Cross-server chat with channels. This plugin organizes chat in channels which players may leave and join any time. Private messages are implemented as such a channel. The main class provides a handful of public API functions which are subject to change as this plugin is not publicly distributed at this time.
- Freely configurable channels via SQL database.
- Global, local, party, and private messages.
- Large player-side customization, starting from chat colors to selecting displayed tabs.
- Title support via the Titles plugin.
- Players may ignore each other if they wish
- Cross server chat via the Connect plugin.
- Full chat log to database.
There is a global chat command, /ch, as well as shortcuts for every channel. Each channel can be messaged with its command, or focused on by using it without a message. With the standard set of channels, this would look as follows.
/chator/ch- Main chat interface with documented, clickable subcommands./chatadminor/chadm- Admin interface./join- Join a channel./leave- Leave a channel./g- Speak in, or focus on, the global channel, which is visible on all servers./l- Speak in, or focus on, the local channel, which is only visible within a 500 block distance./tellor/msg*or/pm- Send a private message to someone. You can also focus a private conversation./replyor/r- Reply to a previous private message from someone./party- Party chat options. Create a party, join an existing party, or leave./p- Speak in the selected party channel, or focus party chat.
Each channel has a permission which determins whether a player can see and join the channel. Without the given permission, not only can they not join, they cannot even know that said channel exists. There is also a wildcard permission which allows access to all channels.
chat.chat- The top-level permission to use the/chatcommand.chat.admin- Use/chadm, the admin interface.chat.pm- Send private messages.chat.url- Send clickable URLs in messages.chat.color- Use color codes in messages.chat.channel.CHANNEL- Allows access to a specific channel. ReplaceCHANNELwith the actual channel name.chat.channel.*- Allows access to any channel.
Players can customize their chat experience with the command interface, which provides easily clickable buttons in chat. The command to get there is /ch set, but it's also accessible via the /ch main menu. Options include colors, displayed tags, bracket style, and notification sounds. You can have a dog bark or cat meow at you when your favorite channel contains a new message.
