ServerEssentialsForge (SEF)

The all-in-one server management & chat mod for Forge 1.20.1

Stop installing 10 different mods just to run a proper server. ServerEssentialsForge gives you everything you need in a single, lightweight, fully configurable package — chat formatting, moderation tools, vanish, announcements, and more.

✨ Features at a Glance

💬 Chat System

• Custom chat formatting with & color codes, hex colors (&#RRGGBB), and Markdown (**bold**, *italic*, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">underline</span>, ~~strikethrough~~)
• LuckPerms integration — automatically pulls prefixes, suffixes, and group data into chat and tab list
• FTB Essentials integration — nickname support out of the box
• Click-to-reply — click any chat message to reply inline, with a clean threaded reply header showing the replier's name and rank
• Chat logging — all messages logged to logs/chat/ for moderation review
• Word filter — configurable find-and-replace rules with case sensitivity options

📩 Private Messaging

• /msg, /r, /tell, /w, /pm — all the aliases you expect
• Toggle mode — /msg <player> locks your chat to a private conversation until you exit
• Sound notifications — recipients hear a sound on new messages
• Discord-safe — private/admin messages are automatically hidden from Discord relay (SDLink compatible)

🛡️ Moderation Toolkit

👻 Vanish System (Built-in)

• /v or /vanish — toggle vanish mode
• Full vanish with fake join/leave messages
• Hidden from tab list, entity selectors, and collision
• Prevents mob targeting, minecart collisions, and projectile hits while vanished
• Integrated with SDLink (Discord) — vanished players don't appear online
• Compatible with playtime tracking mods — vanished players don't accumulate playtime
• Server status player count adjusts to exclude vanished players
• Mixins ensure complete invisibility at the packet level

👁️ Inventory Viewer (/invsee)

• View and edit any player's full inventory in real time
• Separated sections with glass panes: main inventory, armor, offhand, Curios slots
• Replaces FTB Essentials' /invsee when detected (with full Curios support)
• Everything fits in a double-chest GUI with clickable page arrows if needed

📢 Announcement System

• Text announcements — scheduled, repeating, with <br> line breaks and color codes
• Command announcements — schedule any command to run on an interval (e.g., save-all every 30 min)
• Title announcements — send big on-screen titles to players
• One-time announcements — instant broadcast without scheduling
• Player toggles — players can /toggle off announcements they don't want to see
• Composite intervals like 1H30M15S — no more "everything fires at once"

🗒️ Operator Tools

• Op Bulletin Board (/opbulletin) — paginated sticky notes for your staff
• HelpOp (/helpop) — players request help, ops get clickable reply buttons. Never leaks operator count or vanished status.
• Admin Chat (/ac) — private staff channel, completely hidden from Discord
• MOTD Manager — create, preview, and hot-swap server list MOTDs with color codes

📋 Tab List

• Custom header & footer with placeholders ({server_ip}, {online}, {max})
• Automatic prefix/suffix display from LuckPerms
• Nickname display support

🔧 Fully Configurable — Nothing Hardcoded

Every single message, format string, interval, toggle, and sound in this mod is configurable through the generated config files. No recompiling, no guessing — just edit the TOML/JSON and /sef reload.

Every feature can be individually enabled or disabled. Don't need announcements? Turn them off. Don't want the warn system? One toggle. Your config, your rules.

🔗 Optional Integrations

All integrations are optional — SEF detects what's installed and adapts automatically. Works perfectly standalone.

🎮 Singleplayer & LAN Compatible

Unlike most "server" mods, SEF works in singleplayer worlds and Open-to-LAN sessions too. Use the chat formatting, color codes, and QoL features even when playing alone or with friends.

📦 Installation

1. Drop the JAR into your mods/ folder (Forge 1.20.1)
2. Start the server/world — config files generate automatically
3. Customize to your liking
4. /sef reload to apply changes without restart

No dependencies required. LuckPerms, FTB Essentials, and Curios are optional enhancements.

🛡️ Permissions

50+ granular permission nodes (sef.*) — fully compatible with LuckPerms. Every command and feature has its own permission node so you can fine-tune access for every rank on your server.

📝 Links

• Documentation: Full command reference and config guide included in the mod's GitHub
• Issues & Feature Requests: GitHub Issues

Minecraft 1.20.1 | Forge | Server-side (with singleplayer QoL)

Made by EnVy — © 2022-2026

💬 Better Forge Chat Reborn Reworked (BFCRR) — Plugin‑Like Server Management for Forge

A server-side Forge mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 that brings a plugin-style chat + staff toolkit to your Forge server — without running hybrid servers (no Bukkit/Magma/Arclight/dual-stack required).

✅ Forge: 1.20.1 (Forge)
✅ Mod Version: 1.0 ✅ Mod ID: bfcrrmod
✅ Main Command: /bfcrr

⭐ Why BFCRR? (The pitch)

If you want the utility and admin power of plugins — announcements, filters, staff chat, help request pipelines, item enforcement, MOTD tools — but you run a Forge server and don’t want to deal with hybrid server stacks… this is for you.

