changelogs/2.3.x_changelogs.md

+### 2.3.0
+
+`Please note that 2.3.0 is NOT compatible with Spigot 1.9. Upcoming version 2.4.0 will provide full 1.9 compability.`
+
+If you have any questions regarding this release, please use this topic:
+<http://www.mythicmobs.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=916>
+
+#### Random Spawning
+
+Random Spawners have been redone to use a new system added to MythicMobs
+for generating spawn points, rather than using the points of vanilla
+mobs. This only applies to **Action: ADD**, and **Action: REPLACE** will
+continue functioning the old way.
+
+All mobs using **Action: ADD** for Random Spawns will now have a chance
+to be spawned at a random point within a certain radius near any player.
+The settings for this are highly configurable, including
+points-per-second generated per player, spawning radius near players,
+Y-radius, minimum-ranges, and all previously available conditions. The
+system also includes a setting for limiting mobs-per-chunk.
+
+`If the new ADD-action doesn't work for you after updating to 2.3, add this random spawn to your server and it will be fixed: http://hastebin.com/enumubotox.apache . This bug has been fixed in the upcoming (2.4) MythicMobs release.`
+
+What does this mean for you? It means random spawns can occur in lighted
+areas as well, instead of being limited to only where vanilla mobs can
+spawn.
+
+This system runs asynchronously, so servers with multiple cores will see
+zero performance loss for using it. For sngle-core servers, there will
+be an option to turn the new point generator off if necessary to use the
+old system.
+
+Relevant config.yml options:
+
+    RandomSpawning:
+      GenerateSpawnPoints: false
+      MaxMobsPerChunk: 80
+      SpawnRadiusPerPlayer: 64
+      SpawnRadiusPerPlayerY: 32
+      DespawnLazyRandomMobs: true
+      PointsPerSecond:
+        Land: 10
+        Air: 0
+        Sea: 0
+        Lava: 0
+        Ground: 0
+        
+
+##### Backwards Compatibility Issues
+
+All Random Spawners using **Action: ADD** that were created before this
+update will no longer only spawn in "low light" areas, so if you need
+mobs to follow that behavior, you will need to add a lightlevel
+condition to these spawns.
+
+#### Mob Type & Level
+
+Mob types and levels are now stored using scoreboards (using the
+objectives "MythicMobType" and "MythicMobLevel", for anyone who cares).
+This has allowed us to more accurately persist mob types and levels thru
+restart when using **Despawn: False**, which is especially useful for
+creating custom levelable pets based on wolves.
+
+This also means that having a display name for mobs is no longer
+required.
+
+#### Signal Skill & Trigger
+
+##### NEW: Signal
+
+-   [Signal manual page](/skills/mechanics/signal)
+
+This update includes a powerful new set of tools called "signals". Using
+signal skills and triggers you can now easily send messages between
+mobs. Doing so is very simple:
+
+    BossMob:
+      Skills:
+      - signal{signal=healme} @MobsInRadius{type=HealerMob;r=20}
+
+    HealerMob:
+      Skills:
+      - skill{skill=healyskill} @trigger ~onSignal:healme
+
+You can even send signals to mobs using commands!
+
+    /mm signal <UUID> <signal>
+
+There is even a handy "lastsignal" condition you can use to read the
+last signal a mob received. If you don't specify a signal in the
+\~onSignal trigger, it will fire for *any* signal, which can then be
+filtered with the condition.
