Add Environment Checks to base
#902
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quality-update
Improves efficiency or structure without affecting functionality of a module
base
#902
The Issue⚠️
Some modded environments interfere with the way data packs function without communicating this to the user.
As a result, we get plenty of false positives of our data packs being brocken whilst what is really broken is those modded environments not supporting basic vanilla features.
The number one contender for this is
paper
/spigot
which prevents non-player entities from being added to teams but never communicates this change of a basic vanilla mechanic to the player.What makes this even worse is that the config option is confusingly named
scoreboards.allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards=false
but only affects teams, not scoreboards.We have reached out to the
paper
/spigot
development teams multiple times but they do not seem to understand how much of an impact this default value of theirs has and have shown no signs of wanting to fix this issue.What We Can Do 🔨
We can't fix
spigot
/paper
, nor could we convince the respective development teams to fix this issue. However, this issue is negatively impacting our users, primerly ones without in-depth technical knowledge, which then blame our data packs. We need to do something.By adding some environment checks in base we could detect if certain mechanics work as expected and print errors in chat if not.
Below is a list of mechanics to check (WIP):
Environment Checks
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