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Chat & Messaging

Chat & Messaging

Two modules share this page. Messaging covers private conversations, offline mail, ignore lists, and staff support requests. Communication covers server-wide announcements, the rotating announcer, chat control, and info pages like /rules and /motd. Every command is Brigadier, so all of them can be renamed, re-aliased, or disabled in commands/commands.conf; admin-authored text (broadcasts, announcements, info pages) is MiniMessage-formatted.

Messaging

Command Aliases Description Permission
/msg <player> <text> m, tell, whisper, w Send a private message uxmessentials.msg.use
/reply <text> r Reply to your last conversation uxmessentials.msg.reply
/mail [read\|send <player> <text>\|clear] — Read, send, or clear persistent offline mail uxmessentials.mail.use
/mailclear — Clear your own mailbox uxmessentials.mail.use
/mail sendall <text> — Mail every online player (staff) uxmessentials.mail.sendall
/msgtoggle — Refuse all incoming /msg and /reply uxmessentials.msg.toggle
/rtoggle — Refuse /reply routing only uxmessentials.msg.toggle
/ignore [player] — Ignore a player (bare form lists / opens the panel) uxmessentials.msg.ignore
/unignore <player> — Stop ignoring a player uxmessentials.msg.ignore
/ignorelist — Show who you are ignoring uxmessentials.msg.ignore
/socialspy [player] — Watch other players' private messages (staff) uxmessentials.msg.socialspy
/helpop <text> — Send a support request to staff uxmessentials.helpop.use
/msgsettings — Open your personal messaging settings panel uxmessentials.msgsettings.use

Related nodes: uxmessentials.helpop.receive (see incoming /helpop), uxmessentials.msg.color (use color/formatting in messages), and uxmessentials.msg.bypass.ignore (message a player who is ignoring you).

Mail survives logout

/mail send delivers even when the recipient is offline — they get it on next login. /mail sendall fans out to everyone currently online in one shot and is intended for staff.

Examples

/msg Steve hey, meet me at spawn
/r on my way                     # reply to the last person
/mail send Alex thanks for the trade!
/mail read                       # open your mailbox
/ignore Griefer                  # stop seeing their messages
/msgtoggle                       # refuse all DMs
/helpop stuck in a wall at spawn

Communication

Server-wide chat and announcements. The rotating announcer posts scheduled messages on a timer; /announce manages that rotation and /broadcasttoggle lets a player opt out of it. One-off /broadcast messages are separate from the rotation.

Command Aliases Description Permission
/broadcast <message> — One-off announcement to everyone uxmessentials.communication.broadcast
/broadcastworld <message> bcw Announce only to your current world uxmessentials.communication.broadcastworld
/broadcasttoggle — Stop / resume seeing the rotating announcements uxmessentials.communication.broadcasttoggle
/announce [editor\|reload\|list\|preview <id>\|toggle] — Manage the rotating announcer uxmessentials.announce.admin
/me <action> — Third-person action message uxmessentials.communication.me
/clearchat chatclear Flush public chat uxmessentials.communication.clearchat
/togglechat mutechat Lock / unlock public chat for non-staff uxmessentials.communication.togglechat
/communication [gui] — Communication admin panel uxmessentials.communication.gui

Related nodes: uxmessentials.communication.clearchat.exempt (your messages survive a /clearchat) and uxmessentials.communication.chat.bypass (talk while chat is toggled off).

Info pages

Info pages are configured text screens. Each configured page auto-registers its own /<name> [page] command and its own gate node uxmessentials.communication.info.<name>. Three ship out of the box:

Command Permission
/info [page] uxmessentials.communication.info.info
/rules [page] uxmessentials.communication.info.rules
/motd [page] uxmessentials.communication.info.motd

Add your own pages

Define a new info page in the module config — say discord — and the plugin registers /discord plus uxmessentials.communication.info.discord automatically. Long pages paginate with [page].

Examples

/broadcast <yellow>Restart in 5 minutes!
/bcw Event starting in this world now
/me waves at everyone            # * Steve waves at everyone
/togglechat                      # lock chat for non-staff
/clearchat                       # wipe the chat window
/announce editor                 # open the announcer editor
/rules 2                         # read page 2 of the rules

Next Steps