Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master'

.github/README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Minestom isn't perfect, our choices make it much better for some cases, worse fo
 
 ## Disadvantages
 * Does not work with Bukkit/Spigot plugins
-* Does not work with older clients
+* Does not work with older clients (using a proxy with ViaBackwards is possible)
 * Bad for those who want a vanilla experience
 * Longer to develop something playable
 * Multi-threaded environments are prone to complications

.github/workflows/javadoc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Build and deploy Javadoc
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 11
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.11
+    - name: Build javadoc
+      run: gradle javadoc
+      
+    - name: Deploy javadoc to its assigned branch
+      uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@develop
+      env:
+        REPO: self
+        BRANCH: javadoc
+        FOLDER: docs
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Build and test Minestom
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 11
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.11
+    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+      run: chmod +x gradlew
+    - name: Build Minestom
+      run: ./gradlew build
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: ./gradlew test

build.gradle

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version '1.4.10'
 }
 
+group 'net.minestom.server'
+version '1.0'
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.11
 project.ext.lwjglVersion = "3.2.3"
 
 switch (OperatingSystem.current()) {
@@ -37,17 +41,12 @@ allprojects {
     }
     javadoc {
         options {
+            destinationDir(file("docs"))
             addBooleanOption('html5', true)
-            addBooleanOption('-no-module-directories', true)
         }
     }
 }
 
-group 'net.minestom.server'
-version '1.0'
-
-sourceCompatibility = 1.11
-
 sourceSets {
     main {
         java {
@@ -101,12 +100,13 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly('org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.2')
 
     // Netty
-    api 'io.netty:netty-handler:4.1.52.Final'
+    api 'io.netty:netty-handler:4.1.54.Final'
-    api 'io.netty:netty-codec:4.1.52.Final'
+    api 'io.netty:netty-codec:4.1.54.Final'
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:4.1.52.Final:linux-x86_64'
+    api 'io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:4.1.54.Final:linux-x86_64'
+    api 'io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue:4.1.54.Final:osx-x86_64'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/it.unimi.dsi/fastutil
-    api 'it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:8.4.2'
+    api 'it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:8.4.3'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson
     api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
@@ -116,25 +116,21 @@ dependencies {
     api 'com.github.Articdive:Jnoise:1.0.0'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.rocksdb/rocksdbjni
-    api 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:6.11.4'
+    api 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:6.13.3'
 
     // Logging
-    api 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.13.3'
+    api 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.14.0'
     // SLF4J is the base logger for most libraries, therefore we can hook it into log4j2.
-    api 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.13.3'
+    api 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.14.0'
 
     api 'com.mojang:authlib:1.5.21'
 
-    api 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12'
-    annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12'
-
     // Code modification
     api "org.ow2.asm:asm:${asmVersion}"
     api "org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:${asmVersion}"
     api "org.ow2.asm:asm-analysis:${asmVersion}"
     api "org.ow2.asm:asm-util:${asmVersion}"
     api "org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:${asmVersion}"
-    implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:21.0'
     api "org.spongepowered:mixin:${mixinVersion}"
 
     // Path finding

gradle.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-asmVersion=8.0.1
+asmVersion=9.0
-mixinVersion=0.8
+mixinVersion=0.8.1
 hephaistos_version=v1.1.5

src/generators/java/net/minestom/codegen/PrismarinePaths.java

@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 package net.minestom.codegen;
 
-import lombok.Getter;
-
 import java.io.File;
 
 public class PrismarinePaths {
 
-    @Getter private String blocks;
+    private String blocks;
-    @Getter private String biomes;
+    private String biomes;
-    @Getter private String effects;
+    private String effects;
-    @Getter private String items;
+    private String items;
-    @Getter private String recipes;
+    private String recipes;
-    @Getter private String instruments;
+    private String instruments;
-    @Getter private String materials;
+    private String materials;
-    @Getter private String entities;
+    private String entities;
-    @Getter private String protocol;
+    private String protocol;
-    @Getter private String windows;
+    private String windows;
-    @Getter private String version;
+    private String version;
-    @Getter private String language;
+    private String language;
 
     public File getBlockFile() {
         return getFile(blocks, "blocks");
@@ -32,6 +30,6 @@ public class PrismarinePaths {
     }
 
     public File getFile(String path, String type) {
-        return new File("prismarine-minecraft-data/data/"+path+"/"+type+".json");
+        return new File("prismarine-minecraft-data/data/" + path + "/" + type + ".json");
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/MinecraftServer.java

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package net.minestom.server;
 
-import com.mojang.authlib.AuthenticationService;
-import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftSessionService;
-import com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService;
-import lombok.Getter;
-import lombok.Setter;
 import net.minestom.server.advancements.AdvancementManager;
 import net.minestom.server.benchmark.BenchmarkManager;
 import net.minestom.server.command.CommandManager;
@@ -16,7 +11,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.entity.EntityType;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.extensions.Extension;
 import net.minestom.server.extensions.ExtensionManager;
-import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.MojangCrypt;
 import net.minestom.server.fluids.Fluid;
 import net.minestom.server.gamedata.loottables.LootTableManager;
 import net.minestom.server.gamedata.tags.TagManager;
@@ -31,7 +25,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.item.Material;
 import net.minestom.server.listener.manager.PacketListenerManager;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
 import net.minestom.server.network.PacketProcessor;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.netty.NettyServer;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.PluginMessagePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ServerDifficultyPacket;
@@ -49,6 +42,7 @@ import net.minestom.server.storage.StorageLocation;
 import net.minestom.server.storage.StorageManager;
 import net.minestom.server.timer.SchedulerManager;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.MathUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.thread.MinestomThread;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
 import net.minestom.server.world.Difficulty;
@@ -60,8 +54,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.Proxy;
-import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
@@ -72,8 +64,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
  */
 public final class MinecraftServer {
 
-    @Getter
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MinecraftServer.class);
-    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MinecraftServer.class);
 
     public static final String VERSION_NAME = "1.16.4";
     public static final int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 754;
@@ -85,9 +76,6 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
 
     public static final String THREAD_NAME_TICK = "Ms-Tick";
 
-    public static final String THREAD_NAME_PACKET_WRITER = "Ms-PacketWriterPool";
-    public static final int THREAD_COUNT_PACKET_WRITER = 2;
-
     public static final String THREAD_NAME_BLOCK_BATCH = "Ms-BlockBatchPool";
     public static final int THREAD_COUNT_BLOCK_BATCH = 2;
 
@@ -103,21 +91,12 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
     private static final int MS_TO_SEC = 1000;
     public static final int TICK_MS = MS_TO_SEC / TICK_PER_SECOND;
 
-    @Getter
+    // Network monitoring
-    @Setter
+    private static int rateLimit = 300;
-    private static boolean hardcoreLook = false;
+    private static int maxPacketSize = 30_000;
-
+    // Network
-    //Extras
-    @Getter
-    @Setter
-    private static boolean fixLighting = true;
-
-    //Rate Limiting
-    private static int rateLimit = 0;
-    // TODO
-    public static final int MAX_PACKET_SIZE = 300_000;
-
     private static PacketListenerManager packetListenerManager;
+    private static PacketProcessor packetProcessor;
     private static NettyServer nettyServer;
 
     // In-Game Manager
@@ -154,14 +133,6 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
     private static LootTableManager lootTableManager;
     private static TagManager tagManager;
 
-    //Mojang Auth
-    @Getter
-    private static final KeyPair keyPair = MojangCrypt.generateKeyPair();
-    @Getter
-    private static final AuthenticationService authService = new YggdrasilAuthenticationService(Proxy.NO_PROXY, "");
-    @Getter
-    private static final MinecraftSessionService sessionService = authService.createMinecraftSessionService();
-
     public static MinecraftServer init() {
         if (minecraftServer != null) // don't init twice
             return minecraftServer;
@@ -185,7 +156,7 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
 
         connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
         // Networking
-        final PacketProcessor packetProcessor = new PacketProcessor();
+        packetProcessor = new PacketProcessor();
         packetListenerManager = new PacketListenerManager();
 
         instanceManager = new InstanceManager();
@@ -239,19 +210,17 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
      * @param brandName the server brand name
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code brandName} is null
      */
-    @NotNull
+    public static void setBrandName(@NotNull String brandName) {
-    public static void setBrandName(String brandName) {
         Check.notNull(brandName, "The brand name cannot be null");
         MinecraftServer.brandName = brandName;
 
-        PluginMessagePacket brandMessage = PluginMessagePacket.getBrandPacket();
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers(), PluginMessagePacket.getBrandPacket());
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers(), brandMessage);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the max number of packets a client can send over 1 second.
+     * Gets the maximum number of packets a client can send over 1 second.
      *
-     * @return the packet count limit over 1 second
+     * @return the packet count limit over 1 second, 0 if not enabled
      */
     public static int getRateLimit() {
         return rateLimit;
@@ -266,6 +235,24 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
         MinecraftServer.rateLimit = rateLimit;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the maximum packet size (in bytes) that a client can send without getting disconnected.
+     *
+     * @return the maximum packet size
+     */
+    public static int getMaxPacketSize() {
+        return maxPacketSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Changes the maximum packet size (in bytes) that a client can send without getting disconnected.
+     *
+     * @param maxPacketSize the new max packet size
+     */
+    public static void setMaxPacketSize(int maxPacketSize) {
+        MinecraftServer.maxPacketSize = maxPacketSize;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the server difficulty showed in game option.
      *
@@ -281,17 +268,15 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
      *
      * @param difficulty the new server difficulty
      */
-    @NotNull
     public static void setDifficulty(@NotNull Difficulty difficulty) {
         Check.notNull(difficulty, "The server difficulty cannot be null.");
         MinecraftServer.difficulty = difficulty;
 
-        // The difficulty packet
+        // Send the packet to all online players
         ServerDifficultyPacket serverDifficultyPacket = new ServerDifficultyPacket();
         serverDifficultyPacket.difficulty = difficulty;
         serverDifficultyPacket.locked = true; // Can only be modified on single-player
-        // Send the packet to all online players
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers(), serverDifficultyPacket);
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers(), serverDifficultyPacket);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -424,6 +409,18 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
         return connectionManager;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the object handling the client packets processing.
+     * <p>
+     * Can be used if you want to convert a buffer to a client packet object.
+     *
+     * @return the packet processor
+     */
+    public static PacketProcessor getPacketProcessor() {
+        checkInitStatus(packetProcessor);
+        return packetProcessor;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets if the server is up and running.
      *
@@ -453,14 +450,16 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
                 "The chunk view distance must be between 2 and 32");
         MinecraftServer.chunkViewDistance = chunkViewDistance;
         if (started) {
-            UpdateViewDistancePacket updateViewDistancePacket = new UpdateViewDistancePacket();
-            updateViewDistancePacket.viewDistance = chunkViewDistance;
 
             final Collection<Player> players = connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers();
 
-            PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(players, updateViewDistancePacket);
+            UpdateViewDistancePacket updateViewDistancePacket = new UpdateViewDistancePacket();
+            updateViewDistancePacket.viewDistance = chunkViewDistance;
 
-            connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers().forEach(player -> {
+            // Send packet to all online players
+            PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(players, updateViewDistancePacket);
+
+            players.forEach(player -> {
                 final Chunk playerChunk = player.getChunk();
                 if (playerChunk != null) {
                     player.refreshVisibleChunks(playerChunk);
@@ -625,11 +624,11 @@ public final class MinecraftServer {
         extensionManager.getExtensions().forEach(Extension::initialize);
         extensionManager.getExtensions().forEach(Extension::postInitialize);
 
+        MinecraftServer.started = true;
+
         final double loadTime = MathUtils.round((t1 + System.nanoTime()) / 1_000_000D, 2);
         LOGGER.info("Extensions loaded in " + loadTime + "ms");
         LOGGER.info("Minestom server started successfully.");
-
-        MinecraftServer.started = true;
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/UpdateManager.java

@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 package net.minestom.server;
 
-import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
-import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.EntityManager;
-import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.Instance;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.InstanceManager;
-import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
-import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.KeepAlivePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.thread.PerGroupChunkProvider;
 import net.minestom.server.thread.ThreadProvider;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.thread.MinestomThread;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-import java.util.function.DoubleConsumer;
+import java.util.function.LongConsumer;
 
 /**
  * Manager responsible for the server ticks.
@@ -27,37 +23,30 @@ import java.util.function.DoubleConsumer;
  */
 public final class UpdateManager {
 
-    private static final long KEEP_ALIVE_DELAY = 10_000;
-    private static final long KEEP_ALIVE_KICK = 30_000;
-    private static final ColoredText TIMEOUT_TEXT = ColoredText.of(ChatColor.RED + "Timeout");
-
     private final ExecutorService mainUpdate = new MinestomThread(1, MinecraftServer.THREAD_NAME_MAIN_UPDATE);
     private boolean stopRequested;
 
     private ThreadProvider threadProvider;
 
-    private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Runnable> tickStartCallbacks = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+    private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<LongConsumer> tickStartCallbacks = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
-    private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<DoubleConsumer> tickEndCallbacks = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+    private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<LongConsumer> tickEndCallbacks = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 
     {
         // DEFAULT THREAD PROVIDER
-        //threadProvider = new PerInstanceThreadProvider();
         threadProvider = new PerGroupChunkProvider();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Should only be created in MinecraftServer
+     * Should only be created in MinecraftServer.
      */
     protected UpdateManager() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Starts the server loop in the update thread
+     * Starts the server loop in the update thread.
      */
     protected void start() {
         mainUpdate.execute(() -> {
-
-            final ConnectionManager connectionManager = MinecraftServer.getConnectionManager();
             final EntityManager entityManager = MinecraftServer.getEntityManager();
 
             final long tickDistance = MinecraftServer.TICK_MS * 1000000;
@@ -67,56 +56,25 @@ public final class UpdateManager {
                 final long tickStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
                 // Tick start callbacks
-                if (!tickStartCallbacks.isEmpty()) {
+                doTickCallback(tickStartCallbacks, tickStart);
-                    Runnable callback;
-                    while ((callback = tickStartCallbacks.poll()) != null) {
-                        callback.run();
-                    }
-                }
-
-                List<Future<?>> futures;
-
-                // Server tick (instance/chunk/entity)
-                // Synchronize with the update manager instance, like the signal for chunk load/unload
-                synchronized (this) {
-                    futures = threadProvider.update(tickStart);
-                }
 
                 // Waiting players update (newly connected clients waiting to get into the server)
                 entityManager.updateWaitingPlayers();
 
                 // Keep Alive Handling
-                final KeepAlivePacket keepAlivePacket = new KeepAlivePacket(tickStart);
+                entityManager.handleKeepAlive(tickStart);
-                for (Player player : connectionManager.getOnlinePlayers()) {
-                    final long lastKeepAlive = tickStart - player.getLastKeepAlive();
-                    if (lastKeepAlive > KEEP_ALIVE_DELAY && player.didAnswerKeepAlive()) {
-                        player.refreshKeepAlive(tickStart);
-                        player.getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(keepAlivePacket);
-                    } else if (lastKeepAlive >= KEEP_ALIVE_KICK) {
-                        player.kick(TIMEOUT_TEXT);
-                    }
-                }
 
-                for (final Future<?> future : futures) {
+                // Server tick (chunks/entities)
-                    try {
+                serverTick(tickStart);
-                        future.get();
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                }
 
+                // the time that the tick took in nanoseconds
+                final long tickTime = System.nanoTime() - currentTime;
 
                 // Tick end callbacks
-                if (!tickEndCallbacks.isEmpty()) {
+                doTickCallback(tickEndCallbacks, tickTime / 1000000L);
-                    final double tickEnd = (System.nanoTime() - currentTime) / 1000000D;
-                    DoubleConsumer callback;
-                    while ((callback = tickEndCallbacks.poll()) != null) {
-                        callback.accept(tickEnd);
-                    }
-                }
 
                 // Sleep until next tick
-                final long sleepTime = Math.max(1, (tickDistance - (System.nanoTime() - currentTime)) / 1000000);
+                final long sleepTime = Math.max(1, (tickDistance - tickTime) / 1000000L);
 
                 try {
                     Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
@@ -128,6 +86,44 @@ public final class UpdateManager {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Executes a server tick and returns only once all the futures are completed.
+     *
+     * @param tickStart the time of the tick in milliseconds
+     */
+    private void serverTick(long tickStart) {
+        List<Future<?>> futures;
+
+        // Server tick (instance/chunk/entity)
+        // Synchronize with the update manager instance, like the signal for chunk load/unload
+        synchronized (this) {
+            futures = threadProvider.update(tickStart);
+        }
+
+        for (final Future<?> future : futures) {
+            try {
+                future.get();
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to execute tick-related callbacks.
+     *
+     * @param callbacks the callbacks to execute
+     * @param value     the value to give to the consumers
+     */
+    private void doTickCallback(ConcurrentLinkedQueue<LongConsumer> callbacks, long value) {
+        if (!callbacks.isEmpty()) {
+            LongConsumer callback;
+            while ((callback = callbacks.poll()) != null) {
+                callback.accept(value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the current {@link ThreadProvider}.
      *
@@ -206,10 +202,12 @@ public final class UpdateManager {
 
     /**
      * Adds a callback executed at the start of the next server tick.
+     * <p>
+     * The long in the consumer represents the starting time (in ms) of the tick.
      *
      * @param callback the tick start callback
      */
-    public void addTickStartCallback(Runnable callback) {
+    public void addTickStartCallback(@NotNull LongConsumer callback) {
         this.tickStartCallbacks.add(callback);
     }
 
@@ -218,18 +216,18 @@ public final class UpdateManager {
      *
      * @param callback the callback to remove
      */
-    public void removeTickStartCallback(Runnable callback) {
+    public void removeTickStartCallback(@NotNull LongConsumer callback) {
         this.tickStartCallbacks.remove(callback);
     }
 
     /**
      * Adds a callback executed at the end of the next server tick.
      * <p>
-     * The double in the consumer represents the duration (in ms) of the tick.
+     * The long in the consumer represents the duration (in ms) of the tick.
      *
      * @param callback the tick end callback
      */
-    public void addTickEndCallback(DoubleConsumer callback) {
+    public void addTickEndCallback(@NotNull LongConsumer callback) {
         this.tickEndCallbacks.add(callback);
     }
 
@@ -238,12 +236,12 @@ public final class UpdateManager {
      *
      * @param callback the callback to remove
      */
-    public void removeTickEndCallback(DoubleConsumer callback) {
+    public void removeTickEndCallback(@NotNull LongConsumer callback) {
         this.tickEndCallbacks.remove(callback);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Stops the server loop
+     * Stops the server loop.
      */
     public void stop() {
         stopRequested = true;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/Viewable.java

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package net.minestom.server;
 
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ public interface Viewable {
      * @param packet the packet to send to all viewers
      */
     default void sendPacketToViewers(@NotNull ServerPacket packet) {
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(getViewers(), packet);
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(getViewers(), packet);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -69,40 +68,22 @@ public interface Viewable {
      */
     default void sendPacketsToViewers(@NotNull ServerPacket... packets) {
         for (ServerPacket packet : packets) {
-            PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(getViewers(), packet);
+            PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(getViewers(), packet);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Sends a packet to all viewers and the viewable element if it is a player.
      * <p>
-     * If 'this' isn't a player, then {@link #sendPacketToViewers(ServerPacket)} is called instead.
+     * If 'this' isn't a player, then {only @link #sendPacketToViewers(ServerPacket)} is called.
      *
      * @param packet the packet to send
      */
     default void sendPacketToViewersAndSelf(@NotNull ServerPacket packet) {
         if (this instanceof Player) {
-            if (getViewers().isEmpty()) {
+            ((Player) this).getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(packet);
-                PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend((Player) this, packet);
-            } else {
-                UNSAFE_sendPacketToViewersAndSelf(packet);
-            }
-        } else {
-            sendPacketToViewers(packet);
         }
-    }
+        sendPacketToViewers(packet);
-
-    /**
-     * Sends a packet to all the viewers and 'this'.
-     * <p>
-     * Unsafe because of a cast to {@link Player} without any check beforehand.
-     *
-     * @param packet the packet to send
-     */
-    private void UNSAFE_sendPacketToViewersAndSelf(@NotNull ServerPacket packet) {
-        Set<Player> recipients = new HashSet<>(getViewers());
-        recipients.add((Player) this);
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(recipients, packet);
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/advancements/Advancement.java

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 package net.minestom.server.advancements;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minestom.server.item.Material;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.AdvancementsPacket;
-import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Represents an advancement located in an {@link AdvancementTab}.
@@ -373,17 +374,11 @@ public class Advancement {
         updateCriteria();
 
         if (tab != null) {
-            // Update the tab cached packet
+            final Set<Player> viewers = tab.getViewers();
-            tab.updatePacket();
+            AdvancementsPacket createPacket = tab.createPacket();
 
-            final ByteBuf createBuffer = tab.createBuffer;
+            PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(viewers, tab.removePacket);
-            final ByteBuf removeBuffer = tab.removeBuffer;
+            PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(viewers, createPacket);
-            tab.getViewers().forEach(player -> {
-                final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
-                // Receive order is important
-                playerConnection.sendPacket(removeBuffer, true);
-                playerConnection.sendPacket(createBuffer, true);
-            });
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/advancements/AdvancementTab.java

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package net.minestom.server.advancements;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minestom.server.Viewable;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.AdvancementsPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.advancement.AdvancementUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
- * Represents a tab which can be shared between multiple players.
+ * Represents a tab which can be shared between multiple players. Created using {@link AdvancementManager#createTab(String, AdvancementRoot)}.
  * <p>
  * Each tab requires a root advancement and all succeeding advancements need to have a parent in the tab.
  * You can create a new advancement using {@link #createAdvancement(String, Advancement, Advancement)}.
@@ -33,19 +31,16 @@ public class AdvancementTab implements Viewable {
     // Advancement -> its parent
     private final Map<Advancement, Advancement> advancementMap = new HashMap<>();
 
-    // Packet cache, updated every time the tab changes
-    protected ByteBuf createBuffer;
     // the packet used to clear the tab (used to remove it and to update an advancement)
     // will never change (since the root identifier is always the same)
-    protected final ByteBuf removeBuffer;
+    protected final AdvancementsPacket removePacket;
 
     protected AdvancementTab(@NotNull String rootIdentifier, @NotNull AdvancementRoot root) {
         this.root = root;
 
         cacheAdvancement(rootIdentifier, root, null);
 
