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How to Install Interactive Chat on Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to install and use Interactive Chat plugin on your Minecraft server, allow players to show their inventories, items and enderchest to chat.

What is InteractiveChat

InteractiveChat is a Minecraft plugin that allows players to interact with chat messages using clickable and hoverable features of text. It improves communication among players by adding interactive elements like items preview, commands and custom messages in chat.

How to Install

To install this plugin, you first need to open your Minecraft server's web panel.

  • Locate 'Plugins' section in the sidebar and click on it.
  • Locate Searchbar and search "Interactive Chat".
  • Click Install button of the Interactive Chat plugin, in the first row.
interchat-search.webp
  • Select the correct version to install.
  • Click Install button again.

This will install the plugin in your server.

Verify Installation

To verify the installation, navigate to the Files section of your panel, open the 'plugins' folder, and check for the corresponding .jar file. If the file is present, the plugin is successfully installed.

How to Use

To use Interactive Chat in-game, you will have to write following elements in chat, each one have their own unique functionality:

  • Type following in chat to show off the item in your hand
[item]
  • Type following in chat to show off your inventory
[inv]
  • Type following in chat to show your ender chest
[ender]

Each of them can be toggled in the config as well as changing their keyword.

Required Plugins

Following are the required plugins for InteractiveChat to work properly:

  • PlaceHolderAPI
  • Vault

Note

Please keep the following in mind before proceeding:

  • After installing the plugin, you must restart your Minecraft server to activate it.

This guide for InteractiveChat not InteractiveChat Reloaded!

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