ChatControl

1.1.0 - Rebrand to ChatControl

Major Changes

• Rebrand: Project renamed from vChatUtils to ChatControl
• Package Rename: pl.vprolabs.vchatutils → xyz.vprolabs.chatcontrol
• Permission Rename: vchatutils.* → chatcontrol.*
• Main Class: vChatUtils → ChatControl

Removals

• Removed vManager integration completely
• Removed stale pom.xml (legacy Maven build file)

Improvements

• Updated README with new template and improved documentation
• Cleaned up hardcoded log prefixes, config headers, and lang file headers
• Increased default slowmode from 0 to 3 seconds
• General code cleanup and consistency improvements

Changes

• Command: Main command changed from /chat to /chatcontrol
• Alias: Added /cc alias (toggleable via short-alias in config)
• Removed: Old /czat and /vchat aliases
• Platform: Added guaranteed Spigot, Paper, and Purpur support (switched to Spigot API)
• Polish aliases: Now default to false (disabled). Toggle via polish-aliases in config.yml
• Clear chat: /cc clear <player> clears a specific player's chat

New Features

• Chat Formatting: Configurable chat format with {prefix}, {suffix}, {username}, {message} placeholders
• PlaceholderAPI: Full PlaceholderAPI integration for chat format placeholders
• Velocity/Bungeecord: Listed as future support targets
• Version Support: Confirmed compatibility with Paper 1.21.x through 26.1.2
• Allowed Characters: New enable-allowed-characters filter (default: on). Whitelist regex blocks messages with characters outside allowed set — prevents homoglyph/unicode bypass of word filters
• About page: /chatcontrol or /cc with no args shows plugin info (version, author, website, discord) — no permission required

Bug Fixes

• Chat format: Fixed legacy color codes (&) not rendering in chat — LuckPerms prefix/suffix now properly converted to section signs, serializer changed to legacySection()
• Clear chat: Fixed clear sending \n-joined single message (client kept scrollback). Now sends 300 individual empty Component messages per player, pushing old lines out of scrollback