I use Winter quite a few years now as an Advent Calendar and players always run into some problems because of some illogical issues.
I'm only talking about the Dated Gift function.

• Players don't understand that they can't click on the sign. They need to be told to click on the chest only.
• Players don't understand that they need to open the chest twice. They need to be told.
• Players don't understand that they need to grab the item(s) themselves. (They are used to crates)
• Players sometimes forget to have an empty place in their inventory.
  All this causes a lot of the same questions. Staff members need to explain this often, despite instructions, warnings, etc. This leads to complaints like "I didn't get anything" causing staff to believe this and compensate for the lost items (possible scams).

Therefor I would like to suggest the following:

• ability to click on the sign as well as opening the chest
• ability to push item to inventory upon first time
• ability to drop item on the ground when the inventory is full.

1. Please include your Minecraft version in your title:
   I was testing the plugin in 1.8.8

2. Try to keep it simple and clear, providing us all information necessary to answer your question. You can use imgur.com to
   https://imgur.com/4ItDOWe I can't understand the errors

when the server loads the plugin Winter, it showsme this error: https://imgur.com/4ItDOWe, why? Same with Boss

1. How it would benefit others? (Not just you, but 1,000s of others people using the same plugin.)
   A lot of owners use GriefPrevention, and some players on these servers don't like the snow, even if it's decorative. (I don't understand myself why they don't like).

2. What would happen if we won't implement this feature? How's your server being affected?
   The players would stay angry :(

3. If suggesting something new - Can the old system be modified/improved instead?
   Add a way to make the /claimflags nosnowform working by don't putting snow in the claim with this claimflag.

Thanks ! (btw, amazing work)

I have tried using default configs.
the latest update for winter in 1.12.2 server version makes it so the snow only spawns at 1 random part of each world.

there Is no snow at any other place both with realistic disabled & enabled.

A cauldron in a snowy biome fills with powder snow when it is snowing. Since it snows in all biomes in this plugin, I believe that powder snow should fill the cauldron everywhere. Many players on my server asked to add this feature, so I will be grateful if you add it.

Hi, whats the command? The snow and the snowman start bringing lags to my server. Can I remove everything at once?

Originally posted by @game1533 in #29 (comment)

It looks a bit weird and out of place.

[08:20:47 INFO]:

[08:20:47 INFO]: ------------ Jackpot ------------

[08:20:47 INFO]: * Current Pot: $0 (-5% tax)

[08:20:47 INFO]: The jackpot draws in 30m /jackpot buy

[08:20:47 INFO]:

08:26:10 ERROR: --- DO NOT REPORT THIS TO PAPER - THIS IS NOT A BUG OR A CRASH ---

08:26:10 ERROR: The server has not responded for 19 seconds! Creating thread dump

08:26:10 ERROR: Server thread dump (Look for plugins here before reporting to Paper!):

[08:26:10 WARN]: [me.lucko.luckperms.lib.hikari.pool.HikariPool] luckperms-hikari - Thread starvation or clock leap detected (housekeeper delta=45s586ms306µs239ns).

08:26:10 ERROR: Current Thread: Server thread

08:26:10 ERROR: PID: 17 | Suspended: false | Native: false | State: RUNNABLE

08:26:10 ERROR: --- DO NOT REPORT THIS TO PAPER - THIS IS NOT A BUG OR A CRASH ---

[08:26:11 WARN]: PlayerFile moved too quickly! 49.617394039725184,2.0,-10.778946442623123

[08:26:11 WARN]: PlayerFile was kicked for floating too long!

[08:26:12 INFO]: PlayerFile lost connection: Flying is not enabled on this server

Just purchased the plugin, really excited to use it. Just wondering, before I actually add in the .jar file to my server, are there any resources for useful commands or setup guides? I noticed the Wiki was empty.

Mostly just wondering what will happen by default when I first start up the server? I'd like to add the plugin now to check things out, but I don't want it to actually start snowing until December 1st. Should I run the server with the plugin, then stop and disable it quickly so I can examine the config files? Or will it not actually start snowing until I enter a command?

Hi, i love your Plugin but i have an issue. I downloaded Protocollib and even changed the settings in the setting.yml file but it doesnt work for me. I dont know if i downloaded the wrong ProtocolLib so i dont know whats the problem with it.
Heres my Settings.yml file:
`# !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

Welcome to the main configuration of Winter

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

For support and documentation, please visit:

- https://github.com/kangarko/Winter/wiki

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

1) COLOR CODES are supported with the '&' character. See

- http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Formatting_codes

[!] When you use them, omit the message with " " or ' '.

