Minecraft plugin InteractiveChat

🔌 About the plugin InteractiveChat

InteractiveChat — is a plugin for Minecraft servers that allows players to show items, inventories and custom interactive keywords inside chat messages. InteractiveChat enhances chat by adding click and hover events, player mentions and cross‑server support for proxy networks.

🎯 Purpose

InteractiveChat solves the problem of static chat by letting players share rich, interactive content (items in hand, full inventory, ender chest) and by enabling server owners to define custom interactive placeholders. The plugin is designed to work on top of existing chat formatting plugins, not to replace them.

• Key uses:
  • Sharing an item preview in chat without opening inventories.
  • Showing a player's inventory or ender chest in chat.
  • Defining clickable/hoverable custom keywords and placeholders.
  • Cross‑server interactive chat through proxy (BungeeCord/Velocity).

⚙ Main features

• Item, inventory and ender‑chest display placeholders (e.g. item, inv, ender).
• Custom interactive keywords and placeholders with hover text and click actions.
• Interactive player names and mention system with notifications (sound, actionbar, title etc.).
• Cross‑server support when enabled on proxy and backend servers.
• RGB and font formatting support on 1.16+ clients.
• Works on Spigot/Paper and supports Adventure where available.

🧩 Who it fits

InteractiveChat is suitable for server admins who want richer chat interactions without replacing their chat formatter. Fits:

• Survival and RPG servers wanting item sharing.
• Networked servers (BungeeCord/Velocity) that need cross‑server placeholders.
• Servers using PlaceholderAPI, ProtocolLib/PacketEvents and Vault for extended features.

🏗 Examples of use

• Players type item to show the item in their hand; hovering shows name and lore, clicking can run a command.
• Staff use custom keywords to display help snippets with clickable links (commands) in chat.
• Cross‑server chat shows inventories and mentions across a proxy network.

⌨️ Commands

Note: Commands list is taken from the plugin's official resource and matches the plugin's shipped commands.

🔐 Permissions

⚙ Installation

📥 Installation

• Download the InteractiveChat .jar from the official resource (Spigot/Modrinth/GitHub releases).
• Place the .jar into your server's plugins/ folder.
• Install required dependencies (see below) into the server plugins/ folder.
• Start the server.
• Edit the config if needed and restart the server.

📦 Dependencies

• Required: ProtocolLib OR PacketEvents + PacketEvents Module (use the version compatible with your server).
• Required: PlaceholderAPI.
• Required: Vault (for economy integrations if used).

Soft dependencies / integrations (supported but not required): EssentialsX, EssentialsXChat, EssentialsXDiscord, OpenInv, SuperVanish, PremiumVanish, CMI, DeluxeChat, VentureChat, DiscordSRV, Dynmap, LuckPerms, ViaVersion, ProtocolSupport and others.

🧾 Configuration

• The plugin generates its configuration on first run (config files are editable and fully translatable).
• All messages are configurable and translatable; default language: English (en‑US).
• You can toggle item/inventory/ender placeholders and change their keywords in config.
• Information about database support (MySQL/SQLite) is not present in official sources.

🧠 Additional information

Known limitations & conflicts

• InteractiveChat modifies chat at packet level; it can partially or fully disable Minecraft's chat message signing (sender verification) introduced in 1.19.1 — this affects the built‑in chat reporting utility.
• As it manipulates chat packets, compatibility with other packet‑level chat plugins must be tested.
• Some features (cross‑server placeholders, mentions) require proper proxy configuration and the plugin installed with matching config on backends.

FAQ (selected)

Q: My placeholders show raw codes like %player_name% — what to do? A: PlaceholderAPI expansions must be installed (use /papi ecloud download <expansion> and /papi reload).

Q: Players get kicked for "You are sending too many packets!" after installing — why? A: That kick commonly comes from ViaVersion/packet limits. Adjust ViaVersion's GLOBAL PACKET LIMITER or check packet pipeline plugins.

Q: Does InteractiveChat support Discord? A: There is an official DiscordSRV addon that integrates InteractiveChat features into Discord; the addon is provided separately.

Q: Does InteractiveChat collect metrics (bStats)? A: Official sources do not state whether bStats is used; information absent in primary resources.

API & development

• InteractiveChat exposes an API for developers (API classes available in the plugin repository).

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