Added disable metadata packet - Aka cached

config.yml

@@ -86,9 +86,15 @@ PacketsEnabled:
   # Entity enquipment is the packets that are sent to ensure that a disguise has or doesn't have armor, and their held item.
   # Disabling this means that any disguises which can wear armor or hold items will show the armor/held item that the disguised is wearing.
   Enquipment: true
+  # This doesn't actually disable the packet. It would introduce problems. Instead it does the next best thing and caches the data.
+  # This means that entity metadata will not change, and will only be sent in the spawn packet.
+  # This is good if performance is extremely in need.
+  # This is bad to disable unless you are ONLY going to use the disguises for decorations.
+  # To be honest. This is basically "Disable entity animations". That option is called 'AddEntityAnimations' in the config but unlike that, this is always in effect.
+  Metadata: true
   # Movement packets are the biggest cpu hit. These are majorly used to ensure that the disguises facing direction isn't bugged up
   Movement: true
   # Disable this if you don't mind crashing everytime you see someone riding something disguised as a non-living entity
   Riding: true
   # When disguised as a wither skull, it sends a look packet every tick so that the wither skull is facing the right way.
-  WitherSkull: true
+  WitherSkull: true

src/me/libraryaddict/disguise/DisguiseConfig.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public class DisguiseConfig {
     private static boolean movementEnabled;
     private static boolean removeUnseenDisguises;
     private static boolean ridingEnabled;
+    private static boolean sendsEntityMetadata;
     private static boolean sendVelocity;
     private static boolean showNameAboveHead;
     private static boolean showNameAboveHeadAlwaysVisible;
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ public class DisguiseConfig {
         return keepDisguisePlayerLogout;
     }
 
+    public static boolean isMetadataPacketsEnabled() {
+        return sendsEntityMetadata;
+    }
+
     public static boolean isMiscDisguisesForLivingEnabled() {
         return miscDisguisesForLivingEnabled;
     }
@@ -235,6 +240,10 @@ public class DisguiseConfig {
         keepDisguisePlayerLogout = keepDisguise;
     }
 
+    public static void setMetadataPacketsEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        sendsEntityMetadata = enabled;
+    }
+
     public static void setMiscDisguisesForLivingEnabled(boolean enabled) {
         if (enabled != isMiscDisguisesForLivingEnabled()) {
             miscDisguisesForLivingEnabled = enabled;

src/me/libraryaddict/disguise/LibsDisguises.java

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class LibsDisguises extends JavaPlugin {
         DisguiseConfig.setRidingPacketsEnabled(getConfig().getBoolean("PacketsEnabled.Riding"));
         DisguiseConfig.setEntityStatusPacketsEnabled(getConfig().getBoolean("PacketsEnabled.EntityStatus"));
         DisguiseConfig.setCollectPacketsEnabled(getConfig().getBoolean("PacketsEnabled.Collect"));
+        DisguiseConfig.setMetadataPacketsEnabled(getConfig().getBoolean("PacketsEnabled.Metadata"));
         try {
             // Here I use reflection to set the plugin for Disguise..
             // Kind of stupid but I don't want open API calls for a commonly used object.

src/me/libraryaddict/disguise/disguisetypes/FlagWatcher.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class FlagWatcher {
     private boolean hasDied;
     private org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack[] items = new org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack[5];
     private HashSet<Integer> modifiedEntityAnimations = new HashSet<Integer>();
+    private List<WrappedWatchableObject> watchableObjects;
 
     public FlagWatcher(Disguise disguise) {
         this.disguise = (TargetedDisguise) disguise;
@@ -179,6 +180,13 @@ public class FlagWatcher {
         return backup;
     }
 
+    public List<WrappedWatchableObject> getWatchableObjects() {
+        if (watchableObjects == null) {
+            rebuildWatchableObjects();
+        }
+        return watchableObjects;
+    }
+
     protected boolean hasValue(int no) {
         return entityValues.containsKey(no);
     }
@@ -207,6 +215,21 @@ public class FlagWatcher {
         return getFlag(3);
     }
 
