🎉 New Giveaway System

• 🔘 Button-Based Participation: Added interactive buttons! Users now click "Enter Giveaway" button to join, making participation clearer and more reliable!
• 📊 Real-Time Participant Counter: Live participant count displayed directly in giveaway embed, updates instantly when users join or leave!
• 🎨 Full Customization System: Admins can customize everything - title, description, colors, button text, button style, and more!
• 🔒 Administrator-Only Management: Enhanced security with admin-only permissions for creating, ending, deleting, and rerolling giveaways!
• 💾 Advanced Database System: New participant tracking table ensures accurate winner selection even if users leave server!

🎮 Enhanced Giveaway Commands

• /giveaway start <duration> <winners> <prize> - Create giveaways with button participation (Admin only)
• /giveaway end <message_id> - End giveaway early (Admin only)
• /giveaway delete <message_id> - Delete giveaway completely (Admin only)
• /giveaway reroll <message_id> - Select new winners (Admin only)
• /giveaway list - View all active giveaways with participant counts
• /giveaway about - Giveaways information and features

⚙️ Customization Settings

• /giveaway settings show - View current configuration (Admin only)
• /giveaway settings set <setting> <value> - Customize any aspect (Admin only)
• /giveaway settings reset - Reset to defaults (Admin only)
• Customizable Elements:
  • Title - Main giveaway heading
  • Description Template - Format with {prize}, {winners}, {host} variables
  • Embed Color - Hex color codes (#ff0000)
  • Button Label - Text on participation button
  • Button Emoji - Optional emoji on button
  • Button Style - primary, secondary, success, or danger
  • Ended Title/Description - Messages for completed giveaways

🛡️ Security & Permissions

• 🔐 Admin-Only Controls: Start, end, delete, reroll, and settings commands require Administrator permission
• ❌ Enhanced Error Handling: Beautiful error embeds with helpful guidance when permissions are missing
• 🎯 Smart Validation: Prevents duplicate entries and validates all user inputs

🚀 Technical Improvements

• 🗄️ PostgreSQL Integration: Separate participant tracking table with foreign key relationships
• ♻️ Automatic Cleanup: CASCADE deletion ensures database consistency
• ⚡ Real-Time Updates: Instant embed updates when participants join/leave
• 🔄 Background Tasks: Automatic giveaway ending with 10-second check intervals
• 📱 Discord UI/UX: Native Discord buttons and interactions for seamless experience

🛠️ Report System Fix & Stability Update

• ✅ Report System: Fixed critical issue causing reports to not work properly. Reports are now delivered to moderators without errors.
• 🔧 Data Handling & Stability: Improved internal processing for smoother performance and fewer crashes.
• ⚡ Database Compatibility: Optimized database handling for faster and more reliable operations.
• 🛡️ Error Handling: Added better checks and safeguards to prevent unexpected failures.

🎵 Music System: Progress Bar & Volume Control Fixes

• 📊 Working Progress Bar: Fixed progress tracking! Now updates every 5 seconds with beautiful emoji progress bars 🟩🟩🟩🔘⬜⬜⬜
• 🔊 Real-Time Volume Control: Volume buttons now work instantly! Change volume during playback with immediate audio changes
• 🔧 Voice Connection Stability: Enhanced voice client handling to prevent progress bar from stopping unexpectedly

🎮 Enhanced Music Controls

• 🔉🔊 Volume Buttons: -10%, +10%, mute/unmute, and 50% preset all work in real-time
• ⏸️ Smart Pause System: Progress tracking correctly pauses and resumes with accurate time calculation
• 📊 Live Progress Updates: Real-time position tracking with countdown and percentage display
• 🎯 Accurate Time Display: Perfect synchronization between actual playback and progress display

🛠️ Technical Improvements

• ⏱️ 5-Second Update Cycle: Optimized balance between responsiveness and performance
• 🛡️ Enhanced Error Handling: Better compatibility with different audio sources and formats

🎤 Voice Channel Earnings System

• 💰 Automatic Voice Earnings: Users now earn money passively while in voice channels!
• 🛡️ Smart Anti-Cheat: Excludes bots, muted, and deafened users from earning
• ⚙️ Full Customization: Admins control earning amounts, intervals, and requirements
• 📊 Real-Time Tracking: Live monitoring of earnings status and user activity

