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<h1>TopGsMod v1.9.0 — Server Stability, QoL &amp; Compatibility Update</h1> <p>This update continues the expansion and cleanup of TopGsMod with a focus on <strong>24/7 server balance, stability, compatibility, and player quality-of-life improvements</strong>.</p> <h2>New Items</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Added four reinforced wooden buckets.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added four reinforced wooden barrels.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added <strong>Shears on a Stick</strong> for extended tree trimming.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added custom armor created by AladarCZ for Duke.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Animal System Fixes</h2> <h3>Breeder Healer</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Added tools for repairing broken pregnancy and breeding timers on animals transferred from older worlds.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added admin controls for enabling, disabling, and checking the system.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Baby Healer</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Added repair support for broken offspring growth timers after world transfers.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added admin controls for enabling, disabling, and checking the system.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Corpse Capture</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Added automatic inventory capture on player death.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added hotbar and backpack recovery.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added temporary corpse placement.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added owner-only recovery protection.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added optional public claiming after the configured protection period.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added corpse marker and HUD support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added claim-distance safety.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added owner land-claim bypass support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added dropped-item recovery for edge cases.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved corpse placement when the original death position is obstructed.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added <code>Shift + C</code> to toggle the Corpse HUD.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Gameplay &amp; QoL</h2> <h3>Claim-Bound Flight</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Added claim-based flight validation.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added configurable resource drain.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added a grace countdown before flight is disabled.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added admin configuration and diagnostic support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added protection against invalid flight-speed settings.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Starter Welcome System</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Added join information and community Discord messaging.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added support for configurable starter kits for new players.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Auto Pickup / Sneak Pickup</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Added <code>Shift + V</code> to switch between Auto Pickup and Sneak Pickup behavior.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Trash Filter</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Improved server-side trash filtering.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved client inventory synchronization.</p> </li> <li> <p>Reduced unnecessary inventory updates.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added protection against filtered items being immediately recollected.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Automatic Fruit Press</h3> <ul> <li> <p>Fruit presses can now continue pressing after the interaction button is released.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added single-click automatic pressing.</p> </li> <li> <p>Preserved vanilla juice-production and completion behavior.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added Ctrl-click support for intentionally unscrewing the press.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>XSkills Compatibility</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Expanded animal-capture compatibility to additional modded creatures.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added separate baby and adult capture rules.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved capture scaling.</p> </li> <li> <p>Adjusted experience values by animal type.</p> </li> <li> <p>Updated both client and server behavior definitions.</p> </li> <li> <p>Disabled selected XSkills abilities identified as potential sources of excessive item multiplication or server load.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Server Balance</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Improved player pickup range.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved pickup speed.</p> </li> <li> <p>Adjusted Shears and Scythes.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added extended-shears support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Rebalanced animal lactation, gestation, growth, and breeding cycles for continuously running multiplayer servers.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Fruit Tree Harvest Window Fix</h2> <p>Added a configurable prototype designed to prevent fruit from ripening and expiring entirely while players are offline on a 24/7 server.</p> <p>Current implementation includes:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Configurable harvest timing.</p> </li> <li> <p>Existing-tree support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Admin enable/disable controls.</p> </li> <li> <p>Manual scan support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Disabled by default pending final testing and cleanup.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Performance &amp; Stability</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Removed unused variables and unnecessary assignments.</p> </li> <li> <p>Removed duplicate and obsolete logic.</p> </li> <li> <p>Reduced unnecessary server-side processing.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved nullable-value handling.</p> </li> <li> <p>Cleaned up inventory-capture reporting.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved client/server separation.</p> </li> <li> <p>Modernized Harmony patch organization.</p> </li> <li> <p>Reviewed high-frequency systems for runaway behavior.</p> </li> <li> <p>Removed selected high-risk XSkills functionality associated with item multiplication or server load.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Configuration</h2> <p>TopGsMod configuration is being consolidated under:</p> <p><code>ModConfig/topGModConfigs/</code></p> <ul> <li> <p>Improved configuration organization.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added migration support for several older configuration files.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved server/client configuration loading.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Compatibility &amp; Cleanup</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Improved internal feature organization.</p> </li> <li> <p>Expanded XSkills animal compatibility.</p> </li> <li> <p>Improved Trash Filter synchronization.</p> </li> <li> <p>Added Automatic Fruit Press support.</p> </li> <li> <p>Removed the previous FOTAS grape-bush patch.</p> </li> <li> <p>General patch and compatibility cleanup.</p></li></ul>