Changelog

All notable changes to Alpha will be documented here. The format follows Keep a Changelog.

[0.0.1] - 2026-03-18

Added

• AlphaPlugin — BepInEx plugin entry point providing shared static state for consuming mods:

  • Static CommandManager (ChatCommandManager) for cross-mod slash command registration.
  • RunOnMainThread(Action) for scheduling Unity main-thread work from background threads.
  • BepInEx config entries: EnableFeature, ShowCommand, CleanChatSinkTags, GlobalMessageLimitCount, LocalMessageLimitCount, ChatLogLocalRange.

• IChatCommand — Interface for implementing in-game slash commands with Name, ShortName, Description, Namespace, and Execute(string[]).

• ChatCommandManager — Registers and dispatches IChatCommand implementations; auto-creates a /{namespace}help (and short-form /{ns[0]}h) command the first time any command for a new namespace is registered.

• ChatCommandArgs — Parses /command arg1 arg2 … chat input into a structured Name + Args record with TryParse.

• NamespaceHelpCommand — Auto-generated help command per namespace; supports plain listing, verbose (with descriptions), and single-command lookup.

• ChatUtils:

  • AddGlobalNotification — posts a notification to the in-game chat.
  • SendMessageAsync — sends a chat message (capped at 250 characters).
  • SendChunkedMessageAsync — splits long messages into ≤250-char chunks using a pluggable chunking strategy.
  • CleanTMPTags — strips TextMeshPro formatting tags from strings.
  • CleanCommand — hides processed slash commands from the chat input field.
  • UISendMessage — programmatically injects and submits text via the UI input field.

• IStringChunker — Interface for splitting text into bounded-length segments.

  • WordBoundaryChunker — splits on whitespace, preserving whole words.
  • HardCutChunker — hard-cuts at the character limit.

• PlayerUtils:

  • GetUserName / GetUserNameNoFormat — local player display name (raw and TMP-stripped).
  • GetSteamPlayerIdString — cached Steam player ID string.
  • GetPlayerId / GetPlayerIdForced — local PlayerID accessors.

• TextChannelManagerPatch — Harmony patches on TextChannelManager:

  • OnEnterPressed prefix — intercepts slash commands and routes them through CommandManager.
  • AddNotification postfix — strips TMP tags for notification sinks.
  • SendMessageAsync postfix — strips TMP tags from outgoing messages when CleanChatSinkTags is enabled.
  • OnChannelMessageReceived postfix — relays incoming messages to sinks, filtered by ban/mute list, self-filter, and local-range distance.