limit how far the y-coordinate will be expanded

src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/Settings.java

@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ public class Settings implements ConfigObject {
     @ConfigEntry(path = "island.deletion.keep-previous-island-on-reset", since = "1.13.0")
     private boolean keepPreviousIslandOnReset = false;
 
+    @ConfigComment("By default, If the destination is not safe, the plugin will try to search for a safe spot around the destination,")
+    @ConfigComment("then it will try to expand the y-coordinate up and down from the destination.")
+    @ConfigComment("This setting limits how far the y-coordinate will be expanded.")
+    @ConfigComment("If set to 0 or lower, the plugin will not expand the y-coordinate.")
+    @ConfigEntry(path = "island.safe-spot-search-vertical-range", since = "1.19.1")
+    private int safeSpotSearchVerticalRange = 400;
+
     /* WEB */
     @ConfigComment("Toggle whether BentoBox can connect to GitHub to get data about updates and addons.")
     @ConfigComment("Disabling this will result in the deactivation of the update checker and of some other")
@@ -890,4 +897,12 @@ public class Settings implements ConfigObject {
     public void setMinPortalSearchRadius(int minPortalSearchRadius) {
         this.minPortalSearchRadius = minPortalSearchRadius;
     }
+
+    public int getSafeSpotSearchVerticalRange() {
+        return safeSpotSearchVerticalRange;
+    }
+
+    public void setSafeSpotSearchVerticalRange(int safeSpotSearchVerticalRange) {
+        this.safeSpotSearchVerticalRange = safeSpotSearchVerticalRange;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/util/teleport/SafeSpotTeleport.java

@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ public class SafeSpotTeleport {
         int lowerY = startY - 1;
         boolean checkUpper = upperY <= maxY;
         boolean checkLower = lowerY >= minY;
-        while (checkUpper || checkLower) {
+        int limitRange = plugin.getSettings().getSafeSpotSearchVerticalRange(); // Limit the y-coordinate range
+        while (limitRange > 0 && (checkUpper || checkLower)) {
             for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
                 for (int z = 0; z < 16; z++) {
                     if (checkUpper && checkBlock(chunk, x, upperY, z)) {
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ public class SafeSpotTeleport {
                     checkLower = false;
                 }
             }
+            limitRange--;
         }
 
         // We can't find a safe spot

src/main/resources/config.yml

@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ island:
     #   This is the default behaviour.
     # Added since 1.13.0.
     keep-previous-island-on-reset: false
+  # By default, If the destination is not safe, the plugin will try to search for a safe spot around the destination,
+  # then it will try to expand the y-coordinate up and down from the destination.
+  # This setting limits how far the y-coordinate will be expanded.
+  # If set to 0 or lower, the plugin will not expand the y-coordinate.
+  # Added since 1.19.1.
+  safe-spot-search-vertical-range: 400
 web:
   github:
     # Toggle whether BentoBox can connect to GitHub to get data about updates and addons.