BFCRR is a fully configurable server utility suite centered around chat, identity, moderation and staff workflow:

• 🎨 Full chat formatting pipeline: timestamps, player name formatting, configurable message formats
• 🌈 HEX colors + gradients support (permission controlled) for modern looking chat
• 🧩 LuckPerms prefixes/suffixes + FTB Essentials nicknames integration (optional)
• 💌 Private messaging with /msg + /r + toggle private chat mode
• 🧷 Click-to-reply to any message with /ans + chat logging
• 📣 Announcements engine: text announcements, command announcements, and title announcements
• 🧼 Word filter: replace or remove words/phrases
• 🧑‍⚖️ HelpOp (player → staff) + 🔐 Admin Chat (private staff channel)
• 📌 Op Bulletin (operator notes board)
• 🚫 Banned Items enforcement (auto scanning/removal + block placement prevention)
• 🧾 MOTD system (edit/activate/preview/apply from in-game)

🌈 HEX Colors (Emphasis: YES)

BFCRR supports:

• 🎨 Classic & color codes
• ✨ HEX colors via &#RRGGBB (example: &#FF5500Hello World)
• 🌈 Gradients (when enabled via permissions)

🔐 Permission‑based control (server friendly)

You can control who can use:

• Basic colors: bfcrrmod.chat.colors
• Styles: bfcrrmod.chat.styles
• Markdown styling: bfcrrmod.chat.styles.md
• ✨ HEX + gradients: bfcrrmod.chat.colors.hex
• Individual & colors: bfcrrmod.chat.colors.0-f

This means you can give:

• ✅ Regular players: limited colors
• ✅ Donors: more colors + styles
• ✅ Staff: full HEX/gradient privileges

🧩 Optional Integrations

These are optional. BFCRR works without them, but becomes even stronger with them.

🏷️ LuckPerms

• Prefixes/suffixes shown in chat + (optional) tab list
• Plays perfectly with permission-based formatting policies

🧑‍🎤 FTB Essentials

• Nickname integration support

⚙️ Configuration (quick but useful)

Main config: config/bfcrrmod-common.toml

🧱 Core formatting keys

• playerNameFormat (default: $prefix$name$suffix)
• chatMessageFormat (default: $time | $name: $msg)
• chatMessageColor
• timestampFormat
• metaJoinSeparator

🧩 Module toggles (turn systems on/off)

• enableAnnouncements
• enableFilterSystem
• enableMessagingSystem
• enableChatReplies + replySummaryLength
• enableHelpOp
• enableAdminChat
• enableBannedItems
• enableMotdSystem + applyMotdOnStartup

🧠 Systems & Utilities (Detailed)

🎨 1) Chat Formatting + Timestamps + Markdown

Make chat look professional and consistent.

✅ Features:

• 🕒 Timestamps (enableTimestamp, timestampFormat)
• 🎨 Color/style formatting (& codes)
• ✍️ Markdown formatting (markdownEnabled)
• 🧩 Placeholders everywhere

Message example format (default idea):

• "$time | $name: $msg"

🧍 2) Identity: Prefix/Suffix + Nicknames + Tab List

BFCRR builds a “player identity layer” (like plugins do):

• 🏷️ Prefixes/suffixes (LuckPerms metadata)
• 🧑‍🎤 Nicknames (FTB Essentials, or integrated nicknames if enabled)
• 📋 Tab list metadata + nicknames (config toggles)

💌 3) Private Messaging System (Plugin‑style DMs)

Commands

• /msg <player> <message> (aliases: /m, /tell, /w, /pm)
• /r <message>

🔁 Toggle DM Mode (super useful for staff & trading)

• /msg <player> → all your chat goes ONLY to that player
• /msg or /r (no args) → exit DM mode, back to public chat

✅ Extras:

• 🖱️ Click messages to quick-reply
• 🧲 Hover text configurable (clickToMessageHover)
• 🔊 Sound notification (enableMsgSound)

🧷 4) Click‑to‑Reply System (/ans) + Chat Logs

A plugin-like “reply to that exact message” workflow.

Command

• /ans <messageId> <message>

How it works

1. Chat lines (and announcements) become clickable
2. Hover shows “click to reply” (configurable: clickToReplyHover)
3. Clicking auto-fills /ans <id> for you
4. Type reply and send

🗃️ Logging

• Saved to: logs/chat/chat_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss.log
• Great for moderation and context tracking

🔔 Sound notifications

• Reply sound toggle: enableReplySound
• Permission for notification: bfcrrmod.ans.notify

📣 5) Announcement Engine (Text + Commands + Titles)

This is a full “plugin announcements” system inside Forge.

