Merge branch 'master' into 1.17

build.gradle

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
 archivesBaseName = project.archives_base_name
-version = project.minecraft_version+'-'+project.mod_version
+version = project.minecraft_version+'-'+project.mod_version+'+v'+new Date().format('yyMMdd')
 group = project.maven_group
 
 minecraft {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ minecraft {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	//to change the versions see the gradle.properties file
+	// To change the versions see the gradle.properties file
 	minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:${project.minecraft_version}"
 	mappings "net.fabricmc:yarn:${project.yarn_mappings}:v2"
 	modCompile "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:${project.loader_version}"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ processResources {
 
 	from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
 		include "fabric.mod.json"
-		expand "version": project.version
+		expand "version": project.mod_version
 	}
 
 	from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
@@ -40,23 +40,34 @@ processResources {
 	}
 }
 
-// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
+
-// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
+	// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+	// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
-	options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+	// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
+	// If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
+	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+
+	// The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too
+	// JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
+	// We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
+	def targetVersion = 8
+	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+		 it.options.release = targetVersion
+	}
 }
 
-// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
+java {
-// if it is present.
+	// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
-// If you remove this task, sources will not be generated.
+	// if it is present.
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+	// If you remove this line, sources will not be generated.
-	classifier = "sources"
+	withSourcesJar()
-	from sourceSets.main.allSource
 }
 
 jar {
-	from "LICENSE"
+	from("LICENSE") {
+		rename { "${it}_${project.archivesBaseName}"}
+	}
 }
 
 // configure the maven publication
@@ -73,10 +84,10 @@ publishing {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// select the repositories you want to publish to
+	// Select the repositories you want to publish to
+	// To publish to maven local, no extra repositories are necessary. Just use the task `publishToMavenLocal`.
 	repositories {
-		// uncomment to publish to the local maven
+		// See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html for information on how to set up publishing.
-		// mavenLocal()
 		maven {
 			url "$projectDir/publish"
 		}

docs/scarpet/Full.md

@@ -1665,14 +1665,21 @@ split('\\.','foo.bar')  => [foo, bar]
 ### `slice(expr, from, to?)`
 
 extracts a substring, or sublist (based on the type of the result of the expression under expr with 
-starting index of `from`, and ending at `to` if provided, or the end, if omitted
+starting index of `from`, and ending at `to` if provided, or the end, if omitted. Can use negative indices to 
+indicate counting form the back of the list, so `-1 <=> length(_)`.
+
+Special case is made for iterators (`range`, `rect` etc), which does require non-negative indices (negative `from` is treated as
+`0`, and negative `to` as `inf`), but allows retrieving parts of the sequence and ignore
+other parts. In that case consecutive calls to `slice` will refer to index `0` the current iteration position since iterators
+cannot go back nor track where they are in the sequence (see examples).
 
 <pre>
-slice(l(0,1,2,3,4,5), 1, 3)  => [1, 2, 3]
+slice([0,1,2,3,4,5], 1, 3)  => [1, 2, 3]
 slice('foobar', 0, 1)  => 'f'
 slice('foobar', 3)  => 'bar'
 slice(range(10), 3, 5)  => [3, 4, 5]
 slice(range(10), 5)  => [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+r = range(100); [slice(r, 5, 7), slice(r, 1, 3)]  => [[5, 6], [8, 9]]
 </pre>
 
 ### `sort(list), sort(values ...)`
@@ -2893,7 +2900,10 @@ In this case - entities would need to be re-fetched, or the code should account
 
 ### `player(), player(type), player(name)`
 
-With no arguments, it returns the calling player or the player closest to the caller. Note that the main context 
+With no arguments, it returns the calling player or the player closest to the caller. 
+For player-scoped apps (which is a default) its always the owning player or `null` if it not present even if some code
+still runs in their name.
+Note that the main context 
 will receive `p` variable pointing to this player. With `type` or `name` specified, it will try first to match a type, 
 returning a list of players matching a type, and if this fails, will assume its player name query retuning player with 
 that name, or `null` if no player was found. With `'all'`, list of all players in the game, in all dimensions, so end 
@@ -4109,8 +4119,10 @@ about players death and applying external effects (like mob anger etc).
 
 ### `__on_player_respawns(player)`
 Triggered when a player respawns. This includes spawning after death, or landing in the overworld after leaving the end. 
-When the event is handled, a player is still in its previous location and dimension - will be repositioned right after.
+When the event is handled, a player is still in its previous location and dimension - will be repositioned right after. In 
-
+case player died, its previous inventory as already been scattered, and its current inventory will not be copied to the respawned
+entity, so any manipulation to player data is
+best to be scheduled at the end of the tick, but you can still use its current reference to query its status as of the respawn event.
 
 ### `__on_player_changes_dimension(player, from_pos, from_dimension, to_pos, to_dimension)`
 Called when a player moves from one dimension to another. Event is handled still when the player is in its previous
@@ -4299,8 +4311,9 @@ With specified `objective` and
  
 ### `scoreboard_add(objective, criterion?)`
 
-Adds a new objective to scoreboard. If `criterion` is not specified, assumes `'dummy'`. Returns `false` if objective 
+Adds a new objective to scoreboard. If `criterion` is not specified, assumes `'dummy'`.
-already existed, `true` otherwise.
+If the objective already exists, changes the criterion of that objective and returns `false`. If the criterion was not specified but the objective already exists, returns the current criterion.
+If the objective was added, returns `true`. If nothing is affected, returns `null`
 
 <pre>
 scoreboard_add('counter')
@@ -4451,7 +4464,6 @@ for(bossbar(),bossbar(_,'remove'))  -> remove all bossbars
 
 
 
-
 # Auxiliary aspects
 
 Collection of other methods that control smaller, yet still important aspects of the game
@@ -4759,12 +4771,15 @@ for folder listing.
  
 Supported values for resource `type` are:
  * `nbt` - NBT tag
+ * `json` - JSON file
  * `text` - text resource with automatic newlines added
  * `raw` - text resource without implied newlines
- * `folder` - for `list_files` only - indicting folder listing instead of files
+ * `folder` - for `list_files` only - indicating folder listing instead of files
- * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw`, `shared_folder` - shared versions of the above
+ * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw`, `shared_folder`, `shared_json` - shared versions of the above
  
-NBT files have extension `.nbt`, store one NBT tag, and return a NBT type value. Text files have `.txt` extension, 
+NBT files have extension `.nbt`, store one NBT tag, and return a NBT type value. JSON files have `.json` extension, store 
+Scarpet numbers, strings, lists, maps and `null` values. Anything else will be saved as a string (including NBT).  
+Text files have `.txt` extension, 
 stores multiple lines of text and returns lists of all lines from the file. With `write_file`, multiple lines can be
 sent to the file at once. The only difference between `raw` and `text` types are automatic newlines added after each
 record to the file. Since files are closed after each write, sending multiple lines of data to
@@ -4942,7 +4957,7 @@ it could either mean your input is wrong, or statistic effectively has a value o
 ### `system_info()`, `system_info(property)`
 Fetches the value of a system property or returns all inforation as a map when called without any arguments. It can be used to 
 fetch various information, mostly not changing, or only available via low level
-system calls. In all cirumstances, these are only provided as read-only.
+system calls. In all circumstances, these are only provided as read-only.
 
 Available options in the scarpet app space:
   * `app_name` - current app name or `null` if its a default app
@@ -4960,7 +4975,7 @@ Available options in the scarpet app space:
 
 
  Relevant gameplay related properties
-  * `game_difficulty` - current difficulty of the game: `'peacefu'`, `'easy'`, `'normal'`, or `'hard'`
+  * `game_difficulty` - current difficulty of the game: `'peaceful'`, `'easy'`, `'normal'`, or `'hard'`
   * `game_hardcore` - boolean whether the game is in hardcore mode
   * `game_storage_format` - format of the world save files, either `'McRegion'` or `'Anvil'`
   * `game_default_gamemode` - default gamemode for new players
@@ -4968,6 +4983,7 @@ Available options in the scarpet app space:
   * `game_view_distance` - the view distance
   * `game_mod_name` - the name of the base mod. Expect `'fabric'`
   * `game_version` - base version of the game
+  * `game_data_version` - data version of the game. Returns an integer, so it can be compared.
   
