BL Improved Private Messages
A modern, Discord-style private messaging interface for Minecraft multiplayer — fully client-side, no server plugin required.
💬 What Is This?
Tired of squinting at /msg PlayerName hello buried in your chat box? BL Improved Private Messages transforms Minecraft's clunky whisper system into a clean, app-like messaging experience. Open a dedicated DM window, browse your conversations, and send messages — all without typing a single command. Under the hood, the mod still uses vanilla /msg, so it works on virtually any server.
✨ Features
- Discord-style UI — Conversations displayed with player avatars, sender names, timestamps, and proper message grouping, just like a real messaging app
- 3-Tab Sidebar — Instantly filter contacts by Online, Friends, and Offline
- Player Head Avatars — Real skin textures pulled from the server tab-list or Mojang, with a fallback initial for unloaded skins
- Online/Offline Indicators — A green or grey dot on every avatar so you always know who's around
- Star System — Star any contact to pin them to the top of their tab
- Friend List — Client-side friend tagging with a ♥ indicator; friends get their own dedicated tab
- Right-Click Context Menu — Star, friend, or delete any conversation with a right-click
- Unread Badges — Red notification dots on conversations and per-tab counts so nothing slips through
- Message History — Up to 500 messages per conversation saved locally and persisted across sessions
- Per-Server Storage — Conversations, friends, and settings are fully isolated per server address
- Word Wrap — Long messages wrap cleanly at word boundaries; hard-breaks only when no space is available
- Enter to Send — Hit Enter in the message box to send instantly
- Mouse Wheel Scrolling — Smooth scroll through message history
- Search — Filter your conversation list in real time
🕹️ How To Use
- Join any multiplayer server
- Press M to open the Messages screen (rebindable in Controls)
- Click + New Chat, type a player name, and press Go or Enter
- Type your message and hit Send or Enter
- Incoming whispers are automatically captured and appear in the correct conversation
Note: The player must be online when starting a new conversation. Messages you receive while the GUI is closed are still captured and show up with an unread badge when you open it.
⚙️ Technical Details
- 100% client-side — No server plugin, mod, or configuration needed on the server
- Works on cracked and online-mode servers alike
- Uses Fabric's
ClientReceiveMessageEventsAPI to intercept whispers — no brittle mixins on chat internals - Whispers are detected by pattern matching against common server whisper formats (vanilla, Essentials, CMI, etc.)
- Message data stored as JSON under
.minecraft/blipm/<server_address>/ - Skin textures fetched from the live tab-list first (instant), then from Mojang asynchronously as a fallback
🗺️ Roadmap
- Notification sound on incoming whisper
- Support for more MC versions
Made by BattryLeaf — because vanilla chat deserved better.
Credits <3
- BattryLeaf [me, Mod Developer]
- Humanthecub [Play Testers]
- PTATA_77 [Play Testers]
- New_Shard [Play Testers]
- Claude.ai [help with code and description]