+    public void rebuildWatchableObjects() {
+        watchableObjects = new ArrayList<WrappedWatchableObject>();
+        for (int i = 0; i <= 31; i++) {
+            WrappedWatchableObject watchable = null;
+            if (this.entityValues.containsKey(i) && this.entityValues.get(i) != null) {
+                watchable = new WrappedWatchableObject(i, entityValues.get(i));
+            } else if (this.backupEntityValues.containsKey(i) && this.backupEntityValues.get(i) != null) {
+                watchable = new WrappedWatchableObject(i, backupEntityValues.get(i));
+            }
+            if (watchable != null) {
+                watchableObjects.add(watchable);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void sendData(int data) {
         if (getDisguise().getWatcher() == null || !DisguiseAPI.isDisguiseInUse(getDisguise()))
             return;
@@ -330,6 +353,9 @@ public class FlagWatcher {
 
     protected void setValue(int no, Object value) {
         entityValues.put(no, value);
+        if (!DisguiseConfig.isMetadataPacketsEnabled()) {
+            this.rebuildWatchableObjects();
+        }
     }
 
 }

src/me/libraryaddict/disguise/utilities/PacketsManager.java

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class PacketsManager {
      * "I can't separate the sounds from the sounds the player heard, and the sounds of the entity tracker heard"
      */
     private static boolean cancelSound;
+    private static PacketListener clientInteractEntityListener;
     private static PacketListener inventoryListenerClient;
     private static PacketListener inventoryListenerServer;
     private static boolean inventoryModifierEnabled;
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ public class PacketsManager {
     private static PacketListener mainListener;
     private static PacketListener soundsListener;
     private static boolean soundsListenerEnabled;
-    private static PacketListener clientInteractEntityListener;
     private static PacketListener viewDisguisesListener;
     private static boolean viewDisguisesListenerEnabled;
 
@@ -304,8 +304,9 @@ public class PacketsManager {
     private static WrappedDataWatcher createDataWatcher(WrappedDataWatcher watcher, FlagWatcher flagWatcher) {
         WrappedDataWatcher newWatcher = new WrappedDataWatcher();
         try {
-            List<WrappedWatchableObject> list = watcher.getWatchableObjects();
+            List<WrappedWatchableObject> list = DisguiseConfig.isMetadataPacketsEnabled() ? flagWatcher.convert(watcher
-            for (WrappedWatchableObject watchableObject : flagWatcher.convert(list)) {
+                    .getWatchableObjects()) : flagWatcher.getWatchableObjects();
+            for (WrappedWatchableObject watchableObject : list) {
                 newWatcher.setObject(watchableObject.getIndex(), watchableObject.getValue());
             }
         } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -1186,12 +1187,16 @@ public class PacketsManager {
 
                 // Else if the packet is sending entity metadata
                 else if (sentPacket.getType() == PacketType.Play.Server.ENTITY_METADATA) {
-                    List<WrappedWatchableObject> watchableObjects = disguise.getWatcher().convert(
+                    if (DisguiseConfig.isMetadataPacketsEnabled()) {
-                            packets[0].getWatchableCollectionModifier().read(0));
+                        List<WrappedWatchableObject> watchableObjects = disguise.getWatcher().convert(
-                    packets[0] = new PacketContainer(sentPacket.getType());
+                                packets[0].getWatchableCollectionModifier().read(0));
-                    StructureModifier<Object> newMods = packets[0].getModifier();
+                        packets[0] = new PacketContainer(sentPacket.getType());
-                    newMods.write(0, entity.getEntityId());
+                        StructureModifier<Object> newMods = packets[0].getModifier();
-                    packets[0].getWatchableCollectionModifier().write(0, watchableObjects);
+                        newMods.write(0, entity.getEntityId());
+                        packets[0].getWatchableCollectionModifier().write(0, watchableObjects);
+                    } else {
+                        packets = new PacketContainer[0];
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // Else if the packet is spawning..
@@ -1269,9 +1274,10 @@ public class PacketsManager {
                             for (WrappedWatchableObject value : dataWatcher.getWatchableObjects()) {
                                 if (value.getIndex() == 0) {
                                     list.add(value);
+                                    break;
                                 }
                             }
-                            list = disguise.getWatcher().convert(list);
+                            list = DisguiseConfig.isMetadataPacketsEnabled() ? disguise.getWatcher().convert(list) : list;
                             // Construct the packets to return
                             PacketContainer packetBlock = new PacketContainer(PacketType.Play.Server.ENTITY_METADATA);
                             packetBlock.getModifier().write(0, entity.getEntityId());