[Enhancement] Placeholder API support

[Bizzonium]

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https://placeholders.pb4.eu/

[Xujiayao]

I will look into this feature after the 1.19 release.

[Xujiayao]

Not necessary, complicated, all code needs to be rewritten.

[unilock]

I think it would be quite a lot more convenient for the user to be able to use TextPlaceholderAPI instead of raw JSON in the config, for the few settings that enforce it. It would also be convenient to have access to the other placeholders exposed by said API.

Would you at least be willing to consider a PR that implements / makes use of TextPlaceholderAPI, if one were made?

[Xujiayao]

I think it would be quite a lot more convenient for the user to be able to use TextPlaceholderAPI instead of raw JSON in the config, for the few settings that enforce it. It would also be convenient to have access to the other placeholders exposed by said API.

Would you at least be willing to consider a PR that implements / makes use of TextPlaceholderAPI, if one were made?

Yes, I have seen many issues mentioning this, as MCDC is incompatible with some mods due to its use of its own method for parsing messages. It would certainly be best if there were any PRs to support it, as long as all existing MCDC functions are retained.

I am not very available at the moment, so PRs and non-urgent issues may not be reviewed promptly.

[Xujiayao]

This is confirmed to be a feature that MCDC v3 will support.

[unilock]

That's great! I did try to implement it myself a few weeks ago, but determined I wasn't familiar enough with the codebase to implement TextPlaceholderAPI alongside the JSON-based config that was already present.

Regardless, here's my WIP fork, if you're interested: unilock@1128506

[Xujiayao]

OK, thanks for providing it. I'll look into it when I start developing v3. You may submit a Draft PR if you prefer to be given credit for contribution.

Apologize for letting you see my shit mountain code about formatting messages lmao. That's why I don't want to touch it (as long as it works).