agreements. * Added configurable war cooldown periods. * Added city transfer peace terms. * Cities can now be ceded during surrender and peace negotiations. ### Raid System Rework * Added online-based raid protection. * Added war-age requirements before raids can begin. * Added extensive administrative controls for war and raid restrictions. * Legacy behavior can be restored through configuration. --- ## Prestige & Nation Economy Overhaul ### New Prestige Economy * Completely rebalanced prestige generation and upkeep. * Added land upkeep costs. * Rebalanced city, building, and territorial expansion costs. * Added scaling city settlement costs. * Added prestige-based war declaration costs. * Medical Tents now consume prestige. * Warp Tents now have significantly increased upkeep. ### National Stability System * Wars now consume prestige over time. * Long wars become progressively more expensive. * Added Prestige Bankruptcy stages: * Financial Crisis * National Collapse * Fallen Nation * Added escalating penalties for nations that fail to maintain prestige. ### War Reparations * Surrendering factions now transfer 50% of their prestige generation to the victor for 84 hours. --- ## City & Territory Overhaul ### City Centers * Replaced traditional Claim Flags with **City Centers**. * Cities must now be founded and named. * Territory expansion is now tied to city claim radius. * Added city ownership tracking. * Added city placement validation and territory restrictions. * Added non-overlapping city borders. * Added minimum spacing requirements between cities. ### City Progression * Added five city development levels: * Settlement * Town * City * Metropolis * Capital * Added city upgrade system. * Added claim radius scaling based on city level. * Maximum city radius is now 6 chunks. ### City Management * Added city rename popup during founding. * Added city ownership transfers. * Added duplicate city name protection. * Added city upgrade confirmations and cost previews. * Added prestige cost previews for city creation. * Improved city conquest behavior and territory transfers. --- ## Dynmap Integration ### Optional Dynmap Support * Added automatic Dynmap detection with no hard dependency. * Added live faction territory overlays. * Added city border rendering. * Added city center markers. * Added faction-colored territory visualization. ### Dynmap Information Tooltips * City Name * Owning Faction * City Level * Claim Count * Chunk Coordinates ### Live Updates Dynmap overlays automatically update when: * Cities are created * Cities are renamed * Cities are transferred * Cities are removed * Territory changes occur * Faction names change * Faction colors change --- ## Custom Faction Flags ### Custom Flag Images * Added support for custom faction flags using image URLs. * Imported flags are automatically downloaded, validated, resized, sanitized, and cached. * Added client-side texture synchronization and caching. * Added fallback handling for missing or invalid images. * Custom flags now display throughout Xenofactions interfaces. ### Security * Restricted imports to approved image hosts. * Added image size, dimension, and format validation. * Added metadata stripping and image sanitization. * Added protection against invalid URLs and unsafe redirects. * Downloads are processed asynchronously to avoid server lag. --- ## Team Deathmatch Expansion ### New TDM Features * Map definitions * Map voting * Per-map kit definitions * Dedicated TDM menu * Friendly-fire protection ### TDM Command Overhaul * Consolidated TDM under the `/tdm` command tree. * Added `/tdm menu` and `/tdm openmenu`. * Reorganized help pages and command structure. * Improved validation and usage feedback. * Unified team switching behavior. * Removed legacy TDM commands. --- ## Protection Systems ### New Player Protection * Added configurable new-player protection. * 4-hour PvP grace period. * 24-hour keep-inventory protection. * Persistent UUID-based storage. * Protection survives restarts and offline periods. ### Build Grace * Added one-time 48-hour build grace. * Protected factions cannot attack or be attacked. * Protected factions cannot enter wilderness or foreign territory. * Added administrative controls for resetting or ending grace periods. * Reworked border handling and movement enforcement. --- ## Configuration Overhaul ### New Configuration System * Added extensive configuration options covering: * Warfare * Raiding * Diplomacy * Cities * Prestige * Protection Systems * Gameplay Balancing ### Configuration Improvements * Reorganized `hfr.cfg` into structured categories. * Added documentation and comments throughout the configuration. * Improved readability and maintainability. * Added automatic migration support for legacy entries. * Removed deprecated and duplicate config generation. ### Additional Configuration * Added configurable minimum and maximum Y-level options for stone drops. --- ## Commands & Quality of Life * Reworked `/c` and `/xc` command handling. * Improved command validation and error reporting. * Added player, faction, and command tab completion. * Improved support for faction names containing spaces. * Expanded and reorganized help menus. * Added numerous city, territory, conquest, and ownership validation checks. --- ## Stability & Bug Fixes * Fixed territory transfer issues during faction merges. * Fixed conquered cities not transferring territory correctly. * Fixed claims persisting after City Center removal. * Fixed invalid City Centers causing errors. * Fixed city rename behavior. * Fixed MCHeli-related crashes when the mod is absent. * Improved movement handling around protected borders. * Reduced chat spam and false-positive border enforcement. * Numerous warfare, diplomacy, city, GUI, and territory management fixes. **Xenofactions 2.1 marks the completion of the major warfare, diplomacy, city, and prestige systems and serves as the project's long-term stable release. We hope you all enjoy it!**