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FiveM-style HUD & chat mod for Minecraft. Replaces vanilla chat with styled, icon-tagged message channels built for roleplay servers!

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Apache License 2.0
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bettermchats-fabric-B1.1.7.jar
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🎭 Roleplay Chats Forge Mod

FiveM-style chat channels and HUD overlay for Minecraft

A server-side mod (with a required client component) that replaces Minecraft's default chat with a sleek, GTA/FiveM-inspired HUD. Messages appear as styled, icon-tagged boxes that slide in and fade out — perfect for roleplay servers.

✨ Features

- Custom chat overlay — replaces the vanilla chat with a styled HUD overlay (colored boxes, icons, labels)
- 10+ chat channels — each with its own icon, color, and label
- Staff-only channels — `staff` and `system` are restricted to operators (permission level 2)
- Smooth animations — messages slide in and fade out after a configurable duration
- Scrollable chat history — open chat and scroll through up to 500 past messages
- Server-configurable HUD — the server can push HUD layout settings directly to clients via packets
- System message interception — server system messages are automatically styled and shown through the HUD

💻 Installation

1. Download the `.jar` file from the releases page.
2. Place it in the `mods/` folder of both your server and client.
3. Start the server — the mod registers its config and network channel automatically.

📟 Chat Channels

These commands are available to send styled messages through the HUD. Most are open to all players; staff and system require permission level 2.

Command Label Permission
/staff STAFF OP (lvl 2)
/system SYSTEM OP (lvl 2)
/police POLICE All
/ems EMS All
/gov GOV All
/twt TWITTER All
/ad ADVERTISEMENT All
/announce ANNOUNCE All
/ooc OOC All
/robbery ROBBERY All
/anon ANONONYMOUS All
/event EVENT All
/me [message above the head]

All
/clear chats It’s deleting the messages

OP (lvl 2)

> Note: For /twt and /ooc, the sender's name is automatically prepended to the message and displayed as CHANNEL | Username | message.

> You can use /cleat chats all/group/player in order to organize your chats easier!

🔧 Raw HUD Command

/hud

Sends a raw markup string directly to all players. Requires permission level 0 (any player), but is mainly intended for admin/plugin use. See the [Markup Format](#markup-format) section below.

🔨 Markup Format

The HUD uses a simple tag-based markup parsed from a raw string. Tags appear at the start of the message in square brackets.

[emoji=][label=][box][color=#RRGGBB] Your message here

Tags

Tag Description
[emoji=] Icon to display. Keys: staff, police, gov, twitter, system, announce, ooc, robbery, anon
[label=] Channel label shown before the message (e.g. POLICE)
[box] Draws a colored background box behind the message
[color=#RRGGBB] Background box color. Accepts hex (#2E6BFF) or named colors
[bg=#RRGGBB] Alias for [color=…]

Named Colors

`blue`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `purple`, `gray`, `black`, `white`, `twitter`

Example

[emoji=police][label=POLICE][box][color=#2E6BFF] Officer down at central bank!

📚 HUD Layout & Configuration

The server can push HUD display settings to clients at any time using the `HudConfigPacket` network packet. The following values are configurable:

Field Default Description
offsetX 8 Horizontal offset from the anchor edge (px)
offsetY 8 Vertical offset from the anchor edge (px)
width 240 Width of the HUD panel (120–260 px)
lineHeight 18 Height of each text line (12–40 px)
gap 4 Gap between messages (0–30 px)
maxEntries 8 Max messages visible at once (1–20)
lifeMs 9000 How long a message stays fully visible (ms)
fadeMs 1200 Fade-out duration after lifeMs expires (ms)
showIcon true Whether to show channel icons
iconSize 14 Icon size in pixels (8–32)
 

The HUD is anchored to the top-left by default. Messages grow downward when chat is closed, and are displayed above the chat input bar when chat is open. A slide-in animation plays for each new message.

📩 Chat History

When the chat screen is open, you can scroll through the last 500 messages:

Key Action
Scroll wheel     Scroll ±2 entries
Page Up Scroll +10 entries
Page Down Scroll −10 entries
Home Jump to oldest
End Jump to newest
 

🏆 Authors

- m4r1os — original concept & development
- MNV — development
- SaralisDev — development & design

📃 License

All Rights Reserved. Do not redistribute without permission.

FiveM-style chat channels and HUD overlay for Minecraft

A server-side mod (with a required client component) that replaces Minecraft's default chat with a sleek, GTA/FiveM-inspired HUD. Messages appear as styled, icon-tagged boxes that slide in and fade out — perfect for roleplay servers.

Features

  • Custom chat overlay — replaces the vanilla chat with a styled HUD overlay (colored boxes, icons, labels)
  • 10 chat channels — each with its own icon, color, and label
  • Staff-only channels — staff and system are restricted to operators (permission level 2)
  • Smooth animations — messages slide in and fade out after a configurable duration
  • Scrollable chat history — open chat and scroll through up to 500 past messages
  • Server-configurable HUD — the server can push HUD layout settings directly to clients via packets
  • System message interception — server system messages are automatically styled and shown through the HUD

⚠️ Both the server and client must have this mod installed.

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  • All Chats #1
    All Chats #1
  • All Chats #2
    All Chats #2
  • Message through /me command
    Message through /me command
  • Roleplay Chats screenshot
  • /me function
    /me function

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