🎮 New Commands

• /voice_earnings - Check your voice earning status and progress
• /voice settings - View current voice earning configuration (Admin)
• /voice toggle <true/false> - Enable/disable voice earnings (Admin)
• /voice amount <1-10000> - Set earning amount per interval (Admin)
• /voice interval <60-3600> - Set earning frequency (1-60 minutes) (Admin)
• /voice min_members <1-20> - Set minimum users required (Admin)
• /voice who - See who's currently in voice channels (Admin)
• /voice stats - View comprehensive earning statistics (Admin)

✨ Key Features

• 🔄 Background Processing: Automatic earnings distribution every minute
• 👥 Social Requirements: Configurable minimum users to prevent solo farming
• 💾 Persistent Tracking: Remembers users across bot restarts
• 🏦 Economy Integration: Works seamlessly with existing balance/shop systems
• 🎯 Live Updates: Real-time status with countdowns and progress tracking

🎉 Major Economy System Enhancement

• 💰 Complete Economy Overhaul: Rebuilt from ground up with advanced features, better performance, and comprehensive error handling!
• 📈 Stock Market System: Real-time stock trading with 6 different companies, dynamic pricing, and profit/loss tracking!
• 🎰 Casino & Gambling: Multiple gambling games including coinflip with realistic odds and risk/reward mechanics!
• 🏆 Leaderboards: Comprehensive ranking systems for both money and stock portfolio values with beautiful medal displays!
• 🔧 Robust Error Handling: All commands now include comprehensive error handling and user-friendly fallbacks!

💼 Core Economy Commands

• /balance [member] - Check cash, bank, and total balance with beautiful formatting and user avatars
• /work - Earn $150-400 from realistic jobs (coding, delivery, cleaning, etc.) with 10-minute cooldown
• /beg - Risk/reward begging with outcomes from celebrity tips (+$200-300) to security fines (-$25-50)
• /deposit <amount|all> - Secure your money in the bank with "all" option for convenience
• /withdraw <amount|all> - Access your banked money instantly with full amount support

🔫 Crime & Risk Activities

• /steal <member> - 60% success rate to steal up to 25% of target's cash (max $200) or pay fines ($10-50)
• Smart Crime Mechanics: Risk scales with reward - higher potential gains come with higher potential losses
• Balanced PvP Economy: Prevents exploitation while encouraging interaction between users

🎰 Casino & Gambling System

• /coinflip <bet> <heads|tails> - Classic 50/50 double-or-nothing game with beautiful coin emoji displays
• Fair Odds System: Mathematically fair gambling with transparent probability mechanics
• Bet Validation: Smart validation prevents betting more than you have with clear error messages
• Real-time Results: Instant feedback with win/loss displays and updated balance information

📈 Advanced Stock Market

• /stocks - View live market with 6 companies: TECH, GOLD, FOOD, AUTO, BANK, ENERGY
• /buy_stock <symbol> <amount> - Purchase stocks with real-time pricing and cost calculation
• /sell_stock <symbol> <amount|all> - Sell holdings with detailed profit/loss analysis
• /portfolio [member] - Comprehensive portfolio view with P&L tracking and total summaries
• Dynamic Pricing: Stock prices fluctuate -5% to +5% with 30% update probability for realistic market simulation
• Smart Analytics: Average purchase price tracking, current value calculation, and profit/loss indicators
• Market Diversity: 6 different sectors from tech companies ($100 base) to gold mining ($250 base)

🏆 Comprehensive Leaderboards

• /leaderboard - Top 10 richest users with medal emojis (🥇🥈🥉) and detailed cash/bank breakdown
• Beautiful Rankings: User avatars, display names, and formatted currency displays
• Rank Tracking: Shows your position even if you're not in top 10
• Server-Specific: Rankings are unique to each server for fair competition

🛍️ Enhanced Shop System

• /shop - Browse server items with stock levels, descriptions, and pricing
• /buy <item_name> - Purchase items with automatic role assignment and transaction processing
• Intelligent Payment: Automatically uses bank funds if cash is insufficient
• Ownership Tracking: Prevents duplicate role purchases with clear error messages
• Stock Management: Support for limited and unlimited stock items

⚙️ Administrative Tools

• /add_shop_role <@role> <name> <price> [description] [stock] - Add roles to shop with full customization
• /set_cooldown <command> <seconds> - Configure cooldowns (0-3600 seconds) for balance, work, steal, deposit, withdraw, beg, coinflip
• Server Analytics: Track total users, money circulation, and economy health
• Permission Security: All admin commands require administrator permissions

