UltimateBingo - Live Bingo Card Map Feature

📋 Overview

This is your complete UltimateBingo plugin with the new Live Bingo Card Map feature! Players now receive a Minecraft map item that displays their bingo card in real-time, showing all items with colored squares that update as they complete tasks.

🎯 What's New?

• Visual Bingo Cards: Instead of a compass, players get a map showing their actual bingo card
• Real-time Updates: The map automatically updates when items are completed (turns green)
• Material Colors: 200+ materials mapped to representative colors for easy identification
• Interactive: Hold to view, right-click to open GUI (same as before)
• All Sizes: Works with 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 cards
• All Modes: Traditional, Group, Teams, Speedrun, and Shuffle mode

📁 What's Included

Source Code

• src/ - Complete plugin source code with all modifications
• pom.xml - Maven build configuration (unchanged)

Documentation

• QUICK_START.md - Quick reference guide
• LIVE_BINGO_MAP_IMPLEMENTATION.md - Comprehensive implementation details
• CHANGES_SUMMARY.md - Overview of all changes
• DETAILED_MODIFICATIONS.md - File-by-file modification reference

🚀 Quick Start

Building

cd UltimateBingo-LiveMap
mvn clean package

Your JAR will be in target/UltimateBingo-1.1.0.jar

Installing

1. Stop your server
2. Replace your existing UltimateBingo JAR
3. Start your server
4. Done! No config changes needed

✨ Key Features

For Players

• Hold the map to see your bingo card
• Right-click to open the full GUI
• Watch items turn green as you complete them
• White checkmark appears on completed items

For Admins

• No configuration changes needed
• Works with all existing features
• Fully compatible with teams, shuffle mode, etc.
• Auto-updates - set and forget

📊 New Files

Three new Java files:

1. BingoCardMapRenderer.java - Renders cards on maps
2. BingoMapManager.java - Manages map lifecycle
3. BingoMapInteractListener.java - Handles interactions

🔧 Modified Files

Five existing files updated:

1. UltimateBingo.java - Added map manager
2. BingoManager.java - Added map updates
3. BingoFunctions.java - Switched to maps
4. BingoInteractListener.java - Updated for maps
5. No changes to pom.xml - Uses standard Bukkit API

🎨 Material Colors

The map displays different colors for different materials:

• Diamonds → Bright cyan
• Emeralds → Bright green
• Gold → Yellow
• Iron → Light gray
• Wood → Brown tones
• Stone → Gray tones
• Plants → Green shades
• Flowers → Various bright colors
• And 200+ more!

✅ Compatibility

• ✅ All game modes (Traditional, Group, Teams, Speedrun, Shuffle)
• ✅ All card sizes (3x3, 4x4, 5x5)
• ✅ All win conditions (Full card, Single row)
• ✅ PlaceholderAPI integration
• ✅ Signs integration
• ✅ Teams system
• ✅ Existing features unchanged

📖 Documentation

Document	Purpose
QUICK_START.md	Fast overview and setup guide
LIVE_BINGO_MAP_IMPLEMENTATION.md	Complete technical documentation
CHANGES_SUMMARY.md	Architecture and integration overview
DETAILED_MODIFICATIONS.md	Exact code changes reference

🧪 Testing Checklist

• Players receive map (not compass) when game starts
• Holding map shows bingo card grid
• Right-clicking map opens GUI
• Picking up items updates map (turns green)
• Shuffle mode updates maps correctly
• Multiple players each see their own card
• Works with all game modes
• Works with all card sizes

💡 How It Works

Game Start → Players get map item (FILLED_MAP)
              ↓
Hold map → See live bingo card grid
              ↓
Pick up item → Map updates (green background + checkmark)
              ↓
Right-click → Opens GUI (same as before)

🎓 Technical Details

• Rendering: Uses Bukkit's MapView API for drawing
• Colors: MapPalette color matching for 200+ materials
• Updates: Event-driven re-rendering on card changes
• Performance: Change detection prevents unnecessary renders
• Memory: Only active player maps stored

🔮 Future Possibilities

The architecture supports:

• Custom render styles
• Item labels/names
• Progress indicators
• Animation effects
• Theme customization
• Minimap modes

📝 Version Info

• Plugin: UltimateBingo 1.1.0
• Minecraft: 1.20.4+
• API: Spigot/Bukkit 1.20.4+
• Optional: PlaceholderAPI 2.11.6+

🆘 Support

Read the documentation files for:

• Quick help → QUICK_START.md
• Full details → LIVE_BINGO_MAP_IMPLEMENTATION.md
• Code changes → DETAILED_MODIFICATIONS.md
• Architecture → CHANGES_SUMMARY.md

🎉 Summary

This is a complete, ready-to-build implementation of the live bingo card map feature. Simply compile and deploy to your server - all existing features work exactly as before, with the new visual map enhancement!

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Created: January 30, 2026
Author: Implementation for UltimateBingo plugin
License: GNU General Public License v3.0 (same as original)

Custom Bingo Map Background (Optional)

You can optionally provide a custom background overlay image for the live bingo map.

• Path: plugins/UltimateBingo/map/base.png
• Format: PNG
• Size: 128x128 pixels

If the image is present and valid, Ultimate Bingo will draw the built-in parchment background first, then overlay your image (PNG transparency supported), then render the dynamic game summary elements (text, grid, borders).

Hot Reload

After replacing map/base.png, run:

• /bingo reload

This reloads the config and the map background cache, and forces all active bingo maps to refresh.