Communication

The public chat format, join and quit lines, the rotating announcer, info pages and broadcasts.

Communication owns everything the server says to players that is not a private message: how public chat is formatted, the join and quit lines, the announcer that posts on a timer, static pages like /rules and /motd, chat control, and one-off broadcasts. It is driven by several HOCON files under modules/communication/, and every line is MiniMessage.

Module communication · enabled by default · modules/communication/config.conf, chat.conf, announcer.conf, info-pages.conf, advancements.conf

Commands

/* generated:commands */

Command	What it does	Permission
`/announce`	Manage the rotating server announcer.	`uxmessentials.announce.admin`
`/broadcast`	Send an announcement to all online players.	`uxmessentials.communication.broadcast`
`/broadcasttoggle`	Toggle whether you receive server announcements.	`uxmessentials.communication.broadcasttoggle`
`/broadcastworld` (`/bcw`)	Send an announcement to players in your world.	`uxmessentials.communication.broadcastworld`
`/clearchat` (`/chatclear`)	Flush the chat for online players.	`uxmessentials.communication.clearchat`
`/communication`	Open the communication admin panel.	`uxmessentials.communication.gui`
`/me`	Broadcast an action message about yourself.	`uxmessentials.communication.me`
`/togglechat` (`/mutechat`)	Lock or unlock public chat for non-staff.	`uxmessentials.communication.togglechat`

/* /generated */

Permissions

/* generated:permissions */

Node	Default	Grants
`uxmessentials.announce.admin`	op	/announce reload\|list\|preview\|toggle to manage the rotating announcer.
`uxmessentials.announce.admin.editor`	everyone	/announce editor to author announcements in the GUI.
`uxmessentials.announce.admin.list`	everyone	/announce list to read the rotation and the channels each announcement pushes to.
`uxmessentials.announce.admin.preview`	everyone	/announce preview <id> to show one announcement to yourself alone.
`uxmessentials.announce.admin.reload`	everyone	/announce reload to re-read announcer.conf and re-arm the rotation.
`uxmessentials.announce.admin.toggle`	everyone	/announce toggle to stop or resume receiving the rotating announcements.
`uxmessentials.communication.broadcast`	op	/broadcast to send a one-off announcement to all online players.
`uxmessentials.communication.broadcasttoggle`	everyone	/broadcasttoggle to stop or resume receiving the rotating server announcements.
`uxmessentials.communication.broadcastworld`	op	/broadcastworld (alias /bcw) to send a one-off announcement only to players in your world.
`uxmessentials.communication.chat.bypass`	op	Keep chatting while public chat is locked by /togglechat.
`uxmessentials.communication.chat.format`	off	Use MiniMessage formatting in your own public chat messages (when allow-player-format is on).
`uxmessentials.communication.clearchat`	op	/clearchat (alias /chatclear) to flush the chat for online players.
`uxmessentials.communication.clearchat.exempt`	off	Keep your chat scrollback when staff run /clearchat.
`uxmessentials.communication.gui`	op	Open the communication admin panel (/communication gui and on the /uxmess gui hub).
`uxmessentials.communication.info.<page>`	everyone	Read one information page, such as /motd or /rules.
`uxmessentials.communication.info.info`	everyone	/info to read the shipped welcome / quick-start info page.
`uxmessentials.communication.info.motd`	everyone	/motd to read the shipped message-of-the-day info page.
`uxmessentials.communication.info.rules`	everyone	/rules to read the shipped server-rules info page.
`uxmessentials.communication.me`	everyone	/me to broadcast a third-person action message to all online players.
`uxmessentials.communication.togglechat`	op	/togglechat (alias /mutechat) to lock or unlock public chat for non-staff.
`uxmessentials.module.communication`	op	Hot-reload / inspect the communication module (connection messages, announcer, info pages).

/* /generated */

Placeholders

/* generated:placeholders */

Placeholder	Renders
`%uxmessentials_communication_broadcasts%`	Whether the player receives the rotating announcements (yes/no).
`%uxmessentials_communication_chat_enabled%`	Whether public chat is open rather than locked by /togglechat (yes/no).

/* /generated */

Notes

The shipped chat format is near-vanilla on purpose, so switching the module on changes nothing surprising until you author your own. group-formats overrides it per LuckPerms primary group.
A new info page gives you a command for free. Define staffguide in info-pages.conf and /staffguide exists after a reload, gated by uxmessentials.communication.info.staffguide.
The announcer is edited in game. /announce editor opens it, /announce toggle stops and starts the rotation, and min-players keeps it quiet on an empty server.
Chat control has two exemptions: one lets a player's view survive /clearchat, the other lets staff keep speaking while /togglechat has public chat locked.
Achievement broadcasts are off by default. advancements.conf decides which advancements are announced, in what wording, and to which channels.

Related: Messaging, Ranks, Scoreboard

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