Minechat is minecraft client for chatting without GUI
- It is a TTY/console/terminal app written with
blessed
(like ncurses) usingmineflayer
- Sends notifications via
node-notifier
- Uses
mineflayer-pathfinder
to go from hub server to normal world portal - Uses
prismarine-viewer
to enable viewer at any time (with right click to move) - Uses
mineflayer-web-inventory
to serve inventory preview at any time
Requires NodeJS 16
npm i
cp .env.example .env
Fill .env
Arguments override .env
./minechat [<host>:<port>] [<name>] [<password>]
You can navigate around control buttons via arrows (Ctrl+Up
for input to support command history navigation)
ESC
to unfocus input
Ctrl+t
to toggle sidebar
Shift+PageUp
, Shift+PageDown
to scroll by page
Mousewheel in messages box to scroll by 3 lines
Alt+Left
, Alt+Right
, Ctrl+Left
, Ctrl+Right
to switch between tabs (or using mouse)
Also mouse is usable even in TTY (with GPM (General Purpose Mouse))
Portal
is used to go to configured start pointView
starts Prismarine Viewer on specified port[]
serves Web inventory<
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used to rotate camera (look)- next
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used to move (toggles state) []
shows popup with inventory?
shows popup with game infoe
prints names and coords of entities aroundStart
,Stop
to connect, disconnect to/from server onlyExit
to close app- Input is to write to chat (
Up
,Down
keys for history,Tab
for completion)
In top bar showed on left side:
- Nickname
x y z (yaw pitch)
(coords + horizontal and vertical view angles respectively)- current world
- Health (red)
- Food + Saturation (yellow)
- Oxygen Level (blue)
- Experience level (percent of level) / total exp points (green)
_
if standing on ground|
otherwiseR
if rainyS
if sunnyO
shows current moon state- Sometimes:
~
- in water,=
- in lava,#
in web
On right side:
- Ping
- Realistic time (day from 6:00 to 18:00). White when day, dark on night
Sidebar shows current online and collapsibale via >>
Chat streams splitted into tabs to separate players chat from system info
To the right of tab title located status bar that shows game info (e.g. 1/2 players sleeping
)
- If modal opened when input focused inserted input doubled