  Server related properties
  * `server_motd` - the motd of the server visible when joining

docs/scarpet/api/Auxiliary.md

@@ -305,12 +305,15 @@ for folder listing.
  
 Supported values for resource `type` are:
  * `nbt` - NBT tag
+ * `json` - JSON file
  * `text` - text resource with automatic newlines added
  * `raw` - text resource without implied newlines
- * `folder` - for `list_files` only - indicting folder listing instead of files
+ * `folder` - for `list_files` only - indicating folder listing instead of files
- * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw`, `shared_folder` - shared versions of the above
+ * `shared_nbt`, `shared_text`, `shared_raw`, `shared_folder`, `shared_json` - shared versions of the above
  
-NBT files have extension `.nbt`, store one NBT tag, and return a NBT type value. Text files have `.txt` extension, 
+NBT files have extension `.nbt`, store one NBT tag, and return a NBT type value. JSON files have `.json` extension, store 
+Scarpet numbers, strings, lists, maps and `null` values. Anything else will be saved as a string (including NBT).  
+Text files have `.txt` extension, 
 stores multiple lines of text and returns lists of all lines from the file. With `write_file`, multiple lines can be
 sent to the file at once. The only difference between `raw` and `text` types are automatic newlines added after each
 record to the file. Since files are closed after each write, sending multiple lines of data to
@@ -488,7 +491,7 @@ it could either mean your input is wrong, or statistic effectively has a value o
 ### `system_info()`, `system_info(property)`
 Fetches the value of a system property or returns all inforation as a map when called without any arguments. It can be used to 
 fetch various information, mostly not changing, or only available via low level
-system calls. In all cirumstances, these are only provided as read-only.
+system calls. In all circumstances, these are only provided as read-only.
 
 Available options in the scarpet app space:
   * `app_name` - current app name or `null` if its a default app
@@ -506,7 +509,7 @@ Available options in the scarpet app space:
 
 
  Relevant gameplay related properties
-  * `game_difficulty` - current difficulty of the game: `'peacefu'`, `'easy'`, `'normal'`, or `'hard'`
+  * `game_difficulty` - current difficulty of the game: `'peaceful'`, `'easy'`, `'normal'`, or `'hard'`
   * `game_hardcore` - boolean whether the game is in hardcore mode
   * `game_storage_format` - format of the world save files, either `'McRegion'` or `'Anvil'`
   * `game_default_gamemode` - default gamemode for new players
@@ -514,6 +517,7 @@ Available options in the scarpet app space:
   * `game_view_distance` - the view distance
   * `game_mod_name` - the name of the base mod. Expect `'fabric'`
   * `game_version` - base version of the game
+  * `game_data_version` - data version of the game. Returns an integer, so it can be compared.
   
  Server related properties
  * `server_motd` - the motd of the server visible when joining

docs/scarpet/api/Entities.md

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ In this case - entities would need to be re-fetched, or the code should account
 
 ### `player(), player(type), player(name)`
 
-With no arguments, it returns the calling player or the player closest to the caller. Note that the main context 
+With no arguments, it returns the calling player or the player closest to the caller. 
+For player-scoped apps (which is a default) its always the owning player or `null` if it not present even if some code
+still runs in their name.
+Note that the main context 
 will receive `p` variable pointing to this player. With `type` or `name` specified, it will try first to match a type, 
 returning a list of players matching a type, and if this fails, will assume its player name query retuning player with 
 that name, or `null` if no player was found. With `'all'`, list of all players in the game, in all dimensions, so end 
@@ -243,6 +246,10 @@ Boolean, true if the entity is silent.
 
 Boolean, true if the entity is affected by gravity, like most entities are.
 
+### `query(e, 'invulnerable')`
+
+Boolean, true if the entity is invulnerable.
+
 ### `query(e, 'immune_to_fire')`
 
 Boolean, true if the entity is immune to fire.
@@ -723,6 +730,10 @@ Silences or unsilences the entity.
 
 Toggles gravity for the entity.
 
+### `modify(e, 'invulnerable', boolean)`
+
+Toggles invulnerability for the entity.
+
 ### `modify(e, 'fire', ticks)`
 
 Will set entity on fire for `ticks` ticks. Set to 0 to extinguish.

docs/scarpet/api/Events.md

@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ about players death and applying external effects (like mob anger etc).
 
 ### `__on_player_respawns(player)`
 Triggered when a player respawns. This includes spawning after death, or landing in the overworld after leaving the end. 
-When the event is handled, a player is still in its previous location and dimension - will be repositioned right after.
+When the event is handled, a player is still in its previous location and dimension - will be repositioned right after. In 
-
+case player died, its previous inventory as already been scattered, and its current inventory will not be copied to the respawned
+entity, so any manipulation to player data is
+best to be scheduled at the end of the tick, but you can still use its current reference to query its status as of the respawn event.
 
 ### `__on_player_changes_dimension(player, from_pos, from_dimension, to_pos, to_dimension)`
 Called when a player moves from one dimension to another. Event is handled still when the player is in its previous

docs/scarpet/api/Scoreboard.md

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ With specified `objective` and
  
 ### `scoreboard_add(objective, criterion?)`
 
-Adds a new objective to scoreboard. If `criterion` is not specified, assumes `'dummy'`. Returns `false` if objective 
+Adds a new objective to scoreboard. If `criterion` is not specified, assumes `'dummy'`.
-already existed, `true` otherwise.
+If the objective already exists, changes the criterion of that objective and returns `false`. If the criterion was not specified but the objective already exists, returns the current criterion.
+If the objective was added, returns `true`. If nothing is affected, returns `null`
 
 <pre>
 scoreboard_add('counter')
@@ -162,4 +163,3 @@ for(bossbar(),bossbar(_,'remove'))  -> remove all bossbars
 
 
 
-

docs/scarpet/language/Containers.md

@@ -170,14 +170,21 @@ split('\\.','foo.bar')  => [foo, bar]
 ### `slice(expr, from, to?)`
 
 extracts a substring, or sublist (based on the type of the result of the expression under expr with 
-starting index of `from`, and ending at `to` if provided, or the end, if omitted
+starting index of `from`, and ending at `to` if provided, or the end, if omitted. Can use negative indices to 
+indicate counting form the back of the list, so `-1 <=> length(_)`.
+
+Special case is made for iterators (`range`, `rect` etc), which does require non-negative indices (negative `from` is treated as
+`0`, and negative `to` as `inf`), but allows retrieving parts of the sequence and ignore
+other parts. In that case consecutive calls to `slice` will refer to index `0` the current iteration position since iterators
+cannot go back nor track where they are in the sequence (see examples).
 
