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