🌟 LightAura Mod - Changelog v8.8.2

🚀 Major Improvements

✨ Enhanced Light Persistence

• Fixed offhand lighting during eating/drinking — your torch will no longer flicker off while consuming food or potions.
• Improved light stability during movement — better handling of quick position changes and falling.

⚡ Performance Optimizations

• Massive plant detection speed improvement — replaced individual block checks with an efficient tag-based system.
• Reduced memory usage — eliminated memory leaks and unnecessary data caching.
• Optimized light update frequency — smarter processing reduces unnecessary calculations.
• Enhanced memory management — automatic cleanup prevents data buildup over time.

🔧 New Configuration Options

• maintainLightDuringItemUse — control whether lights persist during eating/drinking (default: true).
• verticalMoveCooldown — adjust vertical movement detection sensitivity.
• enablePlayerLightingOffsets — toggle enhanced player light coverage.
• Fixed config validation — now properly supports uppercase letters in mod IDs.

🛡️ Stability & Bug Fixes

• Fixed dead light cleanup — resolved issue where old lights wouldn’t be properly removed.
• Enhanced digging detection — better recognition of mining activities.
• Improved coordinate handling — added safety checks for extreme world heights.

🎮 Quality of Life

• Smart light caching — remembers your light sources during temporary item state changes.
• Debug mode improvements — better logging with -Dlightaura.debug=true.
• Automatic state cleanup — resets properly when switching worlds or logging out.
• Enhanced mod compatibility — fixed regex patterns for better compatibility with other mods.

🔄 Technical Improvements

• Replaced hardcoded values with configurable options.
• Added intelligent grace periods for various player actions.
• Implemented fast movement detection system.
• Enhanced plant block preservation logic.
• Optimized cache management and rebuilding.

🕯️ LightAura keeps your world shining — smoother, faster, and smarter than ever.