2.21.0

New features

• Added a new plural_collectable_name setting for pluralized countryball name (instead of adding an "s")
• Added a new friend policy through /player policy friends
• Enable bots to run without message content intent with the --disable-message-content flag
• Allow changing the spawn manager class to your own custom implementation, enabling private anti-spam systems

Miscellaneous

Player stats

• Changed /player stats to /player info
• Change number syntax in /player info
• Added full stats in /admin balls info

Friends and blocklist

• Ignore blacklisted users in friends system
• Check for active friend requests to prevent spam
• Order friends and block list by date
• Prevent users from being blocked during a friend request

Admin panel

• Show emoji image instead of its ID in the balls list
• Show blacklist date

Other

• Defer catching interactions earlier (avoids late interactions)
• Added prompt when trading a favorite ball
• Changed default output of database backups inside the bot's folder
• Added new models to the developer environment
• Allow passing parameters when spawning a countryball, allowing to force an instance to be special, shiny... once caught
• Changed Discord badge in project README
• Bumped dependencies, upgrade to Python 3.13

Fixes

• Handle missing player when using /admin reset
• Handle missing player when checking for privacy policy
• Fixed error when logging errors in events (yes even bug handling can bug)
• Syntax in json-config-ref.json
• Missing new keys in config.yml
• Lot of typo and wording changes

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Thanks to the contributors who made this release possible! @flaree @cobaltt7 @imtherealF1 @userandaname @Valen7440 @ltzmax @laggron42

release/2.20.0

What's Changed

• [admin] changing ball to countryball by @Valen7440 in #370
• [trade] changing ball to countryball/settings.collectible_name by @imtherealF1 in #369
• removing double whitespace in balls list response by @imtherealF1 in #373
• [admin] Add admin blacklist history by @flaree in #327
• [balls] changing syntax for stats through balls list by @imtherealF1 in #375
• [settings] Pluralization Support, with {settings.plural_collectible_name} by @imtherealF1 in #378
• [trade] changing "this interaction ends in 30 mins" to a discord timestamp by @imtherealF1 in #381
• [config] /config silent, prevents notification spam by @imtherealF1 in #368
• [settings] making the biggest defense/attack stat bonus configurable by @imtherealF1 in #383
• [admin] changing ball to countryball in command arg names by @imtherealF1 in #389
• adding a . at a bot response by @imtherealF1 in #390
• [ballsdex] grammar checks/small fixes in logged info by @imtherealF1 in #391
• [config] bug fix, adding a try-except with DoesNotExist by @imtherealF1 in #392
• [Balls] move translations to a new field for easier management by @flaree in #387
• [player] new /player stats command by @imtherealF1 in #372
• [policies] add mention policy by @flaree in #325
• handling ttf files as binary by @imtherealF1 in #393
• [pagination] remove "entries" from footer by @flaree in #398
• [trade] Make trade only available in guilds by @flaree in #397
• [player] adding more checks to avoid errors in /stats and making it ephemeral by @imtherealF1 in #402
• [trade] fix bulk to show final page by @flaree in #400
• [player] friends and blocking users by @imtherealF1 in #340
• [utils] Move pagify + pagify help text by @flaree in #403

New Contributors

• @Valen7440 made their first contribution in #370

Full Changelog: release/2.19.1...release/2.20.0

release/2.19.1

[ballsdex] version bump

release/2.19.0

What's Changed

• bug fix, fixing duped stat message by @imtherealF1 in #341
• changing countryball to {settings.collectible_name} and title by @imtherealF1 in #342
• very small changes to wording in 2 occasions on balls give by @imtherealF1 in #343
• making it impossible to blacklist yourself by @imtherealF1 in #344
• Fix all the file endings and enforce LF by @Kowlin in #345
• adding poetry lock --no-update to pre commit by @imtherealF1 in #339
• fix: update pre-commit workflow to fix placing of locking by @Kowlin in #347
• grammatical changes to responses in /admin balls reset and /admin balls count by @imtherealF1 in #349
• removing version because it is not needed by @imtherealF1 in #335
• adding max favorites to the generated config file by @imtherealF1 in #355
• adding punctuation (full stops) in CONTRIBUTING.md by @imtherealF1 in #358
• grammatical changes to admin info guild/user by @imtherealF1 in #359
• fixing trade history sort countryball by @imtherealF1 in #354
• seeing stats through balls list by @imtherealF1 in #353
• [trade] Don't show favourite icon in trade by @flaree in #361
• [balls] show shiny and special in completion failure msg by @flaree in #362
• [info] More details credits regarding owner and project info by @flaree in #363
• adding dimensions to the collection card label in admin/resources by @imtherealF1 in #357
• handling permission checks correctly with details by @imtherealF1 in #360
• [trade] Add trade view by @flaree in #364
• adding interaction check to config embed, making channel optional, and some logic changes by @imtherealF1 in #350
• [trade] Add ability to select all on page by @flaree in #365
• Update issue templates by @flaree in #287
• [balls] make rarity be in alphabetical order too by @flaree in #367

