Verbatim

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Verbatim is a server-side chat plugin providing configurable chat channels, direct messaging, Discord integration, and more. It is designed for community and roleplay-focused servers.

Features

• Customizable Chat Channels:
  • Multiple chat channels with unique names, display prefixes (e.g., &a[G]), and shortcuts (e.g., g).
  • Permissions: Secure channels with permission nodes (integrates with LuckPerms if available, otherwise uses native permission systems).
  • Chat Range: Per-channel chat ranges (e.g., for local channels) or global reach.
  • Color Customization: Configurable colors for channel names, player names, separators, and messages.
  • Always-On Channels: Channels that players are always in and cannot leave.
  • Mature Content Warnings: Optional warning when players join channels marked as "mature."
  • Special Channel Types:
    • local: Distance-based message fading/obscuring with suffix-based behavior. (Inspired by MassiveChat!)
• Direct Messaging (DM):
  • Send private messages to other online players.
  • Quick reply to the last incoming DM.
• Chat Prefixes & Shortcuts:
  • Use prefixes to quickly switch focus or send messages (e.g., g: Hello everyone!).
  • d: prefix to focus/reply to the last DM.
• Discord Integration:
  • Bridge in-game global chat to a Discord channel and back.
  • Customizable message prefix for Discord messages shown in-game.
• Persistent Player Settings:
  • Remembers joined channels and focused channel across sessions.
• Nicknames:
  • Set custom nicknames with optional color code support (permission-gated).

Commands

Channel Commands

• /channels or /channel list - Lists all available chat channels and your status in them.
• /channel focus <channelName> - Sets your active typing channel (auto-joins if needed).
• /channel join <channelName> - Joins a channel to receive its messages.
• /channel leave [channelName] - Leaves a channel. Omit name to leave your focused channel.
• /channel help - Displays help with available commands and prefixes.

Direct Message Commands

• /msg <player> [message] or /tell <player> [message] - Send a DM or focus DM with a player.
• /r [message] - Reply to or focus DM with the last player who messaged you.

Other Commands

• /list - Lists online players.
• /vlist - Lists online players (Verbatim format).
• /nick [nickname] - Set your nickname. Run without arguments to clear it.

Admin Commands

• /chlist <player|channel> - List channels for a player, or players in a channel.
• /chkick <player> <channel> - Kick a player from a channel.

Chat Prefixes

• g: Your message here - Sends to the channel with shortcut "g" and focuses it.
• d: Your reply here - Sends to and focuses DM with the last person who DM'd you.
• d: (no message) - Focuses DM with the last person who DM'd you.

Local Channel Suffixes

When using a local type channel, message suffixes change the range and style:

Messages fade into obscured dots as listeners get further from the speaker, eventually becoming inaudible beyond the fade range.

Configuration

Minecraft (NeoForge)

Configuration is in verbatim-server.toml in the server's config directory.

Hytale

Configuration is in verbatim-config.json in the plugin's data directory.

Key Settings

• defaultChannelName - The channel players default to on join.
• channels - List of channel definitions (name, prefix, shortcut, permission, range, colors, etc.).
• Discord settings: bot token, channel ID, message prefix, enable/disable.

Permissions

Verbatim uses LuckPerms if available, falling back to native permission systems.

• Channel Access: Set via the permission field per channel (e.g., verbatim.channel.staff).
• Chat Colors: verbatim.chat.color - Allows & color codes in chat.
• Chat Formatting: verbatim.chat.format - Allows &l (bold), &o (italic) in chat.
• Nicknames: verbatim.nick - Allows /nick usage.
• Admin: verbatim.admin - Admin commands (/chlist, /chkick).

LuckPerms Prefix & Tooltip Setup

• Set a prefix: /lp user <username> meta setprefix <priority> "<prefix>"
  • Example: /lp user Steve meta setprefix 100 "&c[Admin] "
• Set a prefix tooltip: /lp user <username> meta set prefix_tooltip.0 "<text>"
  • Example: /lp group admin meta set prefix_tooltip.0 "Server Administrator"
  • Supports prefix_tooltip.0 through prefix_tooltip.9 for multiple entries.