Server Settings
The 'Server' settings menu contains settings directly involved with chat handling configuration for the current server (or singleplayer). The server settings are configured on a server-by-server basis, meaning TabbyChat maintains separate server settings files for each server.
The server settings are saved in a file called 'server.cfg' located in a separate folder for each server. These folders can be found in .minecraft/config/tabbychat. These folders are named after the server hostname or IP, which is displayed in the multiplayer selection screen in dark gray on the bottom line for each server. In cases where a port number is specified, the use of the colon character is avoided (as it can cause issues in some operating systems), and the port number is instead surrounded by parenthesis.
When this setting is on, TabbyChat will attempt to discover existing chat channels by assuming a particular message format, partially configured by the delimiter settings in this menu. When a new chat channel is discovered, a new tab is created for that channel, and matching messages will be displayed there.
When this setting is off, TabbyChat will no longer create new tabs unless explicitly told to. TabbyChat will continue to scan incoming messages according to the delimiter settings for specified chat channels, but only to direct chat to currently-existing tabs; newly-discovered chat channels will be ignored.
TabbyChat can also attempt to catch private messages by checking for messages that follow these formats:
- [OtherPlayer -> me] and [me -> OtherPlayer]
- From OtherPlayer: and To OtherPlayer:
- OtherPlayer whispers to you and You whisper to OtherPlayer
- [OtherPlayer->MyName] and [MyName->OtherPlayer]
Should a private message be discovered, a new tab will be created with the other player's name, and that tab will have a pre-defined chat command prefix of "/msg OtherPlayer ".
See the Chat-channel Delimiters page for more info
This field should contain a comma-separated list of chat channel names for which you want tabs to be created immediately (either on applying the settings or server-connect), prior to receiving any messages for those channels. This would primarily be used for one of two purposes:
- Help control the display order of tabs (this can now be done in the chat channel settings)
- Create tabs to catch chat for new channels when Auto-search is off
Similarly to Default channels, this should contain a list of comma-separated channel names. This functionality is primarily used when Auto-search is on. Channels listed here will be ignored if the Auto-search discovers them as a new channel (Note: in many cases, these aren't actually channels, but instead broadcasts, announcements, etc.)