-        final AdvancementsPacket removePacket = AdvancementUtils.getRemovePacket(new String[]{rootIdentifier});
+        this.removePacket = AdvancementUtils.getRemovePacket(new String[]{rootIdentifier});
-        this.removeBuffer = PacketUtils.writePacket(removePacket);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,13 +83,6 @@ public class AdvancementTab implements Viewable {
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Updates the packet buffer.
-     */
-    protected void updatePacket() {
-        this.createBuffer = PacketUtils.writePacket(createPacket());
-    }
-
     /**
      * Builds the packet which build the whole advancement tab.
      *
@@ -135,8 +123,6 @@ public class AdvancementTab implements Viewable {
         advancement.setParent(parent);
         advancement.updateCriteria();
         this.advancementMap.put(advancement, parent);
-
-        updatePacket();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -149,7 +135,7 @@ public class AdvancementTab implements Viewable {
         final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
 
         // Send the tab to the player
-        playerConnection.sendPacket(createBuffer, true);
+        playerConnection.sendPacket(createPacket());
 
         addPlayer(player);
 
@@ -166,7 +152,7 @@ public class AdvancementTab implements Viewable {
 
         // Remove the tab
         if (!player.isRemoved()) {
-            playerConnection.sendPacket(removeBuffer, true);
+            playerConnection.sendPacket(removePacket);
         }
 
         removePlayer(player);

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/benchmark/BenchmarkManager.java

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public final class BenchmarkManager {
         THREAD_MX_BEAN.setThreadCpuTimeEnabled(true);
 
         THREADS.add(THREAD_NAME_MAIN_UPDATE);
-        THREADS.add(THREAD_NAME_PACKET_WRITER);
         THREADS.add(THREAD_NAME_BLOCK_BATCH);
         THREADS.add(THREAD_NAME_SCHEDULER);
         THREADS.add(THREAD_NAME_TICK);
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ public final class BenchmarkManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the memory used by the server in bytes.
+     * Gets the heap memory used by the server in bytes.
      *
      * @return the memory used by the server
      */

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/bossbar/BossBar.java

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
 /**
  * Represents a boss bar which is displayed on the top of the client screen (max amount of boss bar defined by {@link #MAX_BOSSBAR}).
  * <p>
- * To use it, create a new instance and add the {@link Player} you want using {@link #addViewer(Player)} and remove them using {@link #removeViewer(Player)}.
+ * To use it, create a new instance using the constructor
+ * and add the {@link Player} you want using {@link #addViewer(Player)} and remove them using {@link #removeViewer(Player)}.
  * <p>
  * You can retrieve all the boss bars of a {@link Player} with {@link #getBossBars(Player)}.
  */

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/chat/RichMessage.java

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-// TODO format retention
-
 /**
  * Represents multiple {@link ColoredText} batched together with the possibility to add
  * click and hover events.
@@ -42,18 +40,30 @@ public class RichMessage extends JsonMessage {
         Check.notNull(coloredText, "ColoredText cannot be null");
 
         RichMessage richMessage = new RichMessage();
-        appendText(richMessage, coloredText, FormatRetention.ALL);
+        appendText(richMessage, coloredText);
 
         return richMessage;
     }
 
-    private static void appendText(@NotNull RichMessage richMessage, @NotNull ColoredText coloredText,
+    private static void appendText(@NotNull RichMessage richMessage, @NotNull ColoredText coloredText) {
-                                   @NotNull FormatRetention formatRetention) {
+        RichComponent component = new RichComponent(coloredText);
-        RichComponent component = new RichComponent(coloredText, formatRetention);
         richMessage.components.add(component);
         richMessage.currentComponent = component;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a new rich component to the message.
+     *
+     * @param coloredText the text composing the rich component
+     * @return the rich message
+     */
+    public RichMessage append(@NotNull ColoredText coloredText) {
+        Check.notNull(coloredText, "ColoredText cannot be null");
+
+        appendText(this, coloredText);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the click event of the current rich component.
      *
@@ -87,31 +97,6 @@ public class RichMessage extends JsonMessage {
         return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Adds a new rich component to the message.
-     *
-     * @param coloredText     the text composing the rich component
-     * @param formatRetention the format retention of the added component
-     * @return the rich message
-     */
-    public RichMessage append(@NotNull ColoredText coloredText, @NotNull FormatRetention formatRetention) {
-        Check.notNull(coloredText, "ColoredText cannot be null");
-
-        appendText(this, coloredText, formatRetention);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a new rich component to the message,
-     * the format retention is set to {@link FormatRetention#ALL}.
-     *
-     * @param coloredText the text composing the rich component
-     * @return the rich message
-     */
-    public RichMessage append(@NotNull ColoredText coloredText) {
-        return append(coloredText, FormatRetention.ALL);
-    }
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public JsonObject getJsonObject() {
@@ -121,18 +106,14 @@ public class RichMessage extends JsonMessage {
         if (cacheComponents.isEmpty())
             return new JsonObject();
 
-        RichComponent firstComponent = cacheComponents.remove(0);
+        // The main object contains the extra array, with an empty text to do not share its state with the others
-        List<JsonObject> firstComponentObjects = getComponentObject(firstComponent);
+        JsonObject mainObject = new JsonObject();
-        JsonObject mainObject = firstComponentObjects.remove(0);
+        mainObject.addProperty("text", "");
-
-        if (cacheComponents.isEmpty() && firstComponentObjects.isEmpty())
-            return mainObject;
 
+        // The extra array contains all the components
         JsonArray extraArray = new JsonArray();
-        for (JsonObject firstComponentObject : firstComponentObjects) {
-            extraArray.add(firstComponentObject);
-        }
 
+        // Add all the components
         for (RichComponent component : cacheComponents) {
             List<JsonObject> componentObjects = getComponentObject(component);
             for (JsonObject componentObject : componentObjects) {
@@ -205,24 +186,18 @@ public class RichMessage extends JsonMessage {
         return eventObject;
     }
 
-    public enum FormatRetention {
-        ALL, CLICK_EVENT, HOVER_EVENT, NONE
-    }
-
     /**
      * Represents a {@link ColoredText} with a click and hover event (can be null).
      */
     private static class RichComponent {
 
         private final ColoredText text;
-        private final FormatRetention formatRetention;
         private ChatClickEvent clickEvent;
         private ChatHoverEvent hoverEvent;
         private String insertion;
 
-        private RichComponent(@NotNull ColoredText text, @NotNull FormatRetention formatRetention) {
+        private RichComponent(@NotNull ColoredText text) {
             this.text = text;
-            this.formatRetention = formatRetention;
         }
 
         @NotNull
@@ -230,11 +205,6 @@ public class RichMessage extends JsonMessage {
             return text;
         }
 
-        @NotNull
-        public FormatRetention getFormatRetention() {
-            return formatRetention;
-        }
-
         @Nullable
         public ChatClickEvent getClickEvent() {
             return clickEvent;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/CommandManager.java

@@ -83,8 +83,15 @@ public final class CommandManager {
      * Registers a {@link Command}.
      *
      * @param command the command to register
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if a command with the same name already exists
      */
-    public void register(@NotNull Command command) {
+    public synchronized void register(@NotNull Command command) {
+        Check.stateCondition(commandExists(command.getName()),
+                "A command with the name " + command.getName() + " is already registered!");
+        for (String alias : command.getAliases()) {
+            Check.stateCondition(commandExists(alias),
+                    "A command with the name " + alias + " is already registered!");
+        }
         this.dispatcher.register(command);
     }
 
@@ -103,13 +110,20 @@ public final class CommandManager {
      * Registers a {@link CommandProcessor}.
      *
      * @param commandProcessor the command to register
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if a command with the same name already exists
      */
-    public void register(@NotNull CommandProcessor commandProcessor) {
+    public synchronized void register(@NotNull CommandProcessor commandProcessor) {
-        this.commandProcessorMap.put(commandProcessor.getCommandName().toLowerCase(), commandProcessor);
+        final String commandName = commandProcessor.getCommandName().toLowerCase();
+        Check.stateCondition(commandExists(commandName),
+                "A command with the name " + commandName + " is already registered!");
+        this.commandProcessorMap.put(commandName, commandProcessor);
         // Register aliases
         final String[] aliases = commandProcessor.getAliases();
         if (aliases != null && aliases.length > 0) {
             for (String alias : aliases) {
+                Check.stateCondition(commandExists(alias),
+                        "A command with the name " + alias + " is already registered!");
+
                 this.commandProcessorMap.put(alias.toLowerCase(), commandProcessor);
             }
         }
@@ -126,6 +140,18 @@ public final class CommandManager {
         return commandProcessorMap.get(commandName.toLowerCase());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets if a command with the name {@code commandName} already exists or name.
+     *
+     * @param commandName the command name to check
+     * @return true if the command does exist
+     */
+    public boolean commandExists(@NotNull String commandName) {
+        commandName = commandName.toLowerCase();
+        return dispatcher.findCommand(commandName) != null ||
+                commandProcessorMap.get(commandName) != null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes a command for a {@link ConsoleSender}.
      *

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/CommandProcessor.java

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
  * <p>
  * Tab-completion can be activated by overriding {@link #enableWritingTracking()} and return true, you should then listen to
  * {@link #onWrite(String)} and return the possible completions to suggest.
+ * <p>
+ * Please be sure to check {@link net.minestom.server.command.builder.Command} as it is likely to be better for your use case.
  */
 public interface CommandProcessor {
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/CommandSender.java

@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 package net.minestom.server.command;
 
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.permission.Permission;
+import net.minestom.server.permission.PermissionHandler;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
  * Represents something which can send commands to the server.
  * <p>
  * Main implementations are {@link Player} and {@link ConsoleSender}.
  */
-public interface CommandSender {
+public interface CommandSender extends PermissionHandler {
 
     /**
      * Sends a raw string message.
@@ -32,85 +29,6 @@ public interface CommandSender {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns all permissions associated to this command sender.
-     * The returned collection should be modified only by subclasses.
-     *
-     * @return the permissions of this command sender.
-     */
-    @NotNull
-    Collection<Permission> getAllPermissions();
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a {@link Permission} to this commandSender
-     *
-     * @param permission the permission to add
-     */
-    default void addPermission(@NotNull Permission permission) {
-        getAllPermissions().add(permission);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes a {@link Permission} from this commandSender
-     *
-     * @param permission the permission to remove
-     */
-    default void removePermission(@NotNull Permission permission) {
-        getAllPermissions().remove(permission);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the given {@link Permission} is possessed by this command sender.
-     * Simple shortcut to <pre>getAllPermissions().contains(permission) &amp;&amp; permission.isValidFor(this)</pre> for readability.
-     *
-     * @param p permission to check against
-     * @return true if the sender has the permission and validate {@link Permission#isValidFor(CommandSender, Object)}
-     */
-    default boolean hasPermission(@NotNull Permission p) {
-        return hasPermission(p, null);
-    }
-
-    default <T> boolean hasPermission(@NotNull Permission<T> p, @Nullable T data) {
-        return getAllPermissions().contains(p) && p.isValidFor(this, data);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the given {@link Permission} is possessed by this command sender.
-     * Will call {@link Permission#isValidFor(CommandSender, Object)} on all permissions that are an instance of {@code permissionClass}.
-     * If no matching permission is found, this result returns false.
-     *
-     * @param permissionClass the permission class to check
-     * @return true if the sender has the permission and validate {@link Permission#isValidFor(CommandSender, Object)}
-     * @see #getAllPermissions()
-     */
-    default boolean hasPermission(@NotNull Class<? extends Permission> permissionClass) {
-        boolean result = true;
-        boolean foundPerm = false;
-        for (Permission p : getAllPermissions()) {
-            if (permissionClass.isInstance(p)) {
-                foundPerm = true;
-                result &= p.isValidFor(this, null);
-            }
-        }
-        if (!foundPerm)
-            return false;
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    default <T> boolean hasPermission(@NotNull Class<? extends Permission<T>> permissionClass, @Nullable T data) {
-        boolean result = true;
-        boolean foundPerm = false;
-        for (Permission p : getAllPermissions()) {
-            if (permissionClass.isInstance(p)) {
-                foundPerm = true;
-                result &= p.isValidFor(this, data);
-            }
-        }
-        if (!foundPerm)
-            return false;
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets if the sender is a {@link Player}.
      *
@@ -133,6 +51,7 @@ public interface CommandSender {
      * Casts this object to a {@link Player}.
      * No checks are performed, {@link ClassCastException} can very much happen.
      *
+     * @throws ClassCastException if 'this' is not a player
      * @see #isPlayer()
      */
     default Player asPlayer() {
@@ -143,6 +62,7 @@ public interface CommandSender {
      * Casts this object to a {@link ConsoleSender}.
      * No checks are performed, {@link ClassCastException} can very much happen.
      *
+     * @throws ClassCastException if 'this' is not a console sender
      * @see #isConsole()
      */
     default ConsoleSender asConsole() {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/Command.java

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class Command {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a {@link Command} with a name without any aliases.
+     * Creates a {@link Command} with a name and no alias.
      *
      * @param name the name of the command
      * @see #Command(String, String...)
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ public class Command {
     /**
      * Gets the {@link CommandCondition}.
      * <p>
-     * It is called no matter the syntax used and can be used to check permissions or
+     * It is called after the parsing and just before the execution no matter the syntax used and can be used to check permissions or
      * the {@link CommandSender} type.
+     * <p>
+     * Worth mentioning that the condition is also used to know if the command known from a player (at connection).
      *
      * @return the command condition, null if not any
      */
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public class Command {
      * Sets the {@link CommandCondition}.
      *
      * @param commandCondition the new command condition, null to do not call anything
+     * @see #getCondition()
      */
     public void setCondition(@Nullable CommandCondition commandCondition) {
         this.condition = commandCondition;
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ public class Command {
     /**
      * Adds a new syntax in the command.
      * <p>
-     * A syntax is simply a list of arguments.
+     * A syntax is simply a list of arguments and an executor called when successfully parsed.
      *
      * @param commandCondition the condition to use the syntax
      * @param executor         the executor to call when the syntax is successfully received

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/CommandDispatcher.java

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ public class CommandDispatcher {
     private final Map<String, Command> commandMap = new HashMap<>();
     private final Set<Command> commands = new HashSet<>();
 
+    /**
+     * Registers a command,
+     * be aware that registering a command name or alias will override the previous entry.
+     *
+     * @param command the command to register
+     */
     public void register(@NotNull Command command) {
         this.commandMap.put(command.getName().toLowerCase(), command);
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/CommandExecutor.java

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 public interface CommandExecutor {
 
     /**
-     * Executes the command callback once the syntax has been called (or the default executor)
+     * Executes the command callback once the syntax has been called (or the default executor).
      *
-     * @param source the sender of the command
+     * @param sender the sender of the command
      * @param args   contains all the parsed arguments,
      *               the id is the one initialized when creating the argument object
      */
-    void apply(@NotNull CommandSender source, @NotNull Arguments args);
+    void apply(@NotNull CommandSender sender, @NotNull Arguments args);
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/arguments/relative/ArgumentRelative.java

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ package net.minestom.server.command.builder.arguments.relative;
 import net.minestom.server.command.builder.arguments.Argument;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+/**
+ * Common interface for all the relative location arguments.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the relative location type
+ */
 public abstract class ArgumentRelative<T> extends Argument<T> {
 
     public static final String RELATIVE_CHAR = "~";

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/arguments/relative/ArgumentRelativeBlockPosition.java

@@ -26,13 +26,23 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeBlockPosition extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeBloc
 
         // Check if each element is correct
         for (String element : split) {
-            if (!element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+            if (!element.startsWith(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
                 try {
                     // Will throw the exception if not an integer
                     Integer.parseInt(element);
                 } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                     return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
                 }
+            } else {
+                if (element.length() > RELATIVE_CHAR.length()) {
+                    try {
+                        final String potentialNumber = element.substring(1);
+                        // Will throw the exception if not an integer
+                        Integer.parseInt(potentialNumber);
+                    } catch (NumberFormatException | IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                        return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -51,7 +61,8 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeBlockPosition extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeBloc
 
         for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
             final String element = split[i];
-            if (element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+            if (element.startsWith(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+
                 if (i == 0) {
                     relativeX = true;
                 } else if (i == 1) {
@@ -59,6 +70,19 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeBlockPosition extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeBloc
                 } else if (i == 2) {
                     relativeZ = true;
                 }
+
+                if (element.length() != RELATIVE_CHAR.length()) {
+                    final String potentialNumber = element.substring(1);
+                    final int number = Integer.parseInt(potentialNumber);
+                    if (i == 0) {
+                        blockPosition.setX(number);
+                    } else if (i == 1) {
+                        blockPosition.setY(number);
+                    } else if (i == 2) {
+                        blockPosition.setZ(number);
+                    }
+                }
+
             } else {
                 final int number = Integer.parseInt(element);
                 if (i == 0) {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/arguments/relative/ArgumentRelativeVec.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package net.minestom.server.command.builder.arguments.relative;
+
+import net.minestom.server.utils.location.RelativeVec;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Common super class for {@link ArgumentRelativeVec2} and {@link ArgumentRelativeVec3}.
+ */
+public abstract class ArgumentRelativeVec extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
+
+    public ArgumentRelativeVec(@NotNull String id, int numberCount) {
+        super(id, numberCount);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getCorrectionResult(@NotNull String value) {
+        final String[] split = value.split(" ");
+
+        // Check if the value has enough element to be correct
+        if (split.length != getNumberCount()) {
+            return INVALID_NUMBER_COUNT_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        // Check if each element is correct
+        for (String element : split) {
+            if (!element.startsWith(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+                try {
+                    // Will throw the exception if not a float
+                    Float.parseFloat(element);
+                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                    return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (element.length() > RELATIVE_CHAR.length()) {
+                    try {
+                        final String potentialNumber = element.substring(1);
+                        // Will throw the exception if not a float
+                        Float.parseFloat(potentialNumber);
+                    } catch (NumberFormatException | IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                        return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getConditionResult(@NotNull RelativeVec value) {
+        return SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/arguments/relative/ArgumentRelativeVec2.java

@@ -9,36 +9,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  * <p>
  * Example: -1.2 ~
  */
-public class ArgumentRelativeVec2 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
+public class ArgumentRelativeVec2 extends ArgumentRelativeVec {
 
     public ArgumentRelativeVec2(@NotNull String id) {
         super(id, 2);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getCorrectionResult(@NotNull String value) {
-        final String[] split = value.split(" ");
-
-        // Check if the value has enough element to be correct
-        if (split.length != getNumberCount()) {
-            return INVALID_NUMBER_COUNT_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        // Check if each element is correct
-        for (String element : split) {
-            if (!element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
-                try {
-                    // Will throw the exception if not a float
-                    Float.parseFloat(element);
-                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return SUCCESS;
-    }
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public RelativeVec parse(@NotNull String value) {
@@ -50,12 +26,23 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeVec2 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
 
         for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
             final String element = split[i];
-            if (element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+            if (element.startsWith(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
                 if (i == 0) {
                     relativeX = true;
                 } else if (i == 1) {
                     relativeZ = true;
                 }
+
+                if (element.length() != RELATIVE_CHAR.length()) {
+                    final String potentialNumber = element.substring(1);
+                    final float number = Float.parseFloat(potentialNumber);
+                    if (i == 0) {
+                        vector.setX(number);
+                    } else if (i == 1) {
+                        vector.setZ(number);
+                    }
+                }
+
             } else {
                 final float number = Float.parseFloat(element);
                 if (i == 0) {
@@ -69,8 +56,4 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeVec2 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
         return new RelativeVec(vector, relativeX, false, relativeZ);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getConditionResult(@NotNull RelativeVec value) {
-        return SUCCESS;
-    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/command/builder/arguments/relative/ArgumentRelativeVec3.java

@@ -9,36 +9,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
  * <p>
  * Example: -1.2 ~ 5
  */
-public class ArgumentRelativeVec3 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
+public class ArgumentRelativeVec3 extends ArgumentRelativeVec {
 
     public ArgumentRelativeVec3(@NotNull String id) {
         super(id, 3);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getCorrectionResult(@NotNull String value) {
-        final String[] split = value.split(" ");
-
-        // Check if the value has enough element to be correct
-        if (split.length != getNumberCount()) {
-            return INVALID_NUMBER_COUNT_ERROR;
-        }
-
-        // Check if each element is correct
-        for (String element : split) {
-            if (!element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
-                try {
-                    // Will throw the exception if not a float
-                    Float.parseFloat(element);
-                } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                    return INVALID_NUMBER_ERROR;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return SUCCESS;
-    }
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public RelativeVec parse(@NotNull String value) {
@@ -51,7 +27,8 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeVec3 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
 
         for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
             final String element = split[i];
-            if (element.equals(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+            if (element.startsWith(RELATIVE_CHAR)) {
+
                 if (i == 0) {
                     relativeX = true;
                 } else if (i == 1) {
@@ -59,6 +36,19 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeVec3 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
                 } else if (i == 2) {
                     relativeZ = true;
                 }
+
+                if (element.length() != RELATIVE_CHAR.length()) {
+                    final String potentialNumber = element.substring(1);
+                    final float number = Float.parseFloat(potentialNumber);
+                    if (i == 0) {
+                        vector.setX(number);
+                    } else if (i == 1) {
+                        vector.setY(number);
+                    } else if (i == 2) {
+                        vector.setZ(number);
+                    }
+                }
+
             } else {
                 final float number = Float.parseFloat(element);
                 if (i == 0) {
@@ -73,9 +63,4 @@ public class ArgumentRelativeVec3 extends ArgumentRelative<RelativeVec> {
 
         return new RelativeVec(vector, relativeX, relativeY, relativeZ);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getConditionResult(@NotNull RelativeVec value) {
-        return SUCCESS;
-    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/DataImpl.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
@@ -66,4 +67,17 @@ public class DataImpl implements Data {
         return data;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+        DataImpl data1 = (DataImpl) o;
+        return Objects.equals(data, data1.data) &&
+                Objects.equals(dataType, data1.dataType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(data, dataType);
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/NbtDataImpl.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class NbtDataImpl extends DataImpl {
 
-    // Used to know if a nbt key is from a Data object, should NOT be changed
+    // Used to know if a nbt key is from a Data object, should NOT be changed and used in a key name
     public static final String KEY_PREFIX = "nbtdata_";
 
     @NotNull
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public class NbtDataImpl extends DataImpl {
             Check.notNull(nbt,
                     "The type '" + type + "' is not supported within NbtDataImpl, if you wish to use a custom type you can encode the value into a byte array using a DataType");
 