2) TO HIDE a message, set it to 'none'.

3) For UNICODE CHARACTERS (smileys, symbols, ..), save the file in UTF-8 encoding. See

- https://github.com/kangarko/Winter/wiki/Use-Right-Encoding

4) MATERIAL names list is available at:

- https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/Material.html

PS: The information above applies for all files within the Winter folder.

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Feeling generous? Create gift chests around the world to give items away, either

for everyone or only for 1-3 players.

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Gift_Chest:

Enable special functionality of signs starting with [Gift] when placed on chests?

Enabled: true

The first line of the sign placed on the gift chest. Makes the plugin recognize the sign.

Title: '&8[&fGift&8]'

Allow players to create [Gift] signs without specifying the receiver, allowing everyone

who finds the chest to open it (and take away the items).

Public:

# Allow gift signs without specified receiver?
Allow: true

# How should the sign look like? We make it look like this after you just place [Gift].
# Max three lines because the first is already taken by the Title.
Format: |-
    Klick für
    kostenlose
    Geschenke!

Private:

# How should the sign look like? We make it look like this after you just place [Gift]
# and the player name or names on each line.
# Max three lines because the first is already taken by the Title.
Format: |-
    {receiver_1}
    {receiver_2}
    {receiver_3}

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Dated chests are special chests only available during a certain period of time.

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Dated_Chest:

Force players to open their chest to SEE what is inside before looting it?

true = players can open chest twice, first for preview, then loot

false = players can only open chest once for loot

Preview: true

Since [Dated] chests do not have to contain the year, what year should we assume

when you for ex. make a chest from 23.12-25.12 ?

NOTE: Set this to the old year to make chests work correctly when making they,

overlap the year like 25.12-03.01.

Default_Year: 2020

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Enable the plugin in the following worlds:

Set to '*' to enable everywhere.

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Worlds:

• '*'

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Control the the weather in your worlds.

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Weather:

Completely disable rain or thunderstorm from happening? Makes option below not work!

Disable: false

Make the Snow particles (see below) float chaotically during rain or thunderstorm?

Snow_Storm: true

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Winter makes your terrain freeze, and can even make your map look like it's winter

all the time!

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Terrain:

Disable melting of the following blocks (material list).

Prevent_Melting:

• 'ICE'
• 'SNOW_BLOCK'
• 'SNOW'

Covering your world with snow. Multiple layers are supported!

Snow_Generation:

# Randomly place snow onto blocks around the player.
# * YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS ENABLED if you want to MELT your snow *
Enabled: true

# This switches the behaviour completely, so instead of covering map with snow,
# we will slowly remove it.
#
# For example, after Christmas you may want to melt the snow instead.
Melt: false

# Do not melt snow in naturally snowy biomes or above height 90?
Only_Melt_Unnatural_Snow: true

# Transform water into ice or ice into water (when Melt is enabled)?
Freeze_Water: false

# Shall the snow be placed on farmland, simulating real winter and destroying crops?
Destroy_Crops: false

# Do not freeze water if there is something growing on the neighbor blocks
#
# Format:
# <neighbor blocks> (material names split by ", "): <growing> (material names split by ", ")
Freeze_Ignore:
  SAND, GRASS, DIRT: SUGAR_CANE, SUGAR_CANE_BLOCK
  SAND: CACTUS
  SOIL: '*'

# How often, in ticks (20 ticks = 1 second) should we look for blocks?
Period_Ticks: 40

# What is the radius near each player where blocks should be covered by snow?
# **High values decrease performance** Recommended: 2-5 depending on your hardware.
Radius: 3

# Create multiple layers of snow? See Required_Neighbors_To_Grow for control.
Multi_Layer: true

# How many side blocks (west, east, south or nord) must have the same snow layer level
# in order for the snow layer in the centre to grow?
# Requires "Multi_Layer" on true
Required_Neighbors_To_Grow: 2

# Dot not place snow on the following blocks (material list, will match if contains):
Do_Not_Place_On:
- 'ICE'
- 'BARRIER'
- 'FENCE'
- 'STEP'
- 'SLAB'
- 'AIR'
- 'WATER'
- 'LAVA'
- 'SIGN'
- 'PANE'
- 'PLATE'
- 'STAIRS'
- 'TRAPDOOR'
- 'LANTERN'
- 'CAMPFIRE'
- 'BAMBOO'
- 'FLOWER'

# What biomes should we ignore?
# List: https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/block/Biome.html
Ignore_Biomes: []

Make your map biomes look like it's full of "cold winter biomes" (makes even desert cold)

NO CHANGES ARE DONE TO YOUR MAP, THIS IS ONLY DISGUISED FOR YOUR PLAYERS!

