HyChatter - [NEW] Bubblechat feature is out to try in beta version!

Fixed

• moderateInbound()
  Removed erroneous logic that cleared and reloaded per-player default chat from disk every time inbound (e.g. cross-server) messages were moderated when the censor word cache was empty. Inbound moderation now only rebuilds the moderation cache when needed and censors the message; it no longer touches player default chat state.

Performance

• Mention regex
  Replaced repeated Pattern.compile("@([A-Za-z0-9_-]{2,32})") in mention handling (ping, highlight, confirm) with a single static MENTION_PATTERN. Avoids compiling the same regex many times per message when mentions are enabled.

• Censor / URL parsing

  • § color stripping in buildCensorReplacement() now uses a static SECTION_SIGN_COLOR_PATTERN instead of replaceAll(...) compiling a new pattern per censored match.
  • URL host extraction in extractHost() now uses a static URL_HOST_PATTERN instead of compiling on each call.

• Player default chat saves
  Player default chat (/hychatter chatdefault) is now saved with a 2-second debounce (same pattern as mute persistence). Rapid changes no longer trigger a disk write on every change; config reload still flushes pending saves before reloading.

• Name → player lookup
  Added a cache (lowercase name → PlayerRef, UUID → name) updated on player connect/disconnect and populated for already-online players on startup. findOnlinePlayerByName() uses the cache first (O(1)) and only scans when needed. Reduces cost of @mentions and commands that resolve players by name.

• GLOBAL chat list
  For GLOBAL channel, the player list is no longer copied into a new ArrayList; the code uses Universe.get().getPlayers() directly when only iterating, avoiding an extra allocation per message.

• CustomChannelManager locking
  Replaced a single global synchronized lock with finer-grained locking: a createDeleteLock for create/rename/delete (and deleteAllOwnedBy), and per-channel synchronized(ch) for addMember, removeMember, invite, acceptInvite, requestJoin, approveRequest, leave, and transferOwner. Reduces contention when multiple custom channels are used at once.

Added

• HyDiscordX compatibility
  Optional integration with HyDiscordX (Discord ↔ Hytale bridge). When HyDiscordX is installed and compatibility is enabled, messages on selected channels can be relayed to the Discord chat bridge.

  • Config (HyChatter.json5):
  • hyDiscordXCompatEnabled (default: true) — turn relay to Discord on or off.
  • hyDiscordXBridgeChannels (default: ["GLOBAL"]) — which channels to relay ("GLOBAL", "REGION", "PARTY"). By default only global chat is sent to Discord.
  • Implementation: Reflection-based bridge (HyDiscordXBridge) so HyChatter runs with or without HyDiscordX; no hard dependency. Calls HyDiscordX’s webhook chat path to send player name and message (with &/§ color codes stripped) to the configured Discord channel.
  • Wiki: HyDiscordX Wiki

Format loosely follows Keep a Changelog.