-            nbtCompound.set(KEY_PREFIX + key, nbt);
+            final String finalKey = KEY_PREFIX + key;
+            nbtCompound.set(finalKey, nbt);
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/SerializableData.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public interface SerializableData extends Data {
     DataManager DATA_MANAGER = MinecraftServer.getDataManager();
 
     @Override
-    <T> void set(@NotNull String key, @Nullable T value, @NotNull Class<T> type);
+    <T> void set(@NotNull String key, @Nullable T value, @Nullable Class<T> type);
 
     /**
      * Serializes the data into an array of bytes.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public interface SerializableData extends Data {
         {
             final int dataIndexSize = binaryReader.readVarInt();
             for (int i = 0; i < dataIndexSize; i++) {
-                final String className = binaryReader.readSizedString();
+                final String className = binaryReader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                 final short classIndex = binaryReader.readShort();
                 typeToIndexMap.put(className, classIndex);
             }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/SerializableDataImpl.java

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class SerializableDataImpl extends DataImpl implements SerializableData {
 
             // Write the data (no length)
             final DataType dataType = DATA_MANAGER.getDataType(type);
+            Check.notNull(dataType, "Tried to encode a type not registered in DataManager: " + type);
             dataType.encode(binaryWriter, value);
         }
 
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public class SerializableDataImpl extends DataImpl implements SerializableData {
             }
 
             // Get the key
-            final String name = reader.readSizedString();
+            final String name = reader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
             // Get the data
             final Object value;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/type/InventoryData.java

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public class InventoryData extends DataType<Inventory> {
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public Inventory decode(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        final String title = reader.readSizedString();
+        final String title = reader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-        final InventoryType inventoryType = InventoryType.valueOf(reader.readSizedString());
+        final InventoryType inventoryType = InventoryType.valueOf(reader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
         final int size = inventoryType.getAdditionalSlot();
 
         Inventory inventory = new Inventory(inventoryType, title);

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/type/StringData.java

@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ public class StringData extends DataType<String> {
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public String decode(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        return reader.readSizedString();
+        return reader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/type/array/StringArrayData.java

@@ -9,19 +9,12 @@ public class StringArrayData extends DataType<String[]> {
 
     @Override
     public void encode(@NotNull BinaryWriter writer, @NotNull String[] value) {
-        writer.writeVarInt(value.length);
+        writer.writeStringArray(value);
-        for (String val : value) {
-            writer.writeSizedString(val);
-        }
     }
 
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public String[] decode(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        String[] array = new String[reader.readVarInt()];
+        return reader.readSizedStringArray(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
-            array[i] = reader.readSizedString();
-        }
-        return array;
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/entity/Entity.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import net.minestom.server.instance.InstanceManager;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.WorldBorder;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.*;
+import net.minestom.server.permission.Permission;
+import net.minestom.server.permission.PermissionHandler;
 import net.minestom.server.thread.ThreadProvider;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Position;
@@ -41,7 +43,12 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
-public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
+/**
+ * Could be a player, a monster, or an object.
+ * <p>
+ * To create your own entity you probably want to extends {@link ObjectEntity} or {@link EntityCreature} instead.
+ */
+public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer, PermissionHandler {
 
     private static final Map<Integer, Entity> entityById = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private static final AtomicInteger lastEntityId = new AtomicInteger();
@@ -82,8 +89,9 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
 
     private boolean autoViewable;
     private final int id;
-    private Data data;
     protected final Set<Player> viewers = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
+    private Data data;
+    private final List<Permission> permissions = new LinkedList<>();
 
     protected UUID uuid;
     private boolean isActive; // False if entity has only been instanced without being added somewhere
@@ -139,6 +147,10 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
         setVelocityUpdatePeriod(5);
     }
 
+    public Entity(@NotNull EntityType entityType) {
+        this(entityType, new Position());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Schedules a task to be run during the next entity tick.
      * It ensures that the task will be executed in the same thread as the entity (depending of the {@link ThreadProvider}).
@@ -149,12 +161,12 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
         this.nextTick.add(callback);
     }
 
-    public Entity(@NotNull EntityType entityType) {
-        this(entityType, new Position());
-    }
-
     /**
-     * @param id the entity unique id ({@link #getEntityId()})
+     * Gets an entity based on its id (from {@link #getEntityId()}).
+     * <p>
+     * Entity id are unique server-wide.
+     *
+     * @param id the entity unique id
      * @return the entity having the specified id, null if not found
      */
     @Nullable
@@ -169,7 +181,7 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
     /**
      * Called each tick.
      *
-     * @param time the time of update in milliseconds
+     * @param time time of the update in milliseconds
      */
     public abstract void update(long time);
 
@@ -341,6 +353,12 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
         this.data = data;
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public Collection<Permission> getAllPermissions() {
+        return permissions;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Updates the entity, called every tick.
      * <p>
@@ -365,8 +383,9 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
             return;
         }
 
-        BlockPosition blockPosition = position.toBlockPosition();
+        final Chunk currentChunk = getChunk(); // current entity chunk
-        if (!ChunkUtils.isLoaded(instance, position.getX(), position.getZ()) || !ChunkUtils.isLoaded(instance, blockPosition.getX(), blockPosition.getZ())) {
+
+        if (!ChunkUtils.isLoaded(currentChunk)) {
             // No update for entities in unloaded chunk
             return;
         }
@@ -454,8 +473,8 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
 
                 float drag;
                 if (onGround) {
-                    final CustomBlock customBlock =
+                    final BlockPosition blockPosition = position.toBlockPosition();
-                            instance.getCustomBlock(blockPosition);
+                    final CustomBlock customBlock = instance.getCustomBlock(blockPosition);
                     if (customBlock != null) {
                         // Custom drag
                         drag = customBlock.getDrag(instance, blockPosition);
@@ -484,6 +503,7 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
             }
 
             // handle block contacts
+            // TODO do not call every tick (it is pretty expensive)
             final int minX = (int) Math.floor(boundingBox.getMinX());
             final int maxX = (int) Math.ceil(boundingBox.getMaxX());
             final int minY = (int) Math.floor(boundingBox.getMinY());
@@ -576,11 +596,10 @@ public abstract class Entity implements Viewable, EventHandler, DataContainer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Each entity has an unique id which will change after a restart.
+     * Each entity has an unique id (server-wide) which will change after a restart.
-     * <p>
-     * All entities can be retrieved by calling {@link Entity#getEntity(int)}.
      *
      * @return the unique entity id
+     * @see Entity#getEntity(int) to retrive an entity based on its id
      */
     public int getEntityId() {
         return id;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/entity/EntityManager.java

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package net.minestom.server.entity;
 
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
+import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
 import net.minestom.server.event.player.PlayerLoginEvent;
 import net.minestom.server.event.player.PlayerPreLoginEvent;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.Instance;
+import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
+import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.KeepAlivePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
@@ -12,10 +17,16 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public final class EntityManager {
 
+    private static final ConnectionManager CONNECTION_MANAGER = MinecraftServer.getConnectionManager();
+
+    private static final long KEEP_ALIVE_DELAY = 10_000;
+    private static final long KEEP_ALIVE_KICK = 30_000;
+    private static final ColoredText TIMEOUT_TEXT = ColoredText.of(ChatColor.RED + "Timeout");
+
     private final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Player> waitingPlayers = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
 
     /**
-     * Connect waiting players
+     * Connects waiting players.
      */
     public void updateWaitingPlayers() {
         // Connect waiting players
@@ -23,7 +34,25 @@ public final class EntityManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add connected clients after the handshake (used to free the networking threads)
+     * Updates keep alive by checking the last keep alive packet and send a new one if needed.
+     *
+     * @param tickStart the time of the update in milliseconds, forwarded to the packet
+     */
+    public void handleKeepAlive(long tickStart) {
+        final KeepAlivePacket keepAlivePacket = new KeepAlivePacket(tickStart);
+        for (Player player : CONNECTION_MANAGER.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+            final long lastKeepAlive = tickStart - player.getLastKeepAlive();
+            if (lastKeepAlive > KEEP_ALIVE_DELAY && player.didAnswerKeepAlive()) {
+                player.refreshKeepAlive(tickStart);
+                player.getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(keepAlivePacket);
+            } else if (lastKeepAlive >= KEEP_ALIVE_KICK) {
+                player.kick(TIMEOUT_TEXT);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds connected clients after the handshake (used to free the networking threads).
      */
     private void waitingPlayersTick() {
         Player waitingPlayer;
@@ -41,14 +70,14 @@ public final class EntityManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call the player initialization callbacks and the event {@link PlayerPreLoginEvent}.
+     * Calls the player initialization callbacks and the event {@link PlayerPreLoginEvent}.
      * If the {@link Player} hasn't been kicked, add him to the waiting list.
      * <p>
      * Can be considered as a pre-init thing.
      *
      * @param player the {@link Player} to add
      */
-    public void addWaitingPlayer(Player player) {
+    public void addWaitingPlayer(@NotNull Player player) {
 
         // Init player (register events)
         for (Consumer<Player> playerInitialization : MinecraftServer.getConnectionManager().getPlayerInitializations()) {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/entity/LivingEntity.java

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import net.minestom.server.sound.Sound;
 import net.minestom.server.sound.SoundCategory;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Position;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryWriter;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.time.CooldownUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.time.TimeUnit;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.time.UpdateOption;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -29,7 +31,11 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public abstract class LivingEntity extends Entity implements EquipmentHandler {
 
+    // Item pickup
     protected boolean canPickupItem;
+    protected UpdateOption itemPickupCooldown = new UpdateOption(5, TimeUnit.TICK);
+    private long lastItemPickupCheckTime;
+
     protected boolean isDead;
 
     private float health;
@@ -90,8 +96,10 @@ public abstract class LivingEntity extends Entity implements EquipmentHandler {
         }
 
         // Items picking
-        if (canPickupItem()) {
+        if (canPickupItem() && !CooldownUtils.hasCooldown(time, lastItemPickupCheckTime, itemPickupCooldown)) {
-            final Chunk chunk = instance.getChunkAt(getPosition()); // TODO check surrounding chunks
+            this.lastItemPickupCheckTime = time;
+
+            final Chunk chunk = getChunk(); // TODO check surrounding chunks
             final Set<Entity> entities = instance.getChunkEntities(chunk);
             for (Entity entity : entities) {
                 if (entity instanceof ItemEntity) {
@@ -305,7 +313,10 @@ public abstract class LivingEntity extends Entity implements EquipmentHandler {
                     soundCategory = SoundCategory.HOSTILE;
                 }
 
-                SoundEffectPacket damageSoundPacket = SoundEffectPacket.create(soundCategory, sound, getPosition().getX(), getPosition().getY(), getPosition().getZ(), 1.0f, 1.0f);
+                SoundEffectPacket damageSoundPacket =
+                        SoundEffectPacket.create(soundCategory, sound,
+                                getPosition().getX(), getPosition().getY(), getPosition().getZ(),
+                                1.0f, 1.0f);
                 sendPacketToViewersAndSelf(damageSoundPacket);
             }
         });

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/entity/Player.java

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.*;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.NettyPlayerConnection;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
-import net.minestom.server.permission.Permission;
 import net.minestom.server.recipe.Recipe;
 import net.minestom.server.recipe.RecipeManager;
 import net.minestom.server.resourcepack.ResourcePack;
@@ -55,6 +54,10 @@ import net.minestom.server.utils.callback.OptionalCallback;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkCallback;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.instance.InstanceUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.player.PlayerUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.time.CooldownUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.time.TimeUnit;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.time.UpdateOption;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
 import net.minestom.server.world.DimensionType;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -126,6 +129,10 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
     private byte targetStage; // The current stage of the target block, only if multi player breaking is disabled
     private final Set<Player> targetBreakers = new HashSet<>(1); // Only used if multi player breaking is disabled, contains only this player
 
+    // Experience orb pickup
+    protected UpdateOption experiencePickupCooldown = new UpdateOption(10, TimeUnit.TICK);
+    private long lastExperiencePickupCheckTime;
+
     private BelowNameTag belowNameTag;
 
     private int permissionLevel;
@@ -148,8 +155,6 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
     // Tick related
     private final PlayerTickEvent playerTickEvent = new PlayerTickEvent(this);
 
-    private final List<Permission> permissions = new LinkedList<>();
-
     public Player(UUID uuid, String username, PlayerConnection playerConnection) {
         super(EntityType.PLAYER);
         this.uuid = uuid; // Override Entity#uuid defined in the constructor
@@ -210,13 +215,13 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
         playerConnection.sendPacket(serverDifficultyPacket);
 
         SpawnPositionPacket spawnPositionPacket = new SpawnPositionPacket();
-        spawnPositionPacket.x = 0;
+        spawnPositionPacket.x = (int) respawnPoint.getX();
-        spawnPositionPacket.y = 0;
+        spawnPositionPacket.y = (int) respawnPoint.getY();
-        spawnPositionPacket.z = 0;
+        spawnPositionPacket.z = (int) respawnPoint.getZ();
         playerConnection.sendPacket(spawnPositionPacket);
 
         // Add player to list with spawning skin
-        PlayerSkinInitEvent skinInitEvent = new PlayerSkinInitEvent(this);
+        PlayerSkinInitEvent skinInitEvent = new PlayerSkinInitEvent(this, skin);
         callEvent(PlayerSkinInitEvent.class, skinInitEvent);
         this.skin = skinInitEvent.getSkin();
         playerConnection.sendPacket(getAddPlayerToList());
@@ -291,9 +296,13 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
 
     @Override
     public void update(long time) {
-        // Flush all pending packets
-        playerConnection.flush();
 
+        // Flush all pending packets
+        if (PlayerUtils.isNettyClient(this)) {
+            ((NettyPlayerConnection) playerConnection).getChannel().flush();
+        }
+
+        // Network tick verification
         playerConnection.updateStats();
 
         // Process received packets
@@ -338,7 +347,8 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
 
                         final Chunk chunk = instance.getChunkAt(targetBlockPosition);
                         final int entityId = targetCustomBlock.getBreakEntityId(this);
-                        final BlockBreakAnimationPacket blockBreakAnimationPacket = new BlockBreakAnimationPacket(entityId, targetBlockPosition, targetStage);
+                        final BlockBreakAnimationPacket blockBreakAnimationPacket =
+                                new BlockBreakAnimationPacket(entityId, targetBlockPosition, targetStage);
                         Check.notNull(chunk, "Tried to interact with an unloaded chunk.");
                         chunk.sendPacketToViewers(blockBreakAnimationPacket);
 
@@ -350,20 +360,24 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
         }
 
         // Experience orb pickup
-        final Chunk chunk = instance.getChunkAt(getPosition()); // TODO check surrounding chunks
+        if (!CooldownUtils.hasCooldown(time, lastExperiencePickupCheckTime, experiencePickupCooldown)) {
-        final Set<Entity> entities = instance.getChunkEntities(chunk);
+            this.lastExperiencePickupCheckTime = time;
-        for (Entity entity : entities) {
+
-            if (entity instanceof ExperienceOrb) {
+            final Chunk chunk = getChunk(); // TODO check surrounding chunks
-                final ExperienceOrb experienceOrb = (ExperienceOrb) entity;
+            final Set<Entity> entities = instance.getChunkEntities(chunk);
-                final BoundingBox itemBoundingBox = experienceOrb.getBoundingBox();
+            for (Entity entity : entities) {
-                if (expandedBoundingBox.intersect(itemBoundingBox)) {
+                if (entity instanceof ExperienceOrb) {
-                    if (experienceOrb.shouldRemove() || experienceOrb.isRemoveScheduled())
+                    final ExperienceOrb experienceOrb = (ExperienceOrb) entity;
-                        continue;
+                    final BoundingBox itemBoundingBox = experienceOrb.getBoundingBox();
-                    PickupExperienceEvent pickupExperienceEvent = new PickupExperienceEvent(experienceOrb);
+                    if (expandedBoundingBox.intersect(itemBoundingBox)) {
-                    callCancellableEvent(PickupExperienceEvent.class, pickupExperienceEvent, () -> {
+                        if (experienceOrb.shouldRemove() || experienceOrb.isRemoveScheduled())
-                        short experienceCount = pickupExperienceEvent.getExperienceCount(); // TODO give to player
+                            continue;
-                        entity.remove();
+                        PickupExperienceEvent pickupExperienceEvent = new PickupExperienceEvent(experienceOrb);
-                    });
+                        callCancellableEvent(PickupExperienceEvent.class, pickupExperienceEvent, () -> {
+                            short experienceCount = pickupExperienceEvent.getExperienceCount(); // TODO give to player
+                            entity.remove();
+                        });
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -414,11 +428,6 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
                     entityPositionAndRotationPacket.pitch = position.getPitch();
                     entityPositionAndRotationPacket.onGround = onGround;
 
-                    lastX = position.getX();
-                    lastY = position.getY();
-                    lastZ = position.getZ();
-                    lastYaw = position.getYaw();
-                    lastPitch = position.getPitch();
                     updatePacket = entityPositionAndRotationPacket;
                 } else if (positionChanged) {
                     EntityPositionPacket entityPositionPacket = new EntityPositionPacket();
@@ -427,9 +436,7 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
                     entityPositionPacket.deltaY = (short) ((position.getY() * 32 - lastY * 32) * 128);
                     entityPositionPacket.deltaZ = (short) ((position.getZ() * 32 - lastZ * 32) * 128);
                     entityPositionPacket.onGround = onGround;
-                    lastX = position.getX();
+
-                    lastY = position.getY();
-                    lastZ = position.getZ();
                     updatePacket = entityPositionPacket;
                 } else {
                     // View changed
@@ -439,12 +446,11 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
                     entityRotationPacket.pitch = position.getPitch();
                     entityRotationPacket.onGround = onGround;
 
-                    lastYaw = position.getYaw();
-                    lastPitch = position.getPitch();
                     updatePacket = entityRotationPacket;
                 }
 
                 if (viewChanged) {
+                    // Yaw from the rotation packet seems to be ignored, which is why this is required
                     EntityHeadLookPacket entityHeadLookPacket = new EntityHeadLookPacket();
                     entityHeadLookPacket.entityId = getEntityId();
                     entityHeadLookPacket.yaw = position.getYaw();
@@ -466,11 +472,22 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
             }
         }
 
+        if (positionChanged) {
+            lastX = position.getX();
+            lastY = position.getY();
+            lastZ = position.getZ();
+        }
+        if (viewChanged) {
+            lastYaw = position.getYaw();
+            lastPitch = position.getPitch();
+        }
+
     }
 
     @Override
     public void kill() {
         if (!isDead()) {
+
             // send death screen text to the killed player
             {
                 ColoredText deathText;
@@ -608,6 +625,16 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Changes the player instance and load surrounding chunks if needed.
+     * <p>
+     * Be aware that because chunk operations are expensive,
+     * it is possible for this method to be non-blocking when retrieving chunks is required.
+     * <p>
+     * When this method is called for the first time (during player login), the player will be teleport at {@link #getRespawnPoint()}.
+     *
+     * @param instance the new instance of the player
+     */
     @Override
     public void setInstance(@NotNull Instance instance) {
         Check.notNull(instance, "instance cannot be null!");
@@ -641,7 +668,8 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
                 final ChunkCallback callback = (chunk) -> {
                     if (chunk != null) {
                         chunk.addViewer(this);
-                        if (chunk.getChunkX() == Math.floorDiv((int) getPosition().getX(), 16) && chunk.getChunkZ() == Math.floorDiv((int) getPosition().getZ(), 16))
+                        if (chunk.getChunkX() == ChunkUtils.getChunkCoordinate((int) getPosition().getX()) &&
+                                chunk.getChunkZ() == ChunkUtils.getChunkCoordinate((int) getPosition().getZ()))
                             updateViewPosition(chunk);
                     }
                     final boolean isLast = counter.get() == length - 1;
@@ -674,6 +702,11 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
     private void spawnPlayer(Instance instance, boolean firstSpawn) {
         this.viewableEntities.forEach(entity -> entity.removeViewer(this));
         super.setInstance(instance);
+
+        if (firstSpawn) {
+            teleport(getRespawnPoint());
+        }
+
         PlayerSpawnEvent spawnEvent = new PlayerSpawnEvent(this, instance, firstSpawn);
         callEvent(PlayerSpawnEvent.class, spawnEvent);
     }
@@ -736,12 +769,6 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
         sendMessage(ColoredText.of(message));
     }
 
-    @NotNull
-    @Override
-    public Collection<Permission> getAllPermissions() {
-        return permissions;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sends a message to the player.
      *
@@ -1136,6 +1163,9 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
     public synchronized void setSkin(@Nullable PlayerSkin skin) {
         this.skin = skin;
 
+        if (instance == null)
+            return;
+
         DestroyEntitiesPacket destroyEntitiesPacket = new DestroyEntitiesPacket();
         destroyEntitiesPacket.entityIds = new int[]{getEntityId()};
 
@@ -1260,7 +1290,8 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
         facePosition(facePoint, entity.getPosition(), entity, targetPoint);
     }
 
-    private void facePosition(@NotNull FacePoint facePoint, @NotNull Position targetPosition, @Nullable Entity entity, @Nullable FacePoint targetPoint) {
+    private void facePosition(@NotNull FacePoint facePoint, @NotNull Position targetPosition,
+                              @Nullable Entity entity, @Nullable FacePoint targetPoint) {
         FacePlayerPacket facePlayerPacket = new FacePlayerPacket();
         facePlayerPacket.entityFacePosition = facePoint == FacePoint.EYE ?
                 FacePlayerPacket.FacePosition.EYES : FacePlayerPacket.FacePosition.FEET;
@@ -1687,7 +1718,7 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
     public void setTeam(Team team) {
         super.setTeam(team);
         if (team != null)
-            getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(team.getTeamsCreationPacket());
+            getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(team.createTeamsCreationPacket());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2194,7 +2225,8 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
      * @param targetBlockPosition the custom block position
      * @param breakers            the breakers of the block, can be null if {@code this} is the only breaker
      */
-    public void setTargetBlock(@NotNull CustomBlock targetCustomBlock, @NotNull BlockPosition targetBlockPosition, @Nullable Set<Player> breakers) {
+    public void setTargetBlock(@NotNull CustomBlock targetCustomBlock, @NotNull BlockPosition targetBlockPosition,
+                               @Nullable Set<Player> breakers) {
         this.targetCustomBlock = targetCustomBlock;
         this.targetBlockPosition = targetBlockPosition;
 