ProtocolLib and Minecraft 1.11 and newer required.

Disguise_Biomes:

# Disguise biomes for players?
Enabled: true

# To what biome should we disguise them?
# List: https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/block/Biome.html
Biome: SNOWY_TAIGA_HILLS

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Let it snow, Let it snow!

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Snow:

Spawn snow particles, even without rain?

Enabled: true

How often should we update the particles in ticks (20 ticks = 1 second) ?

Period_Ticks: 1

Amount of snow particles around each player.

Amount: 30

How strongly should the particles bounce randomly?

Set to 0.8 for thunderstorm-like experience.

Chaos: 0.0

Only spawn particles in open arenas?

Realistic: true

Only spawn particles in snowy biomes (cold, ice, frozen biomes and in high altitudes)

Require_Snow_Biomes: false

Ignore vanished players and players in spectator?

Ignore_Vanished: true

Configure the radious around the player where particles will be spawned.

High values decrease performance.

Range:

# The x-z size (width) of the area where particles are spawned.
Horizontal: 15

# The y size (height) of the area where particles are spawned.
Vertical: 10

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Extra options for the Snowman mob :O

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Snowman:

Make Snowman endure warm biomes like desert?

Disable_Melt_Damage: true

Stop Zombies and other monsters attacking Snowman.

Prevent_Target: true

The killer Snowman is here! Make the snowballs shot by Snowman actually deal damage.

Damage:

# How much damage should we give to the hit entity from a thrown snowball?
Snowball: 3.0

Should Psycho replace normal snowmen (warning: he hates Christmas and kills players)

EXPERIMENTAL: We need to do some hacky stuff, please do not expect everything to go smooth!

Psycho:

# Should psycho replace newly spawned snowmen?
Convert_New: false

# Scan chunks on load and replace existing snowmen with our dead snowmen?
# THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE ONCE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND
Convert_Existing: false

# Should the aggresive snowmen have a pumpkin on his head? Defaults to false for a cooler look
Pumpkin_Head: false

# Should we remove this mob when far away?
Despawn: true

Watch for entities spawned naturally, and convert them into a passive Snowman instead.

Transform:

# Convert spawned monsters to Snowman occasionally?
Enabled: true

# Chance from 0 to 100 in percent, to convert monsters below.
Chance_Percent: 15

# List of monsters that can be transformed into Snowman.
# Available: https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/bukkit/org/bukkit/entity/EntityType.html
Applicable:
- 'ZOMBIE'

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Aliases are alternative command names which trigger the same command as the main command.

Separate them with a comma, e.g: aliases: [winter]

* THE FIRST ALIAS IS THE MAIN LABEL, THAT MEANS AT LEAST ONE ALIAS MUST BE SPECIFIED. *

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Command_Aliases:

• 'winter'
• 'wt'

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You can change the prefix in front of chat or console messages here:

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Prefix: '&f&lWinter &8//&7'

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Change the language of the messages in this plugin, or completely customize them.

Currently: en (English), it (Italian), es (Spanish) and ru (Russian)

To edit the messages, create localization/ folder inside Winter folder and restart.

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Locale: en

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Should Winter check for new versions on startup and notify you in-game?

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Notify_Updates: true

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Support the developer of this plugin to allow occasional promotional messages ?

I promise to keep it low key and only display it once a day at maximum.

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Notify_Promotions: true

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Time of some plugin's operations is measured. Print a message to the console if they take

over the specified amount of time in milliseconds. Set to -1 to disable.

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Log_Lag_Over_Milis: 100

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Debugging allows you to understand the plugin. It will print more messages to the console.

Specify sections to debug, or ["*"] to print all out.

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Debug: []

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Internal configuration number, do not touch :)

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Version: 1
`

Snow doesn't melt if it is "covered". Example, snow covered a field, but we planted tree's. Now the snow does not melt from the base of the tree until we manually remove it.

