Prefix Causes Verbose Feedback Issue

[PhantomCaptain]

All commands that use the sendLanguageMessage do not respond with the messages in language.yml when running the associated commands. Changing it to sendLanguageMessageNoPrefix and rebuilding the plugin fixes the issue, bypassing the prefix and printing the configured feedback when running the commands.

[AlexProgrammerDE]

Can you share your config.yml and language.yml?

[PhantomCaptain]

We have used TEST now but it was empty and still not working.

# To use these prefixes you need additionally the pistonchat.<COLORCODE>
# / indicates disabled!
# This config is configured to be what 2b2t.org has.
# https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/ChatColor.html
# pistonchat.prefix.green and pistonchat.chatformat.default are given by default.
whisper:
  from: '<light_purple><player_name> whispers: <message>'
  to: '<light_purple>You whisper to <player_name>: <message>'
hover-text: <gold>Message <dark_aqua><player_name>

mysql:
  host: REDACTED
  port: REDACTED
  database: REDACTED
  username: REDACTED
  password: REDACTED

strip-name-color: true
chat-formats:
  special: <gold><<player_name>>
  default: <<player_name>>

message-format: <format> <message>

console-name: '[server]'

allow-pm-self: true
allow-pm-ignored: false
only-hide-pms: true

ignore-list-size: 9
prefixes:
  green:
    prefix: '>'
    color: GREEN

# You can find pre translated languages on crowdin:
# https://crowdin.com/project/pistonchat
# The prefix can also be set to just "&6"
format: TEST
help-header: TEST
playeronly: You need to be a player to do this.
notonline: This player is not online!
nooneignored: No players ignored!
chaton: Chat messages now shown.
chatoff: Chat messages now hidden.
pmson: Private messages unhidden.
pmsoff: Private messages hidden.
pmself: Please do not private message yourself.
chatisoff: You have toggled off chat.
source-ignored: This person ignores you!
target-ignored: You ignore this person!
page-not-exists: This page doesn't exist.
not-a-number: Not a number!
whispering-disabled: This person has whispering disabled!
ignore: <gold>Now ignoring <yellow><player_name>
unignore: <gold>No longer ignoring <yellow><player_name>
ignorehard: <gold>Permanently ignoring <player_name>. Saved to <yellow>/ignorelist</yellow>.
unignorehard: <gold>No longer permanently ignoring <yellow><player_name>
ignorelistcleared: <gold>Ignore list cleared.

[AlexProgrammerDE]

After investigating, this appears to be a configuration issue rather than a bug.

Looking at your config, you have:

format: TEST

The format field is the message prefix/wrapper and must include the <message> placeholder for the actual message content to appear. Without it, only "TEST" is displayed and the actual message is lost.

Fix: Change your format to include <message>:

format: "[<dark_green>PistonChat</dark_green>] <gold><message>"

Or if you want a simpler prefix:

format: "<gold>[Server] <message>"

This explains why sendLanguageMessageNoPrefix works - it skips the format wrapper entirely and sends the message directly.

Let me know if this resolves your issue!