@@ -2338,7 +2370,7 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
 
         // Team
         if (this.getTeam() != null)
-            connection.sendPacket(this.getTeam().getTeamsCreationPacket());
+            connection.sendPacket(this.getTeam().createTeamsCreationPacket());
 
         EntityHeadLookPacket entityHeadLookPacket = new EntityHeadLookPacket();
         entityHeadLookPacket.entityId = getEntityId();
@@ -2513,7 +2545,8 @@ public class Player extends LivingEntity implements CommandSender {
          * @param displayedSkinParts the player displayed skin parts
          * @param mainHand           the player main hand
          */
-        public void refresh(String locale, byte viewDistance, ChatMode chatMode, boolean chatColors, byte displayedSkinParts, MainHand mainHand) {
+        public void refresh(String locale, byte viewDistance, ChatMode chatMode, boolean chatColors,
+                            byte displayedSkinParts, MainHand mainHand) {
 
             final boolean viewDistanceChanged = !firstRefresh && this.viewDistance != viewDistance;
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/entity/fakeplayer/FakePlayer.java

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public class FakePlayer extends Player {
 
     /**
      * Inits a new {@link FakePlayer} without adding it in cache.
+     * <p>
+     * If you want the fake player to be obtainable with the {@link net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager}
+     * you need to specify it in a {@link FakePlayerOption} and use {@link #initPlayer(UUID, String, FakePlayerOption, Consumer)}.
      *
      * @param uuid          the FakePlayer uuid
      * @param username      the FakePlayer username

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/event/player/PlayerLoginEvent.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PlayerLoginEvent extends Event {
      * <p>
      * WARNING: this must NOT be null, otherwise the player cannot spawn.
      *
-     * @return the spawning instance
+     * @return the spawning instance, null if not already defined
      */
     @Nullable
     public Instance getSpawningInstance() {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/event/player/PlayerSkinInitEvent.java

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ public class PlayerSkinInitEvent extends Event {
     private final Player player;
     private PlayerSkin skin;
 
-    public PlayerSkinInitEvent(@NotNull Player player) {
+    public PlayerSkinInitEvent(@NotNull Player player, @Nullable PlayerSkin currentSkin) {
         this.player = player;
+        this.skin = currentSkin;
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extensions/ExtensionManager.java

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package net.minestom.server.extensions;
 
 import com.google.gson.*;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.selfmodification.MinestomOverwriteClassLoader;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixins;
 
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 
-@Slf4j
 public final class ExtensionManager {
 
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExtensionManager.class);
+
     private final static String INDEV_CLASSES_FOLDER = "minestom.extension.indevfolder.classes";
     private final static String INDEV_RESOURCES_FOLDER = "minestom.extension.indevfolder.resources";
     private final static Gson GSON = new Gson();
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
 
         if (!extensionFolder.exists()) {
             if (!extensionFolder.mkdirs()) {
-                log.error("Could not find or create the extension folder, extensions will not be loaded!");
+                LOGGER.error("Could not find or create the extension folder, extensions will not be loaded!");
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
                 }
                 loader = newClassLoader(urls);
             } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-                log.error("Failed to get URL.", e);
+                LOGGER.error("Failed to get URL.", e);
                 continue;
             }
             // TODO: Can't we use discoveredExtension.description here? Someone should test that.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
                     }
                     urlsString.append("'").append(url.toString()).append("'");
                 }
-                log.error("Failed to find extension.json in the urls '{}'.", urlsString);
+                LOGGER.error("Failed to find extension.json in the urls '{}'.", urlsString);
                 continue;
             }
             JsonObject extensionDescriptionJson = JsonParser.parseReader(new InputStreamReader(extensionInputStream)).getAsJsonObject();
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             final String extensionName = extensionDescriptionJson.get("name").getAsString();
             // Check the validity of the extension's name.
             if (!extensionName.matches("[A-Za-z]+")) {
-                log.error("Extension '{}' specified an invalid name.", extensionName);
+                LOGGER.error("Extension '{}' specified an invalid name.", extensionName);
-                log.error("Extension '{}' will not be loaded.", extensionName);
+                LOGGER.error("Extension '{}' will not be loaded.", extensionName);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             {
                 String version;
                 if (!extensionDescriptionJson.has("version")) {
-                    log.warn("Extension '{}' did not specify a version.", extensionName);
+                    LOGGER.warn("Extension '{}' did not specify a version.", extensionName);
-                    log.warn("Extension '{}' will continue to load but should specify a plugin version.", extensionName);
+                    LOGGER.warn("Extension '{}' will continue to load but should specify a plugin version.", extensionName);
                     version = "Not Specified";
                 } else {
                     version = extensionDescriptionJson.get("version").getAsString();
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             extensionLoaders.put(extensionName.toLowerCase(), loader);
 
             if (extensions.containsKey(extensionName.toLowerCase())) {
-                log.error("An extension called '{}' has already been registered.", extensionName);
+                LOGGER.error("An extension called '{}' has already been registered.", extensionName);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             try {
                 jarClass = Class.forName(mainClass, true, loader);
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                log.error("Could not find main class '{}' in extension '{}'.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Could not find main class '{}' in extension '{}'.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             try {
                 extensionClass = jarClass.asSubclass(Extension.class);
             } catch (ClassCastException e) {
-                log.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' does not extend the 'Extension' superclass.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' does not extend the 'Extension' superclass.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -135,19 +136,19 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
                 // Let's just make it accessible, plugin creators don't have to make this public.
                 constructor.setAccessible(true);
             } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                log.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' does not define a no-args constructor.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' does not define a no-args constructor.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
                 continue;
             }
             Extension extension = null;
             try {
                 extension = constructor.newInstance();
             } catch (InstantiationException e) {
-                log.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' cannot be an abstract class.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' cannot be an abstract class.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
                 continue;
             } catch (IllegalAccessException ignored) {
                 // We made it accessible, should not occur
             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-                log.error(
+                LOGGER.error(
                         "While instantiating the main class '{}' in '{}' an exception was thrown.",
                         mainClass,
                         extensionName,
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                 // We made it accessible, should not occur
             } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
-                log.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' has no description field.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' has no description field.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
                 // This should also not occur (unless someone changed the logger in Extension superclass).
-                log.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' has no logger field.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
+                LOGGER.error("Main class '{}' in '{}' has no logger field.", mainClass, extensionName, e);
             }
 
             extensions.put(extensionName.toLowerCase(), extension);
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
 
         // this allows developers to have their extension discovered while working on it, without having to build a jar and put in the extension folder
         if (System.getProperty(INDEV_CLASSES_FOLDER) != null && System.getProperty(INDEV_RESOURCES_FOLDER) != null) {
-            log.info("Found indev folders for extension. Adding to list of discovered extensions.");
+            LOGGER.info("Found indev folders for extension. Adding to list of discovered extensions.");
             final String extensionClasses = System.getProperty(INDEV_CLASSES_FOLDER);
             final String extensionResources = System.getProperty(INDEV_RESOURCES_FOLDER);
             try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(extensionResources, "extension.json")))) {
@@ -260,11 +261,11 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
     private void setupCodeModifiers(@NotNull List<DiscoveredExtension> extensions) {
         final ClassLoader cl = getClass().getClassLoader();
         if (!(cl instanceof MinestomOverwriteClassLoader)) {
-            log.warn("Current class loader is not a MinestomOverwriteClassLoader, but " + cl + ". This disables code modifiers (Mixin support is therefore disabled)");
+            LOGGER.warn("Current class loader is not a MinestomOverwriteClassLoader, but " + cl + ". This disables code modifiers (Mixin support is therefore disabled)");
             return;
         }
         MinestomOverwriteClassLoader modifiableClassLoader = (MinestomOverwriteClassLoader) cl;
-        log.info("Start loading code modifiers...");
+        LOGGER.info("Start loading code modifiers...");
         for (DiscoveredExtension extension : extensions) {
             try {
                 if (extension.description.has("codeModifiers")) {
@@ -276,14 +277,14 @@ public final class ExtensionManager {
                 if (extension.description.has("mixinConfig")) {
                     final String mixinConfigFile = extension.description.get("mixinConfig").getAsString();
                     Mixins.addConfiguration(mixinConfigFile);
-                    log.info("Found mixin in extension " + extension.description.get("name").getAsString() + ": " + mixinConfigFile);
+                    LOGGER.info("Found mixin in extension " + extension.description.get("name").getAsString() + ": " + mixinConfigFile);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
-                log.error("Failed to load code modifier for extension in files: " + Arrays.toString(extension.files), e);
+                LOGGER.error("Failed to load code modifier for extension in files: " + Arrays.toString(extension.files), e);
             }
         }
-        log.info("Done loading code modifiers.");
+        LOGGER.info("Done loading code modifiers.");
     }
 
     private static class DiscoveredExtension {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/MojangAuth.java

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 package net.minestom.server.extras;
 
-import lombok.Getter;
+import com.mojang.authlib.AuthenticationService;
+import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftSessionService;
+import com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.MojangCrypt;
+
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
 
 public final class MojangAuth {
 
-    @Getter
+    private static boolean enabled = false;
-    private static boolean usingMojangAuth = false;
+
+    private static final KeyPair keyPair = MojangCrypt.generateKeyPair();
+    private static final AuthenticationService authService = new YggdrasilAuthenticationService(Proxy.NO_PROXY, "");
+    private static final MinecraftSessionService sessionService = authService.createMinecraftSessionService();
 
     /**
      * Enables mojang authentication on the server.
@@ -15,9 +24,25 @@ public final class MojangAuth {
      */
     public static void init() {
         if (MinecraftServer.getNettyServer().getAddress() == null) {
-            usingMojangAuth = true;
+            enabled = true;
         } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException("The server has already been started");
         }
     }
+
+    public static boolean isEnabled() {
+        return enabled;
+    }
+
+    public static KeyPair getKeyPair() {
+        return keyPair;
+    }
+
+    public static AuthenticationService getAuthService() {
+        return authService;
+    }
+
+    public static MinecraftSessionService getSessionService() {
+        return sessionService;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/bungee/BungeeCordProxy.java

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package net.minestom.server.extras.bungee;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.PlayerSkin;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
 /**
  * BungeeCord forwarding support. This does not count as a security feature and you will still be required to manage your firewall.
  * <p>
@@ -7,7 +14,7 @@ package net.minestom.server.extras.bungee;
  */
 public final class BungeeCordProxy {
 
-    private static boolean enabled;
+    private static volatile boolean enabled;
 
     /**
      * Enables bungee IP forwarding.
@@ -24,4 +31,29 @@ public final class BungeeCordProxy {
     public static boolean isEnabled() {
         return enabled;
     }
+
+    public static PlayerSkin readSkin(@NotNull String json) {
+        JsonArray array = JsonParser.parseString(json).getAsJsonArray();
+        String skinTexture = null;
+        String skinSignature = null;
+
+        for (JsonElement element : array) {
+            JsonObject jsonObject = element.getAsJsonObject();
+            final String name = jsonObject.get("name").getAsString();
+            final String value = jsonObject.get("value").getAsString();
+            final String signature = jsonObject.get("signature").getAsString();
+
+            if (name.equals("textures")) {
+                skinTexture = value;
+                skinSignature = signature;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        if (skinTexture != null && skinSignature != null) {
+            return new PlayerSkin(skinTexture, skinSignature);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/optifine/OptifineSupport.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.minestom.server.extras.optifine;
+
+import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.NamespaceID;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
+import net.minestom.server.world.biomes.Biome;
+import net.minestom.server.world.biomes.BiomeManager;
+
+/**
+ * Hacky class for Optifine because of an issue making the client crash if biomes 'swamp' or 'swamp_hills'
+ * are not registered.
+ * <p>
+ * Can be removed anytime, hope that it will be fixed.
+ */
+public final class OptifineSupport {
+
+    private static volatile boolean enabled;
+
+    /**
+     * Enables optifine support by registering the required biomes.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if optifine support is already enabled
+     */
+    public static void enable() {
+        Check.stateCondition(enabled, "Optifine support is already enabled!");
+        OptifineSupport.enabled = true;
+
+        BiomeManager biomeManager = MinecraftServer.getBiomeManager();
+        biomeManager.addBiome(Biome.builder().name(NamespaceID.from("minecraft:swamp")).build());
+        biomeManager.addBiome(Biome.builder().name(NamespaceID.from("minecraft:swamp_hills")).build());
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/selfmodification/MinestomOverwriteClassLoader.java

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package net.minestom.server.extras.selfmodification;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
 import org.objectweb.asm.ClassWriter;
 import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -20,9 +22,10 @@ import java.util.Set;
 /**
  * Class Loader that can modify class bytecode when they are loaded
  */
-@Slf4j
 public class MinestomOverwriteClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
 
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MinecraftServer.class);
+
     private static MinestomOverwriteClassLoader INSTANCE;
 
     /**
@@ -105,18 +108,18 @@ public class MinestomOverwriteClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
         try {
             // we do not load system classes by ourselves
             Class<?> systemClass = ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader().loadClass(name);
-            log.trace("System class: " + systemClass);
+            LOGGER.trace("System class: " + systemClass);
             return systemClass;
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
             try {
                 if (isProtected(name)) {
-                    log.trace("Protected: " + name);
+                    LOGGER.trace("Protected: " + name);
                     return super.loadClass(name, resolve);
                 }
 
                 return define(name, loadBytes(name, true), resolve);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                log.trace("Fail to load class, resorting to parent loader: " + name, ex);
+                LOGGER.trace("Fail to load class, resorting to parent loader: " + name, ex);
                 // fail to load class, let parent load
                 // this forbids code modification, but at least it will load
                 return super.loadClass(name, resolve);
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ public class MinestomOverwriteClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
 
     private Class<?> define(String name, byte[] bytes, boolean resolve) {
         Class<?> defined = defineClass(name, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
-        log.trace("Loaded with code modifiers: " + name);
+        LOGGER.trace("Loaded with code modifiers: " + name);
         if (resolve) {
             resolveClass(defined);
         }
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ public class MinestomOverwriteClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
                 };
                 node.accept(writer);
                 bytes = writer.toByteArray();
-                log.trace("Modified " + name);
+                LOGGER.trace("Modified " + name);
             }
         }
         return bytes;
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ public class MinestomOverwriteClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
             if (CodeModifier.class.isAssignableFrom(modifierClass)) {
                 CodeModifier modifier = (CodeModifier) modifierClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 synchronized (modifiers) {
-                    log.warn("Added Code modifier: " + modifier);
+                    LOGGER.warn("Added Code modifier: " + modifier);
                     addCodeModifier(modifier);
                 }
             }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/selfmodification/mixins/MixinAuditTrailMinestom.java

@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
 package net.minestom.server.extras.selfmodification.mixins;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.service.IMixinAuditTrail;
 
 /**
  * Takes care of logging mixin operations
  */
-@Slf4j
 public class MixinAuditTrailMinestom implements IMixinAuditTrail {
+
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MinecraftServer.class);
+
     @Override
     public void onApply(String className, String mixinName) {
-        log.trace("Applied mixin "+mixinName+" to class "+className);
+        LOGGER.trace("Applied mixin " + mixinName + " to class " + className);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onPostProcess(String className) {
-        log.trace("Post processing "+className);
+        LOGGER.trace("Post processing " + className);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onGenerate(String className, String generatorName) {
-        log.trace("Generating class "+className+" via generator "+generatorName);
+        LOGGER.trace("Generating class " + className + " via generator " + generatorName);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/extras/velocity/VelocityProxy.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.minestom.server.extras.velocity;
 
 import com.google.common.net.InetAddresses;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.PlayerSkin;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public final class VelocityProxy {
     public static final String PLAYER_INFO_CHANNEL = "velocity:player_info";
     private static final int SUPPORTED_FORWARDING_VERSION = 1;
 
-    private static boolean enabled;
+    private static volatile boolean enabled;
     private static byte[] secret;
 
     /**
@@ -72,7 +73,30 @@ public final class VelocityProxy {
     }
 
     public static InetAddress readAddress(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        return InetAddresses.forString(reader.readSizedString());
+        return InetAddresses.forString(reader.readSizedString(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
+    }
+
+    public static PlayerSkin readSkin(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
+        String skinTexture = null;
+        String skinSignature = null;
+
+        final int properties = reader.readVarInt();
+        for (int i1 = 0; i1 < properties; i1++) {
+            final String name = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
+            final String value = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
+            final String signature = reader.readBoolean() ? reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE) : null;
+
+            if (name.equals("textures")) {
+                skinTexture = value;
+                skinSignature = signature;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (skinTexture != null && skinSignature != null) {
+            return new PlayerSkin(skinTexture, skinSignature);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/Chunk.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package net.minestom.server.instance;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.Viewable;
 import net.minestom.server.data.Data;
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.instance.batch.ChunkBatch;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.Block;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.BlockManager;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChunkDataPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.UpdateLightPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 // TODO light data & API
 
@@ -44,7 +41,11 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
  * Chunks can be serialized using {@link #getSerializedData()} and deserialized back with {@link #readChunk(BinaryReader, ChunkCallback)},
  * allowing you to implement your own storage solution if needed.
  * <p>
- * You can create your own implementation of this class by extending it and create the objects in {@link InstanceContainer#setChunkSupplier(ChunkSupplier)}.
+ * You can create your own implementation of this class by extending it
+ * and create the objects in {@link InstanceContainer#setChunkSupplier(ChunkSupplier)}.
+ * <p>
+ * You generally want to avoid storing references of this object as this could lead to a huge memory leak,
+ * you should store the chunk coordinates instead.
  */
 public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
 
@@ -68,11 +69,6 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
     private final boolean shouldGenerate;
     private boolean readOnly;
 
-    // Packet cache
-    private volatile boolean enableCachePacket;
-    protected volatile boolean packetUpdated;
-    private ByteBuf fullDataPacket;
-
     protected volatile boolean loaded = true;
     protected final Set<Player> viewers = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
 
@@ -87,9 +83,6 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
         this.chunkZ = chunkZ;
         this.shouldGenerate = shouldGenerate;
 
-        // true by default
-        this.enableCachePacket = true;
-
         if (biomes != null && biomes.length == BIOME_COUNT) {
             this.biomes = biomes;
         } else {
@@ -332,51 +325,6 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
         this.readOnly = readOnly;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets if this chunk automatically cache the latest {@link ChunkDataPacket} version.
-     * <p>
-     * Retrieved with {@link #retrieveDataBuffer(Consumer)}.
-     *
-     * @return true if the chunk automatically cache the chunk packet
-     */
-    public boolean enableCachePacket() {
-        return enableCachePacket;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Enables or disable the automatic {@link ChunkDataPacket} caching.
-     *
-     * @param enableCachePacket true to enable to chunk packet caching
-     */
-    public synchronized void setEnableCachePacket(boolean enableCachePacket) {
-        this.enableCachePacket = enableCachePacket;
-        if (enableCachePacket && fullDataPacket != null) {
-            this.fullDataPacket.release();
-            this.fullDataPacket = null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the cached data packet.
-     * <p>
-     * Use {@link #retrieveDataBuffer(Consumer)} to be sure to get the updated version.
-     *
-     * @return the last cached data packet, can be null or outdated
-     */
-    public ByteBuf getFullDataPacket() {
-        return fullDataPacket;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the cached {@link ChunkDataPacket} of this chunk.
-     *
-     * @param fullDataPacket the new cached chunk packet
-     */
-    public void setFullDataPacket(ByteBuf fullDataPacket) {
-        this.fullDataPacket = fullDataPacket;
-        this.packetUpdated = true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Changes this chunk columnar space.
      *
@@ -386,27 +334,6 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
         this.columnarSpace = columnarSpace;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieves (and cache if needed) the updated data packet.
-     *
-     * @param consumer the consumer called once the packet is sure to be up-to-date
-     */
-    public void retrieveDataBuffer(Consumer<ByteBuf> consumer) {
-        final ByteBuf data = getFullDataPacket();
-        if (data == null || !packetUpdated) {
-            // Packet has never been wrote or is outdated, write it
-            PacketWriterUtils.writeCallbackPacket(getFreshFullDataPacket(), packet -> {
-                if (enableCachePacket) {
-                    setFullDataPacket(packet);
-                }
-                consumer.accept(packet);
-            });
-        } else {
-            // Packet is up-to-date
-            consumer.accept(data);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets a {@link ChunkDataPacket} which should contain the full chunk.
      *
@@ -517,10 +444,10 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
         final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
 
         // Retrieve & send the buffer to the connection
-        retrieveDataBuffer(buf -> playerConnection.sendPacket(buf, true));
+        playerConnection.sendPacket(getFreshFullDataPacket());
 
-        // TODO do not hardcode
+        // TODO do not hardcode light
-        if (MinecraftServer.isFixLighting()) {
+        {
             UpdateLightPacket updateLightPacket = new UpdateLightPacket();
             updateLightPacket.chunkX = getChunkX();
             updateLightPacket.chunkZ = getChunkZ();
@@ -540,7 +467,8 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
             }
             updateLightPacket.skyLight = temp;
             updateLightPacket.blockLight = temp2;
-            PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(player, updateLightPacket);
+
+            playerConnection.sendPacket(updateLightPacket);
         }
     }
 
@@ -550,10 +478,8 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
      * @param player the player to update the chunk to
      */
     public void sendChunkUpdate(@NotNull Player player) {
-        retrieveDataBuffer(buf -> {
+        final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
-            final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
+        playerConnection.sendPacket(getFreshFullDataPacket());
-            playerConnection.sendPacket(buf, true);
-        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -562,14 +488,10 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
     public void sendChunkUpdate() {
         final Set<Player> chunkViewers = getViewers();
         if (!chunkViewers.isEmpty()) {
-            retrieveDataBuffer(buf -> chunkViewers.forEach(player -> {
+            chunkViewers.forEach(player -> {
                 final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
-                if (!PlayerUtils.isNettyClient(playerConnection))
+                playerConnection.sendPacket(getFreshFullDataPacket());
-                    return;
+            });
-
-                playerConnection.sendPacket(buf, true);
-            }));
-
         }
     }
 
@@ -578,6 +500,7 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
      *
      * @param section the section to update
      * @param player  the player to send the packet to
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code section} is not a valid section
      */
     public void sendChunkSectionUpdate(int section, @NotNull Player player) {
         if (!PlayerUtils.isNettyClient(player))
@@ -585,7 +508,7 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
         Check.argCondition(!MathUtils.isBetween(section, 0, CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT),
                 "The chunk section " + section + " does not exist");
 
