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BL Improved Private Messages

BL Improved Private Messages

A modern Discord-style private messaging GUI for Minecraft multiplayer. Intercepts whispers and organizes them into conversations with player avatars, tabs, friend lists, unread badges, and persistent per-server history — fully client-side, no plugins need

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Minecraft: Java Edition

1.21.x

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Supported environments

Client-side

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Licensed MIT
Published last week

BL Improved Private Messages

A modern, Discord-style private messaging interface for Minecraft multiplayer — fully client-side, no server plugin required.

💬 What Is This?

Tired of squinting at /msg PlayerName hello buried in your chat box? BL Improved Private Messages transforms Minecraft's clunky whisper system into a clean, app-like messaging experience. Open a dedicated DM window, browse your conversations, and send messages — all without typing a single command. Under the hood, the mod still uses vanilla /msg, so it works on virtually any server.

✨ Features

  • Discord-style UI — Conversations displayed with player avatars, sender names, timestamps, and proper message grouping, just like a real messaging app
  • 3-Tab Sidebar — Instantly filter contacts by Online, Friends, and Offline
  • Player Head Avatars — Real skin textures pulled from the server tab-list or Mojang, with a fallback initial for unloaded skins
  • Online/Offline Indicators — A green or grey dot on every avatar so you always know who's around
  • Star System — Star any contact to pin them to the top of their tab
  • Friend List — Client-side friend tagging with a ♥ indicator; friends get their own dedicated tab
  • Right-Click Context Menu — Star, friend, or delete any conversation with a right-click
  • Unread Badges — Red notification dots on conversations and per-tab counts so nothing slips through
  • Message History — Up to 500 messages per conversation saved locally and persisted across sessions
  • Per-Server Storage — Conversations, friends, and settings are fully isolated per server address
  • Word Wrap — Long messages wrap cleanly at word boundaries; hard-breaks only when no space is available
  • Enter to Send — Hit Enter in the message box to send instantly
  • Mouse Wheel Scrolling — Smooth scroll through message history
  • Search — Filter your conversation list in real time

🕹️ How To Use

  1. Join any multiplayer server
  2. Press M to open the Messages screen (rebindable in Controls)
  3. Click + New Chat, type a player name, and press Go or Enter
  4. Type your message and hit Send or Enter
  5. Incoming whispers are automatically captured and appear in the correct conversation

Note: The player must be online when starting a new conversation. Messages you receive while the GUI is closed are still captured and show up with an unread badge when you open it.

⚙️ Technical Details

  • 100% client-side — No server plugin, mod, or configuration needed on the server
  • Works on cracked and online-mode servers alike
  • Uses Fabric's ClientReceiveMessageEvents API to intercept whispers — no brittle mixins on chat internals
  • Whispers are detected by pattern matching against common server whisper formats (vanilla, Essentials, CMI, etc.)
  • Message data stored as JSON under .minecraft/blipm/<server_address>/
  • Skin textures fetched from the live tab-list first (instant), then from Mojang asynchronously as a fallback

🗺️ Roadmap

  • [ ] Notification sound on incoming whisper
  • [ ] Support for more MC versions

Made by BattryLeaf — because vanilla chat deserved better.

Credits <3

  • BattryLeaf [me, Mod Developer]
  • Humanthecub [Play Testers]
  • PTATA_77 [Play Testers]
  • New_Shard [Play Testers]
  • Claude.ai [help with code and description]