messages.yml

The messages.yml file contains all user-facing command feedback used by Eat Everything. This includes permission failures, usage hints, invalid input messages, reload confirmation, item-give feedback, and editing success output.

What This File Controls

Message paths are grouped under commands, with nested sections for individual subcommands such as:

commands.saturation.*
commands.nutrition.*
commands.eat-seconds.*
commands.edible.*
commands.effect.*
commands.item.*

This structure makes it easy to localize or restyle command output without touching the Java code.

Supported Formatting

The plugin formats messages through the shared string utility used across your projects, so standard legacy color codes such as &a, &c, and &7 are supported.

Example:

commands:
  no-permission: "&cYou must be admin or higher to use this command!"

Placeholders in Messages

Eat Everything supports two separate placeholder systems inside messages:

Positional Command Parameters

Many messages use indexed replacements inserted by the command implementation:

{0}
{1}
{2}

For example, the item receive message uses the requested amount and component ID.

PlaceholderAPI Integration

If PlaceholderAPI is installed and the command sender is a player, the plugin passes the raw message through PlaceholderAPI before sending it.

That means you can use supported PlaceholderAPI placeholders inside player-facing command messages.

Example Snippet

commands:
  correct-usage: "&cCorrect usage: {0}"
  no-permission: "&cYou must be admin or higher to use this command!"
  system-reloaded: "&aSystem files reloaded successfully."

  item:
    received: "&aYou received &7{0}x &acustom food component item with ID &7{1}&a."