Java version and plugins

Hi red51 ,

I've finally replaced my 10-year-old workstation 😄 and I'm in the process of setting up my development environment again.

I've installed the latest version of NetBeans along with JDK 1.8, as it's my understanding that Rising World plugins should still be compiled against Java 1.8 for compatibility.

While rebuilding my plugin projects, I encountered compile errors due to some parts of my previous codebase using Java 9+ features — for example:

private Set<String> allowedItems = Set.of("this", "that"); 

As Set.of() isn’t available in Java 1.8, I'm now going through and replacing those usages with Java 8-compatible alternatives.

Just to confirm: is Java 1.8 still the target version for plugin compatibility with the game? And, if so, would you recommend removing any and all Java 9+ features from plugin code for futureproofing?

Many thanks as always!

Thanks Red, It was one of those setup once scenarios and then forget what I did.

I did think JDK 1.8 was a "little" old