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(player, getChunkSectionUpdatePacket(section));
+        player.getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(createChunkSectionUpdatePacket(section));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -595,7 +518,7 @@ public abstract class Chunk implements Viewable, DataContainer {
      * @return the {@link ChunkDataPacket} to update a single chunk section
      */
     @NotNull
-    protected ChunkDataPacket getChunkSectionUpdatePacket(int section) {
+    protected ChunkDataPacket createChunkSectionUpdatePacket(int section) {
         ChunkDataPacket chunkDataPacket = getFreshPartialDataPacket();
         chunkDataPacket.fullChunk = false;
         int[] sections = new int[CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT];

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/DynamicChunk.java

@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ import net.minestom.server.data.SerializableData;
 import net.minestom.server.data.SerializableDataImpl;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.pathfinding.PFBlockDescription;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
+import net.minestom.server.instance.palette.PaletteStorage;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChunkDataPacket;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.ArrayUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.MathUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryWriter;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.block.CustomBlockUtils;
@@ -42,11 +41,9 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
      */
     private static final int DATA_FORMAT_VERSION = 1;
 
-    // blocks id based on coordinate, see Chunk#getBlockIndex
+    // WARNING: not thread-safe and should not be changed
-    // WARNING: those arrays are NOT thread-safe
+    protected PaletteStorage blockPalette;
-    // and modifying them can cause issue with block data, update, block entity and the cached chunk packet
+    protected PaletteStorage customBlockPalette;
-    protected final short[] blocksStateId = new short[CHUNK_SIZE_X * CHUNK_SIZE_Y * CHUNK_SIZE_Z];
-    protected final short[] customBlocksId = new short[CHUNK_SIZE_X * CHUNK_SIZE_Y * CHUNK_SIZE_Z];
 
     // Used to get all blocks with data (no null)
     // Key is still chunk coordinates (see #getBlockIndex)
@@ -60,8 +57,17 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
     // Block entities
     protected final Set<Integer> blockEntities = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
 
-    public DynamicChunk(@Nullable Biome[] biomes, int chunkX, int chunkZ) {
+    public DynamicChunk(@Nullable Biome[] biomes, int chunkX, int chunkZ,
+                        @NotNull PaletteStorage blockPalette, @NotNull PaletteStorage customBlockPalette) {
         super(biomes, chunkX, chunkZ, true);
+        this.blockPalette = blockPalette;
+        this.customBlockPalette = customBlockPalette;
+    }
+
+    public DynamicChunk(@Nullable Biome[] biomes, int chunkX, int chunkZ) {
+        this(biomes, chunkX, chunkZ,
+                new PaletteStorage(6, 2),
+                new PaletteStorage(6, 2));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -79,14 +85,12 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
         final int index = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
         // True if the block is not complete air without any custom block capabilities
         final boolean hasBlock = blockStateId != 0 || customBlockId != 0;
-        if (hasBlock) {
-            this.blocksStateId[index] = blockStateId;
-            this.customBlocksId[index] = customBlockId;
-        } else {
-            // Block has been deleted, clear cache and return
 
-            this.blocksStateId[index] = 0; // Set to air
+        this.blockPalette.setBlockAt(x, y, z, blockStateId);
-            this.customBlocksId[index] = 0; // Remove custom block
+        this.customBlockPalette.setBlockAt(x, y, z, customBlockId);
+
+        if (!hasBlock) {
+            // Block has been deleted, clear cache and return
 
             this.blocksData.remove(index);
 
@@ -94,8 +98,6 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
             this.updatableBlocksLastUpdate.remove(index);
 
             this.blockEntities.remove(index);
-
-            this.packetUpdated = false;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -121,8 +123,6 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
         } else {
             this.blockEntities.remove(index);
         }
-
-        this.packetUpdated = false;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -155,41 +155,23 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
 
     @Override
     public short getBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z) {
-        final int index = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
+        return this.blockPalette.getBlockAt(x, y, z);
-        if (!MathUtils.isBetween(index, 0, blocksStateId.length)) {
-            return 0; // TODO: custom invalid block
-        }
-        return blocksStateId[index];
     }
 
     @Override
     public short getCustomBlockId(int x, int y, int z) {
-        final int index = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
+        return customBlockPalette.getBlockAt(x, y, z);
-        if (!MathUtils.isBetween(index, 0, blocksStateId.length)) {
-            return 0; // TODO: custom invalid block
-        }
-        return customBlocksId[index];
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void refreshBlockValue(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId) {
-        final int blockIndex = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
+        this.blockPalette.setBlockAt(x, y, z, blockStateId);
-        if (!MathUtils.isBetween(blockIndex, 0, blocksStateId.length)) {
+        this.customBlockPalette.setBlockAt(x, y, z, customBlockId);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        this.blocksStateId[blockIndex] = blockStateId;
-        this.customBlocksId[blockIndex] = customBlockId;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void refreshBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId) {
-        final int blockIndex = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
+        this.blockPalette.setBlockAt(x, y, z, blockStateId);
-        if (!MathUtils.isBetween(blockIndex, 0, blocksStateId.length)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        this.blocksStateId[blockIndex] = blockStateId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -260,8 +242,8 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
                     for (byte z = 0; z < CHUNK_SIZE_Z; z++) {
                         final int index = getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
 
-                        final short blockStateId = blocksStateId[index];
+                        final short blockStateId = blockPalette.getBlockAt(x, y, z);
-                        final short customBlockId = customBlocksId[index];
+                        final short customBlockId = customBlockPalette.getBlockAt(x, y, z);
 
                         // No block at the position
                         if (blockStateId == 0 && customBlockId == 0)
@@ -398,8 +380,8 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
         fullDataPacket.biomes = biomes.clone();
         fullDataPacket.chunkX = chunkX;
         fullDataPacket.chunkZ = chunkZ;
-        fullDataPacket.blocksStateId = blocksStateId.clone();
+        fullDataPacket.paletteStorage = blockPalette.copy();
-        fullDataPacket.customBlocksId = customBlocksId.clone();
+        fullDataPacket.customBlockPaletteStorage = customBlockPalette.copy();
         fullDataPacket.blockEntities = new HashSet<>(blockEntities);
         fullDataPacket.blocksData = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>(blocksData);
         return fullDataPacket;
@@ -409,8 +391,8 @@ public class DynamicChunk extends Chunk {
     @Override
     public Chunk copy(int chunkX, int chunkZ) {
         DynamicChunk dynamicChunk = new DynamicChunk(biomes.clone(), chunkX, chunkZ);
-        ArrayUtils.copyToDestination(blocksStateId, dynamicChunk.blocksStateId);
+        dynamicChunk.blockPalette = blockPalette.copy();
-        ArrayUtils.copyToDestination(customBlocksId, dynamicChunk.customBlocksId);
+        dynamicChunk.customBlockPalette = customBlockPalette.copy();
         dynamicChunk.blocksData.putAll(blocksData);
         dynamicChunk.updatableBlocks.addAll(updatableBlocks);
         dynamicChunk.updatableBlocksLastUpdate.putAll(updatableBlocksLastUpdate);

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/Explosion.java

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package net.minestom.server.instance;
 
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.Block;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ExplosionPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public abstract class Explosion {
      *
      * @param instance instance to perform this explosion in
      */
-    public void apply(Instance instance) {
+    public void apply(@NotNull Instance instance) {
         List<BlockPosition> blocks = prepare(instance);
         ExplosionPacket packet = new ExplosionPacket();
         packet.x = getCenterX();
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public abstract class Explosion {
         postExplosion(instance, blocks, packet);
 
         // TODO send only to close players
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(instance.getPlayers(), packet);
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(instance.getPlayers(), packet);
 
         postSend(instance, blocks);
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/Instance.java

@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import net.minestom.server.instance.batch.ChunkBatch;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.Block;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.BlockManager;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.BlockActionPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.TimeUpdatePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.storage.StorageLocation;
 import net.minestom.server.thread.ThreadProvider;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Position;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkCallback;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class Instance implements BlockModifier, EventHandler, DataConta
     // The time of the instance
     private long time;
     private int timeRate = 1;
-    private UpdateOption timeUpdate = new UpdateOption(1, TimeUnit.TICK);
+    private UpdateOption timeUpdate = new UpdateOption(1, TimeUnit.SECOND);
     private long lastTimeUpdate;
 
     private final Map<Class<? extends Event>, Collection<EventCallback>> eventCallbacks = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public abstract class Instance implements BlockModifier, EventHandler, DataConta
 
     /**
      * Schedules a task to be run during the next instance tick.
-     * It ensures that the task will be executed in the same thread as the instance and its chunks/entities (depending of the {@link ThreadProvider}).
+     * It ensures that the task will be executed in the same thread as the instance
+     * and its chunks/entities (depending of the {@link ThreadProvider}).
      *
      * @param callback the task to execute during the next instance tick
      */
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ public abstract class Instance implements BlockModifier, EventHandler, DataConta
      */
     public void setTime(long time) {
         this.time = time;
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(getPlayers(), getTimePacket());
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(getPlayers(), createTimePacket());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -417,12 +418,12 @@ public abstract class Instance implements BlockModifier, EventHandler, DataConta
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets a {@link TimeUpdatePacket} with the current age and time of this instance
+     * Creates a {@link TimeUpdatePacket} with the current age and time of this instance
      *
      * @return the {@link TimeUpdatePacket} with this instance data
      */
     @NotNull
-    private TimeUpdatePacket getTimePacket() {
+    private TimeUpdatePacket createTimePacket() {
         TimeUpdatePacket timeUpdatePacket = new TimeUpdatePacket();
         timeUpdatePacket.worldAge = worldAge;
         timeUpdatePacket.timeOfDay = time;
@@ -996,7 +997,7 @@ public abstract class Instance implements BlockModifier, EventHandler, DataConta
 
             // time needs to be send to players
             if (timeUpdate != null && !CooldownUtils.hasCooldown(time, lastTimeUpdate, timeUpdate)) {
-                PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(getPlayers(), getTimePacket());
+                PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(getPlayers(), createTimePacket());
                 this.lastTimeUpdate = time;
             }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/InstanceContainer.java

@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ public class InstanceContainer extends Instance {
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code chunkSupplier} is null
      */
     public void setChunkSupplier(@NotNull ChunkSupplier chunkSupplier) {
-        Check.notNull(chunkSupplier, "The chunk supplier cannot be null, you can use a StaticChunk for a lightweight implementation");
+        Check.notNull(chunkSupplier, "The chunk supplier cannot be null!");
         this.chunkSupplier = chunkSupplier;
     }
 
@@ -605,6 +605,15 @@ public class InstanceContainer extends Instance {
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(sharedInstances);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets if this instance has {@link SharedInstance} linked to it.
+     *
+     * @return true if {@link #getSharedInstances()} is not empty
+     */
+    public boolean hasSharedInstances() {
+        return !sharedInstances.isEmpty();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Assigns a {@link SharedInstance} to this container.
      * <p>
@@ -744,7 +753,7 @@ public class InstanceContainer extends Instance {
      * @param blockPosition the block position
      * @param blockStateId  the new state of the block
      */
-    private void sendBlockChange(Chunk chunk, BlockPosition blockPosition, short blockStateId) {
+    private void sendBlockChange(@NotNull Chunk chunk, @NotNull BlockPosition blockPosition, short blockStateId) {
         BlockChangePacket blockChangePacket = new BlockChangePacket();
         blockChangePacket.blockPosition = blockPosition;
         blockChangePacket.blockStateId = blockStateId;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/StaticChunk.java

@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-package net.minestom.server.instance;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2ObjectOpenHashMap;
-import net.minestom.server.data.Data;
-import net.minestom.server.instance.block.BlockProvider;
-import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChunkDataPacket;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.callback.OptionalCallback;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkCallback;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
-import net.minestom.server.world.biomes.Biome;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Represents a {@link Chunk} which does not store any block, it makes use of a {@link BlockProvider}
- * instead to use less memory.
- * <p>
- * Can be used for very simple chunks such as flat or others with not any random factor.
- * <p>
- * WARNING: adding blocks or anything to this chunk would not work, it is static.
- */
-public class StaticChunk extends Chunk {
-
-    protected final BlockProvider blockProvider;
-
-    public StaticChunk(@Nullable Biome[] biomes, int chunkX, int chunkZ,
-                       @NotNull BlockProvider blockProvider) {
-        super(biomes, chunkX, chunkZ, false);
-        this.blockProvider = blockProvider;
-        setReadOnly(true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void UNSAFE_setBlock(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, @Nullable Data data, boolean updatable) {
-        //noop
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void tick(long time, @NotNull Instance instance) {
-        //noop
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public short getBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z) {
-        return blockProvider.getBlockStateId(x, y, z);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public short getCustomBlockId(int x, int y, int z) {
-        //noop
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void refreshBlockValue(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customId) {
-        //noop
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void refreshBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId) {
-        //noop
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Data getBlockData(int index) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setBlockData(int x, int y, int z, Data data) {
-        //noop
-    }
-
-    @NotNull
-    @Override
-    public Set<Integer> getBlockEntities() {
-        return new HashSet<>();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public byte[] getSerializedData() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void readChunk(@NotNull BinaryReader reader, @Nullable ChunkCallback callback) {
-        OptionalCallback.execute(callback, this);
-    }
-
-    @NotNull
-    @Override
-    protected ChunkDataPacket createFreshPacket() {
-        ChunkDataPacket fullDataPacket = new ChunkDataPacket();
-        fullDataPacket.biomes = biomes.clone();
-        fullDataPacket.chunkX = chunkX;
-        fullDataPacket.chunkZ = chunkZ;
-        short[] blocksStateId = new short[CHUNK_SIZE_X * CHUNK_SIZE_Y * CHUNK_SIZE_Z];
-        for (int i = 0; i < blocksStateId.length; i++) {
-            final int x = ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionX(i);
-            final int y = ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionY(i);
-            final int z = ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionZ(i);
-            blocksStateId[i] = blockProvider.getBlockStateId(x, y, z);
-        }
-        fullDataPacket.blocksStateId = blocksStateId;
-        fullDataPacket.customBlocksId = new short[0];
-        fullDataPacket.blockEntities = new HashSet<>();
-        fullDataPacket.blocksData = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
-        return fullDataPacket;
-    }
-
-    @NotNull
-    @Override
-    public Chunk copy(int chunkX, int chunkZ) {
-        StaticChunk staticChunk = new StaticChunk(biomes.clone(), chunkX, chunkZ, blockProvider);
-        // Prevent re-writing the whole packet since it is static anyway
-        final ByteBuf packetBuffer = getFullDataPacket();
-        if (packetBuffer != null) {
-            staticChunk.setFullDataPacket(packetBuffer);
-        }
-
-        return staticChunk;
-    }
-}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/WorldBorder.java

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package net.minestom.server.instance;
 
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Entity;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.WorldBorderPacket;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Position;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class WorldBorder {
      */
     public void setWarningTime(int warningTime) {
         this.warningTime = warningTime;
+
         WorldBorderPacket worldBorderPacket = new WorldBorderPacket();
         worldBorderPacket.action = WorldBorderPacket.Action.SET_WARNING_TIME;
         worldBorderPacket.wbAction = new WorldBorderPacket.WBSetWarningTime(warningTime);
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ public class WorldBorder {
      */
     public void setWarningBlocks(int warningBlocks) {
         this.warningBlocks = warningBlocks;
+
         WorldBorderPacket worldBorderPacket = new WorldBorderPacket();
         worldBorderPacket.action = WorldBorderPacket.Action.SET_WARNING_BLOCKS;
         worldBorderPacket.wbAction = new WorldBorderPacket.WBSetWarningBlocks(warningBlocks);
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ public class WorldBorder {
         this.speed = speed;
         this.lerpStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
+
         WorldBorderPacket worldBorderPacket = new WorldBorderPacket();
         worldBorderPacket.action = WorldBorderPacket.Action.LERP_SIZE;
         worldBorderPacket.wbAction = new WorldBorderPacket.WBLerpSize(oldDiameter, newDiameter, speed);
@@ -270,10 +273,10 @@ public class WorldBorder {
     /**
      * Sends a {@link WorldBorderPacket} to all the instance players.
      *
-     * @param worldBorderPacket the packet to send
+     * @param packet the packet to send
      */
-    private void sendPacket(@NotNull WorldBorderPacket worldBorderPacket) {
+    private void sendPacket(@NotNull WorldBorderPacket packet) {
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(instance.getPlayers(), worldBorderPacket);
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(instance.getPlayers(), packet);
     }
 
     public enum CollisionAxis {

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/batch/ChunkBatch.java

@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 package net.minestom.server.instance.batch;
 
-import kotlin.collections.ArrayDeque;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2ObjectMap;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2ObjectOpenHashMap;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongArrayList;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.longs.LongList;
 import net.minestom.server.data.Data;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.*;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.block.CustomBlockUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.callback.OptionalCallback;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkCallback;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -21,49 +28,76 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class ChunkBatch implements InstanceBatch {
 
-    private static final int INITIAL_SIZE = (Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_X * Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Y * Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Z) / 2;
-
     private final InstanceContainer instance;
     private final Chunk chunk;
 
     // Need to be synchronized manually
-    private final ArrayDeque<BlockData> dataList = new ArrayDeque<>(INITIAL_SIZE);
+    // Format: blockIndex/blockStateId/customBlockId (32/16/16 bits)
+    private final LongList blocks = new LongArrayList();
 
-    public ChunkBatch(InstanceContainer instance, Chunk chunk) {
+    // Need to be synchronized manually
+    // block index - data
+    private final Int2ObjectMap<Data> blockDataMap = new Int2ObjectOpenHashMap<>();
+
+    public ChunkBatch(@NotNull InstanceContainer instance, @NotNull Chunk chunk) {
         this.instance = instance;
         this.chunk = chunk;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, Data data) {
+    public void setBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, @Nullable Data data) {
         addBlockData((byte) x, y, (byte) z, blockStateId, (short) 0, data);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setCustomBlock(int x, int y, int z, short customBlockId, Data data) {
+    public void setCustomBlock(int x, int y, int z, short customBlockId, @Nullable Data data) {
         final CustomBlock customBlock = BLOCK_MANAGER.getCustomBlock(customBlockId);
+        Check.notNull(customBlock, "The custom block with the id " + customBlockId + " does not exist!");
         addBlockData((byte) x, y, (byte) z, customBlock.getDefaultBlockStateId(), customBlockId, data);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setSeparateBlocks(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, Data data) {
+    public void setSeparateBlocks(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, @Nullable Data data) {
         addBlockData((byte) x, y, (byte) z, blockStateId, customBlockId, data);
     }
 
-    private void addBlockData(byte x, int y, byte z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, Data data) {
+    private void addBlockData(byte x, int y, byte z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, @Nullable Data data) {
-        // TODO store a single long with bitwise operators (xyz;boolean,short,short,boolean) with the data in a map
+        final int index = ChunkUtils.getBlockIndex(x, y, z);
-        final BlockData blockData = new BlockData(x, y, z, blockStateId, customBlockId, data);
+
-        synchronized (dataList) {
+        if (data != null) {
-            this.dataList.add(blockData);
+            synchronized (blockDataMap) {
+                this.blockDataMap.put(index, data);
+            }
+        }
+
+        long value = index;
+        value = (value << 16) | blockStateId;
+        value = (value << 16) | customBlockId;
+
+        synchronized (blocks) {
+            this.blocks.add(value);
         }
     }
 
-    public void flushChunkGenerator(ChunkGenerator chunkGenerator, @Nullable ChunkCallback callback) {
+    /**
+     * Called to fill the chunk batch.
+     *
+     * @param chunkGenerator the chunk generator
+     * @param callback       the optional callback executed once the batch is done
+     */
+    public void flushChunkGenerator(@NotNull ChunkGenerator chunkGenerator, @Nullable ChunkCallback callback) {
         BLOCK_BATCH_POOL.execute(() -> {
             final List<ChunkPopulator> populators = chunkGenerator.getPopulators();
             final boolean hasPopulator = populators != null && !populators.isEmpty();
 
             chunkGenerator.generateChunkData(this, chunk.getChunkX(), chunk.getChunkZ());
+
+            // Check if there is anything to process
+            if (blocks.isEmpty() && !hasPopulator) {
+                OptionalCallback.execute(callback, chunk);
+                return;
+            }
+
             singleThreadFlush(hasPopulator ? null : callback, true);
 
             clearData(); // So the populators won't place those blocks again
@@ -104,8 +138,8 @@ public class ChunkBatch implements InstanceBatch {
      * Resets the chunk batch by removing all the entries.
      */
     public void clearData() {
-        synchronized (dataList) {
+        synchronized (blocks) {
-            this.dataList.clear();
+            this.blocks.clear();
         }
     }
 
@@ -116,13 +150,18 @@ public class ChunkBatch implements InstanceBatch {
      * @param safeCallback true to run the callback in the instance update thread, otherwise run in the current one
      */
     private void singleThreadFlush(@Nullable ChunkCallback callback, boolean safeCallback) {
+        if (blocks.isEmpty()) {
+            OptionalCallback.execute(callback, chunk);
+            return;
+        }
+
         synchronized (chunk) {
             if (!chunk.isLoaded())
                 return;
 
-            synchronized (dataList) {
+            synchronized (blocks) {
-                for (BlockData data : dataList) {
+                for (long block : blocks) {
-                    data.apply(chunk);
+                    apply(chunk, block);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -141,25 +180,29 @@ public class ChunkBatch implements InstanceBatch {
         }
     }
 
-    private static class BlockData {
+    /**
+     * Places a block which is encoded in a long.
+     *
+     * @param chunk the chunk to place the block on
+     * @param value the block data
+     */
+    private void apply(@NotNull Chunk chunk, long value) {
+        final short customBlockId = (short) (value & 0xFF);
+        final short blockId = (short) (value >> 16 & 0xFF);
+        final int index = (int) (value >> 32 & 0xFFFF);
 
-        private final int x, y, z;
+        Data data = null;
-        private final short blockStateId;
+        if (!blockDataMap.isEmpty()) {
-        private final short customBlockId;
+            synchronized (blockDataMap) {
-        private final Data data;
+                data = blockDataMap.get(index);
-
+            }
-        private BlockData(int x, int y, int z, short blockStateId, short customBlockId, @Nullable Data data) {
-            this.x = x;
-            this.y = y;
-            this.z = z;
-            this.blockStateId = blockStateId;
-            this.customBlockId = customBlockId;
-            this.data = data;
         }
 