Full Changelog: release/2.18.1...release/2.19.0

release/2.18.1

What's Changed

• bulk add changes by @imtherealF1 in #330
• fixing stats in balls give by @imtherealF1 in #332
• making some messages ephemeral by @imtherealF1 in #336
• small bug fix by @imtherealF1 in #334
• fixing the checks by @imtherealF1 in #333
• [trade] check if tradeable before creating menu by @flaree in #331

Full Changelog: release/2.18.0...release/2.18.1

release/2.18.0

What's Changed

• small space fix by @imtherealF1 in #277
• Put hidden to use in panel by @MaxxMXSZ in #278
• response changed to ephemeral msg in admin cog + some arg description fixes by @imtherealF1 in #284
• [admin] add log action to spawn bomb by @flaree in #290
• [countryballs] add special arg to balls list by @flaree in #286
• Handle every text-prefix as a string by @MaxxMXSZ in #294
• [balls] confirm favourite in balls give by @flaree in #288
• adding special and shiny arg to /balls favourite by @imtherealF1 in #285
• slight issue fix with admin info guild by @imtherealF1 in #297
• in many descriptions, changing "ball" to "countryball" by @imtherealF1 in #298
• typo fix in readme by @imtherealF1 in #301
• Update README to remove "we no longer maintain a support server" things by @zNeolythic in #305
• changing "ball" to "countryball" so that it gets replaced with {settings.collectible_name} by @imtherealF1 in #304
• [core] For cooldown show active timer by @Buggem in #282
• Add missing characters in the balls cog by @DaRealDotZ in #309
• [Admin] Add user id to embed if ran from admin by @flaree in #321
• [balls] add stats to balls give by @flaree in #326
• [countryball] add stroke width to country by @flaree in #329
• [Trade] Add bulk add support by @flaree in #212

New Contributors

• @zNeolythic made their first contribution in #305
• @Buggem made their first contribution in #282
• @DaRealDotZ made their first contribution in #309

Full Changelog: release/2.17.0...release/2.18.0

2.17.0

New features

• Added /admin info guild and /admin info user for getting information on users and servers
• Added player's policy edition through admin panel
• Added spawn bomb feature through /admin ball spawn

Enhancements

• Do not allow disabled balls to be force used in autocompletion fields
• Added special and shiny filtering options to /trade remove and /balls give
• Allow using ignored dots in countryball autocompletion for forcing a refresh of the options
• Added countryball argument to /trade history
• Reworked /admin rarity with more options and better display

Bug fixes

• Allow checking self inventory even when privacy set to private
• Always show stop button in paginated menus
• Unfavorite countryball when using donation modal
• Lot of typos and grammatical changes

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Thanks to @arrayunderscore, @flaree, @ltzmax, @Kingofthehill4965, @imtherealF1, @MaxxMXSZ and @GeorgeSofroniouCy for contributing to this release!

2.16.1 - Lot of fixes

• Fix ToS and privacy policy links in /about
• Add days argument to all trade history commands
• Use configured collectible name in /player donation_policy command
• Use configured collectible name in rules reminder in /config channel and /config disable
• Fix filtering in /trade add command, actually hiding locked balls
• Add /players delete and /players export command
• Convert all images to RGBA, fixing a possible bug when using special images
• Bumped dependencies

Okay I realized while writing this, it should have been a higher version bump
Thanks to @MaxxMXSZ, @flaree and @ltzmax for contributing to this release!

release/2.16.0...release/2.16.1

2.16.0

• Add /trade cancel for when the trade may timeout or error, leading it to be unable to cancelled via the button. (279fe49)
• Clicking clear button on trades will correct unlock the items. (84a2644)
• Add spawned time to BallInstance models to track the time the ball is spawned at along with the time it is caught at. (c13a743)
• Add HP and Defence % to the spawn message. (e43d182)

2.12.1

release/2.12.1

ballsdex: version bump