 <pre>
-slice(l(0,1,2,3,4,5), 1, 3)  => [1, 2, 3]
+slice([0,1,2,3,4,5], 1, 3)  => [1, 2, 3]
 slice('foobar', 0, 1)  => 'f'
 slice('foobar', 3)  => 'bar'
 slice(range(10), 3, 5)  => [3, 4, 5]
 slice(range(10), 5)  => [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+r = range(100); [slice(r, 5, 7), slice(r, 1, 3)]  => [[5, 6], [8, 9]]
 </pre>
 
 ### `sort(list), sort(values ...)`

gradle.properties

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 	loader_version=0.10.8
 
 # Mod Properties
-	mod_version = 1.4.21+v201216
+	mod_version = 1.4.21
 	maven_group = carpet
 	archives_base_name = fabric-carpet
 

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

gradlew

@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ if $darwin; then
     GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
 fi
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
@@ -154,19 +155,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
         else
             eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
         fi
-        i=$((i+1))
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
     done
     case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
+        0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -175,14 +176,9 @@ save () {
     for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
     echo " "
 }
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
 eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
 
-# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
-  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-fi
-
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"

gradlew.bat

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -61,28 +64,14 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell

src/main/java/carpet/CarpetServer.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class CarpetServer implements ClientModInitializer,DedicatedServerModInit
 
     public static void tick(MinecraftServer server)
     {
-        TickSpeed.tick(server);
+        TickSpeed.tick();
         HUDController.update_hud(server);
         scriptServer.tick();
 

src/main/java/carpet/commands/TickCommand.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package carpet.commands;
 
 import carpet.CarpetSettings;
 import carpet.helpers.TickSpeed;
+import carpet.network.ServerNetworkHandler;
 import carpet.settings.SettingsManager;
 import carpet.utils.CarpetProfiler;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
@@ -95,16 +96,13 @@ public class TickCommand
 
     private static int toggleFreeze(ServerCommandSource source, boolean isDeep)
     {
-        TickSpeed.is_paused = !TickSpeed.is_paused;
+        TickSpeed.setFrozenState(!TickSpeed.isPaused(), isDeep);
-        if (TickSpeed.is_paused)
+        if (TickSpeed.isPaused())
         {
-            TickSpeed.deepFreeze = isDeep;
             Messenger.m(source, "gi Game is "+(isDeep?"deeply ":"")+"frozen");
-
         }
         else
         {
-            TickSpeed.deepFreeze = false;
             Messenger.m(source, "gi Game runs normally");
         }
         return 1;
@@ -119,9 +117,10 @@ public class TickCommand
     private static int toggleSuperHot(ServerCommandSource source)
     {
         TickSpeed.is_superHot = !TickSpeed.is_superHot;
+        ServerNetworkHandler.updateSuperHotStateToConnectedPlayers();
         if (TickSpeed.is_superHot)
         {
-            Messenger.m(source,"gi Superhot enabled");
+            Messenger.m(source, "gi Superhot enabled");
         }
         else
         {

src/main/java/carpet/fakes/ServerPlayerEntityInterface.java

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ import carpet.helpers.EntityPlayerActionPack;
 public interface ServerPlayerEntityInterface
 {
     EntityPlayerActionPack getActionPack();
+    void invalidateEntityObjectReference();
+    boolean isInvalidEntityObject();
+
 }

src/main/java/carpet/helpers/TickSpeed.java

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import carpet.CarpetServer;
 import carpet.network.ServerNetworkHandler;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
-import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.CommandManager;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.ServerCommandSource;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayerEntity;
@@ -26,10 +25,43 @@ public class TickSpeed
     public static ServerCommandSource tick_warp_sender = null;
     public static int player_active_timeout = 0;
     public static boolean process_entities = true;
-    public static boolean deepFreeze = false;
+    private static boolean deepFreeze = false;
-    public static boolean is_paused = false;
+    private static boolean is_paused = false;
     public static boolean is_superHot = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @return Whether or not the game is in a frozen state.
+     *         You should normally use {@link #process_entities} instead,
+     *         since that one accounts for tick steps and superhot
+     */
+    public static boolean isPaused() {
+	    return is_paused;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether or not the game is deeply frozen.
+     * This can be used for things that you may not normally want
+     * to freeze, but may need to in some situations.
+     * This should be checked with {@link #process_entities} to make sure the 
+     * current tick is actually frozen, not only the game
+     * @return Whether or not the game is deeply frozen.
+     */
+    public static boolean deeplyFrozen() {
+        return deepFreeze;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to update the frozen state of the game.
+     * Handles connected clients as well.
+     * @param isPaused Whether or not the game is paused
+     * @param isDeepFreeze Whether or not the game is deeply frozen
+     */
+    public static void setFrozenState(boolean isPaused, boolean isDeepFreeze) {
+        is_paused = isPaused;
+        deepFreeze = isPaused ? isDeepFreeze : false;
+        ServerNetworkHandler.updateFrozenStateToConnectedPlayers();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Functional interface that listens for tickrate changes. This is
      * implemented to allow tickrate compatibility with other mods etc.
@@ -66,6 +98,7 @@ public class TickSpeed
     public static void add_ticks_to_run_in_pause(int ticks)
     {
         player_active_timeout = PLAYER_GRACE+ticks;
+        ServerNetworkHandler.updateTickPlayerActiveTimeoutToConnectedPlayers();
     }
 
     public static BaseText tickrate_advance(ServerPlayerEntity player, int advance, String callback, ServerCommandSource source)
@@ -155,7 +188,7 @@ public class TickSpeed
         }
     }
 
-    public static void tick(MinecraftServer server)
+    public static void tick()
     {
         process_entities = true;
         if (player_active_timeout > 0)

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ChunkTicketManager_tickMixin.java

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ public class ChunkTicketManager_tickMixin
     {
         // pausing expiry of tickets
         // that will prevent also chunks from unloading, so require a deep frozen state
-        if (!TickSpeed.process_entities && TickSpeed.deepFreeze) age--;
+        if (!TickSpeed.process_entities && TickSpeed.deeplyFrozen()) age--;
     }
 }

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/CommandFunctionManager_tickMixin.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package carpet.mixins;
 
+import carpet.helpers.TickSpeed;
 import carpet.utils.CarpetProfiler;
 import net.minecraft.server.function.CommandFunctionManager;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
@@ -12,9 +13,11 @@ public class CommandFunctionManager_tickMixin
 {
     CarpetProfiler.ProfilerToken currentSection;
 
-    @Inject(method = "tick", at = @At("HEAD"))
+    @Inject(method = "tick", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true)
     private void beforeDatapacks(CallbackInfo ci)
     {
+    	if (!TickSpeed.process_entities) ci.cancel();
+    	else
         currentSection = CarpetProfiler.start_section(null, "Datapacks", CarpetProfiler.TYPE.GENERAL);
     }
 

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/MinecraftClientMixin.java

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package carpet.mixins;
 
+import carpet.CarpetServer;
+import carpet.helpers.TickSpeed;
 import carpet.network.CarpetClient;
 import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screen.Screen;
+import net.minecraft.client.world.ClientWorld;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
@@ -11,9 +15,21 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 @Mixin(MinecraftClient.class)
 public class MinecraftClientMixin
 {
+    @Shadow public ClientWorld world;
+    
     @Inject(method = "disconnect(Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/screen/Screen;)V", at = @At("HEAD"))
     private void onCloseGame(Screen screen, CallbackInfo ci)
     {
         CarpetClient.disconnect();
     }
+    
+    @Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "tick")
+    private void onClientTick(CallbackInfo info) {
+        if (this.world != null) {
+            if (CarpetServer.minecraft_server == null)
+                TickSpeed.tick();
+            if (!TickSpeed.process_entities)
+                CarpetClient.shapes.renewShapes();
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/MinecraftServer_scarpetMixin.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package carpet.mixins;
 
 import carpet.fakes.MinecraftServerInterface;
+import carpet.helpers.TickSpeed;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.ServerTask;
 import net.minecraft.server.world.ServerWorld;
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ public abstract class MinecraftServer_scarpetMixin extends ReentrantThreadExecut
     ))
     public void tickTasks(BooleanSupplier booleanSupplier_1, CallbackInfo ci)
     {
+        if (!TickSpeed.process_entities)
+            return;
         TICK.onTick();
         NETHER_TICK.onTick();
         ENDER_TICK.onTick();

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/PlayerManager_scarpetEventsMixin.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package carpet.mixins;
 
+import carpet.fakes.ServerPlayerEntityInterface;
 import net.minecraft.server.PlayerManager;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayerEntity;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
@@ -17,4 +18,11 @@ public class PlayerManager_scarpetEventsMixin
     {
         PLAYER_RESPAWNS.onPlayerEvent(player);
     }
+
+    @Inject(method = "respawnPlayer", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/server/network/ServerPlayerEntity;onSpawn()V"))
+    private void invalidatePreviousInstance(ServerPlayerEntity player, boolean alive, CallbackInfoReturnable<ServerPlayerEntity> cir)
+    {
+        ((ServerPlayerEntityInterface)player).invalidateEntityObjectReference();
+    }
+
 }