-        public void apply(Chunk chunk) {
+        chunk.UNSAFE_setBlock(ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionX(index),
-            chunk.UNSAFE_setBlock(x, y, z, blockStateId, customBlockId, data, CustomBlockUtils.hasUpdate(customBlockId));
+                ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionY(index),
-        }
+                ChunkUtils.blockIndexToChunkPositionZ(index),
+                blockId, customBlockId, data, CustomBlockUtils.hasUpdate(customBlockId));
+
 
     }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/block/BlockManager.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class BlockManager {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>customBlock</code> block id is not greater than 0
      * @throws IllegalStateException    if the id of <code>customBlock</code> is already registered
      */
-    public void registerCustomBlock(@NotNull CustomBlock customBlock) {
+    public synchronized void registerCustomBlock(@NotNull CustomBlock customBlock) {
         final short id = customBlock.getCustomBlockId();
         Check.argCondition(id <= 0, "Custom block ID must be greater than 0, got: " + id);
         Check.stateCondition(customBlocksInternalId[id] != null, "a CustomBlock with the id " + id + " already exists");
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class BlockManager {
      * @param blockPlacementRule the block placement rule to register
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>blockPlacementRule</code> block id is negative
      */
-    public void registerBlockPlacementRule(@NotNull BlockPlacementRule blockPlacementRule) {
+    public synchronized void registerBlockPlacementRule(@NotNull BlockPlacementRule blockPlacementRule) {
         final short id = blockPlacementRule.getBlockId();
         Check.argCondition(id < 0, "Block ID must be >= 0, got: " + id);
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/block/BlockProvider.java

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package net.minestom.server.instance.block;
-
-@FunctionalInterface
-public interface BlockProvider {
-    short getBlockStateId(int x, int y, int z);
-}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/instance/palette/PaletteStorage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package net.minestom.server.instance.palette;
+
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap;
+import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.shorts.Short2ShortOpenHashMap;
+import net.minestom.server.instance.Chunk;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.MathUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.validate.Check;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import static net.minestom.server.instance.Chunk.CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT;
+import static net.minestom.server.instance.Chunk.CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE;
+
+/**
+ * Used to efficiently store blocks with an optional palette.
+ * <p>
+ * The format used is the one described in the {@link net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChunkDataPacket},
+ * the reason is that it allows us to write the packet much faster.
+ */
+public class PaletteStorage {
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum bits per entry value.
+     */
+    private final static int MAXIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY = 15;
+
+    /**
+     * The minimum bits per entry value.
+     */
+    private final static int MINIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY = 4;
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum bits per entry value which allow for a data palette.
+     */
+    private final static int PALETTE_MAXIMUM_BITS = 8;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of blocks that should be in one chunk section.
+     */
+    private final static int BLOCK_COUNT = CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE * CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE * CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE;
+
+    private int bitsPerEntry;
+    private final int bitsIncrement;
+
+    private int valuesPerLong;
+    private boolean hasPalette;
+
+    private long[][] sectionBlocks = new long[CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT][0];
+
+    // chunk section - palette index = block id
+    private Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap[] paletteBlockMaps = new Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap[CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT];
+    // chunk section - block id = palette index
+    private Short2ShortOpenHashMap[] blockPaletteMaps = new Short2ShortOpenHashMap[CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT];
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new palette storage.
+     *
+     * @param bitsPerEntry  the number of bits used for one entry (block)
+     * @param bitsIncrement the number of bits to add per-block once the palette array is filled
+     */
+    public PaletteStorage(int bitsPerEntry, int bitsIncrement) {
+        Check.argCondition(bitsPerEntry > MAXIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY, "The maximum bits per entry is 15");
+        // Change the bitsPerEntry to be valid
+        if (bitsPerEntry < MINIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY) {
+            bitsPerEntry = MINIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY;
+        } else if (MathUtils.isBetween(bitsPerEntry, 9, 14)) {
+            bitsPerEntry = MAXIMUM_BITS_PER_ENTRY;
+        }
+
+        this.bitsPerEntry = bitsPerEntry;
+        this.bitsIncrement = bitsIncrement;
+
+        this.valuesPerLong = Long.SIZE / bitsPerEntry;
+        this.hasPalette = bitsPerEntry <= PALETTE_MAXIMUM_BITS;
+    }
+
+    public void setBlockAt(int x, int y, int z, short blockId) {
+        PaletteStorage.setBlockAt(this, x, y, z, blockId);
+    }
+
+    public short getBlockAt(int x, int y, int z) {
+        return PaletteStorage.getBlockAt(this, x, y, z);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the number of bits that the palette currently take per block.
+     *
+     * @return the bits per entry
+     */
+    public int getBitsPerEntry() {
+        return bitsPerEntry;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the palette with the index and the block id as the value.
+     *
+     * @param section the chunk section to get the palette from
+     * @return the palette
+     */
+    public short[] getPalette(int section) {
+        Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap paletteBlockMap = paletteBlockMaps[section];
+        return paletteBlockMap != null ? paletteBlockMap.values().toShortArray() : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the sections of this object,
+     * the first array representing the chunk section and the second the block position from {@link #getSectionIndex(int, int, int)}.
+     *
+     * @return the section blocks
+     */
+    public long[][] getSectionBlocks() {
+        return sectionBlocks;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Loops through all the sections and blocks to find unused array (empty chunk section)
+     * <p>
+     * Useful after clearing one or multiple sections of a chunk. Can be unnecessarily expensive if the chunk
+     * is composed of almost-empty sections since the loop will not stop until a non-air block is discovered.
+     */
+    public synchronized void clean() {
+        for (int i = 0; i < sectionBlocks.length; i++) {
+            long[] section = sectionBlocks[i];
+
+            if (section.length != 0) {
+                boolean canClear = true;
+                for (long blockGroup : section) {
+                    if (blockGroup != 0) {
+                        canClear = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (canClear) {
+                    sectionBlocks[i] = new long[0];
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    public PaletteStorage copy() {
+        PaletteStorage paletteStorage = new PaletteStorage(bitsPerEntry, bitsIncrement);
+        paletteStorage.sectionBlocks = sectionBlocks.clone();
+
+        paletteStorage.paletteBlockMaps = paletteBlockMaps.clone();
+        paletteStorage.blockPaletteMaps = blockPaletteMaps.clone();
+
+        return paletteStorage;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the palette index for the specified block id.
+     * <p>
+     * Also responsible for resizing the palette when full.
+     *
+     * @param section the chunk section
+     * @param blockId the block id to convert
+     * @return the palette index of {@code blockId}
+     */
+    private short getPaletteIndex(int section, short blockId) {
+        if (!hasPalette) {
+            return blockId;
+        }
+
+        Short2ShortOpenHashMap blockPaletteMap = blockPaletteMaps[section];
+        if (blockPaletteMap == null) {
+            blockPaletteMap = createBlockPaletteMap();
+            blockPaletteMaps[section] = blockPaletteMap;
+        }
+
+        if (!blockPaletteMap.containsKey(blockId)) {
+            Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap paletteBlockMap = paletteBlockMaps[section];
+            if (paletteBlockMap == null) {
+                paletteBlockMap = createPaletteBlockMap();
+                paletteBlockMaps[section] = paletteBlockMap;
+            }
+
+            // Resize the palette if full
+            if (paletteBlockMap.size() >= getMaxPaletteSize()) {
+                resize(bitsPerEntry + bitsIncrement);
+            }
+
+            final short paletteIndex = (short) (paletteBlockMap.lastShortKey() + 1);
+            paletteBlockMap.put(paletteIndex, blockId);
+            blockPaletteMap.put(blockId, paletteIndex);
+            return paletteIndex;
+        }
+
+        return blockPaletteMap.get(blockId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resizes the array.
+     * <p>
+     * Will create a new palette storage to set all the current blocks, and the data will be transferred to 'this'.
+     *
+     * @param newBitsPerEntry the new bits per entry count
+     */
+    private synchronized void resize(int newBitsPerEntry) {
+        PaletteStorage paletteStorageCache = new PaletteStorage(newBitsPerEntry, bitsIncrement);
+        paletteStorageCache.paletteBlockMaps = paletteBlockMaps;
+        paletteStorageCache.blockPaletteMaps = blockPaletteMaps;
+
+        for (int y = 0; y < Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Y; y++) {
+            for (int x = 0; x < Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_X; x++) {
+                for (int z = 0; z < Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Z; z++) {
+                    final short blockId = getBlockAt(x, y, z);
+                    paletteStorageCache.setBlockAt(x, y, z, blockId);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.bitsPerEntry = newBitsPerEntry;
+
+        this.valuesPerLong = paletteStorageCache.valuesPerLong;
+        this.hasPalette = paletteStorageCache.hasPalette;
+
+        this.sectionBlocks = paletteStorageCache.sectionBlocks;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the maximum number of blocks that the current palette (could be the global one) can take.
+     *
+     * @return the number of blocks possible in the palette
+     */
+    private int getMaxPaletteSize() {
+        return 1 << bitsPerEntry;
+    }
+
+    // Magic values generated with "Integer.MAX_VALUE >> (31 - bitsPerIndex)" for bitsPerIndex between 4 and 15
+    private static final int[] MAGIC_MASKS =
+            {0, 0, 0, 0,
+                    15, 31, 63, 127, 255,
+                    511, 1023, 2047, 4095,
+                    8191, 16383, 32767};
+
+    private static void setBlockAt(@NotNull PaletteStorage paletteStorage, int x, int y, int z, short blockId) {
+        if (y < 0 || y >= Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Y) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final int section = ChunkUtils.getSectionAt(y);
+
+        final int valuesPerLong = paletteStorage.valuesPerLong;
+        final int bitsPerEntry = paletteStorage.bitsPerEntry;
+
+        if (paletteStorage.sectionBlocks[section].length == 0) {
+            if (blockId == 0) {
+                // Section is empty and method is trying to place an air block, stop unnecessary computation
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Initialize the section
+            paletteStorage.sectionBlocks[section] = new long[getSize(valuesPerLong)];
+        }
+
+        x = toChunkCoordinate(x);
+        z = toChunkCoordinate(z);
+
+        // Change to palette value
+        blockId = paletteStorage.getPaletteIndex(section, blockId);
+
+        final int sectionIndex = getSectionIndex(x, y, z);
+
+        final int index = sectionIndex / valuesPerLong;
+        final int bitIndex = (sectionIndex % valuesPerLong) * bitsPerEntry;
+
+        final long[] sectionBlock = paletteStorage.sectionBlocks[section];
+
+        long block = sectionBlock[index];
+        {
+            final long clear = MAGIC_MASKS[bitsPerEntry];
+
+            block |= clear << bitIndex;
+            block ^= clear << bitIndex;
+            block |= (long) blockId << bitIndex;
+
+            sectionBlock[index] = block;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static short getBlockAt(@NotNull PaletteStorage paletteStorage, int x, int y, int z) {
+        if (y < 0 || y >= Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Y) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        final int section = ChunkUtils.getSectionAt(y);
+        final long[] blocks;
+
+        // Retrieve the longs and check if the section is empty
+        {
+            blocks = paletteStorage.sectionBlocks[section];
+
+            if (blocks.length == 0) {
+                // Section is not loaded, can only be air
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        x = toChunkCoordinate(x);
+        z = toChunkCoordinate(z);
+
+        final int sectionIndex = getSectionIndex(x, y, z);
+
+        final int valuesPerLong = paletteStorage.valuesPerLong;
+        final int bitsPerEntry = paletteStorage.bitsPerEntry;
+
+        final int index = sectionIndex / valuesPerLong;
+        final int bitIndex = sectionIndex % valuesPerLong * bitsPerEntry;
+
+        final long value = blocks[index] >> bitIndex & MAGIC_MASKS[bitsPerEntry];
+
+        // Change to palette value and return
+        return paletteStorage.hasPalette ?
+                paletteStorage.paletteBlockMaps[section].get((short) value) :
+                (short) value;
+    }
+
+    private static Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap createPaletteBlockMap() {
+        Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap map = new Short2ShortLinkedOpenHashMap(CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE);
+        map.put((short) 0, (short) 0);
+
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private static Short2ShortOpenHashMap createBlockPaletteMap() {
+        Short2ShortOpenHashMap map = new Short2ShortOpenHashMap(CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE);
+        map.put((short) 0, (short) 0);
+
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the array length of one section based on the number of values which can be stored in one long.
+     *
+     * @param valuesPerLong the number of values per long
+     * @return the array length based on {@code valuesPerLong}
+     */
+    private static int getSize(int valuesPerLong) {
+        return (BLOCK_COUNT + valuesPerLong - 1) / valuesPerLong;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a world coordinate to a chunk one.
+     *
+     * @param xz the world coordinate
+     * @return the chunk coordinate of {@code xz}
+     */
+    private static int toChunkCoordinate(int xz) {
+        xz %= 16;
+        if (xz < 0) {
+            xz += CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE;
+        }
+
+        return xz;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the index of the block on the section array based on the block position.
+     *
+     * @param x the chunk X
+     * @param y the chunk Y
+     * @param z the chunk Z
+     * @return the section index of the position
+     */
+    public static int getSectionIndex(int x, int y, int z) {
+        y %= CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE;
+        return y << 8 | z << 4 | x;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/inventory/Inventory.java

@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ public class Inventory implements InventoryModifier, InventoryClickHandler, View
             setItemStackInternal(i, ItemStack.getAirItem());
         }
         // Send the cleared inventory to viewers
-        // TODO cached packet with empty content
         update();
     }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/inventory/PlayerInventory.java

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.inventory.click.InventoryClickResult;
 import net.minestom.server.inventory.condition.InventoryCondition;
 import net.minestom.server.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minestom.server.item.StackingRule;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.EntityEquipmentPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.SetSlotPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.WindowItemsPacket;
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ public class PlayerInventory implements InventoryModifier, InventoryClickHandler
      * the inventory items
      */
     public void update() {
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(player, createWindowItemsPacket());
+        player.getPlayerConnection().sendPacket(createWindowItemsPacket());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ public class PlayerInventory implements InventoryModifier, InventoryClickHandler
     /**
      * Refreshes an inventory slot.
      *
-     * @param slot      the packet slot
+     * @param slot      the packet slot,
      *                  see {@link net.minestom.server.utils.inventory.PlayerInventoryUtils#convertToPacketSlot(int)}
      * @param itemStack the item stack in the slot
      */

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/item/ItemStack.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  */
 public class ItemStack implements DataContainer {
 
-    private static final StackingRule DEFAULT_STACKING_RULE = new VanillaStackingRule(64);
+    private static final StackingRule VANILLA_STACKING_RULE = new VanillaStackingRule(64);
 
     private Material material;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class ItemStack implements DataContainer {
 
     {
         if (defaultStackingRule == null)
-            defaultStackingRule = DEFAULT_STACKING_RULE;
+            defaultStackingRule = VANILLA_STACKING_RULE;
         this.stackingRule = defaultStackingRule;
     }
 
@@ -767,4 +767,4 @@ public class ItemStack implements DataContainer {
     public void onInventoryClick(@NotNull Player player, @NotNull ClickType clickType, int slot, boolean playerInventory) {
 
     }
-}
+}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/item/rule/VanillaStackingRule.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.minestom.server.item.rule;
 
 import net.minestom.server.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minestom.server.item.StackingRule;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.MathUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class VanillaStackingRule extends StackingRule {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class VanillaStackingRule extends StackingRule {
 
     @Override
     public boolean canApply(@NotNull ItemStack item, int newAmount) {
-        return newAmount > 0 && newAmount <= getMaxSize();
+        return MathUtils.isBetween(newAmount, 0, getMaxSize());
     }
 
     @NotNull

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/ChatMessageListener.java

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import net.minestom.server.command.CommandManager;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.event.player.PlayerChatEvent;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
-import net.minestom.server.network.PacketWriterUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.play.ClientChatMessagePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChatMessagePacket;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class ChatMessageListener {
                 ChatMessagePacket chatMessagePacket =
                         new ChatMessagePacket(jsonMessage, ChatMessagePacket.Position.CHAT, player.getUuid());
 
-                PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(recipients, chatMessagePacket);
+                PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(recipients, chatMessagePacket);
             }
 
         });

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/CreativeInventoryActionListener.java

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ public class CreativeInventoryActionListener {
         if (player.getGameMode() != GameMode.CREATIVE)
             return;
 
-        final ItemStack item = packet.item;
         short slot = packet.slot;
+        final ItemStack item = packet.item;
+
         if (slot != -1) {
             // Set item
             slot = (short) PlayerInventoryUtils.convertSlot(slot, PlayerInventoryUtils.OFFSET);

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/PlayerPositionListener.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.play.ClientPlayerPositionPacket
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.play.ClientPlayerRotationPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Position;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.chunk.ChunkUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class PlayerPositionListener {
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class PlayerPositionListener {
         processMovement(player, x, y, z, yaw, pitch, onGround);
     }
 
-    private static void processMovement(Player player, float x, float y, float z,
+    private static void processMovement(@NotNull Player player, float x, float y, float z,
                                         float yaw, float pitch, boolean onGround) {
 
         // Try to move in an unloaded chunk, prevent it

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/manager/PacketConsumer.java

@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 package net.minestom.server.listener.manager;
 
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPlayPacket;
+import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
- * Interface used to add a listener for incoming packets with {@link net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager#onPacketReceive(PacketConsumer)}.
+ * Interface used to add a listener for incoming/outgoing packets with
+ * {@link ConnectionManager#onPacketReceive(PacketConsumer)} and {@link ConnectionManager#onPacketSend(PacketConsumer)}.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the packet type
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
-public interface PacketConsumer {
+public interface PacketConsumer<T> {
 
     /**
-     * Called when a packet is received from the client.
+     * Called when a packet is received/sent from/to a client.
      *
-     * @param player           the player who sent the packet
+     * @param player           the player concerned by the packet
-     * @param packetController the packet controller, used to cancel or control which listener will be called
+     * @param packetController the packet controller, can be used to cancel the packet
-     * @param packet           the received packet
+     * @param packet           the packet
      */
-    void accept(@NotNull Player player, @NotNull PacketController packetController, @NotNull ClientPlayPacket packet);
+    void accept(@NotNull Player player, @NotNull PacketController packetController, @NotNull T packet);
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/manager/PacketController.java

@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 package net.minestom.server.listener.manager;
 
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPlayPacket;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * Used to control the output of a packet in {@link PacketConsumer#accept(Player, PacketController, ClientPlayPacket)}.
+ * Used to control the output of a packet in {@link PacketConsumer#accept(Player, PacketController, Object)}.
  */
 public class PacketController {
 
     private boolean cancel;
-    private PacketListenerConsumer packetListenerConsumer;
 
-    protected PacketController(@Nullable PacketListenerConsumer packetListenerConsumer) {
+    protected PacketController() {
-        this.packetListenerConsumer = packetListenerConsumer;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,25 +29,4 @@ public class PacketController {
     public void setCancel(boolean cancel) {
         this.cancel = cancel;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the listener associated with the packet.
-     *
-     * @return the packet's listener, null if not present
-     */
-    @Nullable
-    public PacketListenerConsumer getPacketListenerConsumer() {
-        return packetListenerConsumer;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Changes the packet listener, setting it to null cancel the listener.
-     * <p>
-     * WARNING: this will overwrite the default minestom listener, be sure to know what you are doing.
-     *
-     * @param packetListenerConsumer the new packet listener, can be null
-     */
-    public void setPacketListenerConsumer(@Nullable PacketListenerConsumer packetListenerConsumer) {
-        this.packetListenerConsumer = packetListenerConsumer;
-    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/listener/manager/PacketListenerManager.java

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ import net.minestom.server.listener.*;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPlayPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.play.*;
+import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 public final class PacketListenerManager {
 
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PacketListenerManager.class);
     private static final ConnectionManager CONNECTION_MANAGER = MinecraftServer.getConnectionManager();
 
     private final Map<Class<? extends ClientPlayPacket>, PacketListenerConsumer> listeners = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ public final class PacketListenerManager {
      * @param player the player who sent the packet
      * @param <T>    the packet type
      */
-    public <T extends ClientPlayPacket> void process(@NotNull T packet, @NotNull Player player) {
+    public <T extends ClientPlayPacket> void processClientPacket(@NotNull T packet, @NotNull Player player) {
 
         final Class clazz = packet.getClass();
 
@@ -64,26 +68,37 @@ public final class PacketListenerManager {
 
         // Listener can be null if none has been set before, call PacketConsumer anyway
         if (packetListenerConsumer == null) {
-            System.err.println("Packet " + clazz + " does not have any default listener! (The issue comes from Minestom)");
+            LOGGER.error("Packet " + clazz + " does not have any default listener! (The issue comes from Minestom)");
+            return;
         }
 
-
+        final PacketController packetController = new PacketController();
-        final PacketController packetController = new PacketController(packetListenerConsumer);
+        for (PacketConsumer<ClientPlayPacket> packetConsumer : CONNECTION_MANAGER.getReceivePacketConsumers()) {
-        for (PacketConsumer packetConsumer : CONNECTION_MANAGER.getReceivePacketConsumers()) {
             packetConsumer.accept(player, packetController, packet);
         }
 
         if (packetController.isCancel())
             return;
 
-        // Get the new listener (or the same) from the packet controller
+        // Finally execute the listener
-        packetListenerConsumer = packetController.getPacketListenerConsumer();
+        packetListenerConsumer.accept(packet, player);
+    }
 
-        // Call the listener if not null
+    /**
-        // (can be null because no listener is set, or because it has been changed by the controller)
+     * Executes the consumers from {@link ConnectionManager#onPacketSend(PacketConsumer)}.
-        if (packetListenerConsumer != null) {
+     *
-            packetListenerConsumer.accept(packet, player);
+     * @param packet the packet to process
+     * @param player the player which should receive the packet
+     * @param <T>    the packet type
+     * @return true if the packet is not cancelled, false otherwise
+     */
+    public <T extends ServerPacket> boolean processServerPacket(@NotNull T packet, @NotNull Player player) {
+        final PacketController packetController = new PacketController();
+        for (PacketConsumer<ServerPacket> packetConsumer : CONNECTION_MANAGER.getSendPacketConsumers()) {
+            packetConsumer.accept(player, packetController, packet);
         }
+
+        return !packetController.isCancel();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/ConnectionManager.java

