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Messages Troubleshooting

Common Mistakes

• First-join detection trick: {statistic_PLAY_ONE_MINUTE} == 0 — misleading statistic name. It actually counts TICKS played, not minutes. Value 0 = never played before
• Entity names changed in MC 1.20.5+ — LIGHTNING_BOLT, TNT, END_CRYSTAL (was LIGHTNING, PRIMED_TNT, ENDER_CRYSTAL). Death message require cause patterns must match the current MC version's names
• {killer} is null for environmental deaths — use require killer condition to guard against null. Commands with {killer} silently skip when null
• Stop_On_First_Match ordering matters — first matching message group stops all further groups. Place most specific groups (first-join, VIP) ABOVE default groups
• Duplicate messages with permission-based groups (fallback path bug) — when using require sender perm to create per-rank groups (premium, vip, default) and a player has inherited permissions matching multiple groups, Stop_On_First_Match correctly skips that player in subsequent groups' main loop. However, the sender-fallback path (if !pickedMessage && wrappedSender != null) can re-fire for later groups because it didn't check messageReceivers. Fixed in PR #3513 — the fallback now checks messageReceivers when Stop_On_First_Match is active. If users report this on older versions, tell them to update.