+
+#### Scoreboard Skills
+
+##### NEW: ModifyGlobalScore
+
+-   [ModifyGlobalScore manual page](/skills/mechanics/modifyglobalscore)
+
+##### NEW: ModifyMobScore
+
+-   [ModifyMobScore manual page](/skills/mechanics/modifymobscore)
+
+##### NEW: ModifyScore
+
+-   [ModifyScore manual page](/skills/mechanics/modifyscore)
+
+##### NEW: ModifyTargetScore
+
+-   [ModifyTargetScore manual page](/skills/mechanics/modifytargetscore)
+
+##### NEW: SetGlobalScore
+
+##### NEW: SetMobScore
+
+##### NEW: SetScore
+
+##### NEW: SetTargetScore
+
+#### Skills
+
+##### NEW: SetLevel Skill
+
+No-Target skill that can only target the caster
+
+-   [SetLevel manual page](/skills/mechanics/setlevel)
+
+##### NEW: BaseDamage Skill
+
+-   Deals a percentage of the mobs damage.
+-   [BaseDamage manual page](/skills/mechanics/basedamage)
+
+##### NEW: HealPercent Skill
+
+-   Heals the target for a percentage of its max health.
+-   [HealPercent manual page](/skills/mechanics/healpercent)
+
+##### Damage & Consume Skills
+
+-   Added preventKnockback and preventImmunity options to Damage/Consume
+-   [Damage manual page](/skills/mechanics/damage)
+-   [Consume manual page](/skills/mechanics/consume)
+
+##### Missile Skill
+
+-   Added fromOrigin option to Missile skill
+-   [Missile manual page](/skills/mechanics/missile)
+
+##### Particle Effects
+
+-   Added color attribute to all particle effects that support it
+-   mobSpell, mobSpellAmbient, and reddust particles can now be
+    colorized.
+
+<!-- -->
+
+    effect:particles{p=reddust;color=#FF00FF}
+
+##### TeleportTo Skill
+
+-   Added yaw and pitch options to TeleportTo mechanic
+-   [TeleportTo manual page](/skills/mechanics/teleportto)
+
+#### Conditions
+
+-   [Conditions manual page](/conditions/start)
+
+##### NEW: LastSignal
+
+##### NEW: Score
+
+##### NEW: ScoreGlobal
+
+##### NEW: ScoreMob
+
+##### NEW: ScoreTarget
+
+#### Variables
+
+-   Added &lt;random.min-max&gt; variable which will be replaced by a
+    random number in the given range.
+-   Added &lt;mob.owner.name&gt; variable which returns the name of the
+    wolf owner.
+-   Added &lt;mob.owner.uuid&gt; variable which returns the uuid of the
+    wolf owner.
+-   Added &lt;mob.score.objective&gt; variable which returns the casting
+    mobs score in the given objective.
+    -   For example &lt;mob.score.hits&gt; will return the mobs score
+        from the objective "hits"
+-   Added &lt;target.score.objective&gt; variable which returns the
+    targeters score in the given objective.
+    -   For example &lt;target.score.kills&gt; will return the
+        @targeters score from the objective "kills"
+-   Added &lt;trigger.score.objective&gt; variable which returns the
+    skills-trigger score in the given objective.
+-   Added &lt;global.score.objective&gt; variable which returns the
+    globals score in the given objective.
+-   Added &lt;score.objective.dummyname&gt; variable which returns the
+    given dummynames score in the given objective.
+    -   For example &lt;score.deaths.fakeplayer&gt; will return
+        "fakeplayer"s score from the objective "deaths"
+
+#### Bugs / Other
+
+-   Changed several more skills to always run synchronously, thus fixing
+    all the async errors that popped up since version 2.2.
+-   If you can still find any async related issues **definitly** make
+    sure to report them!
+-   Spawners now leash to the center of the block instead of the corner
+-   Fixed several random async errors being thrown in the console
+-   Fixed NPE in Projectile skill
+-   Fixed typo in missile inertia attribute
+-   Fixed wolves losing their attributes after being tamed
+-   Fixed horse armor in disguises
+-   Removed manual garbage collection to improve performance
+
+#### Manual Page Updates
+
+-   Extensive updates have been made to the manual pages.
+-   Includes features from MythicMobs that were previously undocumented
+-   Manual suggestions/requests are accepted in this topic:
+    <http://www.mythicmobs.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=907>
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