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import net.minestom.server.chat.JsonMessage;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.fakeplayer.FakePlayer;
 import net.minestom.server.listener.manager.PacketConsumer;
+import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPlayPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.login.LoginStartPacket;
+import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.login.LoginSuccessPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.ChatMessagePacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.callback.validator.PlayerValidator;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -26,7 +29,9 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
     private final Map<PlayerConnection, Player> connectionPlayerMap = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<>());
 
     // All the consumers to call once a packet is received
-    private final List<PacketConsumer> receivePacketConsumers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+    private final List<PacketConsumer<ClientPlayPacket>> receivePacketConsumers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+    // All the consumers to call once a packet is sent
+    private final List<PacketConsumer<ServerPacket>> sendPacketConsumers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
     // The uuid provider once a player login
     private UuidProvider uuidProvider;
     // The player provider to have your own Player implementation
@@ -115,7 +120,8 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
     private void broadcastJson(@NotNull String json, @NotNull Collection<Player> recipients) {
         ChatMessagePacket chatMessagePacket =
                 new ChatMessagePacket(json, ChatMessagePacket.Position.SYSTEM_MESSAGE);
-        PacketWriterUtils.writeAndSend(recipients, chatMessagePacket);
+
+        PacketUtils.sendGroupedPacket(recipients, chatMessagePacket);
     }
 
     private Collection<Player> getRecipients(@Nullable PlayerValidator condition) {
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
      * @return an unmodifiable list of packet's consumers
      */
     @NotNull
-    public List<PacketConsumer> getReceivePacketConsumers() {
+    public List<PacketConsumer<ClientPlayPacket>> getReceivePacketConsumers() {
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(receivePacketConsumers);
     }
 
@@ -151,14 +157,39 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
      *
      * @param packetConsumer the packet consumer
      */
-    public void onPacketReceive(@NotNull PacketConsumer packetConsumer) {
+    public void onPacketReceive(@NotNull PacketConsumer<ClientPlayPacket> packetConsumer) {
         this.receivePacketConsumers.add(packetConsumer);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets all the listeners which are called for each packet sent.
+     *
+     * @return an unmodifiable list of packet's consumers
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public List<PacketConsumer<ServerPacket>> getSendPacketConsumers() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(sendPacketConsumers);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a consumer to call once a packet is sent.
+     * <p>
+     * Be aware that it is possible for the same packet instance to be used multiple time,
+     * changing the object fields could lead to issues.
+     * (consider canceling the packet instead and send your own)
+     *
+     * @param packetConsumer the packet consumer
+     */
+    public void onPacketSend(@NotNull PacketConsumer<ServerPacket> packetConsumer) {
+        this.sendPacketConsumers.add(packetConsumer);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Changes how {@link UUID} are attributed to players.
      * <p>
      * Shouldn't be override if already defined.
+     * <p>
+     * Be aware that it is possible for an UUID provider to be ignored, for example in the case of a proxy (eg: velocity).
      *
      * @param uuidProvider the new player connection uuid provider,
      *                     setting it to null would apply a random UUID for each player connection
@@ -248,10 +279,13 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
      * @param uuid       the new player uuid
      * @param username   the new player username
      * @param connection the new player connection
+     * @return the newly created player object
      */
-    public void createPlayer(@NotNull UUID uuid, @NotNull String username, @NotNull PlayerConnection connection) {
+    @NotNull
+    public Player createPlayer(@NotNull UUID uuid, @NotNull String username, @NotNull PlayerConnection connection) {
         final Player player = getPlayerProvider().createPlayer(uuid, username, connection);
         createPlayer(player);
+        return player;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -277,12 +311,14 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
      * @param connection the player connection
      * @param uuid       the uuid of the player
      * @param username   the username of the player
+     * @return the newly created player object
      */
-    public void startPlayState(@NotNull PlayerConnection connection, @NotNull UUID uuid, @NotNull String username) {
+    @NotNull
+    public Player startPlayState(@NotNull PlayerConnection connection, @NotNull UUID uuid, @NotNull String username) {
         LoginSuccessPacket loginSuccessPacket = new LoginSuccessPacket(uuid, username);
         connection.sendPacket(loginSuccessPacket);
 
         connection.setConnectionState(ConnectionState.PLAY);
-        createPlayer(uuid, username, connection);
+        return createPlayer(uuid, username, connection);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/PacketProcessor.java

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+/**
+ * Responsible for processing client packets.
+ * <p>
+ * You can retrieve the different packet handlers per state (status/login/play)
+ * from the {@link net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.handler.ClientPacketsHandler} class.
+ * <p>
+ * Packet handlers are cached here and can be retrieved with {@link #getStatusPacketsHandler()}, {@link #getLoginPacketsHandler()}
+ * and {@link #getPlayPacketsHandler()}. The one to use depend on the type of packet you need to retrieve (the packet id 0 does not have
+ * the same meaning as it is a login or play packet).
+ */
 public final class PacketProcessor {
 
     private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PacketProcessor.class);
@@ -94,10 +104,43 @@ public final class PacketProcessor {
         return connectionPlayerConnectionMap.get(channel);
     }
 
-    public void removePlayerConnection(ChannelHandlerContext channel) {
+    public void removePlayerConnection(@NotNull ChannelHandlerContext channel) {
         connectionPlayerConnectionMap.remove(channel);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the handler for client status packets.
+     *
+     * @return the status packets handler
+     * @see <a href="https://wiki.vg/Protocol#Status">Status packets</a>
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ClientStatusPacketsHandler getStatusPacketsHandler() {
+        return statusPacketsHandler;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the handler for client login packets.
+     *
+     * @return the status login handler
+     * @see <a href="https://wiki.vg/Protocol#Login">Login packets</a>
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ClientLoginPacketsHandler getLoginPacketsHandler() {
+        return loginPacketsHandler;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the handler for client play packets.
+     *
+     * @return the play packets handler
+     * @see <a href="https://wiki.vg/Protocol#Play">Play packets</a>
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public ClientPlayPacketsHandler getPlayPacketsHandler() {
+        return playPacketsHandler;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Calls {@link Readable#read(BinaryReader)} and catch all the exceptions to be printed using the packet processor logger.
      *
@@ -106,12 +149,20 @@ public final class PacketProcessor {
      * @param reader     the buffer containing the packet
      */
     private void safeRead(@NotNull PlayerConnection connection, @NotNull Readable readable, @NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
+        final int readableBytes = reader.available();
+
+        // Check if there is anything to read
+        if (readableBytes == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             readable.read(reader);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             final Player player = connection.getPlayer();
             final String username = player != null ? player.getUsername() : "null";
             LOGGER.warn("Connection " + connection.getRemoteAddress() + " (" + username + ") sent an unexpected packet.");
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/PacketWriterUtils.java

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-package net.minestom.server.network;
-
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
-import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
-import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
-import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.PacketUtils;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.player.PlayerUtils;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.thread.MinestomThread;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
-
-/**
- * Utils class used to write {@link ServerPacket} in the appropriate thread pool.
- * <p>
- * WARNING: those methods do not guarantee a receive order.
- */
-public final class PacketWriterUtils {
-
-    private static final ExecutorService PACKET_WRITER_POOL = new MinestomThread(MinecraftServer.THREAD_COUNT_PACKET_WRITER, MinecraftServer.THREAD_NAME_PACKET_WRITER);
-
-    /**
-     * Writes the {@link ServerPacket} in the writer thread pool.
-     * <p>
-     * WARNING: should not be used if the packet receive order is important
-     *
-     * @param serverPacket the packet to write
-     * @param consumer     the consumer called once the packet has been written
-     */
-    public static void writeCallbackPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket, @NotNull Consumer<ByteBuf> consumer) {
-        PACKET_WRITER_POOL.execute(() -> {
-            final ByteBuf buffer = PacketUtils.writePacket(serverPacket);
-            consumer.accept(buffer);
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes a {@link ServerPacket} in the writer thread pool and send it to every players in {@code players}.
-     * <p>
-     * WARNING: should not be used if the packet receive order is important
-     *
-     * @param players      the players list to send the packet to
-     * @param serverPacket the packet to write and send
-     */
-    public static void writeAndSend(@NotNull Collection<Player> players, @NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-        PACKET_WRITER_POOL.execute(() -> {
-            if (players.isEmpty())
-                return;
-
-            final ByteBuf buffer = PacketUtils.writePacket(serverPacket);
-            for (Player player : players) {
-                final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
-                if (PlayerUtils.isNettyClient(player)) {
-                    playerConnection.writePacket(buffer, true);
-                } else {
-                    playerConnection.sendPacket(serverPacket);
-                }
-            }
-            buffer.release();
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes a {@link ServerPacket} and send it to a {@link PlayerConnection}.
-     * <p>
-     * WARNING: should not be used if the packet receive order is important
-     *
-     * @param playerConnection the connection to send the packet to
-     * @param serverPacket     the packet to write and send
-     */
-    public static void writeAndSend(@NotNull PlayerConnection playerConnection, @NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-        PACKET_WRITER_POOL.execute(() -> {
-            if (PlayerUtils.isNettyClient(playerConnection)) {
-                final ByteBuf buffer = PacketUtils.writePacket(serverPacket);
-                buffer.retain();
-                playerConnection.writePacket(buffer, false);
-                buffer.release();
-            } else {
-                playerConnection.sendPacket(serverPacket);
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Writes a {@link ServerPacket} and send it to a {@link Player}.
-     * <p>
-     * WARNING: should not be used if the packet receive order is important
-     *
-     * @param player       the player to send the packet to
-     * @param serverPacket the packet to write and send
-     */
-    public static void writeAndSend(@NotNull Player player, @NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-        final PlayerConnection playerConnection = player.getPlayerConnection();
-        writeAndSend(playerConnection, serverPacket);
-    }
-
-}

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/NettyServer.java

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollServerSocketChannel;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueue;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
@@ -29,24 +32,29 @@ public class NettyServer {
     private String address;
     private int port;
 
-    public NettyServer(PacketProcessor packetProcessor) {
+    public NettyServer(@NotNull PacketProcessor packetProcessor) {
         Class<? extends ServerChannel> channel;
 
         if (Epoll.isAvailable()) {
             boss = new EpollEventLoopGroup(2);
-            worker = new EpollEventLoopGroup();
+            worker = new EpollEventLoopGroup(); // thread count = core * 2
 
             channel = EpollServerSocketChannel.class;
+        } else if (KQueue.isAvailable()) {
+            boss = new KQueueEventLoopGroup(2);
+            worker = new KQueueEventLoopGroup(); // thread count = core * 2
+
+            channel = KQueueServerSocketChannel.class;
         } else {
             boss = new NioEventLoopGroup(2);
-            worker = new NioEventLoopGroup();
+            worker = new NioEventLoopGroup(); // thread count = core * 2
 
             channel = NioServerSocketChannel.class;
         }
 
-        bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap();
+        bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap()
-        bootstrap.group(boss, worker);
+                .group(boss, worker)
-        bootstrap.channel(channel);
+                .channel(channel);
 
         bootstrap.childHandler(new ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel>() {
             protected void initChannel(@NotNull SocketChannel ch) {
@@ -55,10 +63,11 @@ public class NettyServer {
 
                 ChannelPipeline pipeline = ch.pipeline();
 
+                // First check should verify if the packet is a legacy ping (from 1.6 version and earlier)
                 pipeline.addLast("legacy-ping", new LegacyPingHandler());
 
                 // Adds packetLength at start | Reads framed bytebuf
-                pipeline.addLast("framer", new PacketFramer());
+                pipeline.addLast("framer", new PacketFramer(packetProcessor));
 
                 // Reads bytebuf and creating inbound packet
                 pipeline.addLast("decoder", new PacketDecoder());

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/channel/ClientChannel.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package net.minestom.server.network.netty.channel;
 
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
@@ -10,14 +9,17 @@ import net.minestom.server.network.PacketProcessor;
 import net.minestom.server.network.netty.packet.InboundPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-@Slf4j
 public class ClientChannel extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<InboundPacket> {
 
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ClientChannel.class);
+
     private final ConnectionManager connectionManager = MinecraftServer.getConnectionManager();
     private final PacketProcessor packetProcessor;
 
-    public ClientChannel(PacketProcessor packetProcessor) {
+    public ClientChannel(@NotNull PacketProcessor packetProcessor) {
         this.packetProcessor = packetProcessor;
     }
 
@@ -34,9 +36,10 @@ public class ClientChannel extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<InboundPacket> {
             final int availableBytes = packet.body.readableBytes();
 
             if (availableBytes > 0) {
-                // TODO log4j2
+                final PlayerConnection playerConnection = packetProcessor.getPlayerConnection(ctx);
-                System.err.println("WARNING: Packet 0x" + Integer.toHexString(packet.packetId)
+
-                        + " not fully read (" + availableBytes + " bytes left)");
+                LOGGER.warn("WARNING: Packet 0x" + Integer.toHexString(packet.packetId)
+                        + " not fully read (" + availableBytes + " bytes left), " + playerConnection);
 
                 packet.body.skipBytes(availableBytes);
             }
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ public class ClientChannel extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<InboundPacket> {
 
     @Override
     public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) {
-        log.info(cause.getMessage());
+        LOGGER.info(cause.getMessage());
         cause.printStackTrace();
         ctx.close();
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketCompressor.java

@@ -27,45 +27,38 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.Inflater;
 
-// TODO Optimize
 public class PacketCompressor extends ByteToMessageCodec<ByteBuf> {
 
-    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
-
     private final int threshold;
 
-    private final Inflater inflater;
+    private byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
-    private final Deflater deflater;
+
+    private Deflater deflater = new Deflater();
+    private Inflater inflater = new Inflater();
 
     public PacketCompressor(int threshold) {
-        this.inflater = new Inflater();
-        this.deflater = new Deflater();
-
         this.threshold = threshold;
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf from, ByteBuf to) {
-        int i = from.readableBytes();
+        final int packetLength = from.readableBytes();
 
-        if (i < this.threshold) {
+        if (packetLength < this.threshold) {
             Utils.writeVarIntBuf(to, 0);
             to.writeBytes(from);
         } else {
-            byte[] abyte = new byte[i];
+            Utils.writeVarIntBuf(to, packetLength);
-            from.readBytes(abyte);
 
-            Utils.writeVarIntBuf(to, abyte.length);
+            deflater.setInput(from.nioBuffer());
-            this.deflater.setInput(abyte, 0, i);
+            deflater.finish();
-            this.deflater.finish();
 
-            while (!this.deflater.finished()) {
+            while (!deflater.finished()) {
-                int j = this.deflater.deflate(this.buffer);
+                final int length = deflater.deflate(buffer);
-
+                to.writeBytes(buffer, 0, length);
-                to.writeBytes(this.buffer, 0, j);
             }
 
-            this.deflater.reset();
+            deflater.reset();
         }
     }
 
@@ -85,16 +78,18 @@ public class PacketCompressor extends ByteToMessageCodec<ByteBuf> {
                     throw new DecoderException("Badly compressed packet - size of " + i + " is larger than protocol maximum of 2097152");
                 }
 
+                // TODO optimize to do not initialize arrays each time
+
                 byte[] abyte = new byte[buf.readableBytes()];
                 buf.readBytes(abyte);
 
-                this.inflater.setInput(abyte);
+                inflater.setInput(abyte);
                 byte[] abyte1 = new byte[i];
 
-                this.inflater.inflate(abyte1);
+                inflater.inflate(abyte1);
                 out.add(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(abyte1));
 
-                this.inflater.reset();
+                inflater.reset();
             }
         }
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/codec/PacketFramer.java

@@ -4,12 +4,25 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageCodec;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.CorruptedFrameException;
+import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minestom.server.network.PacketProcessor;
+import net.minestom.server.network.player.PlayerConnection;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Utils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class PacketFramer extends ByteToMessageCodec<ByteBuf> {
 
+    public final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PacketFramer.class);
+
+    private final PacketProcessor packetProcessor;
+
+    public PacketFramer(PacketProcessor packetProcessor) {
+        this.packetProcessor = packetProcessor;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf from, ByteBuf to) {
         final int packetSize = from.readableBytes();
@@ -40,14 +53,26 @@ public class PacketFramer extends ByteToMessageCodec<ByteBuf> {
             if (b >= 0) {
                 buf.resetReaderIndex();
 
-                final int j = Utils.readVarInt(buf);
+                final int packetSize = Utils.readVarInt(buf);
 
-                if (buf.readableBytes() < j) {
+                // Max packet size check
+                if (packetSize >= MinecraftServer.getMaxPacketSize()) {
+                    final PlayerConnection playerConnection = packetProcessor.getPlayerConnection(ctx);
+                    if (playerConnection != null) {
+                        final String identifier = playerConnection.getIdentifier();
+                        LOGGER.warn("An user (" + identifier + ") sent a packet over the maximum size (" + packetSize + ")");
+                    } else {
+                        LOGGER.warn("An unregistered user sent a packet over the maximum size (" + packetSize + ")");
+                    }
+                    ctx.close();
+                }
+
+                if (buf.readableBytes() < packetSize) {
                     buf.resetReaderIndex();
                     return;
                 }
 
-                out.add(buf.readRetainedSlice(j));
+                out.add(buf.readRetainedSlice(packetSize));
                 return;
             }
         }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/netty/packet/InboundPacket.java

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.netty.packet;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class InboundPacket {
 
     public final int packetId;
     public final ByteBuf body;
 
-    public InboundPacket(int id, ByteBuf body) {
+    public InboundPacket(int id, @NotNull ByteBuf body) {
         this.packetId = id;
         this.body = body;
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/ClientPlayPacket.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public abstract class ClientPlayPacket implements ClientPacket {
      * @param player the player who sent the packet
      */
     public void process(@NotNull Player player) {
-        PACKET_LISTENER_MANAGER.process(this, player);
+        PACKET_LISTENER_MANAGER.processClientPacket(this, player);
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/handler/ClientPacketsHandler.java

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.handler;
 
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPacket;
+import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+/**
+ * Contains registered packets and a way to instantiate them.
+ * <p>
+ * Packets are register using {@link #register(int, ClientPacketSupplier)}
+ * (you can override a packet id even if not recommended and not officially supported) and retrieved with {@link #getPacketInstance(int)}.
+ * <p>
+ * If you want to fill the packet from a buffer, consider using {@link ClientPacket#read(BinaryReader)} after getting the packet instance.
+ */
 public class ClientPacketsHandler {
 
     // Max packet id

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/handshake/HandshakePacket.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.handshake;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.PlayerSkin;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.bungee.BungeeCordProxy;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionState;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPreplayPacket;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class HandshakePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ public class HandshakePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.protocolVersion = reader.readVarInt();
-        this.serverAddress = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.serverAddress = reader.readSizedString(BungeeCordProxy.isEnabled() ? Short.MAX_VALUE : 255);
         this.serverPort = reader.readUnsignedShort();
         this.nextState = reader.readVarInt();
     }
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ public class HandshakePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
     @Override
     public void process(@NotNull PlayerConnection connection) {
 
+        // Bungee support (IP forwarding)
         if (BungeeCordProxy.isEnabled() && connection instanceof NettyPlayerConnection) {
             NettyPlayerConnection nettyPlayerConnection = (NettyPlayerConnection) connection;
 
@@ -48,8 +51,25 @@ public class HandshakePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
                 if (split.length == 3 || split.length == 4) {
                     this.serverAddress = split[0];
 
-                    final SocketAddress socketAddress = new java.net.InetSocketAddress(split[1], ((java.net.InetSocketAddress) connection.getRemoteAddress()).getPort());
+                    final SocketAddress socketAddress = new java.net.InetSocketAddress(split[1],
+                            ((java.net.InetSocketAddress) connection.getRemoteAddress()).getPort());
                     nettyPlayerConnection.setRemoteAddress(socketAddress);
+
+                    UUID playerUuid = UUID.fromString(
+                            split[2]
+                                    .replaceFirst(
+                                            "(\\p{XDigit}{8})(\\p{XDigit}{4})(\\p{XDigit}{4})(\\p{XDigit}{4})(\\p{XDigit}+)", "$1-$2-$3-$4-$5"
+                                    )
+                    );
+                    PlayerSkin playerSkin = null;
+
+                    if (split.length == 4) {
+                        playerSkin = BungeeCordProxy.readSkin(split[3]);
+                    }
+
+                    nettyPlayerConnection.UNSAFE_setBungeeUuid(playerUuid);
+                    nettyPlayerConnection.UNSAFE_setBungeeSkin(playerSkin);
+
                 } else {
                     nettyPlayerConnection.sendPacket(new LoginDisconnectPacket(INVALID_BUNGEE_FORWARDING));
                     nettyPlayerConnection.disconnect();

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/login/EncryptionResponsePacket.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
 import com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.data.type.array.ByteArrayData;
+import net.minestom.server.extras.MojangAuth;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.MojangCrypt;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPreplayPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.NettyPlayerConnection;
@@ -38,25 +39,25 @@ public class EncryptionResponsePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
                 try {
                     final String loginUsername = nettyConnection.getLoginUsername();
                     if (!Arrays.equals(nettyConnection.getNonce(), getNonce())) {
-                        MinecraftServer.getLOGGER().error(loginUsername + " tried to login with an invalid nonce!");
+                        MinecraftServer.LOGGER.error(loginUsername + " tried to login with an invalid nonce!");
                         return;
                     }
                     if (!loginUsername.isEmpty()) {
 
-                        final byte[] digestedData = MojangCrypt.digestData("", MinecraftServer.getKeyPair().getPublic(), getSecretKey());
+                        final byte[] digestedData = MojangCrypt.digestData("", MojangAuth.getKeyPair().getPublic(), getSecretKey());
 
                         if (digestedData == null) {
                             // Incorrect key, probably because of the client
-                            MinecraftServer.getLOGGER().error("Connection " + nettyConnection.getRemoteAddress() + " failed initializing encryption.");
+                            MinecraftServer.LOGGER.error("Connection " + nettyConnection.getRemoteAddress() + " failed initializing encryption.");
                             connection.disconnect();
                             return;
                         }
 
                         final String string3 = new BigInteger(digestedData).toString(16);
-                        final GameProfile gameProfile = MinecraftServer.getSessionService().hasJoinedServer(new GameProfile(null, loginUsername), string3);
+                        final GameProfile gameProfile = MojangAuth.getSessionService().hasJoinedServer(new GameProfile(null, loginUsername), string3);
                         nettyConnection.setEncryptionKey(getSecretKey());
 
