ChatEmote - Text-based Emoting

ChatEmote adds a /me emote command familiar to RP communities. Type /me stretches and nearby players see:

* Kazyyk stretches

Three Ways to Emote

Command: /me stretches — always works, explicit and reliable.

Asterisks: Just type *waves* in chat — ChatEmote detects the classic RP asterisk convention and converts it automatically. You can even swap out the asterisk for another symbol, or support multiple.

Inline: Type Hii! *waves* and ChatEmote splits it for you — "Kazyyk: Hii!" goes out as normal chat, then "* Kazyyk waves" follows as an emote. Mix speech and actions in one message.

Proximity-Aware

Emotes are spatial. Only players within range (default 20 blocks) see them. Optionally, emote text can fade in brightness with distance, so a nearby gesture is vivid and a distant one is subtle. Disabled by default.

Inline emotes create natural RP behavior: the chat portion ("Hii!") is global — everyone hears it. The emote portion ("* Kazyyk waves") is proximity — only nearby players see the gesture. A player across town hears your greeting but doesn't see you wave.

Designed for RP Servers

• Italic light purple text — visually distinct from normal chat, immediately recognizable as an emote
• Freeform text — players write their own actions in third person, no menu to scroll through
• No cooldowns, no spam prevention — trust your players or pair with a moderation mod
• Zero dependencies — works standalone on any server

Works Alongside Murmur

ChatEmote is standalone by design, but it's built to coexist with Murmur (proximity chat). When both are installed, ChatEmote respects Murmur's chat handling — no double messages, no conflicts. Use Murmur for spatial voice (whisper/say/yell) and ChatEmote for spatial actions.

Default emote range (20 blocks) matches Murmur's SAY range so there's no immersion-breaking gap — if you can see someone's wave, you can hear them talk.

Fully Configurable

All settings live in config.json, generated on first run:

Examples