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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Future and current plans for our plugins |
| 3 | +description: In this post we are discussing what plugins we are currently working on and what the plans for the future are |
| 4 | +author: NonSwag |
| 5 | +category: updates |
| 6 | +keywords: |
| 7 | + [ |
| 8 | + "minecraft plugins", |
| 9 | + "plugin development", |
| 10 | + "Portals plugin", |
| 11 | + "Holograms plugin", |
| 12 | + "PerWorlds plugin", |
| 13 | + "minecraft server tools", |
| 14 | + "plugin news", |
| 15 | + "plugin roadmap", |
| 16 | + "minecraft development" |
| 17 | + ] |
| 18 | +--- |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +# What are we currently working on? |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +## Portals |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +As some of you may already know, we started working on a new plugin called [Portals](https://github.com/TheNextLvl-net/portals). |
| 25 | +The API already works but commands and actual functionality is yet to come. |
| 26 | +Beta builds will probably arrive within the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## Holograms |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +_Previously known as HologramAPI_ |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +HologramAPI got a huge rebranding and is now called [Holograms](https://github.com/TheNextLvl-net/holograms). |
| 33 | +Instead of just an API developers could use to create holograms, |
| 34 | +it is now going to be a proper plugin, everyone can use and enjoy. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +There already is an alpha build out, but only to supersede the discontinued HologramAPI. |
| 37 | +The plugin still lacks all commands and interaction points from within the game, |
| 38 | +but hopefully we are able to ship the first usable release this year. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +## PerWorlds |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +A long requested feature is currently in the making: **Data import from other plugins.** |
| 43 | +_(e.g. Multiverse-Inventories, MultiInv…)_ |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +--- |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +# Our future plans and ideas |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +## Broader version support |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +A big critique point we are often facing is about the game versions we support. |
| 52 | +To make development and support easier for ourselves we generally only support the most recent game version. |
| 53 | +But with Mojang dropping more and more updates in a shorter period of time, the amount of users we leave behind is growing with every new version. |
| 54 | +From a user standpoint I can see how you are not always able to be on the most recent version, especially because of plugins that still want to support Spigot. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +The idea now is to only support the last 3 most recent major versions of the game. |
| 57 | +(At the time of writing 1.21.10 is the latest version, meaning 1.21.8 and 1.21.6 would also still be supported) |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +This comes with a few technical challenges and downsides, we might not be able to immediately support new features as they come out. |
| 60 | +But on the other hand when a feature finally gets introduced it will be better tested, developed and more stable. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +## Backwards compatibility |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +This is a tough topic for many developers… |
| 65 | +Personally I always said that no backwards compatibility will ever be provided – BUT, I saw that a lot of users of our plugins are still on 1.21.4 |
| 66 | +(especially with the plugin Worlds) |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Due to that we are planning on **TEMPORARILY** bringing back compatibility for that specific version. |
| 69 | +This does not inherently mean you are always getting new features, **only bug fixes**. |
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