⏱️ Scheduling highlights

• Uses server clock scheduling
• Supports 1S, 30M, 1H, and combos like 1H30M15S
• Minimum interval: 1S
• Offset behavior helps reduce synchronized spam bursts

📝 Text Announcements

• /textannouncement add <id> <interval> <toggle|notoggle> "<message>" <target>
  • Fires immediately, then repeats
  • /textannouncement ontime "<message>" [target]
  • /textannouncement modify <id> <interval> <toggle|notoggle> "<message>" <target>
  • /textannouncement remove <id>
  • /textannouncement list [page]

✅ Multi-line support with <br>

⚙️ Command Announcements

• /commandannouncement add <id> <interval> <command>
• /commandannouncement remove <id>
• /commandannouncement list [page]

🏷️ Title Announcements

• /titleannouncement <targets> "<title>" ["<subtitle>"]

👤 Player preferences

• /toggle to list toggleable announcements
• /toggle <id> to enable/disable per-player

Permission controls:

• Manage announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.manage
• Toggle announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.toggle
• Bypass toggles: bfcrrmod.announcements.bypass
• Use title announcements: bfcrrmod.announcements.title

🧼 6) Word Filter System (replace/remove phrases)

Server-side filtering for moderation and quality control.

Commands

• /bfcrr filter add <id> <yes|no> "<word>" [replacement]
• /bfcrr filter remove <id>
• /bfcrr filter list [page]

✅ Use it for:

• profanity filters
• anti-spam phrases
• auto-replacements

Permissions:

• Manage: bfcrrmod.filter.manage
• Bypass: bfcrrmod.filter.bypass

🧑‍⚖️ 7) HelpOp (Player → Staff pipeline)

A clean “request help” workflow like you’d expect from plugins.

Commands

• /helpop <message>
• /helpopop <player> <message> (anonymous staff reply)

✅ Features:

• Click-to-reply for staff
• 🔊 configurable sounds (enableHelpOpSound)
• Staff recipients: OP Level 2+ or bfcrrmod.helpop.receive

🔐 8) Admin Chat (Private Staff Channel)

A private channel that stays private.

Commands

• /chat admin (toggle)
• /ac <message> (send once)

✅ Features:

• Keeps staff coordination out of public chat
• Designed to prevent “message leaking” behavior (especially important with Discord relays)

Permissions:

• Use: bfcrrmod.adminchat.use
• See: bfcrrmod.adminchat.see

📌 9) Op Bulletin (Operator Notes Board)

A lightweight in-game staff bulletin board.

Commands

• /opbulletin [page]
• /opbulletin add <text>
• /opbulletin remove <id>

✅ Features:

• Pagination (5 items per page)
• Click navigation + click to remove
• Formatting support

🚫 10) Banned Items System (auto-enforced item rules)

This is a server utility system that behaves like a plugin ban-list, but inside Forge.

Commands

• /banned [page] (everyone can view)
• /banned add <description> (ban held item)
• /banned remove <item_id>
• /banned clear
• /banned scan
• /banned scantime [set <ticks>]
• /banned scantimeblocks [set <ticks>]

✅ Enforcement:

• Scans player inventories at intervals
• Scans containers + cursor items
• Scans armor/offhand slots
• Scans Curios slots if installed
• Prevents placing banned blocks
• Optional placed-block scanning + removal:
  • enableBannedBlockScanning
  • bannedBlockScanRadius
  • bannedBlockScanInterval

🧾 11) MOTD System (Server List MOTD management)

Edit and manage server MOTDs directly in-game (plugin-style workflow).

Commands

• /bfcrr motd list [page]
• /bfcrr motd add <text>
• /bfcrr motd set <index> <text>
• /bfcrr motd remove <index>
• /bfcrr motd activate <index>
• /bfcrr motd apply
• /bfcrr motd preview <index>
• /bfcrr motd clear

✅ Supports:

• & color codes
• <br> line breaks
• Auto-apply on startup: applyMotdOnStartup

🗂️ Data Storage / Files

Server-wide config

config/bfcrr/

• common.toml
• motd.json

Per-world data

<world>/serverconfig/bfcrr/

• announcements.json
• announcement_prefs.json
• filters.json
• banned_items.json
• banned_config.json
• bulletin.json

Logs

logs/chat/

• chat_<timestamp>.log

✅ Commands (Quick Index)

• /bfcrr info|colors|test|reload
• /colors
• /msg, /r, /ans
• /helpop, /helpopop
• /chat admin, /ac
• /opbulletin
• /banned ...
• /bfcrr motd ...
• /textannouncement ...
• /commandannouncement ...
• /titleannouncement ...
• /toggle
• /bfcrr filter ...

🧪 Notes / Compatibility

• ✅ Built for Forge servers (works on client too, but features are server-focused)
• ⚠️ Other chat-overhaul mods may conflict (common for chat pipeline mods)
• ✅ Avoids hybrid server complexity: Forge utilities without Bukkit/Spigot stacks

© 2022-2026 EnVy