From 96d535633a937523a1897551a6a0f0c90c38f4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:54:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clear recipients instead of blocking - allow server logging

---
 Harmony/CHRANIBotTNG.cs | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Harmony/CHRANIBotTNG.cs b/Harmony/CHRANIBotTNG.cs
index a4a25e4..f630012 100644
--- a/Harmony/CHRANIBotTNG.cs
+++ b/Harmony/CHRANIBotTNG.cs
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ public class CHRANIBotTNG : IModApi
 [HarmonyPatch(typeof(GameManager), "ChatMessageServer")]
 public class ChatMessagePatch
 {
-    static bool Prefix(ClientInfo _cInfo, string _msg, List<int> _recipientEntityIds)
+    static void Prefix(string _msg, ref List<int> _recipientEntityIds)
     {
         if (_msg != null && _msg.StartsWith("/bot "))
         {
-            string playerName = _cInfo != null ? _cInfo.playerName : "Server";
-
-            // Write to server log (visible in telnet)
-            Console.WriteLine($"Chat (from '{playerName}', entity id '{(_cInfo != null ? _cInfo.entityId.ToString() : "-1")}', to '{(_recipientEntityIds != null && _recipientEntityIds.Count > 0 ? "players" : "all")}'): '{_msg}'");
-
-            // Block in-game chat display
-            return false;
+            // Clear recipients so no players see it in-game, but server still logs it
+            if (_recipientEntityIds == null)
+            {
+                _recipientEntityIds = new List<int>();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _recipientEntityIds.Clear();
+            }
         }
-        return true;
     }
 }
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