1. How it would benefit others? (Not just you, but 1,000s of others people using the same plugin.)
   Nobody would have to spend time manually digging snow from beneath tree's (or any other structure that was built after the snow arrived)

2. What would happen if we won't implement this feature? How's your server being affected?
   Snow will remain in areas that it shouldn't, and I have to spend time removing it to restore the biome to it's proper appearance.

3. If suggesting something new - Can the old system be modified/improved instead?
   I'm not sure.

https://www.mc-market.org/resources/21645/

I enabled debug system in winter.

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Time of some plugin's operations is measured. Print a message to the console if they take

over the specified amount of time in milliseconds. Set to -1 to disable.

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Log_Lag_Over_Milis: 100

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Debugging allows you to understand the plugin. It will print more messages to the console.

Specify sections to debug, or ["*"] to print all out.

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Debug: ["*"]

after enabling, I restarted the server; the console still doesn't show any debug.

STARTUP LOG;

[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [Winter] Enabling Winter v3.0.0
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ____ ____
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: | | | | |\ | | |___ |/
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: ||| | | | | |_ |
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]:
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [PlaceholderAPI] Successfully registered expansion: winter
[13:56:24] [pool-57-thread-1/INFO]: [DiscordSRV] DiscordSRV is up-to-date. (1d08598206b1af5dcc29e411cead8e152e4c3f94)
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [auto-register] Automatically registered class org.mineacademy.winter.commands.WinterCommandGroup
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [auto-register] Automatically registered class org.mineacademy.winter.lib.fo.remain.CompMetadata$MetadataFile
[13:56:24] [Log4j2-TF-1-AsyncLogger[AsyncContext@70dea4e]-1/INFO]: [DiscordSRV] [JDA] Finished Loading!
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: Get Support:
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: https://github.com/kangarko/Winter/issues
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: ______________________________________________________________
[13:56:24] [DiscordSRV - Initialization/INFO]: [DiscordSRV] Found server G:ArcherMC's server(866690611432128554)
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [DiscordSRV] API listener org.mineacademy.winter.lib.fo.model.DiscordListener$DiscordListenerImpl unsubscribed
[13:56:24] [Server thread/INFO]: [DiscordSRV] API listener org.mineacademy.winter.lib.fo.model.DiscordListener$DiscordListenerImpl subscribed (2 methods)

hi, is it possible to make the generation of snow around a person a square, not a circle? it would look much cooler and more realistic, otherwise it is very noticeable that the snow falls in chunks + you can make exactly the radius of the snow falling in blocks, and not in chunks

Paper 336, Winter 2.5.2, vanilla client, snow particles are not appearing in-game despite "weather disable" false and "snow enabled" true. This same settings file worked properly last year with earlier versions. Client is configured to show particles (eg rain works). Snow is generating correctly on the ground. No errors/warnings in the server log.

We run this plugin all winter (4 months) to make a winter season, and enjoy it very much.

How long does it take for snow to start melting once that settings has been turned on int he config?

In some areas, snow layers will accumulate in mid air. Any idea as to why this might be happening?
Winter.zip

So I have the plugin installed and everything but when it loads it gives me this error:

| | | | ___ ___ _ __ | |
| || |/ _ \ / _ | ' / __| |
| _ | () | () | |) __ _|
|| ||_/ _/| ./|()
|_|
!-----------------------------------------------------!
Error loading Winter v1.1.7, plugin is disabled!
Running on 1.16.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT (v1_16_R3) & Java 11.0.9
!-----------------------------------------------------!
Error: String index out of range: -3
!-----------------------------------------------------!

Please help

This is a feature that would increase the immersion and usefulness of snow in the plugin. By making the player take reduced fall damage whilst falling onto snow, it brings both increased utility for snow (since it can be used to decrease fall damage of players and mobs) as well as improved realism, since snow does indeed help lessen the impact of falls in the real world as well. There are already several alternative ways to reduce fall damage in Minecraft, like hay bales, beds, water, slime blocks, cobwebs or even the recently added powdered snow. However, none of these are ideal since these options only reduce your damage by either 80% (hay bales), 50% (beds) or 100% (water, cobwebs, ladders). And neither of these options are really aesthetically pleasing, unless used in very particular instances. Snow would look much nicer and blend in better in a wide variety of scenes, especially in a wintery environment, in that regard. It would also make exploring the new extremely high lofty peaks a little less punishing whilst climbing them.

Hello! I recently just purchased this plugin. It was very nice but it caused my server insane amounts of lag and TPS issues. I tried to adjust the settings as much as I could. I even tried to add melting and it made it way worse. The more players that joined my server it just got worse. This plugin seems to be not suited for the amount of people on my Minecraft survival server. I would like to refund the plugin please.