-                        MinecraftServer.getLOGGER().info("UUID of player {} is {}", loginUsername, gameProfile.getId());
+                        MinecraftServer.LOGGER.info("UUID of player {} is {}", loginUsername, gameProfile.getId());
                         CONNECTION_MANAGER.startPlayState(connection, gameProfile.getId(), gameProfile.getName());
                     }
                 } catch (AuthenticationUnavailableException e) {
@@ -73,10 +74,11 @@ public class EncryptionResponsePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
     }
 
     public SecretKey getSecretKey() {
-        return MojangCrypt.decryptByteToSecretKey(MinecraftServer.getKeyPair().getPrivate(), sharedSecret);
+        return MojangCrypt.decryptByteToSecretKey(MojangAuth.getKeyPair().getPrivate(), sharedSecret);
     }
 
     public byte[] getNonce() {
-        return MinecraftServer.getKeyPair().getPrivate() == null ? this.verifyToken : MojangCrypt.decryptUsingKey(MinecraftServer.getKeyPair().getPrivate(), this.verifyToken);
+        return MojangAuth.getKeyPair().getPrivate() == null ?
+                this.verifyToken : MojangCrypt.decryptUsingKey(MojangAuth.getKeyPair().getPrivate(), this.verifyToken);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/login/LoginPluginResponsePacket.java

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.login;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.PlayerSkin;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.velocity.VelocityProxy;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPreplayPacket;
@@ -37,7 +39,11 @@ public class LoginPluginResponsePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
 
             if (channel != null) {
                 boolean success = false;
+
                 SocketAddress socketAddress = null;
+                UUID playerUuid = null;
+                String playerUsername = null;
+                PlayerSkin playerSkin = null;
 
                 // Velocity
                 if (VelocityProxy.isEnabled() && channel.equals(VelocityProxy.PLAYER_INFO_CHANNEL)) {
@@ -49,6 +55,12 @@ public class LoginPluginResponsePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
                             final InetAddress address = VelocityProxy.readAddress(reader);
                             final int port = ((java.net.InetSocketAddress) connection.getRemoteAddress()).getPort();
                             socketAddress = new InetSocketAddress(address, port);
+
+                            playerUuid = reader.readUuid();
+                            playerUsername = reader.readSizedString(16);
+
+                            playerSkin = VelocityProxy.readSkin(reader);
+
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -57,12 +69,16 @@ public class LoginPluginResponsePacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
                     if (socketAddress != null) {
                         nettyPlayerConnection.setRemoteAddress(socketAddress);
                     }
+                    if (playerUsername != null) {
+                        nettyPlayerConnection.UNSAFE_setLoginUsername(playerUsername);
+                    }
 
-                    // Proxy usage always mean that the server is in offline mode
                     final String username = nettyPlayerConnection.getLoginUsername();
-                    final UUID playerUuid = CONNECTION_MANAGER.getPlayerConnectionUuid(connection, username);
+                    final UUID uuid = playerUuid != null ?
+                            playerUuid : CONNECTION_MANAGER.getPlayerConnectionUuid(connection, username);
 
-                    CONNECTION_MANAGER.startPlayState(connection, playerUuid, username);
+                    Player player = CONNECTION_MANAGER.startPlayState(connection, uuid, username);
+                    player.setSkin(playerSkin);
                 } else {
                     LoginDisconnectPacket disconnectPacket = new LoginDisconnectPacket(INVALID_PROXY_RESPONSE);
                     nettyPlayerConnection.sendPacket(disconnectPacket);

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/login/LoginStartPacket.java

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.login;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.MojangAuth;
+import net.minestom.server.extras.bungee.BungeeCordProxy;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.velocity.VelocityProxy;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionState;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.client.ClientPreplayPacket;
@@ -27,8 +29,10 @@ public class LoginStartPacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
     @Override
     public void process(@NotNull PlayerConnection connection) {
 
+        final boolean isNettyClient = connection instanceof NettyPlayerConnection;
+
         // Cache the login username and start compression if enabled
-        if (connection instanceof NettyPlayerConnection) {
+        if (isNettyClient) {
             NettyPlayerConnection nettyPlayerConnection = (NettyPlayerConnection) connection;
             nettyPlayerConnection.UNSAFE_setLoginUsername(username);
 
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ public class LoginStartPacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
         }
 
         // Proxy support (only for netty clients)
-        if (connection instanceof NettyPlayerConnection) {
+        if (isNettyClient) {
             final NettyPlayerConnection nettyPlayerConnection = (NettyPlayerConnection) connection;
 
             {
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ public class LoginStartPacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
 
         }
 
-        if (MojangAuth.isUsingMojangAuth() && connection instanceof NettyPlayerConnection) {
+        if (MojangAuth.isEnabled() && isNettyClient) {
             // Mojang auth
             if (CONNECTION_MANAGER.getPlayer(username) != null) {
                 connection.sendPacket(new LoginDisconnectPacket(ALREADY_CONNECTED_JSON));
@@ -79,16 +83,22 @@ public class LoginStartPacket implements ClientPreplayPacket {
             EncryptionRequestPacket encryptionRequestPacket = new EncryptionRequestPacket(nettyPlayerConnection);
             nettyPlayerConnection.sendPacket(encryptionRequestPacket);
         } else {
+            final boolean bungee = BungeeCordProxy.isEnabled();
             // Offline
-            final UUID playerUuid = CONNECTION_MANAGER.getPlayerConnectionUuid(connection, username);
+            final UUID playerUuid = bungee && isNettyClient ?
+                    ((NettyPlayerConnection) connection).getBungeeUuid() :
+                    CONNECTION_MANAGER.getPlayerConnectionUuid(connection, username);
 
-            CONNECTION_MANAGER.startPlayState(connection, playerUuid, username);
+            Player player = CONNECTION_MANAGER.startPlayState(connection, playerUuid, username);
+            if (bungee && isNettyClient) {
+                player.setSkin(((NettyPlayerConnection) connection).getBungeeSkin());
+            }
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        this.username = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.username = reader.readSizedString(16);
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientAdvancementTabPacket.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class ClientAdvancementTabPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
         this.action = AdvancementAction.values()[reader.readVarInt()];
 
         if (action == AdvancementAction.OPENED_TAB) {
-            this.tabIdentifier = reader.readSizedString();
+            this.tabIdentifier = reader.readSizedString(256);
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientChatMessagePacket.java

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ public class ClientChatMessagePacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
 
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        this.message = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.message = reader.readSizedString(256);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientCraftRecipeRequest.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class ClientCraftRecipeRequest extends ClientPlayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.windowId = reader.readByte();
-        this.recipe = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.recipe = reader.readSizedString(256);
         this.makeAll = reader.readBoolean();
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientNameItemPacket.java

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ public class ClientNameItemPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
 
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        this.itemName = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.itemName = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientPluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class ClientPluginMessagePacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
 
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        this.channel = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.channel = reader.readSizedString(256);
         this.data = reader.getRemainingBytes();
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientRecipeBookData.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ClientRecipeBookData extends ClientPlayPacket {
 
         switch (type) {
             case 0:
-                this.recipeId = reader.readSizedString();
+                this.recipeId = reader.readSizedString(256);
                 break;
             case 1:
                 this.craftingRecipeBookOpen = reader.readBoolean();

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientSettingsPacket.java

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class ClientSettingsPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
 
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
-        this.locale = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.locale = reader.readSizedString(128);
         this.viewDistance = reader.readByte();
         this.chatMode = Player.ChatMode.values()[reader.readVarInt()];
         this.chatColors = reader.readBoolean();

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientTabCompletePacket.java

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ public class ClientTabCompletePacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.transactionId = reader.readVarInt();
-        this.text = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.text = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientUpdateCommandBlockMinecartPacket.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class ClientUpdateCommandBlockMinecartPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.entityId = reader.readVarInt();
-        this.command = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.command = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
         this.trackOutput = reader.readBoolean();
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientUpdateCommandBlockPacket.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class ClientUpdateCommandBlockPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.blockPosition = reader.readBlockPosition();
-        this.command = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.command = reader.readSizedString(Short.MAX_VALUE);
         this.mode = Mode.values()[reader.readVarInt()];
         this.flags = reader.readByte();
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/client/play/ClientUpdateSignPacket.java

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ public class ClientUpdateSignPacket extends ClientPlayPacket {
     @Override
     public void read(@NotNull BinaryReader reader) {
         this.blockPosition = reader.readBlockPosition();
-        this.line1 = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.line1 = reader.readSizedString(384);
-        this.line2 = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.line2 = reader.readSizedString(384);
-        this.line3 = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.line3 = reader.readSizedString(384);
-        this.line4 = reader.readSizedString();
+        this.line4 = reader.readSizedString(384);
 
     }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/login/EncryptionRequestPacket.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.login;
 
-import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.data.type.array.ByteArrayData;
+import net.minestom.server.extras.MojangAuth;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacketIdentifier;
 import net.minestom.server.network.player.NettyPlayerConnection;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class EncryptionRequestPacket implements ServerPacket {
     @Override
     public void write(@NotNull BinaryWriter writer) {
         writer.writeSizedString("");
-        final byte[] publicKey = MinecraftServer.getKeyPair().getPublic().getEncoded();
+        final byte[] publicKey = MojangAuth.getKeyPair().getPublic().getEncoded();
         ByteArrayData.encodeByteArray(writer, publicKey);
         ByteArrayData.encodeByteArray(writer, nonce);
     }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/ChunkDataPacket.java

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2ObjectMap;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.data.Data;
-import net.minestom.server.instance.Chunk;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.BlockManager;
 import net.minestom.server.instance.block.CustomBlock;
+import net.minestom.server.instance.palette.PaletteStorage;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacketIdentifier;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
@@ -28,18 +28,17 @@ public class ChunkDataPacket implements ServerPacket {
     public Biome[] biomes;
     public int chunkX, chunkZ;
 
-    public short[] blocksStateId;
+    public PaletteStorage paletteStorage;
-    public short[] customBlocksId;
+    public PaletteStorage customBlockPaletteStorage;
 
     public Set<Integer> blockEntities;
     public Int2ObjectMap<Data> blocksData;
-    //public Chunk chunk;
 
     public int[] sections;
 
     private static final byte CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT = 16;
-    private static final int BITS_PER_ENTRY = 15;
+    private static final int MAX_BITS_PER_ENTRY = 16;
-    private static final int MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = (Short.BYTES + Byte.BYTES + 5 * Byte.BYTES + (4096 * BITS_PER_ENTRY / Long.SIZE * Long.BYTES)) * CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT + 256 * Integer.BYTES;
+    private static final int MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = (Short.BYTES + Byte.BYTES + 5 * Byte.BYTES + (4096 * MAX_BITS_PER_ENTRY / Long.SIZE * Long.BYTES)) * CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT + 256 * Integer.BYTES;
 
     @Override
     public void write(@NotNull BinaryWriter writer) {
@@ -51,10 +50,10 @@ public class ChunkDataPacket implements ServerPacket {
         ByteBuf blocks = Unpooled.buffer(MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
         for (byte i = 0; i < CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT; i++) {
             if (fullChunk || (sections.length == CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT && sections[i] != 0)) {
-                short[] section = getSection(i);
+                final long[] section = paletteStorage.getSectionBlocks()[i];
-                if (section != null) { // section contains at least one block
+                if (section.length > 0) { // section contains at least one block
                     mask |= 1 << i;
-                    Utils.writeBlocks(blocks, section, BITS_PER_ENTRY);
+                    Utils.writeBlocks(blocks, paletteStorage.getPalette(i), section, paletteStorage.getBitsPerEntry());
                 } else {
                     mask |= 0;
                 }
@@ -106,36 +105,18 @@ public class ChunkDataPacket implements ServerPacket {
                     .setInt("y", blockPosition.getY())
                     .setInt("z", blockPosition.getZ());
 
-            final short customBlockId = customBlocksId[index];
+            if (customBlockPaletteStorage != null) {
-            final CustomBlock customBlock = BLOCK_MANAGER.getCustomBlock(customBlockId);
+                final short customBlockId = customBlockPaletteStorage.getBlockAt(blockPosition.getX(), blockPosition.getY(), blockPosition.getZ());
-            if (customBlock != null) {
+                final CustomBlock customBlock = BLOCK_MANAGER.getCustomBlock(customBlockId);
-                final Data data = blocksData.get(index);
+                if (customBlock != null) {
-                customBlock.writeBlockEntity(blockPosition, data, nbt);
+                    final Data data = blocksData.get(index);
+                    customBlock.writeBlockEntity(blockPosition, data, nbt);
+                }
             }
             writer.writeNBT("", nbt);
         }
     }
 
-    private short[] getSection(byte section) {
-        short[] blocks = new short[Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_X * Chunk.CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE * Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Z];
-        boolean empty = true;
-        for (byte y = 0; y < Chunk.CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE; y++) {
-            for (byte x = 0; x < Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_X; x++) {
-                for (byte z = 0; z < Chunk.CHUNK_SIZE_Z; z++) {
-                    final int yPos = (y + Chunk.CHUNK_SECTION_SIZE * section);
-                    final int index = ChunkUtils.getBlockIndex(x, yPos, z);
-                    final short blockStateId = blocksStateId[index];
-                    if (blockStateId != 0)
-                        empty = false;
-
-                    final int packetIndex = (((y * 16) + x) * 16) + z;
-                    blocks[packetIndex] = blockStateId;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return empty ? null : blocks;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getId() {
         return ServerPacketIdentifier.CHUNK_DATA;

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/JoinGamePacket.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class JoinGamePacket implements ServerPacket {
     @Override
     public void write(@NotNull BinaryWriter writer) {
         writer.writeInt(entityId);
-        writer.writeBoolean(MinecraftServer.isHardcoreLook());
+        writer.writeBoolean(gameMode.isHardcore());
         writer.writeByte(gameMode.getId());
         //Previous Gamemode
         writer.writeByte(gameMode.getId());

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/PluginMessagePacket.java

@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ public class PluginMessagePacket implements ServerPacket {
         PluginMessagePacket brandMessage = new PluginMessagePacket();
         brandMessage.channel = "minecraft:brand";
 
-        BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter();
+        final String brandName = MinecraftServer.getBrandName();
-        writer.writeSizedString(MinecraftServer.getBrandName());
+        BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(4 + brandName.length());
+        writer.writeSizedString(brandName);
 
         brandMessage.data = writer.toByteArray();
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/TeamsPacket.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play;
 
+import net.minestom.server.chat.JsonMessage;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacketIdentifier;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryWriter;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class TeamsPacket implements ServerPacket {
     /**
      * The display name for the team
      */
-    public String teamDisplayName;
+    public JsonMessage teamDisplayName;
     /**
      * The friendly flags to
      */
@@ -42,11 +43,11 @@ public class TeamsPacket implements ServerPacket {
     /**
      * The prefix of the team
      */
-    public String teamPrefix;
+    public JsonMessage teamPrefix;
     /**
      * The suffix of the team
      */
-    public String teamSuffix;
+    public JsonMessage teamSuffix;
     /**
      * An array with all entities in the team
      */
@@ -65,13 +66,13 @@ public class TeamsPacket implements ServerPacket {
         switch (action) {
             case CREATE_TEAM:
             case UPDATE_TEAM_INFO:
-                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamDisplayName);
+                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamDisplayName.toString());
                 writer.writeByte(this.friendlyFlags);
                 writer.writeSizedString(this.nameTagVisibility.getIdentifier());
                 writer.writeSizedString(this.collisionRule.getIdentifier());
                 writer.writeVarInt(this.teamColor);
-                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamPrefix);
+                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamPrefix.toString());
-                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamSuffix);
+                writer.writeSizedString(this.teamSuffix.toString());
                 break;
             case REMOVE_TEAM:
 

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/FakePlayerConnection.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.player;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.fakeplayer.FakePlayer;
@@ -13,24 +12,11 @@ import java.net.SocketAddress;
 
 public class FakePlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
 
-    @Override
-    public void sendPacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("FakePlayer cannot read Bytebuf");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void writePacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy) {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("FakePlayer cannot write to Bytebuf");
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void sendPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-        getFakePlayer().getController().consumePacket(serverPacket);
+        if (shouldSendPacket(serverPacket)) {
-    }
+            getFakePlayer().getController().consumePacket(serverPacket);
-
+        }
-    @Override
-    public void flush() {
-        // Does nothing
     }
 
     @NotNull

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/NettyPlayerConnection.java

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.player;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
-import lombok.Getter;
+import net.minestom.server.entity.PlayerSkin;
-import lombok.Setter;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.Decrypter;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.Encrypter;
 import net.minestom.server.extras.mojangAuth.MojangCrypt;
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
@@ -31,16 +30,14 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
     private final SocketChannel channel;
 
     private SocketAddress remoteAddress;
-    @Getter
+
     private boolean encrypted = false;
-    @Getter
     private boolean compressed = false;
 
     //Could be null. Only used for Mojang Auth
-    @Getter
-    @Setter
     private byte[] nonce = new byte[4];
 
+    // Data from client packets
     private String loginUsername;
     private String serverAddress;
     private int serverPort;
@@ -49,6 +46,10 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
     // cleared once the player enters the play state
     private final Map<Integer, String> pluginRequestMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
+    // Bungee
+    private UUID bungeeUuid;
+    private PlayerSkin bungeeSkin;
+
     public NettyPlayerConnection(@NotNull SocketChannel channel) {
         super();
         this.channel = channel;
@@ -81,38 +82,22 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
         channel.pipeline().addAfter("framer", "compressor", new PacketCompressor(threshold));
     }
 
-    @Override
+    /**
-    public void sendPacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy) {
+     * Writes a packet to the connection channel.
-        if (copy) {
+     * <p>
-            buffer = buffer.copy();
+     * All packets are flushed during {@link net.minestom.server.entity.Player#update(long)}.
-            buffer.retain();
+     *
-            channel.writeAndFlush(buffer);
+     * @param serverPacket the packet to write
-            buffer.release();
+     */
-        } else {
-            channel.writeAndFlush(buffer);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void writePacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy) {
-        if (copy) {
-            buffer = buffer.copy();
-            buffer.retain();
-            channel.write(buffer);
-            buffer.release();
-        } else {
-            channel.write(buffer);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void sendPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-        channel.writeAndFlush(serverPacket);
+        if (shouldSendPacket(serverPacket)) {
-    }
+            if (getPlayer() != null) {
-
+                channel.write(serverPacket); // Flush on player update
-    @Override
+            } else {
-    public void flush() {
+                channel.writeAndFlush(serverPacket);
-        getChannel().flush();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @NotNull
@@ -186,6 +171,24 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
         return serverPort;
     }
 
+    @Nullable
+    public UUID getBungeeUuid() {
+        return bungeeUuid;
+    }
+
+    public void UNSAFE_setBungeeUuid(UUID bungeeUuid) {
+        this.bungeeUuid = bungeeUuid;
+    }
+
+    @Nullable
+    public PlayerSkin getBungeeSkin() {
+        return bungeeSkin;
+    }
+
+    public void UNSAFE_setBungeeSkin(PlayerSkin bungeeSkin) {
+        this.bungeeSkin = bungeeSkin;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds an entry to the plugin request map.
      * <p>
@@ -235,4 +238,12 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
         this.serverAddress = serverAddress;
         this.serverPort = serverPort;
     }
+
+    public byte[] getNonce() {
+        return nonce;
+    }
+
+    public void setNonce(byte[] nonce) {
+        this.nonce = nonce;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/PlayerConnection.java

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.player;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import lombok.Getter;
 import net.minestom.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ChatColor;
 import net.minestom.server.chat.ColoredText;
 import net.minestom.server.entity.Player;
+import net.minestom.server.listener.manager.PacketConsumer;
+import net.minestom.server.listener.manager.PacketListenerManager;
+import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionManager;
 import net.minestom.server.network.ConnectionState;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.login.LoginDisconnectPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play.DisconnectPacket;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
  */
 public abstract class PlayerConnection {
 
+    protected static final PacketListenerManager PACKET_LISTENER_MANAGER = MinecraftServer.getPacketListenerManager();
+
     private Player player;
     private ConnectionState connectionState;
     private boolean online;
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ public abstract class PlayerConnection {
     private static final ColoredText rateLimitKickMessage = ColoredText.of(ChatColor.RED + "Too Many Packets");
 
     //Connection Stats
-    @Getter
     private final AtomicInteger packetCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
     private final AtomicInteger lastPacketCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
     private short tickCounter = 0;
@@ -68,33 +71,37 @@ public abstract class PlayerConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
+    public AtomicInteger getPacketCounter() {
-     * Sends a raw {@link ByteBuf} to the client.
+        return packetCounter;
-     *
+    }
-     * @param buffer The buffer to send.
-     * @param copy   Should be true unless your only using the ByteBuf once.
-     */
-    public abstract void sendPacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy);
 
     /**
-     * Writes a raw {@link ByteBuf} to the client.
+     * Returns a printable identifier for this connection, will be the player username
+     * or the connection remote address.
      *
-     * @param buffer The buffer to send.
+     * @return this connection identifier
-     * @param copy   Should be true unless your only using the ByteBuf once.
      */
-    public abstract void writePacket(@NotNull ByteBuf buffer, boolean copy);
+    @NotNull
+    public String getIdentifier() {
+        final Player player = getPlayer();
+        return player != null ?
+                player.getUsername() :
+                getRemoteAddress().toString();
+    }
 
     /**
      * Serializes the packet and send it to the client.
+     * <p>
+     * Also responsible for executing {@link ConnectionManager#onPacketSend(PacketConsumer)} consumers.
      *
      * @param serverPacket the packet to send
+     * @see #shouldSendPacket(ServerPacket)
      */
     public abstract void sendPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket);
 
-    /**
+    protected boolean shouldSendPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket) {
-     * Flush all waiting packets.
+        return player == null || PACKET_LISTENER_MANAGER.processServerPacket(serverPacket, player);
-     */
+    }
-    public abstract void flush();
 
     /**
      * Gets the remote address of the client.
@@ -112,8 +119,9 @@ public abstract class PlayerConnection {
     /**
      * Gets the player linked to this connection.
      *
-     * @return the player
+     * @return the player, can be null if not initialized yet
      */
+    @Nullable
     public Player getPlayer() {
         return player;
     }
@@ -164,4 +172,12 @@ public abstract class PlayerConnection {
     public int getLastPacketCounter() {
         return lastPacketCounter.get();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "PlayerConnection{" +
+                "connectionState=" + connectionState +
+                ", identifier=" + getIdentifier() +
+                '}';
+    }
 }