💬 Better Forge Chat Reborn Reworked (BFCRR) — Plugin‑Like Server Management for Forge

A server-side Forge mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that brings a plugin-style chat + staff toolkit to your Forge server — without running hybrid servers (no Bukkit/Magma/Arclight/dual-stack required).

✅ Forge: 1.20.1 (Forge)
✅ Mod Version: 1.0 ✅ Mod ID: bfcrrmod
✅ Main Command: /bfcrr

⭐ Why BFCRR? (The pitch)

If you want the utility and admin power of plugins — announcements, filters, staff chat, help request pipelines, item enforcement, MOTD tools — but you run a Forge server and don’t want to deal with hybrid server stacks… this is for you.

BFCRR is a fully configurable server utility suite centered around chat, identity, moderation and staff workflow:

🎨 Full chat formatting pipeline: timestamps, player name formatting, configurable message formats
🌈 HEX colors + gradients support (permission controlled) for modern looking chat
🧩 LuckPerms prefixes/suffixes + FTB Essentials nicknames integration (optional)
💌 Private messaging with /msg + /r + toggle private chat mode
🧷 Click-to-reply to any message with /ans + chat logging
📣 Announcements engine: text announcements, command announcements, and title announcements
🧼 Word filter: replace or remove words/phrases
🧑‍⚖️ HelpOp (player → staff) + 🔐 Admin Chat (private staff channel)
📌 Op Bulletin (operator notes board)
🚫 Banned Items enforcement (auto scanning/removal + block placement prevention)
🧾 MOTD system (edit/activate/preview/apply from in-game)

🌈 HEX Colors (Emphasis: YES)

BFCRR supports:

🎨 Classic & color codes
✨ HEX colors via &#RRGGBB (example: &#FF5500Hello World)
🌈 Gradients (when enabled via permissions)

🔐 Permission‑based control (server friendly)

You can control who can use:

Basic colors: bfcrrmod.chat.colors
Styles: bfcrrmod.chat.styles
Markdown styling: bfcrrmod.chat.styles.md
✨ HEX + gradients: bfcrrmod.chat.colors.hex
Individual & colors: bfcrrmod.chat.colors.0-f

This means you can give:

✅ Regular players: limited colors
✅ Donors: more colors + styles
✅ Staff: full HEX/gradient privileges

🧩 Optional Integrations

These are optional. BFCRR works without them, but becomes even stronger with them.

🏷️ LuckPerms

Prefixes/suffixes shown in chat + (optional) tab list
Plays perfectly with permission-based formatting policies

🧑‍🎤 FTB Essentials

Nickname integration support

⚙️ Configuration (quick but useful)

Main config: config/bfcrrmod-common.toml

🧱 Core formatting keys

playerNameFormat (default: $prefix$name$suffix)
chatMessageFormat (default: $time | $name: $msg)
chatMessageColor
timestampFormat
metaJoinSeparator

🧩 Module toggles (turn systems on/off)

enableAnnouncements
enableFilterSystem
enableMessagingSystem
enableChatReplies + replySummaryLength
enableHelpOp
enableAdminChat
enableBannedItems
enableMotdSystem + applyMotdOnStartup

🧠 Systems & Utilities (Detailed)

🎨 1) Chat Formatting + Timestamps + Markdown

Make chat look professional and consistent.

✅ Features:

🕒 Timestamps (enableTimestamp, timestampFormat)
🎨 Color/style formatting (& codes)
✍️ Markdown formatting (markdownEnabled)
🧩 Placeholders everywhere

Message example format (default idea):

"$time | $name: $msg"

🧍 2) Identity: Prefix/Suffix + Nicknames + Tab List

BFCRR builds a “player identity layer” (like plugins do):

🏷️ Prefixes/suffixes (LuckPerms metadata)
🧑‍🎤 Nicknames (FTB Essentials, or integrated nicknames if enabled)
📋 Tab list metadata + nicknames (config toggles)

💌 3) Private Messaging System (Plugin‑style DMs)

Commands

/msg <player> <message> (aliases: /m, /tell, /w, /pm)
/r <message>

🔁 Toggle DM Mode (super useful for staff & trading)

/msg <player> → all your chat goes ONLY to that player
/msg or /r (no args) → exit DM mode, back to public chat

✅ Extras:

🖱️ Click messages to quick-reply
🧲 Hover text configurable (clickToMessageHover)
🔊 Sound notification (enableMsgSound)

🧷 4) Click‑to‑Reply System (`/ans`) + Chat Logs

A plugin-like “reply to that exact message” workflow.

Command

/ans <messageId> <message>

How it works

Chat lines (and announcements) become clickable
Hover shows “click to reply” (configurable: clickToReplyHover)
Clicking auto-fills /ans <id> for you
Type reply and send

🗃️ Logging

Saved to: logs/chat/chat_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss.log
Great for moderation and context tracking

🔔 Sound notifications

Reply sound toggle: enableReplySound
Permission for notification: bfcrrmod.ans.notify

📣 5) Announcement Engine (Text + Commands + Titles)

This is a full “plugin announcements” system inside Forge.

⏱️ Scheduling highlights

Uses server clock scheduling
Supports 1S, 30M, 1H, and combos like 1H30M15S
Minimum interval: 1S
Offset behavior helps reduce synchronized spam bursts

📝 Text Announcements

/textannouncement add <id> <interval> <toggle|notoggle> "<message>" <target>
- Fires immediately, then repeats
/textannouncement ontime "<message>" [target]
/textannouncement modify <id> <interval> <toggle|notoggle> "<message>" <target>
/textannouncement remove <id>
/textannouncement list [page]

✅ Multi-line support with <br>

⚙️ Command Announcements

/commandannouncement add <id> <interval> <command>
/commandannouncement remove <id>
/commandannouncement list [page]

🏷️ Title Announcements

/titleannouncement <targets> "<title>" ["<subtitle>"]

👤 Player preferences

/toggle to list toggleable announcements
/toggle <id> to enable/disable per-player

Permission controls:

Manage announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.manage
Toggle announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.toggle
Bypass toggles: bfcrrmod.announcements.bypass
Use title announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.title

🧼 6) Word Filter System (replace/remove phrases)

Server-side filtering for moderation and quality control.