I've been experiencing corrupted chunks when snow generation is enabled. This has led to major issues and huge downtimes.

After a random time, usually one to two days with snow generation being enabled, you'd see messages like this:
Saving oversized chunk [-14, -15] (1720638 bytes} to external file ./world/region/c.-14.-15.mcc.
That's a corrupted chunk. As soon as someone gets near the affected chunks, the server will stop responding to anything.

Here's a full log, from start to death:
server.log

Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance to get this resolved.

Hi, is there any possibility to reduce or disable snowman spawning ? They are overspawned and they cause severe tps drops

This is a feature request I believe would fit perfectly with the theme of the plugin- namely skiing! Imagine if you could craft skiis by combining sticks and wooden planks together, and then it's off to the slalom slopes! There is already a mod that does pretty much what I had in mind already, but it's Forge mod and is both client side and server side. This feature would benefit players during the winter season, or in frozen biomes, where there's plenty of snow and tall peaks (especially with the new 1.18 lofty peaks biome).

Is the "Radius" setting for the snow supposed to represent the number of chunks out from the player that get covered in snow?
Just trying to understand the config so I can tweak it for performance.

I'd love to have a "range"-setting for freezing water near crops.

A couple users complained about their farms not working anymore, as water flowing down besides crops will eventually, when dropping down by one block, freeze as the one water-block on the step is not right near to a crop.

It'd be great to have the option of defining a range (both horizontal as vertical) for water to not freeze around crops, to assure that farms still work.

Hola, estoy pensando en comprar el plugin pero no se si sera compatible con mi server 1.16.4, y gastarme 20$ en un plugin y que luego no me funcione...

It looks a bit weird.

A List of Ideas and Suggested Features

Due to small team and high demand on us we are at present not open for more features. There is no ETA. All features are consideration only.

OVERALL

• Making an option that will only enable snow generation when it's actually snowing in game according to the natural weather cycle

Hi there!

I love the idea and am thinking of getting the plugin. However, I'm currently using RealisticSeasons (https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/realisticseasons-1-16-3-1-17-1-seasons-in-your-minecraft-world-temperature-update.93275/) which is an amazing plugin as well. Is it possible to use Winter alongside RealisticSeasons, or for you to add compatibility?

Basically, I'd like the RealisticSeasons winter to be replaced by your particle effects.

Thank you!

Hi. I bought and installed this plugin yesterday. The snowing and freezing worked fine and as expected. It was great.

Then, I set melting = true, and about only a small amount of the unnatural snow melted, and most of the water remained frozen.

I need help getting rid of the unnatural snow and ice. Either it's melting really slow and I can't even notice it, or it isn't melting at all. I tried setting the check for blocks ticks lower to get to melt faster.

I was afraid to remove the plugin, because I was afraid the snow and ice would be stuck permanently.

Please let me know how to melt or remove the snow and ice created by the plugin. Thanks!

And now, I tried setting the melt back to false, and it didn't start snowing or freezing again. I think it stopped functioning. I liked this when it was working. But I mostly need to make sure I can get all of the unnatural snow and ice removed.

I deleted and reinstalled the plugin, and now melting is happening again. Issues resolved. Thank you.

Hello,
A really great system. But unfortunately I gave up my server and don't need the plugin anymore ... Is it possible to return the plugin and somehow get the money back? I bought it 2 days ago.

Best,
FlexKleks

Help

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Do you accept other payment methods like itunes gift cards

I'm sure this isn't the first time this has been requested, but since I couldn't find any open requests for it here on GitHub I thought I'd at least write it out publicly! It would be absolutely outstanding if the Winter plugin could start introducing seasons beyond just Winter. There are plugins on the market that do feature other seasons, but none of them are nearly as feature packed or well designed as Winter is. Unique features in each season could include (just examples):

• Especially clear and sunny weather in the summer.
• The player getting too warm during summer if they're wearing a full set of armor.
• Crops growing quicker in the summer.
• Trees leaves becoming orange / falling off in the fall.
• Especially rainy weather in the fall and spring.
• Higher chance of thunder storms in the summer.
• Windy in the fall, with blowing leaves in the wind and loose dropped items blowing away in the wind unless they're covered from it.
• Real life seasonal cycle, i.e. the season changes based on what the current season is IRL spanning across a whole year, or a specified time period.
• More "cold" mobs in the winter and more "warm" mobs in the summer, for example strays, penguins and polar bears in the winter and husks in the summer.
• Sand becoming too hot to walk on in the summer. And deserts causing heat stroke if you don't drink enough water.
• Mushrooms grow extra quickly in the fall.
• Planted flowers can spread to nearby places in the spring.
• Obviously, biome colors will change based on what season it is.
• Dirt becomes mud in the fall, and goes back to dirt in the late spring.
• Seasonal fish from fishing, some types are more common during certain seasons.
• Longer / shorter days in the summer and winter.
• Potentially new unique weather patterns like blizzards, hurricanes etc.

