From 1ca6899f942f8a03711f9337dd219827ec64b472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxence Simon <32517160+Maxlego08@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:33:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add configurable local and global chat handling

---
 .../essentials/module/modules/chat/ChatModule.java   | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/main/resources/modules/chat/config.yml           |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/maxlego08/essentials/module/modules/chat/ChatModule.java b/src/main/java/fr/maxlego08/essentials/module/modules/chat/ChatModule.java
index 5288005c..fb1c54d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/maxlego08/essentials/module/modules/chat/ChatModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/maxlego08/essentials/module/modules/chat/ChatModule.java
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public class ChatModule extends ZModule {
     private String playerPingColorOther;
     private float playerPingSoundVolume;
     private float playerPingSoundPitch;
+    private boolean enableLocalChat;
+    private double localChatDistance;
 
 
     public ChatModule(ZEssentialsPlugin plugin) {
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@ public void onTalk(AsyncChatEvent event) {
         }
 
         String message = PlainTextComponentSerializer.plainText().serialize(event.originalMessage());
+        boolean isGlobalChat = false;
+
+        if (this.enableLocalChat && message.startsWith("!")) {
+            isGlobalChat = true;
+            message = message.substring(1).stripLeading();
+        }
         final String minecraftMessage = message;
 
         Optional<CustomRules> optional = this.customRules.stream().filter(rule -> rule.match(player, minecraftMessage)).findFirst();
@@ -206,6 +214,10 @@ public void onTalk(AsyncChatEvent event) {
         }
 
         String finalMessage = message;
+        double maxDistanceSquared = this.localChatDistance * this.localChatDistance;
+        if (this.enableLocalChat && !isGlobalChat) {
+            event.viewers().removeIf(viewer -> viewer instanceof Player playerViewer && (!playerViewer.getWorld().equals(player.getWorld()) || playerViewer.getLocation().distanceSquared(player.getLocation()) > maxDistanceSquared));
+        }
         event.renderer((source, sourceDisplayName, ignoredMessage, viewer) -> {
 
             String localMessage = finalMessage;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/modules/chat/config.yml b/src/main/resources/modules/chat/config.yml
index aefe3ad7..4f7874a3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/modules/chat/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/modules/chat/config.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ enable-chat-dynamic-cooldown: true
 # Check player tries to put the same message multiple times
 enable-same-message-cancel: true
 
+# Enables local chat where messages are only visible to nearby players unless prefixed with '!'
+enable-local-chat: false
+
+# Maximum distance in blocks for local chat messages
+local-chat-distance: 100
+
 # Apply a format to the chat, disabled on if you want another plugin to handle this
 enable-chat-format: true