🛠️ Technical Improvements

• PostgreSQL Integration: Robust database with proper JSONB handling and conflict resolution
• Decimal Precision: Accurate financial calculations with proper type conversion
• Error Recovery: Comprehensive error handling with fallback values and user-friendly messages
• Memory Optimization: Efficient cooldown management and database connection pooling
• JSON Data Handling: Smart parsing of database JSON fields with error tolerance

💎 User Experience Features

• 💰 Beautiful Formatting: All currency displays use thousands separators (e.g., $1,250 instead of $1250)
• 🎨 Rich Embeds: Color-coded embeds (green for gains, red for losses, blue for info)
• ⏱️ Smart Cooldowns: Server-customizable cooldowns with clear time remaining messages
• 🔄 Auto-Setup: Database tables auto-create on first use with sensible defaults
• 🏦 Dual Currency: Separate cash and bank balances for strategic money management
• 📊 Real-time Updates: All balances and portfolios update instantly across all commands

🎉 New Economy System

• 💰 Server-Specific Economy: Each server now has its own separate economy with independent balances and progress!
• 🛍️ Shop System: Administrators can sell custom roles for server currency with stock management!
• ⏰ Custom Cooldowns: Admins can set custom cooldowns for all economy commands (0-3600 seconds)!
• 📊 Economy Analytics: View server statistics, user counts, and total money circulation!

🎮 Economy Commands

• /work, /steal, /beg - Earn money through various activities
• /balance, /deposit, /withdraw - Manage your finances
• /shop, /buy [item] - Browse and purchase items
• /add_shop_role, /shop_admin - Shop management (Admin)
• /set_cooldown, /server_settings - Economy settings (Admin)

🎉 Enhanced Server Management System

• ⏰ Advanced Reminder System: Flexible time formats (30m, 2h, 1d), DM reminders, and full management with /remind, /reminders, /cancel_reminder!
• 🗳️ Interactive Polls: Create polls with up to 5 options using /poll, quick yes/no polls with /quickpoll, and detailed results with progress bars!
• 📊 Server Statistics: Comprehensive server analytics with /serverstats showing member counts, channel info, boost status, and detailed breakdowns!
• 📢 Professional Announcements: Create beautiful announcements with /announce and advanced custom embeds with /embed_announce including images and role pings!

🔧 Key Features

• Smart Time Parsing: Support for combined formats like 1h30m or 2d5h
• Real-time Poll Results: Live voting with animated progress bars and percentage tracking
• Member Analytics: Online/idle/DND status breakdown and bot vs human statistics
• Custom Embeds: Full customization with colors, images, thumbnails, and footer text

🐛 Voice Connection Bug Fixes

• 🚨 Discord API 4006 Error Fixed: Resolved critical voice connection issues that caused bot to disconnect during Spotify operations!
• ⚡ Enhanced Connection Stability: Improved voice connection handling with longer timeouts and better retry logic!
• 🔧 FFmpeg Optimization: Fixed audio playback issues and removed unsupported options for better compatibility!
• 🔄 Auto-Recovery System: Bot now automatically recovers from voice errors and restores playback without manual intervention!
• 🩺 Voice Diagnostics Tool: New /voice-debug command to troubleshoot connection issues in real-time!

🎵 Music System Improvements

• 🎧 Spotify Stability: Spotify integration now works seamlessly without causing voice disconnections
• 📊 Connection Monitoring: Real-time voice connection health checks and automatic reconnection
• ⏱️ Extended Timeouts: Increased connection timeouts from 30 to 45 seconds for better stability
• 🔍 Stream Validation: Audio streams are now validated before playback to prevent errors

🆕 New Debug Command

• /voice-debug - Comprehensive voice connection diagnostics with status checks and recommendations

🎧 Major Spotify Integration

• 🎵 Spotify Support: Full Spotify integration! Search tracks by name or paste Spotify URLs for seamless playback!
• 🔍 Smart Search System: Search Spotify tracks by pasting a link, artist or title!
• 📋 Spotify Playlist Support: Import entire Spotify playlists (up to 50 tracks) with /spotify-playlist command!
• 🎨 Platform-Themed Design: Beautiful green Spotify embeds with 🎧 emoji and authentic branding!
• 🔄 Mixed Platform Queues: Seamlessly mix Spotify, YouTube, and SoundCloud tracks in one queue!