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ScoreboardObjective_scarpetMixin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package carpet.mixins;
+
+import net.minecraft.scoreboard.ScoreboardCriterion;
+import net.minecraft.scoreboard.ScoreboardObjective;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.gen.Accessor;
+
+@Mixin(ScoreboardObjective.class)
+public interface ScoreboardObjective_scarpetMixin {
+    @Accessor("criterion")
+    void setCriterion(ScoreboardCriterion criterion);
+}

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/Scoreboard_scarpetMixin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package carpet.mixins;
+
+import net.minecraft.scoreboard.Scoreboard;
+import net.minecraft.scoreboard.ScoreboardCriterion;
+import net.minecraft.scoreboard.ScoreboardObjective;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.gen.Accessor;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Mixin(Scoreboard.class)
+public interface Scoreboard_scarpetMixin {
+    @Accessor("objectivesByCriterion")
+    Map<ScoreboardCriterion, List<ScoreboardObjective>> getObjectivesByCriterion();
+}

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ServerPlayerEntity_scarpetEventMixin.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package carpet.mixins;
 
 import carpet.fakes.EntityInterface;
+import carpet.fakes.ServerPlayerEntityInterface;
 import carpet.script.EntityEventsGroup;
 import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
@@ -28,8 +29,11 @@ import static carpet.script.CarpetEventServer.Event.PLAYER_FINISHED_USING_ITEM;
 import static carpet.script.CarpetEventServer.Event.STATISTICS;
 
 @Mixin(ServerPlayerEntity.class)
-public abstract class ServerPlayerEntity_scarpetEventMixin extends PlayerEntity
+public abstract class ServerPlayerEntity_scarpetEventMixin extends PlayerEntity implements ServerPlayerEntityInterface
 {
+    // to denote if the player reference is valid
+
+    private boolean isInvalidReference = false;
 
     public ServerPlayerEntity_scarpetEventMixin(World world, BlockPos blockPos, float f, GameProfile gameProfile)
     {
@@ -109,6 +113,17 @@ public abstract class ServerPlayerEntity_scarpetEventMixin extends PlayerEntity
             }
             PLAYER_CHANGES_DIMENSION.onDimensionChange(player, previousLocation, to, previousDimension, destination.getRegistryKey());
         }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public void invalidateEntityObjectReference()
+    {
+        isInvalidReference = true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isInvalidEntityObject()
+    {
+        return isInvalidReference;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/carpet/network/ClientNetworkHandler.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import carpet.settings.SettingsManager;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import net.minecraft.client.network.ClientPlayerEntity;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.AbstractNumberTag;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.ByteTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.ListTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ public class ClientNetworkHandler
             }
         });
         dataHandlers.put("TickRate", (p, t) -> TickSpeed.tickrate(((AbstractNumberTag)t).getFloat(), false));
+        dataHandlers.put("TickingState", (p, t) -> {
+            CompoundTag tickingState = (CompoundTag)t;
+            TickSpeed.setFrozenState(tickingState.getBoolean("is_paused"), tickingState.getBoolean("deepFreeze"));
+        });
+        dataHandlers.put("SuperHotState", (p, t) -> {
+            TickSpeed.is_superHot = ((ByteTag) t).equals(ByteTag.ONE);
+        });
+        dataHandlers.put("TickPlayerActiveTimeout", (p, t) -> TickSpeed.player_active_timeout = ((AbstractNumberTag)t).getInt());
         dataHandlers.put("scShape", (p, t) -> { // deprecated
             if (CarpetClient.shapes != null)
                 CarpetClient.shapes.addShape((CompoundTag)t);

src/main/java/carpet/network/ServerNetworkHandler.java

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ServerNetworkHandler
             CarpetSettings.LOG.info("Player "+playerEntity.getName().getString()+" joined with a matching carpet client");
         else
             CarpetSettings.LOG.warn("Player "+playerEntity.getName().getString()+" joined with another carpet version: "+clientVersion);
-        DataBuilder data = DataBuilder.create().withTickRate();
+        DataBuilder data = DataBuilder.create().withTickRate().withFrozenState().withTickPlayerActiveTimeout(); // .withSuperHotState()
         CarpetServer.settingsManager.getRules().forEach(data::withRule);
         CarpetServer.extensions.forEach(e -> {
             SettingsManager eManager = e.customSettingsManager();
@@ -173,6 +173,42 @@ public class ServerNetworkHandler
         }
     }
 
+    public static void updateFrozenStateToConnectedPlayers()
+    {
+        if (CarpetSettings.superSecretSetting) return;
+        for (ServerPlayerEntity player : remoteCarpetPlayers.keySet())
+        {
+            player.networkHandler.sendPacket(new CustomPayloadS2CPacket(
+                    CarpetClient.CARPET_CHANNEL,
+                    DataBuilder.create().withFrozenState().build()
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void updateSuperHotStateToConnectedPlayers()
+    {
+        if(CarpetSettings.superSecretSetting) return;
+        for (ServerPlayerEntity player : remoteCarpetPlayers.keySet())
+        {
+            player.networkHandler.sendPacket(new CustomPayloadS2CPacket(
+                    CarpetClient.CARPET_CHANNEL,
+                    DataBuilder.create().withSuperHotState().build()
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void updateTickPlayerActiveTimeoutToConnectedPlayers()
+    {
+        if (CarpetSettings.superSecretSetting) return;
+        for (ServerPlayerEntity player : remoteCarpetPlayers.keySet())
+        {
+            player.networkHandler.sendPacket(new CustomPayloadS2CPacket(
+                    CarpetClient.CARPET_CHANNEL,
+                    DataBuilder.create().withTickPlayerActiveTimeout().build()
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void broadcastCustomCommand(String command, Tag data)
     {
         if (CarpetSettings.superSecretSetting) return;
@@ -240,6 +276,24 @@ public class ServerNetworkHandler
             tag.putFloat("TickRate", TickSpeed.tickrate);
             return this;
         }
+        private DataBuilder withFrozenState()
+        {
+            CompoundTag tickingState = new CompoundTag();
+            tickingState.putBoolean("is_paused", TickSpeed.isPaused());
+            tickingState.putBoolean("deepFreeze", TickSpeed.deeplyFrozen());
+            tag.put("TickingState", tickingState);
+            return this;
+        }
+        private DataBuilder withSuperHotState()
+        {
+        	tag.putBoolean("SuperHotState", TickSpeed.is_superHot);
+        	return this;
+        }
+        private DataBuilder withTickPlayerActiveTimeout()
+        {
+            tag.putInt("TickPlayerActiveTimeout", TickSpeed.player_active_timeout);
+            return this;
+        }
         private DataBuilder withRule(ParsedRule<?> rule)
         {
             CompoundTag rules = (CompoundTag) tag.get("Rules");

src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetEventServer.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package carpet.script;
 
 import carpet.CarpetServer;
 import carpet.CarpetSettings;
+import carpet.helpers.TickSpeed;
 import carpet.script.exception.InternalExpressionException;
 import carpet.script.value.BlockValue;
 import carpet.script.value.EntityValue;
@@ -973,6 +974,8 @@ public class CarpetEventServer
 
     public void tick()
     {
+        if (!TickSpeed.process_entities)
+            return;
         Iterator<ScheduledCall> eventIterator = scheduledCalls.iterator();
         List<ScheduledCall> currentCalls = new ArrayList<>();
         while(eventIterator.hasNext())

src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetScriptHost.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import carpet.script.value.NumericValue;
 import carpet.script.value.StringValue;
 import carpet.script.value.Value;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.ArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
@@ -705,7 +707,7 @@ public class CarpetScriptHost extends ScriptHost
     public boolean removeResourceFile(String resource, boolean isShared, String type)
     {
         if (getName() == null && !isShared) return false; //
-        return Module.dropExistingFile(main, resource, type.equals("nbt")?"nbt":"txt", isShared);
+        return Module.dropExistingFile(main, resource, type, isShared);
     }
 
     public boolean appendLogFile(String resource, boolean isShared, String type, List<String> data)
@@ -714,16 +716,22 @@ public class CarpetScriptHost extends ScriptHost
         return Module.appendToTextFile(main, resource, type, isShared, data);
     }
 
