ChatChannels

What’s New

• Added a unified client-side chat history with sequential message numbering.
• System and server console messages now remain visible when switching between chat channels.
• Messages are restored in their original chronological order without duplication.
• Chat history is limited to 500 entries and cleared when leaving a server, preventing messages from carrying over between servers or worlds.

Improvements

• Reworked the client architecture by separating channel state, chat history, message formatting, rendering, and packet handling.
• Unified channel join and leave logic for both commands and the channel UI.
• Improved active-channel synchronization between the server and client.
• Channel permission checks are now consistently enforced when joining a channel.
• Consolidated channel tab filtering, sorting, and layout logic.
• Existing configuration files and network compatibility remain unchanged.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed server console and system messages disappearing after switching chats.
• Fixed /channel join not synchronizing the selected channel with the client.
• Fixed missing permission checks when joining channels.
• Fixed potential message duplication when restoring channel history.