🎮 Enhanced Music Commands

• /play <song> platform:Spotify - Search and play Spotify tracks by name
• /play <spotify_url> - Direct Spotify URL support with auto-detection
• /spotify-playlist <playlist_url> [limit] - Import Spotify playlists (1-50 tracks)
• /platforms - View all supported platforms including Spotify status

🔧 Technical Features

• 🔑 Spotify API Integration: Official Spotify Web API with OAuth2 authentication for reliable access
• ⚡ Intelligent Fallback: Spotify tracks automatically played via YouTube for best compatibility
• 🎯 URL Detection: Smart distinction between Spotify URLs and search queries
• 📊 Live Progress Tracking: Real-time progress bars work perfectly with Spotify track metadata
• 🛡️ Error Handling: Robust API error handling with user-friendly fallback messages

🎨 User Experience Improvements

• 🔗 Original Links: Spotify embeds link back to original Spotify tracks while playing audio seamlessly
• 📱 Platform Icons: Clear 🎧 Spotify icons throughout the interface for easy platform identification
• ⏱️ Accurate Metadata: Perfect duration tracking and artist information from Spotify's database

🎉 Major Music System Overhaul

• 🎵 Multi-Platform Support: Added YouTube and SoundCloud integration for unlimited music variety!
• 🎛️ Live Player Panel: Brand new interactive music controller with 10 responsive buttons and real-time updates!
• 📊 Smart Progress Bars: 3 beautiful progress bar styles with animated emojis that update every second!
• 🔄 Auto-Detection: Intelligent platform detection from URLs - paste any link and the bot handles the rest!
• 🎨 Dynamic Interface: Live progress tracking with animated musical emojis and real-time position updates!

🎮 Interactive Music Controls

• ⏯️ Play/Pause: Smart toggle with visual feedback and pause time tracking
• ⏹️ Stop & Disconnect: Complete playback termination with automatic voice channel exit
• ⏭️ Skip: Instant track switching with queue advancement
• 🔀 Shuffle: Randomize your queue for variety
• 📋 Queue Viewer: Inline queue display with platform icons
• 🔊🔉🔇 Volume Controls: Precise volume adjustment (+10%, -10%, mute/unmute)
• 🎚️ Quick 50%: Instant volume reset to optimal level
• ❌ Panel Close: Clean interface management

🎨 Progress Bar Styles

• 🎵 Musical Style: 🎵🟢🟢🟢🎶⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ 35% - Animated musical emojis that change with progress!
• 🎯 Fancy Style: 🔹 ███▓░░░░░░░░ 35% - Modern blocks with colored indicators
• ⚫ Simple Style: 🟢🟢🟢🔘⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ - Clean minimal design

🚀 Advanced Music Commands

• /play <song> [platform] - Play music with platform selection (Auto-detect/YouTube/SoundCloud)
• /search <query> <platform> - Search tracks without playing
• /progress-style <style> - Switch between 3 progress bar styles
• /volume <0-100> - Precise volume control
• /skip - Skip current track
• /stop - Stop playback and disconnect
• /queue - View detailed queue with platform icons
• /clear - Clear entire queue
• /join / /leave - Voice channel management
• /nowplaying - Current track information
• /platforms - Platform information guide

🛠️ Technical Improvements

• 📡 Real-Time Updates: Live progress tracking with millisecond precision
• 🎯 Platform Optimization: Dedicated handlers for YouTube and SoundCloud with format prioritization
• 💾 Memory Management: Efficient queue handling and automatic cleanup

🎵 User Experience Features

• 🎪 Mixed Platform Queues: Combine YouTube and SoundCloud tracks in one seamless playlist
• 🎨 Platform-Themed Embeds: YouTube (red) and SoundCloud (orange) visual distinction
• ⏱️ Precise Timing: Real-time progress with pause time tracking and accurate resumption
• 🎁 One-Click Setup: Automatic voice channel joining and permission checking
• 🔄 Auto-Queue Processing: Seamless transitions between tracks

🎉 New Features

• 🤖 AI Chat System: Integrated Google Gemini AI for intelligent conversations in direct messages!
• New AI management commands: n!consent, n!privacy, n!test_api, n!clear_memory
• 🔒 Privacy Compliance System: Full Discord TOS compliance with explicit user consent for data sharing!
• Smart consent management with clear data sharing notifications
• 💬 Context-Aware Conversations: AI remembers conversation history for natural, flowing chats. It DOES NOT store memory forever.
• ⚡ Free Google Gemini API: Powered by Google's latest AI model with generous free limits!