-    public List<String> readTextResource(String resource, boolean isShared)
+    public List<String> readTextResource(String resource, String type, boolean isShared)
     {
-        if (getName() == null && !isShared) return null; //
+        if (getName() == null && !isShared) return null;
-        return Module.listFile(main, resource, "txt", isShared);
+        return Module.listFile(main, resource, type, isShared);
+    }
+    
+    public JsonElement readJsonFile(String resource, String type, boolean isShared)
+    {
+        if (getName() == null && !isShared) return null;
+        return Module.readJsonFile(main, resource, type, isShared);
     }
 
-    public Stream<String> listFolder(String resource, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    public Stream<String> listFolder(String resource, String type, boolean isShared)
     {
         if (getName() == null && !isShared) return null; //
-        return Module.listFolder(main, resource, ext, isShared);
+        return Module.listFolder(main, resource, type, isShared);
     }
 
 

src/main/java/carpet/script/ScriptHost.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public abstract class ScriptHost
 
     protected ScriptHost parent;
     protected boolean perUser;
-    protected String user;
+    public String user;
 
     public String getName() {return main ==null?null: main.getName();}
 

src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Auxiliary.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import carpet.fakes.MinecraftServerInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.StatTypeInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.ThreadedAnvilChunkStorageInterface;
 import carpet.helpers.FeatureGenerator;
+import carpet.script.bundled.Module;
 import carpet.script.CarpetContext;
 import carpet.script.CarpetEventServer;
 import carpet.script.CarpetScriptHost;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import carpet.script.argument.Vector3Argument;
 import carpet.script.exception.ExitStatement;
 import carpet.script.exception.InternalExpressionException;
 import carpet.script.utils.FixedCommandSource;
+import carpet.script.utils.ScarpetJsonDeserializer;
 import carpet.script.utils.ShapeDispatcher;
 import carpet.script.utils.WorldTools;
 import carpet.script.value.EntityValue;
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ import carpet.script.value.StringValue;
 import carpet.script.value.Value;
 import carpet.script.value.ValueConversions;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityType;
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Triple;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -86,12 +92,7 @@ import static java.lang.Math.min;
 public class Auxiliary {
     public static final String MARKER_STRING = "__scarpet_marker";
     private static final Map<String, SoundCategory> mixerMap = Arrays.stream(SoundCategory.values()).collect(Collectors.toMap(SoundCategory::getName, k -> k));
-    private static final Map<String, String> supportedTypes = ImmutableMap.of(
+    public static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().disableHtmlEscaping().registerTypeAdapter(Value.class, new ScarpetJsonDeserializer()).create();
-            "raw", ".txt",
-            "text", ".txt",
-            "nbt", ".nbt",
-            "folder", "folder"
-    );
 
     public static String recognizeResource(Value value, boolean isFloder)
     {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public class Auxiliary {
         String origtype = lv.get(1).evalValue(c).getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
         boolean shared = origtype.startsWith("shared_");
         String type = shared ? origtype.substring(7) : origtype; //len(shared_)
-        if (!supportedTypes.containsKey(type))
+        if (!Module.supportedTypes.containsKey(type))
             throw new InternalExpressionException("Unsupported file type: "+origtype);
         if (type.equals("folder") && !isFloder)
             throw new InternalExpressionException("Folder types are no supported for this IO function");
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ public class Auxiliary {
             Text title = null;
             if (lv.size() > 2)
             {
-            	pVal = lv.get(2).evalValue(c);
+                pVal = lv.get(2).evalValue(c);
                 if (pVal instanceof FormattedTextValue)
                     title = ((FormattedTextValue) pVal).getText();
                 else
@@ -803,7 +804,7 @@ public class Auxiliary {
         expression.addLazyFunction("list_files", 2, (c, t, lv) ->
         {
             Triple<String, String, Boolean> fdesc = getFileDescriptor(lv, c, true);
-            Stream<String> files = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).listFolder(fdesc.getLeft(), supportedTypes.get(fdesc.getMiddle()), fdesc.getRight());
+            Stream<String> files = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).listFolder(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getMiddle(), fdesc.getRight());
             if (files == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
             Value ret = ListValue.wrap(files.map(StringValue::of).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             return (cc, tt) -> ret;
@@ -820,9 +821,29 @@ public class Auxiliary {
                 if (state == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
                 retVal = new NBTSerializableValue(state);
             }
+            else if (fdesc.getMiddle().equals("json"))
+            {
+                JsonElement json;
+                try
+                {
+                    json = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).readJsonFile(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getMiddle(), fdesc.getRight());
+                }
+                catch (JsonParseException e)
+                {
+                    Throwable exception = e;
+                    if(e.getCause() != null)
+                        exception = e.getCause();
+                    throw new InternalExpressionException("Failed to read JSON file: "+exception.getMessage());
+                }
+                Value parsedJson = gson.fromJson(json, Value.class);
+                if (parsedJson == null)
+                    retVal = Value.NULL;
+                else
+                    retVal = parsedJson;
+            }
             else
             {
-                List<String> content = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).readTextResource(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight());
+                List<String> content = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).readTextResource(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getMiddle(), fdesc.getRight());
                 if (content == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
                 retVal = ListValue.wrap(content.stream().map(StringValue::new).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             }
@@ -851,6 +872,12 @@ public class Auxiliary {
                 Tag tag = tagValue.getTag();
                 success = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).writeTagFile(tag, fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight());
             }
+            else if (fdesc.getMiddle().equals("json"))
+            {
+                List<String> data = Collections.singletonList(gson.toJson(lv.get(2).evalValue(c).toJson()));
+                ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).removeResourceFile(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight(), fdesc.getMiddle());
+                success = ((CarpetScriptHost) c.host).appendLogFile(fdesc.getLeft(), fdesc.getRight(), fdesc.getMiddle(), data);
+            }
             else
             {
                 List<String> data = new ArrayList<>();

src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Entities.java

@@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ public class Entities {
     {
         expression.addLazyFunction("player", -1, (c, t, lv) ->
         {
-            if (lv.size() ==0)
+            if (lv.size() == 0)
             {
-
+                CarpetContext cc = (CarpetContext)c;
-                Entity callingEntity = ((CarpetContext)c).s.getEntity();
+                if (cc.host.user != null)
+                {
+                    ServerPlayerEntity player = cc.s.getMinecraftServer().getPlayerManager().getPlayer(cc.host.user);
+                    if (player == null) return LazyValue.NULL;
+                    Value ret = new EntityValue(player);
+                    return (_c, _t) -> ret;
+                }
+                Entity callingEntity = cc.s.getEntity();
                 if (callingEntity instanceof PlayerEntity)
                 {
                     Value retval = new EntityValue(callingEntity);
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ public class Entities {
                     retval = new EntityValue(player);
             }
             Value finalVar = retval;
-            return (cc, tt) -> finalVar;
+            return (_c, _t) -> finalVar;
         });
 
         expression.addLazyFunction("spawn", -1, (c, t, lv) ->

src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Scoreboards.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package carpet.script.api;
 
+import carpet.mixins.ScoreboardObjective_scarpetMixin;
+import carpet.mixins.Scoreboard_scarpetMixin;
 import carpet.script.CarpetContext;
 import carpet.script.Expression;
 import carpet.script.LazyValue;
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import carpet.script.value.NumericValue;
 import carpet.script.value.StringValue;
 import carpet.script.value.FormattedTextValue;
 import carpet.script.value.Value;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.boss.BossBar;
 import net.minecraft.entity.boss.BossBarManager;
@@ -133,8 +136,15 @@ public class Scoreboards {
             }
 
