Better Join Messages

How it works

With this server side mod, you can customize all of your Minecraft server's join and leave messages.

It supports

Minecraft colour codes (e.g. &l for bold, &e for yellow)
in-game customization using commands or server-side configuration using the betterjoinmessages.json file
global and local broadcasting in a configurable distance
on and off turnable and customizable first-time join messages, greet new players and tell everyone else with a special message the first time they join, then switch to your regular join message afterward

The config file is located at config/betterjoinmessages.json (fabric).

Option	Description	Default
`joinMessage`	Custom message sent when players join	`&e{player} joined the game`
`leaveMessage`	Custom message sent when players leave	`&e{player} left the game`
`firstJoinMessage`	Custom message sent when a player joins the server for the first time	`§a{player} joined the game for the first time!"`
`firstJoinEnabled`	Enables or disables the first-time-join message	`true`
`sendGlobal`	Determines whether the messages should be visible global	`true`
`distance`	Only players within this range can see the messages if `sendGlobal` is set to `false`	`50.0`

Use {player} for the player name and all & codes for colours.

This video shows what the in-game configuration and the custom messages look like.

This mod works perfectly well with my other mod, which adds local and global chat, go check it out!

- create a paper version

- ~~create other versions, e.g. 1.21.11~~

- ~~expand config, e.g. ability to turn off first time join messages~~