Chat
When surfaces.chat is enabled (default), dNicks renders each chat line itself using a Paper chat renderer, so the gradient nick shows in chat.
Format
Section titled “Format”Controlled by formats.chat in config.yml:
formats: chat: "%name%<dark_gray>:</dark_gray> %message%"| Token | Becomes |
|---|---|
%name% |
the player’s rendered nick (gradient/colors intact) |
%message% |
the chat message body |
%player% |
the real username |
Everything else in the string is plain MiniMessage, so you can add group tags, brackets, etc.
Beating other chat plugins
Section titled “Beating other chat plugins”dNicks installs its renderer at EventPriority.HIGHEST so it wins over plugins that also format chat — notably EssentialsX, whose core ships chat formatting. No EssentialsX change is required for chat to work.
If you’d rather another plugin own chat formatting, set surfaces.chat: false and have that plugin read the nick from %dnicks_name% (needs PlaceholderAPI). See Integrations.
- The renderer only reads the cached nick (it runs off the main thread), so it’s safe and fast.
- The nick is the same for every viewer, so everyone sees the same gradient.