             ScoreboardObjective objective = scoreboard.getObjective(objectiveName);
-            if (objective != null)
+            if (objective != null) {
+                if(lv.size() == 1) return (_c, _t) -> StringValue.of(objective.getCriterion().getName());
+                if(objective.getCriterion().equals(criterion) || lv.size() == 1) return LazyValue.NULL;
+                ((Scoreboard_scarpetMixin)scoreboard).getObjectivesByCriterion().get(objective.getCriterion()).remove(objective);
+                ((ScoreboardObjective_scarpetMixin) objective).setCriterion(criterion);
+                (((Scoreboard_scarpetMixin)scoreboard).getObjectivesByCriterion().computeIfAbsent(criterion, (criterion1) -> Lists.newArrayList())).add(objective);
+                scoreboard.updateObjective(objective);
                 return LazyValue.FALSE;
+            }
 
             scoreboard.addObjective(objectiveName, criterion, new LiteralText(objectiveName), criterion.getDefaultRenderType());
             return LazyValue.TRUE;

src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/FileModule.java

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+
 public class FileModule extends Module
 {
     private String name;
@@ -137,11 +141,11 @@ public class FileModule extends Module
         return true;
     }
 
-    public static boolean appendText(File filePath, boolean addNewLines, List<String> data)
+    public static boolean appendText(Path filePath, boolean addNewLines, List<String> data)
     {
         try
         {
-            OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(filePath.toPath(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+            OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(filePath, StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
             try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))
             {
                 for (String line: data)
@@ -159,9 +163,9 @@ public class FileModule extends Module
     }
 
 
-    public static List<String> listFileContent(File filePath)
+    public static List<String> listFileContent(Path filePath)
     {
-        try (BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(filePath.toPath(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+        try (BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
             List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
             for (;;) {
                 String line = reader.readLine();
@@ -176,6 +180,18 @@ public class FileModule extends Module
             return null;
         }
     }
+    
+    public static JsonElement readJsonContent(Path filePath)
+    {
+    	try (BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(filePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        {
+            return new JsonParser().parse(new JsonReader(reader));
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 
     public static Stream<Path> listFiles(Path dir, String ext)
     {

src/main/java/carpet/script/bundled/Module.java

@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
 import net.minecraft.util.WorldSavePath;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public abstract class Module
@@ -16,6 +20,13 @@ public abstract class Module
     public abstract String getCode();
     public abstract boolean isLibrary();
     public final static Object writeIOSync = new Object();
+    public final static Map<String, String> supportedTypes = ImmutableMap.of(
+            "raw", ".txt",
+            "text", ".txt",
+            "nbt", ".nbt",
+            "json", ".json",
+            "folder", "folder"
+    );
 
     private static String getDescriptor(Module module, String file, boolean isShared)
     {
@@ -32,7 +43,7 @@ public abstract class Module
 
     public static Tag getData(Module module, String file, boolean isShared)
     {
-        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, ".nbt", isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return null;
         if (!Files.exists(dataFile) || !(dataFile.toFile().isFile())) return null;
         synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.read(dataFile.toFile()); }
@@ -40,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class Module
 
     public static boolean saveData(Module module, String file, Tag globalState, boolean isShared)
     {
-        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, "nbt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, file, ".nbt", isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
         if (!Files.exists(dataFile.getParent()) && !dataFile.toFile().getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
         synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.write(globalState, dataFile.toFile()); }
@@ -48,30 +59,38 @@ public abstract class Module
 
     public static boolean appendToTextFile(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared, List<String> message)
     {
-        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, "txt", isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, supportedTypes.get(type), isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
         if (!Files.exists(dataFile.getParent()) && !dataFile.toFile().getParentFile().mkdirs()) return false;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.appendText(dataFile.toFile(), type.equals("text"), message); }
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.appendText(dataFile, type.equals("text"), message); }
     }
 
-    public static boolean dropExistingFile(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    public static boolean dropExistingFile(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared)
     {
-        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, supportedTypes.get(type), isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return false;
         synchronized (writeIOSync) { return dataFile.toFile().delete(); }
     }
 
-    public static List<String> listFile(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    public static List<String> listFile(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared)
     {
-        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, ext, isShared);
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, supportedTypes.get(type), isShared);
         if (dataFile == null) return null;
         if (!dataFile.toFile().exists()) return null;
-        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.listFileContent(dataFile.toFile()); }
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.listFileContent(dataFile); }
+    }
+    
+    public static JsonElement readJsonFile(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared) {
+        Path dataFile = resolveResource(module, resourceName, supportedTypes.get(type), isShared);
+        if (dataFile == null) return null;
+        if (!dataFile.toFile().exists()) return null;
+        synchronized (writeIOSync) { return FileModule.readJsonContent(dataFile); }
     }
 
-    public static Stream<String> listFolder(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
+    public static Stream<String> listFolder(Module module, String resourceName, String type, boolean isShared)
     {
         Path dir = resolveResource(module, resourceName, null, isShared);
+        String ext = supportedTypes.get(type);
         if (dir == null) return null;
         if (!Files.exists(dir)) return null;
         Stream<Path> result;
@@ -87,7 +106,7 @@ public abstract class Module
     private static Path resolveResource(Module module, String resourceName, String ext, boolean isShared)
     {
         if (!isShared && (module == null || module.getName() == null)) return null;
-        return CarpetServer.minecraft_server.getSavePath(WorldSavePath.ROOT).resolve("scripts/"+getDescriptor(module, resourceName, isShared)+(ext==null?"":"."+ext));
+        return CarpetServer.minecraft_server.getSavePath(WorldSavePath.ROOT).resolve("scripts/"+getDescriptor(module, resourceName, isShared)+(ext==null?"":ext));
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/carpet/script/command/CommandArgument.java

@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
     public static CommandArgument buildFromConfig(String suffix, Map<String, Value> config, CarpetScriptHost host)
     {
         if (!config.containsKey("type"))
-            throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom types should at least specify the type");
+            throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom type "+suffix+" should at least specify the type");
         String baseType = config.get("type").getString();
         if (!builtIns.containsKey(baseType))
-            throw new InternalExpressionException("Unknown base type: "+baseType);
+            throw new InternalExpressionException("Unknown base type "+baseType+" for custom type "+suffix);
         CommandArgument variant = builtIns.get(baseType).factory().get();
-        variant.configure(config, host);
         variant.suffix = suffix;
+        variant.configure(config, host);
         return variant;
     }
 