And much more...

This would of course be a huge undertaking, but it would be pretty awesome if you managed to pull it off nonetheless!

Hello, I'm interested in the chest feature in your winter plugin, is there anyway I can get just that? I'll be willing to buy that feature.

Hey there, I purchased Winter a few days ago and have been noticing a ton of TPS issues since I brought the plugin into the server. Even with around 20-30 players online our TPS gets hit for around 5-10%, and seems to only be going up as more players login. I have the settings at nearly the lowest they could possibly go, so I'm not sure why we are still seeing such an impact on performance. I plan on turning up the settings as christmas gets closer, and if lag is happening with the current settings, I'm not sure if that will even be a possibility.

Config: https://paste.helpch.at/fabujokamo.php
Timings: https://timings.aikar.co/?id=b5da42eec74c457ca5a0057f7b82c598#plugins

Shields do not block any damage from snowballs thrown by psycho snowmen. This makes them way too overpowered. I think we should get an option to allow shields to block snowball damage.

Hey Kangarko,

It's really difficult to get ahold of you on spigot, I can't start a conversation with you, nor am I able to leave a message on your profile page, and the "Click Here to send us a message" takes me to this issue page on github, so I guess I'll leave my request here.

Earlier today, I bought the Winter plugin, however, it did not seem to be a fit for my server. Unfortunately, it does not cover areas in snow if there's any obstacles above it, so it looks pretty choppy in a forest region. The same issue with ice-forming occurs, when theres a bridge, or a block above the waters surface, it fails to replace all the water with ice.

We have unnatural / fake snowy terrain which does not use vanilla biomes and is a server built area, which the plugin's melt feature doesn't seem to support according to the config comments and we also allow players to build / interact with the world so creating a backup and reverting it via world backups isn't an option for us.

Perhaps, those could be suggestions for improvement. I think a lot of what people are looking for is a simple but effective way of covering every block, including tall grass with snow and easily being able to remove it all at a command.

I'd like to take advantage of your 14 day refund policy and get a refund for the plugin. Thanks. https://www.spigotmc.org/members/kawaiikamikait.157567/

I would be awesome if Winter could have Northern lights (aurora borealis) in the winter sky

I couldn't find a plugin or datapack that can do this. So this would be unique!

Hi, I really like what you do but me and our developers keep running into a tonne of issues:

• It's still raining while snowing even when disabled
• The console keeps posting hundreds (spamming) of error messages every time I try to run a command
• The server crashes when executing some commands
• The snow-particle count doesn't work/ doesn't wanna in- or decrease
• It sometimes snows in the hub world even when that world isn't in the config

As I mentioned I really like the idea and aspects but it just is not the right plugin for us.
I would love to hear from you and wish you a great day!

We've republished Winter to MCMarket:
https://www.mc-market.org/resources/21645/

People who bought the plugin on Spigot, contributed or tested it can get a free update, apply on https://mineacademy.org/winter.

Here's my latest timings report, it seems that Snow Golems are causing a lot of issues on my server. I tried lowering the spawning rate and doing a kill-all but they still seem to be problematic.

https://timings.aikar.co/?id=d319b5556623483c87528ddad2e937c5

Hello, I would like to take advantage of the quantum guarantee. The plugin doesn't have to be mine. Many greetings, Markus

Is it safe to update 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 if the plugin has already been active for 24+ hours?

I would like to suggest having a region option within the configuration settings as well as a world option.

I am looking to set up a winter event and don't really want to create an entire world for it, but have a designated WorldGuard region.

I feel with would benefit everyone as many users will create regions for events, rather than whole worlds.

It will not affect my server moving forward, but feel that this is an enhancement.

I notice the "Do_Not_Place_On" config setting.
Is there a way to configure this so that snow still accumulates on dirt, but not dirt that has been turned into a path with a shovel?