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Changelog — Localized Chat 5.4.0 vs 1.20.1 (5.1.3)

Compared against multi/1.20 / 5.1.3 (Minecraft 1.20.1 Forge + Fabric).

Platforms

• 1.20.1: Forge + Fabric
• 5.4.0: NeoForge + Fabric on Minecraft 1.21.1
• Still server-side. Client is optional (LAN / singleplayer).

Channels

1.20.1 only had local talk and /shout. /me reused talk range. /tell / /msg / /w were vanilla and uncapped.

5.4.0 treats every owned comms path as its own channel:

Range rules in 5.4.0:

• -1 = unlimited
• 0 = only the sender hears talk/shout/me; tell reaches nobody
• same-dimension check unless range is unlimited / op-exempt
• still Manhattan (|dx|+|dy|+|dz|), same as 1.20.1

Costs

1.20.1 shout was hunger-only (shoutFoodCost). Talk was free. Nothing else charged.

5.4.0 every channel can charge any mix of:

• none
• hp (half-hearts)
• hunger (food points)
• xp (experience points, not levels)
• comma/plus combos, or all

If any selected resource cannot be paid, nothing is deducted and the action fails.

Defaults vs 1.20.1:

• talk: still free, range 100
• shout: still 1 hunger by default, range 400
• whisper: free, range 100
• tell: free, unlimited (-1)

Operators

opAsPlayer is unchanged in meaning.

• false (default): ops skip costs and everyone hears them on that channel
• true: ops pay and obey range like everyone else

Extra commands (new)

extra_commands can tax or disable other root commands (home, rtp, warp, etc.).

Format: command|enabled|cost_type|hp|hunger|xp

Shorthand home means enabled, no cost. No leading slash. Only the root command matches — /execute ... run home does not. Builtins (shout, s, sh, me, tell, msg, w) are ignored here; use the channel sections.

What did not change

• Color codes, prefix, usePrefix, rangeNotifier
• Distance display in brackets when range notifier is on
• Not compatible with other chat overlays (Discord bridges, FTB-style global chat, etc.)

Config key migration

Old 1.20.1 keys are gone:

• talkRange → [talk] talk_distance / enable_talk / cost keys
• shoutTalkRange → [shout] shout_distance
• shoutFoodCost → [shout] shout_cost_type + shout_cost_hunger
• shoutDisabled → [shout] enable_shout (inverted)

Copy numbers by hand. Do not drop a 1.20.1 config file onto 5.4.0 and expect it to map itself.