# ⚡ Better Ping v1.5.0 — Interactive Network GUI & TabList Ping Update! This major feature update delivers modern network visualization, dynamic player list integration, and enhanced diagnostic tools. ### 🌟 New Features & Enhancements - **📊 Interactive Network Quality & Ping GUI (`/ping gui` / `/ping menu`)**: - 54-slot interactive network dashboard with player head avatars. - Live latency, connection jitter, network quality star ratings, and signal strength bars. - Global server network overview tracking minimum, maximum, and average server ping plus live TPS. - Click any player skull to launch an instant latency probe diagnostic test. - **🏷️ Dynamic TabList Ping Display**: - Real-time colored ping formatting in the player list / tab screen (`tab-ping.enabled: true`). - **🔌 Extended PlaceholderAPI Support**: - Added `%betterping_bar%`, `%betterping_quality_stars%`, and `%betterping_spike%`. - **🛡️ Full Compatibility**: - Tested and verified on Paper, Spigot, Purpur, and Folia 1.20 - 1.21.4 (verified on Paper 26.3).

### 📶 Better Ping v1.4.0 — Configurable Latency Tiers, Spike Alerts & Real-Time Diagnostics #### 🌟 What's New in v1.4.0: - **🎨 Fully Configurable Ping Tiers & HEX Color Formatting**: - Define custom latency tiers, threshold limits, custom display qualities, and modern HEX color codes (`&#RRGGBB` / `<#RRGGBB>`) directly in `config.yml`. - Added `/betterping tiers` to view active latency tiers and color mapping. - **🚨 Latency Spike & Packet Lag Alert System**: - Automatically detects severe packet lag or high ping spikes (`ping-spike-alert.threshold-ms: 300`). - Plays audio cues and sends friendly compensation notifications to the affected player. - Optional broadcast alert to online staff with `betterping.alerts` permission to resolve PvP disputes. - **⚡ Interactive Latency Diagnostic Probe**: - Added `/ping test` (alias `/ping probe`): runs a 3-second rapid probe (5 samples over 60 ticks) computing Min, Max, Average Ping, Packet Jitter, and Connection Stability Index (%). - **🏆 Network Latency Leaderboard**: - Added `/ping top` (alias `/ping leaderboard` / `/betterping top`) displaying top 5 lowest latency players and highest latency players alongside server-wide median and jitter. - **🧩 PlaceholderAPI Expansion Support**: - Added soft-dependency integration for PlaceholderAPI: - `%betterping_ping%` - `%betterping_ping_colored%` - `%betterping_ping_color%` - `%betterping_quality%` - `%betterping_jitter%` - `%betterping_avg%` - `%betterping_profile%` - `%betterping_preset%` - `%betterping_hud%` - **⚡ Paper 26.3 & Folia Live Verified**: - Fully tested on Paper 26.3 (Java 25 LTS) with zero errors.

### ⚡ BetterPing v1.3.0 Release Notes **Interactive Latency Engine & Modern Quality Update** - **New Player Commands**: Added `/ping` (aliases: `/latency`, `/p`, `/myping`) allowing players to check their latency, quality rating, and compare it with the server-wide average ping. - **Real-Time Action Bar Ping HUD**: Players can toggle a live latency HUD with `/ping hud`, refreshing every second without chat clutter. - **Interactive Admin Control Panel**: Redesigned `/betterping gui` with one-click preset switching (Casual, Balanced, Competitive), telemetry counters, and hot reload button. - **Moderation Compliance**: Strict alignment with Modrinth Content Rules (accurate metadata and description as an adaptive latency compensation and ping utility). - **Folia & Paper 1.20 - 1.21.4 Verified**: Full multi-threaded compatibility with defensive memory cleanup on player quit.

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