Chat message parameter is empty in 'chat' and 'whisper' events

[mdmanl]

Versions

• mineflayer: 4.23.0
• server: vanilla 1.21.1
• node: 20.0.0

Detailed description of a problem

When using the bot.on('chat') event, the message parameter is always empty, while the username is correctly captured.

What did you try yet?

I tried logging the parameters in the chat event and sending messages in chat, but the message parameter is consistently empty.

Your current code

const mineflayer = require('mineflayer')

const bot = mineflayer.createBot({
  host: 'localhost', // minecraft server ip
  username: 'Bot', // username to join as if auth is `offline`, else a unique identifier for this account. Switch if you want to change accounts
  auth: 'microsoft' // for offline mode servers, you can set this to 'offline'
})

bot.on('chat', (username, message) => {
  if (username === bot.username) return
  bot.chat(message)
})

// Log errors and kick reasons:
bot.on('kicked', console.log)
bot.on('error', console.log)

Expected behaviour

I expected the message parameter to contain the text of the message sent by other players in the chat.