This adds two settings to bukkit.yml, allowing activation and control of
two chunk garbage collection triggering conditions:
chunk-gc/period-in-ticks controls a periodic GC, run once every N ticks
(default is 600); chunk-gc/load-threshold causes the GC to run once
after every N calls to loadChunk() on a given world (this call is an API
call used by plugins, and is distinct from the path taken for routine
player movement-based loading). In both cases, setting to zero will
disable the given GC scheduling strategy.
In either case, the act of doing the GC is simply one of scanning the
loaded chunks, seeing which are NOT being used by one or more players
(due to view-distance) and which are not already queued for unload, and
queueing them for a normal unload. Ultimately, the unload is then
processed the same as if the chunk were unloaded due to leaving the
view-distance range of all players, so the impact on plugins should be
no different (and strategies such as handling the ChunkUnloadEvent in
order to prevent unload will still work).
The initial interval for the periodic GC is randomized on a per-world
basis, in order to avoid all world being GCed at the same time -
minimizing potential lag spikes.
Added newlines at the end of files
Fixed improper line endings on some files
Matched start - end comments
Added some missing comments for diffs
Fixed syntax on some spots
Minimized some diff
Removed some no longer used files
Added comment on some required files with no changes
Fixed imports of items used once
Added imports for items used more than once
We know these updates (can) break plugins bypassing Bukkit. They are needed for
smooth updates however. There will be another one right before before 1.1-R1.
Uses default view distance if player's view distance is not set
Throws an illegal argument exception if view distance is set too high
or too low.
Pushes notifications of server and world view distance changes to the player.
Move view distance functions from PlayerManger to WorldServer.
Set player minimum view distance to 1 for now.
Reset player's 'last known' position when recalculating visible chunks.
Use per-player view distance in chunk distance checks