Player Chat

Play 0x41, server → client.

play · 0x41 · clientbound (server → client)

Delivers a signed chat message from the player senderUuid, with the plainMessage, its signature, timestamp, salt, and references to previous messages for the signature chain. It also carries the chat type and display names, and an optional filtered or unsigned variant. The client verifies the signature and displays the message with the chat type’s formatting.

Sent by the server, read by the client. Listen for it with client.on("PlayerChat", (data) => …) on the receiving side.

Fields

Send it

await client.sendPacket("PlayerChat", {
  globalIndex: /* VarInt */,
  senderUuid: /* UUID */,
  index: /* VarInt */,
  signature: /* Optional */,
  plainMessage: /* String */,
  timestamp: /* Long */,
  salt: /* Long */,
  previousMessages: /* previousMessages */,
  unsignedChatContent: /* Optional */,
  filterType: /* VarInt */,
  filterTypeMask: /* Struct */,
  type: /* ChatTypesHolder */,
  networkName: /* NBT */,
  networkTargetName: /* Optional */,
});

Field aliases listed under Notes are accepted as alternative keys when writing.

Source: src/Core/Versions/776/Packets/play/clientbound/PlayerChat.ts