⚙️ Improvements

• 🛡️ Privacy-First Design:
  • Users must explicitly consent before AI features activate
  • Clear warnings about data sharing with Google Gemini API
  • Ability to revoke consent and disable AI features anytime
  • Conversation history automatically cleared when consent is withdrawn
• 🎯 AI Command Suite:
  • n!ai_info - Show info about the FREE AI
  • n!consent yes/no - Enable or disable AI features with explicit consent
  • n!consent status - Check current AI settings and data sharing status
  • n!privacy - View detailed privacy information and data handling
  • n!test - Test AI connection and functionality
  • n!clear_memory - Clear conversation history on demand
• 📊 Smart Rate Limiting: Respects Google's API limits with intelligent request management
• 🔧 Advanced Error Handling: Detailed error messages for API issues with user-friendly explanations

🛠️ Technical Updates

• Implemented Google Gemini API integration with async request handling
• Added comprehensive consent tracking system for GDPR and Discord TOS compliance
• Built conversation memory management with automatic cleanup
• Created robust error handling for API failures and rate limiting
• Integrated privacy-aware logging that excludes sensitive user data

🔒 Privacy & Compliance

• Discord TOS Compliant: Users explicitly direct the bot to share data with Google
• Transparent Data Usage: Clear notifications about what data is shared and why
• User Control: Complete control over AI features and data sharing preferences
• Data Minimization: Only message content is shared, no Discord user data or metadata

🎉 New Features

• 🔧 Custom Prefix System: Server administrators can now set custom prefixes for their servers!
• New prefix management commands: n!setprefix, n!prefix, n!resetprefix
• 📝 Custom Command Creation: Create server-specific custom commands with the new /customcmd system!
• Custom commands now support both default prefix (!) and server's custom prefix options
• Dynamic response variables: {user}, {user.name}, {server}, {channel}, {member_count}
• 📋 Comprehensive Note System: Users and moderators can now add, view, and manage private notes about anything!

⚙️ Improvements

• 🎮 Custom Command Management:
  • /customcmd create - Create new commands with prefix type selection
  • /customcmd list - Interactive command browser with pagination
  • /customcmd edit - Update existing command responses
  • /customcmd delete - Remove commands with confirmation dialog
  • /customcmd info - Detailed command information and statistics
• 📋 Note System Commands:
  • /note add - Add private notes about anything
  • /note view - View all notes for a specific user with pagination
  • /note remove - Remove specific notes by ID
  • /note clear - Clear all notes for a user with confirmation
  • /note search - Search through notes by content or keywords
• 🎯 Smart Prefix Detection: Bot dynamically adapts to server-specific prefixes for optimal user experience
• 🔒 Admin Controls: All prefix, custom command, and note management requires appropriate permissions

🛠️ Technical Updates

• Implemented dynamic prefix resolution system with database caching
• Added prefix cleanup on server leave for optimal database management
• Enhanced moderation with custom command processing and variable substitution
• Integrated comprehensive note system for users and moderators
• Backward compatibility for existing servers (automatic default prefix assignment)

⚙️ Improvements

• We've updated our /help command!. Now, instead of showing all commands at once, we made a selection menu where you can select a category that you want.

🎉 New Features

• Added new Game! We've added a snake game that you can play by typing/snake command!

⚙️ Improvements

• We've updated our commands page. Check it out!

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where pet commands didn't work and an error was issued. It's working now.

🎉 New Features

• Added new Report System!

  /report

• Users can now report users and messages with detailed modal interface!
• Moderators can customize the report system by using /report-setup

⚙️ Improvements

• 🚨 Report System Update. Added interactive modal forms with automatic processing. Reports are instantly sent to moderators with formatted embeds.

🎉 Enhanced Ticket Management System

We've completely revamped our ticket system to provide a smoother experience for both users and Moderators.

🔄 Improved Ticket Flow

• Confirmation Dialog: When closing tickets, users are now prompted to confirm, preventing accidental closures
• Two-Step Closure Process: Closed tickets remain visible but locked, allowing moderators to review before deletion

🛡️ Moderation Controls

• Staff Permissions: Dedicated staff role with ticket management privileges
• Ticket Reopening: Moderators can now reopen closed tickets with a single click
• Ticket Deletion: Option to delete tickets with automatic transcript saving

📊 Comprehensive Logging

• Action Tracking: All ticket actions (creation, closure, reopening, deletion) are now logged
• User Attribution: Each log entry shows exactly who performed each action
• Transcript Generation: Automatic ticket history preservation before deletion
• Admin Command: New /ticket_logs command to view recent ticket activity

🎉 New Features

• Added new commands!

  n!viewthreadchannel

  n!disablethreads

⚙️ Improvements

• 📦 ContentBuilder Update. Updated thread menu, now it actually creates threads in a channel. Also turned all ContentBuilder from slash commands to prefix.