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
         }
         if (config.containsKey("suggest"))
         {
-            if (config.containsKey("suggester")) throw new InternalExpressionException("Attempted to provide 'suggest' list while 'suggester' is present");
+            if (config.containsKey("suggester")) throw new InternalExpressionException("Attempted to provide 'suggest' list while 'suggester' is present"+" for custom type "+suffix);
             Value suggestionValue = config.get("suggest");
-            if (!(suggestionValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Argument suggestions needs to be a list");
+            if (!(suggestionValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Argument suggestions needs to be a list"+" for custom type "+suffix);
             examples = ((ListValue) suggestionValue).getItems().stream()
                     .map(Value::getString)
                     .collect(Collectors.toSet());
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             args.add(MapValue.wrap(params));
             args.addAll(customSuggester.args);
             Value response = host.handleCommand(context.getSource(), customSuggester.function, args);
-            if (!(response instanceof ListValue)) throw error("Custom suggester should return a list of options");
+            if (!(response instanceof ListValue)) throw error("Custom suggester should return a list of options"+" for custom type "+suffix);
             return ((ListValue) response).getItems().stream().map(Value::getString).collect(Collectors.toList());
         }
         if (needsMatching) return examples;
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             if (!caseSensitive) choseValue = choseValue.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
             if (!validOptions.isEmpty() && !validOptions.contains(choseValue))
             {
-                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect value for "+param+": "+choseValue)).create();
+                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect value for "+param+": "+choseValue+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
             }
             return StringValue.of(choseValue);
         }
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             if (config.containsKey("options"))
             {
                 Value optionsValue = config.get("options");
-                if (!(optionsValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom string type requires options passed as a list");
+                if (!(optionsValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom string type requires options passed as a list"+" for custom type "+suffix);
                 validOptions = ((ListValue) optionsValue).getItems().stream()
                         .map(v -> caseSensitive?v.getString():(v.getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)))
                         .collect(Collectors.toSet());
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             if (!single) return ListValue.wrap(founds.stream().map(EntityValue::new).collect(Collectors.toList()));
             if (founds.size() == 0) return Value.NULL;
             if (founds.size() == 1) return new EntityValue(founds.iterator().next());
-            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple entities returned while only one was requested")).create();
+            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple entities returned while only one was requested"+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             int size = profiles.size();
             if (size == 0) return Value.NULL;
             if (size == 1) return StringValue.of(profiles.iterator().next().getName());
-            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple game profiles returned while only one was requested")).create();
+            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple game profiles returned while only one was requested"+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             int size = holders.size();
             if (size == 0) return Value.NULL;
             if (size == 1) return StringValue.of(holders.iterator().next());
-            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple score holders returned while only one was requested")).create();
+            throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Multiple score holders returned while only one was requested"+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             Identifier choseValue = IdentifierArgumentType.getIdentifier(context, param);
             if (!validOptions.isEmpty() && !validOptions.contains(choseValue))
             {
-                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect value for "+param+": "+choseValue)).create();
+                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect value for "+param+": "+choseValue+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
             }
             return ValueConversions.of(choseValue);
         }
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             if (config.containsKey("options"))
             {
                 Value optionsValue = config.get("options");
-                if (!(optionsValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom sting type requires options passed as a list");
+                if (!(optionsValue instanceof ListValue)) throw new InternalExpressionException("Custom sting type requires options passed as a list"+" for custom type "+suffix);
                 validOptions = ((ListValue) optionsValue).getItems().stream().map(v -> new Identifier(v.getString())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
             }
         }
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             {
                 max = NumericValue.asNumber(config.get("max"), "max").getDouble();
             }
-            if (max != null && min == null) throw new InternalExpressionException("Double types cannot be only upper-bounded");
+            if (max != null && min == null) throw new InternalExpressionException("Double types cannot be only upper-bounded"+" for custom type "+suffix);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             {
                 max = NumericValue.asNumber(config.get("max"), "max").getLong();
             }
-            if (max != null && min == null) throw new InternalExpressionException("Double types cannot be only upper-bounded");
+            if (max != null && min == null) throw new InternalExpressionException("Double types cannot be only upper-bounded"+" for custom type "+suffix);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
             int slot = ItemSlotArgumentType.getItemSlot(context, param);
             if (restrict != null && !RESTRICTED_CONTAINERS.get(restrict).getLeft().contains(slot))
             {
-                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect slot restricted to "+restrict)).create();
+                throw new SimpleCommandExceptionType(new LiteralText("Incorrect slot restricted to "+restrict+" for custom type "+suffix)).create();
             }
             return ValueConversions.ofVanillaSlotResult(slot);
         }
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ public abstract class CommandArgument
                 restrict = config.get("restrict").getString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
                 needsMatching = true;
                 if (!RESTRICTED_CONTAINERS.containsKey(restrict))
-                    throw new InternalExpressionException("Incorrect slot restriction: "+restrict);
+                    throw new InternalExpressionException("Incorrect slot restriction "+restrict+" for custom type "+suffix);
             }
         }
 

src/main/java/carpet/script/language/DataStructures.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class DataStructures {
                 throw new InternalExpressionException("'slice' takes 2 or 3 arguments");
             Value hwat = lv.get(0);
             long from = NumericValue.asNumber(lv.get(1)).getLong();
-            long to = -1;
+            Long to = null;
             if (lv.size()== 3)
                 to = NumericValue.asNumber(lv.get(2)).getLong();
             return hwat.slice(from, to);

src/main/java/carpet/script/utils/ScarpetJsonDeserializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package carpet.script.utils;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
+
+import carpet.script.value.ListValue;
+import carpet.script.value.MapValue;
+import carpet.script.value.NumericValue;
+import carpet.script.value.StringValue;
+import carpet.script.value.Value;
+
+public class ScarpetJsonDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Value>{
+
+    @Override
+    public Value deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context)
+            throws JsonParseException {
+        return parseElement(json);
+    }
+    
+    private Value parseElement(JsonElement element) throws JsonParseException {
+        if (element.isJsonObject())
+        {
+            return parseMap(element.getAsJsonObject());
+        }
+        else if (element.isJsonArray())
+        {
+            return parseList(element.getAsJsonArray());
+        }
+        else if (element.isJsonPrimitive())
+        {
+            return parsePrimitive(element.getAsJsonPrimitive());
+        }
+        return Value.NULL;
+    }
+
+    private Value parseMap(JsonObject jsonMap) throws JsonParseException {
+        Map<Value, Value> map = new HashMap<Value, Value>();
+        jsonMap.entrySet().forEach(entry -> {
+            map.put(new StringValue(entry.getKey()), parseElement(entry.getValue()));
+        });
+        return MapValue.wrap(map);
+    }
+
+    private Value parseList(JsonArray jsonList) throws JsonParseException {
+        List<Value> list = new ArrayList<Value>();
+        jsonList.forEach(elem -> {
+            list.add(parseElement(elem));
+        });
+        return new ListValue(list);
+    }
+    
+    private Value parsePrimitive(JsonPrimitive primitive) throws JsonParseException {
+        if (primitive.isString())
+        {
+            return new StringValue(primitive.getAsString());
+        }
+        else if (primitive.isBoolean())
+        {
+            return primitive.getAsBoolean() ? Value.TRUE : Value.FALSE;
+        }
+        else if (primitive.isNumber())
+        {
+            return NumericValue.of(primitive.getAsNumber());
+        }
+        return Value.NULL;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/carpet/script/utils/ShapesRenderer.java

@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ public class ShapesRenderer
         }
     }
 
+    public void renewShapes()
+    {
+        synchronized (shapes)
+        {
+            shapes.values().forEach(el -> el.values().forEach(shape -> {
+                shape.expiryTick++;
+            }));
+        }
+    }
 
     public abstract static class RenderedShape<T extends ShapeDispatcher.ExpiringShape>
     {

src/main/java/carpet/script/utils/SystemInfo.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import carpet.settings.ParsedRule;
 import carpet.settings.SettingsManager;
 import com.sun.management.OperatingSystemMXBean;
 import net.fabricmc.loader.api.FabricLoader;
+import net.minecraft.SharedConstants;
 import net.minecraft.util.WorldSavePath;
 import net.minecraft.world.GameRules;
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class SystemInfo {
         put("game_view_distance", c -> new NumericValue(c.s.getMinecraftServer().getPlayerManager().getViewDistance()));
         put("game_mod_name", c -> StringValue.of(c.s.getMinecraftServer().getServerModName()));
         put("game_version", c -> StringValue.of(c.s.getMinecraftServer().getVersion()));
+        put("game_data_version", c->NumericValue.of(SharedConstants.getGameVersion().getWorldVersion()));
 
         put("server_ip", c -> StringValue.of(c.s.getMinecraftServer().getServerIp()));
         put("server_whitelisted", c -> new NumericValue(c.s.getMinecraftServer().isEnforceWhitelist()));

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/AbstractListValue.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import carpet.script.exception.InternalExpressionException;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-public abstract class AbstractListValue extends Value
+public abstract class AbstractListValue extends Value implements Iterable<Value>
 {
     public abstract Iterator<Value> iterator();
     public void fatality() { }

