Academy Chat QOL - Update 1.3.0

What’s new

Custom menu scale

• New option to override the in-game config menu scale (toggle + slider), similar to “Custom Chat Scale”.
• Designed to keep the menu readable with low GUI Scale while preserving the rest of the HUD.
• Changes are tracked as “temporary settings” so you’ll be warned if you close the menu without saving.

Custom channels (max 5)

• Added up to 5 custom channels you can configure.
• Each custom channel has a specifier (keyword tag) used to route messages into the correct channel. This can be used to create “friend group” channels if multiple players use the same specifier.

Default channel support

• Each channel has a Make default channel toggle.
• The default channel is the one selected automatically when you open the chat.
• Default selection is exclusive: only one channel can be default at a time.
• Party is excluded from being default (Party is temporary and only exists when relevant).

Config menu session memory (non-persistent)

• First open in a session: starts on General with Channels collapsed (clean first impression).
• If you reopen the menu in the same session, it restores:
  • your last opened tab/sub-tab (ex: Custom1),
  • and whether the Channels category was expanded.
• Not saved to disk: restarting Minecraft resets to the default opening behavior.

Change channel names

• You can now rename channels directly from the in-game menu.
• Renames apply at runtime (no restart needed).

Runtime config reload

• If you edited config files manually, opening the in-game config menu will reload and apply them at runtime.
• Useful for quick iteration/testing without restarting the game.

Complete in-game menu rework

• Menu layout has been reorganized for clarity and consistency.
• Cards, spacing, and scrolling behavior have been improved to reduce clutter and avoid UI overflow.

Tooltips for menu options

• Added tooltips to explain what options do when hovering them.
• Helps discoverability without making the UI heavier.

Staff tab and staff routing

• New Staff tab to manage how staff messages are detected and routed.
• You can add/remove staff names from a list.
• Some staff entries are built-in (cannot be removed, even from config files) to ensure reliability.

Routing /msg messages

• Each channel can now decide how /msg (private message) traffic is routed with a dedicated toggle.
• Allows sending /msg messages to a preferred channel instead of mixing them into General/System.

Emojis panel categories

• Emojis are now grouped into categories for easier browsing.
• “Frequently Used” category added to quickly access the emojis you use the most.

Channel colors

• You can customize each channel color.
• Default palette: Blue for All/System/General/Custom[1-5], Gold for Market.

Show/hide specific channels

• Each channel can be individually shown or hidden via a toggle in its options.
• Useful if you want to reduce visual noise and keep only the channels you use.

Improvements

Mentions system

• Preview text now wraps correctly (prevents FR text from overflowing the preview container).
• Added a global mentions enable/disable toggle.
• Added per-channel toggles to enable/disable mention handling per channel.

Ignore system

• Ignore/Unignore feedback messages are now consistent between FR/EN (same phrasing structure and formatting).
• Feedback messages are always shown even if they contain the ignored player’s name (they bypass ignore filtering).
• Added a global ignore enable/disable toggle.
• Added per-channel toggles to enable/disable ignore filtering per channel.

Timestamp

• Added per-channel toggle to enable/disable message timestamps.
• Lets you keep timestamps for Market/System but disable them for cleaner custom channels (or the opposite).

Scroll between channels

• You can now scroll through channels in the chat GUI.
• Helps when many channels exist and prevents the tab row from becoming too wide.

Localization

• Improved FR coverage across the config UI and tooltips.
• Emoji category labels (including “Frequently Used”) are now translatable.

Fixes

Typing in menu text fields

• Fixed text input so special characters (é, è, ï, ë, etc.) work properly in config text fields.

Command editor popup (Context Menu)

• Save/Cancel buttons now resize correctly for translated strings (no overflow in FR).
• Better alignment under custom menu scale settings to prevent layout drifting.

SAFE TO UPDATE

Tested on Cobblemon Academy 2.0 and confirmed working.

Disclaimer: I am not part of the Cobblemon Academy 2.0 staff. I made this mod in my free time, initially to solve a personal need, and then added features requested by other players. The staff is not responsible if the mod doesn’t work properly or causes conflicts.