Devlog #8

What I cooked up with all that time?

• I updated Velocity-API version which resulted in Java Version bump (and a lot of pain)
• I added banning (for the whole server network)
• Updated proxie command
• I finally learned Brigadier command and it all makes sense
• Added a bunch of APIs
• Added PlayerSession so everything is snappy and doesn’t require constant lookups in DB
• Finished premium and offline login modules

On what I will focus next?

• Making the bans better
• Ping protection
• A bunch of random utilities for sure

Hope to see you in the next devlog!

Devlog #7

What have I done?

• I finished premium logon for 1.19.3 and below (it is kinda funky so I will continue working on that) as shown in the video
• I added PlayerCache so now everything related to player and DB is only fetched once
• Logging in for offline-mode players is much faster due to changes in hashing
• I migrated for now from UUIDs to usernames in PlayerState due to UUID being absent on versions 1.19.3 and below (what a pescy versions for devs XD)

What I will focus on now?

• improving premium logon
• improving english I18N and style of the plugin
• protection agains bots and malicious pings

Hope to see you in the next devlog!

Devlog #6

What have I been doing?

I figured out that doing my own “YAML-like” structure for making commands is not a great idea and I should just use build-in stuff that is already great (Brigadier in Velocity API), so now I can move to logging in for versions 1.19.3 and below.

Some other news?

I switched to Linux full time! Unless I hope I will be able to stay here . So now all my heartbeats are from a linux mashine :)

Hope to see you in the next update

Devlog #5

I finally won the battle with permissions (only on the plugin side)

I made a cool command schema in YAML similar to what Spigot API has but with autocompletions and permissions based on arguments. I am making this to make the arguments i18n-able (I dunno tho if it is a good idea)

Now everything is ultra-secure

Or I hope so -_-! I will deploy this on my server with friends as they are beautiful bug hunters. It fully works with luckperms as this is what I used to test this, and now its time to make my own provider

My DB choice

I am wondering whether I should use MySQL or H2 by default (as LuckPerms does) it would make it a lot smoother for end user but much harder for me :(

What I will be working on now?

• make a permissions provider
• make the /proxie command
• fix some bugs

I was fighting with this dumb issue for too long , but now I can continue!

Devlog #4

What I implemented?

• I rewrote I18N for command suggestions (auto completion) and syntax, it is MUCH clearer now
• I researched some options for my plugin, I plan adding social links and configurable Tab
• Started working on proxiesuite command (reloading, administrating and configuring)

On what I will focus now?

• I will continue working on the proxiesuite command
• Continue working on login

See you in the next devlog! (this one is a little bit shorter)

Devlog #3

What I implemented?

• I finished login and register for offline-mode users, now I will focus on versions 1.19.3 and below!
• Added some jokes
• Made i18n much more readable, now I use it with commands
• Made some utilities for commands such as auto completion with i18n, auto usage with i18n

On what I will focus now?

• Logging in for versions 1.19.3 (It works but I need to add some info for people to know what to do, also premium login )
• Protection against scanners
• Simple protections against bots
• Admin commands

I created a Github repo!

Devlog #2

Hi! It’s been some hours and I can proudly say that my i18n system is fully working now! I have a clean config with comments so you can enable/disable diffrent modules. VPN protections fully works now and is also configurable.

What I will be working on next

Right now I am working on logging system - online mode logging works fully and I am working on logging for offline-mode players, and version 1.19.3 and below.

VPN protection

I optimised the VPN protection bringing down the time per 100 000 quers from 600ms to 80ms :O! This means that one “check” now is 0,0008ms instead of 0,006ms and I eliminated most CPU spikes and some random queries that took like 2s (unacceptable I know :P)

Some utilities

I added easy scripts to run the dev. Also I crashed out on Intellij Idea Ultimate and fully switched to Zed for Java development. I used this masterpiece of an editor for a long time - but only for quick editing and Python, but this project showed me that is more than TASTY for Java too! Also, I love that it uses the Eclipse engine - it reminded me when I was a child (9 yrs old) and just started with Java <3.

Hope to see you in the next Devlog!

Devlog #1

What is ProxieSuite?

ProxieSuite will be a complete plugin for velocity suiting all your needs from a simple server with friends to whole minigame networks (fully open-source with my other plugins in the future)

Features

ProxieSuite will be packed with a whole set of features needed to run the server such as:

• logging in:
  • for offline-mode players using a password
  • also supporting online-mode users, skiping logging in!
• shield against port scanners and server terminators (such as Mountains of Math)
  • my plan is to hide your server COMPLETLY to scanners, not just block them (make sure they don’t recognise you as a minecraft server)
• shield against VPNs and Proxies to avoid abuse
• parties (/party for playing with multiple friends at once!)
• syncing messaging with multiple servers (player count, joining and leaving messages)
• advertisments on chat (auto messages)
• some utilities with MOTD and useful when changing domains

These are some features that I mean to implement at the start, also extending in the future!

Why this plugin?

I love making plugins for minecraft (Spigot, Paper and Velocity!) and I have a small “server network” to play minigames with my friends. I decided to make a “production-ready” plugin for this purpose (I have my plugin for security for example, but it is janky and really badly written)

What I have now?

Right now I finished implementing a robust config.yaml, a basis for my project!

Hope to see you in next Devlogs!