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/EntityValue.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import carpet.fakes.LivingEntityInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.MemoryInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.MobEntityInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.HungerManagerInterface;
+import carpet.fakes.ServerPlayerEntityInterface;
 import carpet.fakes.ServerPlayerInteractionManagerInterface;
 import carpet.helpers.Tracer;
 import carpet.network.ServerNetworkHandler;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ import static carpet.utils.MobAI.genericJump;
 // TODO: decide whether copy(entity) should duplicate entity in the world.
 public class EntityValue extends Value
 {
-    private final Entity entity;
+    private Entity entity;
 
     public EntityValue(Entity e)
     {
@@ -120,6 +121,11 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
 
     public Entity getEntity()
     {
+        if (entity instanceof ServerPlayerEntity && ((ServerPlayerEntityInterface)entity).isInvalidEntityObject())
+        {
+            ServerPlayerEntity newPlayer = entity.getServer().getPlayerManager().getPlayer(entity.getUuid());
+            if (newPlayer != null) entity = newPlayer;
+        }
         return entity;
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
     @Override
     public String getString()
     {
-        return entity.getName().getString();
+        return getEntity().getName().getString();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -185,7 +191,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
     {
         if (v instanceof EntityValue)
         {
-            return entity.getEntityId()==((EntityValue) v).entity.getEntityId();
+            return getEntity().getEntityId()==((EntityValue) v).getEntity().getEntityId();
         }
         return super.equals((Value)v);
     }
@@ -221,7 +227,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
     @Override
     public int hashCode()
     {
-        return entity.hashCode();
+        return getEntity().hashCode();
     }
 
     public static EntityClassDescriptor getEntityDescriptor(String who, MinecraftServer server)
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
             throw new InternalExpressionException("Unknown entity feature: "+what);
         try
         {
-            return featureAccessors.get(what).apply(entity, arg);
+            return featureAccessors.get(what).apply(getEntity(), arg);
         }
         catch (NullPointerException npe)
         {
@@ -850,7 +856,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
             throw new InternalExpressionException("Unknown entity action: " + what);
         try
         {
-            featureModifiers.get(what).accept(entity, toWhat);
+            featureModifiers.get(what).accept(getEntity(), toWhat);
         }
         catch (NullPointerException npe)
         {
@@ -1483,7 +1489,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
         EntityEventsGroup.Event event = EntityEventsGroup.Event.byName.get(eventName);
         if (event == null)
             throw new InternalExpressionException("Unknown entity event: " + eventName);
-        ((EntityInterface)entity).getEventContainer().addEvent(event, cc.host, fun, args);
+        ((EntityInterface)getEntity()).getEventContainer().addEvent(event, cc.host, fun, args);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1492,7 +1498,7 @@ public class EntityValue extends Value
         if (!force) throw new NBTSerializableValue.IncompatibleTypeException(this);
         CompoundTag tag = new CompoundTag();
         tag.put("Data", getEntity().toTag( new CompoundTag()));
-        tag.put("Name", StringTag.of(Registry.ENTITY_TYPE.getId(entity.getType()).toString()));
+        tag.put("Name", StringTag.of(Registry.ENTITY_TYPE.getId(getEntity().getType()).toString()));
         return tag;
     }
 }

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/FunctionValue.java

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class FunctionValue extends Value implements Fluff.ILazyFunction
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Value slice(long from, long to)
+    public Value slice(long from, Long to)
     {
         throw new InternalExpressionException("Cannot slice a function");
     }

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/LazyListValue.java

@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ public abstract class LazyListValue extends AbstractListValue implements Iterato
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Value slice(long from, long to)
+    public Value slice(long from, Long to)
     {
-        if (to < 0) to = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        if (to == null || to < 0) to = (long) Integer.MAX_VALUE;
         if (from < 0) from = 0;
         if (from > to)
             return ListValue.of();

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/ListValue.java

@@ -289,27 +289,22 @@ public class ListValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterf
             items.add(v);
     }
 
-    public void addAtIndex(int index, List<Value> subList)
+    /**
+     * Finds a proper list index >=0 and < len that correspont to the rolling index value of idx
+     *
+     * @param idx
+     * @param len
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static int normalizeIndex(long idx, int len)
     {
-        int numitems = items.size();
+        if (idx >=0 && idx < len) return (int)idx;
-        long range = abs(index)/numitems;
+        long range = abs(idx)/len;
-        index += (range+2)*numitems;
+        idx += (range+2)*len;
-        index = index % numitems;
+        idx = idx % len;
-        for (Value v: subList)
+        return (int)idx;
-        {
-            if (index < numitems)
-            {
-                items.set(index, v);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                items.add(v);
-            }
-            index++;
-        }
     }
 
-
     public static class ListConstructorValue extends ListValue
     {
         public ListConstructorValue(Collection<? extends Value> list)
@@ -339,15 +334,17 @@ public class ListValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterf
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Value slice(long from, long to)
+    public Value slice(long fromDesc, Long toDesc)
     {
         List<Value> items = getItems();
         int size = items.size();
-        if (to < 0 || to > size) to = size;
+        int from = normalizeIndex(fromDesc, size);
-        if (from < 0 || from > size) from = size;
+        if (toDesc == null)
+            return new ListValue((Collection<? extends Value>) getItems().subList(from, size));
+        int to = normalizeIndex(toDesc, size);
         if (from > to)
             return ListValue.of();
-        return new ListValue((Collection<? extends Value>) getItems().subList((int)from, (int) to));
+        return new ListValue((Collection<? extends Value>) getItems().subList(from, to));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -395,10 +392,8 @@ public class ListValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterf
                 return false;
             int index = (int)((NumericValue) ind).getLong();
             if (index < 0)
-            {
+            {// only for values < 0
-                long range = abs(index) / numitems;
+                index = normalizeIndex(index, numitems);
-                index += (range + 2) * numitems;
-                index = index % numitems;
             }
             if (replace)
             {
@@ -424,11 +419,7 @@ public class ListValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterf
     public Value get(Value value)
     {
         long index = NumericValue.asNumber(value, "'address' to a list index").getLong();
-        int numitems = items.size();
+        return items.get(normalizeIndex(index, items.size()));
-        long range = abs(index)/numitems;
-        index += (range+2)*numitems;
-        index = index % numitems;
-        return items.get((int)index);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -443,11 +434,7 @@ public class ListValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterf
     {
         if (!(where instanceof NumericValue) || items.isEmpty()) return false;
         long index = ((NumericValue) where).getLong();
-        int numitems = items.size();
+        items.remove(normalizeIndex(index, items.size()));
-        long range = abs(index)/numitems;
-        index += (range+2)*numitems;
-        index = index % numitems;
-        items.remove((int)index);
         return true;
     }
 

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/MapValue.java

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class MapValue extends AbstractListValue implements ContainerValueInterfa
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Value slice(long from, long to)
+    public Value slice(long from, Long to)
     {
         throw new InternalExpressionException("Cannot slice a map value");
     }

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/StringValue.java

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
 
 public class StringValue extends Value
 {
+    public static Value EMPTY = StringValue.of("");
+
     private String str;
 
     @Override

src/main/java/carpet/script/value/Value.java

@@ -178,16 +178,15 @@ public abstract class Value implements Comparable<Value>, Cloneable
         return getString().length();
     }
 
-    public Value slice(long from, long to)
+    public Value slice(long fromDesc, Long toDesc)
     {
         String value = this.getString();
         int size = value.length();
-        if (to > size) to = -1;
+        int from = ListValue.normalizeIndex(fromDesc, size);
-        if (from < 0) from = 0;
+        if (toDesc == null) return new StringValue(value.substring(from));
-        if (from > size) from = size;
+        int to = ListValue.normalizeIndex(toDesc, size);
-        if (to>=0)
+        if (from > to) return StringValue.EMPTY;
-            return new StringValue(value.substring((int)from, (int)to));
+        return new StringValue(value.substring(from, to));
-        return new StringValue(value.substring((int)from));
     }
     public double readDoubleNumber()
     {

src/main/resources/carpet.mixins.json

@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
     "BlockItem_scarpetEventMixin",
     "PlayerManager_scarpetEventsMixin",
     "PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin",
+    "ScoreboardObjective_scarpetMixin",
+    "Scoreboard_scarpetMixin",
     "TradeOutputSlot_scarpetEventMixin",
 
     "ChunkTicketManager_scarpetMixin",

src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "carpet",
-  "version": "1.4.21",
+  "version": "${version}",
 
   "name": "Carpet Mod in Fabric",
   "description": "Carpet made out of fabric",