🚀 NewChat — Aesthetic & Configurable Chat (Paper 1.21)

Drop-in chat plugin. Put the NewChat.jar in plugins/, start the server and use the commands — no build required.

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✨ What it does

• Per-group styles: label/prefix, suffix, custom format.
• Gradients with modes: name, prefix, full.
• Hover text and click actions on player names.
• Player toggle /newchat toggle-me (saved in players.yml).
• Command-first configuration and live previews.
• Locales: English (en) and Portuguese (pt).

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⚡ Quick start

1. Drop NewChat.jar into plugins/.
2. Start/restart Paper.
3. Configure via commands or edit plugins/NewChat/config.yml.
4. Reload: /newchat reload.

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🧭 Main commands

Players see a clickable menu with /newchat.

/newchat                        # show menu
/newchat toggle                 # toggle aesthetic chat (global)
/newchat toggle-me              # toggle for yourself
/newchat format <format...>     # set global format
/newchat gradient               # toggle global gradient
/newchat gradient set <#s> <#e> # set global gradient
/newchat gradient preview       # preview global style
/newchat setgroup <player> <group>

group commands:

/newchat group setlabel <label...> /newchat group setformat <format...> /newchat group setgradient <#s> <#e> /newchat group preview

/newchat colors # list gradient presets + preview /newchat reload # reload config + players

Use placeholders in formats: `<group>`, `<player>`, `<suffix>`, `<message>`.

**Example**

/newchat setgroup Notch vip /newchat group setlabel vip &6[VIP] /newchat group setformat vip " » " /newchat group setgradient vip #FF69B4 #800080 /newchat group preview vip

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## 🗂️ Minimal `config.yml` example

```yaml
lang: "en"

chat:
  enabled: true
  format: "<group><player><suffix>: <message>"
  gradient:
    enabled: true
    start: "#00FFFF"
    end:   "#FF00FF"
    apply: "name"

groups:
  default:
    label: "&7"
    suffix: " "
    format: "<group><player><suffix>: <message>"
  vip:
    label: "&6[VIP] "
    gradient:
      enabled: true
      start: "#FF69B4"
      end: "#800080"
      apply: "name"

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🔐 Permissions

newchat.toggle        (default: op)
newchat.toggle-me     (default: true)
newchat.format        (default: op)
newchat.gradient      (default: op)
newchat.setgroup      (default: op)
newchat.group.edit    (default: op)
newchat.reload        (default: op)

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