Commands

/bfcrr filter add <id> <yes|no> "<word>" [replacement]
/bfcrr filter remove <id>
/bfcrr filter list [page]

✅ Use it for:

profanity filters
anti-spam phrases
auto-replacements

Permissions:

Manage: bfcrrmod.filter.manage
Bypass: bfcrrmod.filter.bypass

🧑‍⚖️ 7) HelpOp (Player → Staff pipeline)

A clean “request help” workflow like you’d expect from plugins.

Commands

/helpop <message>
/helpopop <player> <message> (anonymous staff reply)

✅ Features:

Click-to-reply for staff
🔊 configurable sounds (enableHelpOpSound)
Staff recipients: OP Level 2+ or bfcrrmod.helpop.receive

🔐 8) Admin Chat (Private Staff Channel)

A private channel that stays private.

Commands

/chat admin (toggle)
/ac <message> (send once)

✅ Features:

Keeps staff coordination out of public chat
Designed to prevent “message leaking” behavior (especially important with Discord relays)

Permissions:

Use: bfcrrmod.adminchat.use
See: bfcrrmod.adminchat.see

📌 9) Op Bulletin (Operator Notes Board)

A lightweight in-game staff bulletin board.

Commands

/opbulletin [page]
/opbulletin add <text>
/opbulletin remove <id>

✅ Features:

Pagination (5 items per page)
Click navigation + click to remove
Formatting support

🚫 10) Banned Items System (auto-enforced item rules)

This is a server utility system that behaves like a plugin ban-list, but inside Forge.

Commands

/banned [page] (everyone can view)
/banned add <description> (ban held item)
/banned remove <item_id>
/banned clear
/banned scan
/banned scantime [set <ticks>]
/banned scantimeblocks [set <ticks>]

✅ Enforcement:

Scans player inventories at intervals
Scans containers + cursor items
Scans armor/offhand slots
Scans Curios slots if installed
Prevents placing banned blocks
Optional placed-block scanning + removal:
- enableBannedBlockScanning
- bannedBlockScanRadius
- bannedBlockScanInterval

🧾 11) MOTD System (Server List MOTD management)

Edit and manage server MOTDs directly in-game (plugin-style workflow).

Commands

/bfcrr motd list [page]
/bfcrr motd add <text>
/bfcrr motd set <index> <text>
/bfcrr motd remove <index>
/bfcrr motd activate <index>
/bfcrr motd apply
/bfcrr motd preview <index>
/bfcrr motd clear

✅ Supports:

& color codes
<br> line breaks
Auto-apply on startup: applyMotdOnStartup

🗂️ Data Storage / Files

Server-wide config

config/bfcrr/

common.toml
motd.json

Per-world data

<world>/serverconfig/bfcrr/

announcements.json
announcement_prefs.json
filters.json
banned_items.json
banned_config.json
bulletin.json

Logs

logs/chat/

chat_<timestamp>.log

✅ Commands (Quick Index)

/bfcrr info|colors|test|reload
/colors
/msg, /r, /ans
/helpop, /helpopop
/chat admin, /ac
/opbulletin
/banned ...
/bfcrr motd ...
/textannouncement ...
/commandannouncement ...
/titleannouncement ...
/toggle
/bfcrr filter ...

🧪 Notes / Compatibility

✅ Built for Forge servers (works on client too, but features are server-focused)
⚠️ Other chat-overhaul mods may conflict (common for chat pipeline mods)
✅ Avoids hybrid server complexity: Forge utilities without Bukkit/Spigot stacks

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💬 Better Forge Chat Reborn Reworked (BFCRR) — Plugin‑Like Server Management for Forge

⭐ Why BFCRR? (The pitch)

🌈 HEX Colors (Emphasis: YES)

🔐 Permission‑based control (server friendly)

🧩 Optional Integrations

🏷️ LuckPerms

🧑‍🎤 FTB Essentials

⚙️ Configuration (quick but useful)

🧱 Core formatting keys

🧩 Module toggles (turn systems on/off)

🧠 Systems & Utilities (Detailed)

🎨 1) Chat Formatting + Timestamps + Markdown

🧍 2) Identity: Prefix/Suffix + Nicknames + Tab List

💌 3) Private Messaging System (Plugin‑style DMs)

Commands

🔁 Toggle DM Mode (super useful for staff & trading)

🧷 4) Click‑to‑Reply System (/ans) + Chat Logs

Command

How it works

🗃️ Logging

🔔 Sound notifications

📣 5) Announcement Engine (Text + Commands + Titles)

⏱️ Scheduling highlights

📝 Text Announcements

⚙️ Command Announcements

🏷️ Title Announcements

👤 Player preferences

🧼 6) Word Filter System (replace/remove phrases)

Commands

🧑‍⚖️ 7) HelpOp (Player → Staff pipeline)

Commands

🔐 8) Admin Chat (Private Staff Channel)

Commands

📌 9) Op Bulletin (Operator Notes Board)

Commands

🚫 10) Banned Items System (auto-enforced item rules)

Commands

🧾 11) MOTD System (Server List MOTD management)

Commands

🗂️ Data Storage / Files

Server-wide config

Per-world data

Logs

✅ Commands (Quick Index)

🧪 Notes / Compatibility

🧷 4) Click‑to‑Reply System (`/ans`) + Chat Logs