MKT Essentials
A server-side utility mod providing many essentials tools for neoforge 1.21.1
Список изменений
A large chat, cosmetics and integration release. MKT Essentials is now fully self-sufficient: the tab list, nametags, MOTD and placeholders all work with no companion mods, while optional hooks light up when other mods are present. Chat gains rich formatting, interactive elements and a Discord bridge.
Chat & Formatting
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Nicknames (
/nick) — set a display nickname that now shows everywhere: in chat, in the tab list, and above the player's head (the skin is preserved). Staff withmktessentials.nick.seesee the real name on chat hover. Config:chat.yml → nickname. -
Markdown-style formatting — write
*italic*,**bold**,__underline__,~~strikethrough~~and??matrix??(obfuscated) directly in chat. Works in chat and on anvil/book/sign text. Config:chat.yml → markdown. -
Inline objects —
[item]inserts the item you're holding, with its full tooltip on hover;<head>inserts your player head. Config:chat.yml → objects. -
Interactive replacements — URLs become clickable links,
:emoji:shortcodes expand, and||spoiler||renders as hover-to-reveal blocks. Config:chat.yml → replacement. -
Mentions — type
@playerto highlight and ping them (with a sound). Recipients can opt out with/mentions. Config:chat.yml → mention. -
Per-player chat colour (
/chatcolor) — pick a personal base colour for your messages. Config:chat.yml → chatcolor. -
Chat settings GUI (
/chatsetting) — a clickable menu to toggle your personal chat options (mentions, etc.), plus an ignore-list menu. -
Local / per-world chat — messages reach only nearby players (configurable radius) or the current world, with a global prefix to broadcast server-wide. Config:
chat.yml → chat-local. -
Question highlighting — messages ending in a question are visually emphasised. Config:
chat.yml → questionanswer. -
Anonymous chat (
/anon) and stream announcements (/stream) — send a message without your name attached, or announce a stream with a clickable link. Config:chat.yml → anon,stream. -
Symbols (
/symbol) — insert glyphs/special characters into chat. -
Coloured anvil, book and sign text — legacy
&codes, MiniMessage and markdown now apply to renamed items in an anvil, text written in books, and text on signs. Config:chat.yml → objectstogglesanvil-color,book-color,sign-color.
Cosmetics & Display
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Native tab list — configurable header/footer with placeholders and frame animations, plus an optional latency/ping display. Config:
chat.yml → tablist. -
Native above-head nametags — rank prefix/suffix rendered above players via scoreboard teams (nickname-aware). Config:
chat.yml → nametag. -
Below-name scoreboard — show a number or health value beneath player nametags in the world. Config:
chat.yml → belowname. -
Sidebar scoreboard and boss bar — a configurable side panel and a top boss bar, both with placeholders and animation support. Config:
chat.yml → sidebar,bossbar. -
Server brand (F3) — customise the server name shown on the F3 debug screen, with optional rotation between multiple texts. Config:
chat.yml → brand. -
Welcome greeting with skin face — a personalised join greeting (first-join vs returning) that can render the player's actual skin face as pixel art in chat. Uses the player's name so it works in offline mode. Config:
chat.yml → greeting. -
MOTD & favicon override — set the server-list description and icon directly in the mod, with a separate maintenance MOTD. Config:
chat.yml → motd.
New Commands & Features
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Mail (
/mail) — send and read offline mail; unread mail is announced on join. -
Polls (
/poll) — create and vote in server polls. -
Roleplay (
/me,/do) — action/narration messages. -
Maintenance mode (
/maintenance) — put the server in maintenance with its own MOTD; non-exempt players are kept out. -
Right-click player interactions,
/online(formatted online list), and social commands for managing chat relationships. -
Fun commands —
/dice,/coinand similar. -
/geolocate <player>— look up the approximate location of a connected IP (staff tool).
Integrations
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Optional mod hooks (auto-detected, toggles in
integration.yml → mods):- TAB — when installed, the mod's native tab list, nametags and ping display step aside so TAB manages them.
- MiniMOTD — when installed, the mod's MOTD override steps aside.
- SkinsRestorer — the greeting face uses the player's SkinsRestorer skin.
- Plasmo Voice & Simple Voice Chat — a player muted in-game is silently muted in voice chat too.
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2-way Discord chat relay — bridge a Discord channel with in-game chat. In-game messages (and optional join/leave notices) post to Discord — as plain bot messages or, with a webhook, showing each player's name and avatar — while channel messages appear in-game. Anti-
@everyoneprotection and colour-code sanitisation apply in both directions. The bot status shows the live online player count. Config:integration.yml → discord.relay. Requires the KotlinForForge mod and the bot's Message Content Intent.
Moderation
- Shadowban "phantom" full isolation — with
moderation.shadowban-method: phantom, a shadowbanned player joins into an empty world: they see no other players (entities and tab list), no one sees them, they receive no one's chat, no join/leave spam is generated, and — with a voice-chat mod hooked — their microphone is silently dropped. Mobs and items remain visible.
Improvements
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Fully self-sufficient — no companion mod is required. The tab list, nametags and MOTD are native, and MKT placeholders (
%mktessentials:*%) resolve internally; the Text Placeholder API is used only to expose them to other mods when present. -
Configuration reorganised by concern — chat, social and cosmetic settings live in
chat.yml; external mod/service hooks live inintegration.yml. Existing setups are migrated automatically.
Bug Fixes
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/meno longer collides with vanilla — the vanilla/meis removed so the mod's roleplay command handles it correctly. -
/tpsupports selectors and all forms again —@p/@e/@s/@a, player→player, player→coordinates, and coordinate targets all work, mirroring vanilla/teleport. -
/mkt reloadno longer crashes on a type mismatch — a mistyped config value now logs a warning and falls back to the default instead of throwing. -
The Discord bot starts whenever Discord is enabled, independent of the auth system, and fails softly (server still starts) with a clear hint when its Kotlin dependency is missing.
Notes
- Backward compatible: existing configs are migrated, and every new feature ships disabled or with safe defaults.