[Idea] Add server-side funcionality to send the server name

[vico93]

Basically, i propose adding (either inside the mod itself or in a separate mod) an optional server-side part for this mod, that would basically send a extra field (either reading from server.properties, the config file or even the newly added "cookie packets" in 1.20.5+) with the server name to the client.

If the server doesn't have the mod installed, it would fallback to the current behavior on client.

PS.: About the cookie packet thing, there is a mod (MR) that does something with those. I'm not yet familiarized with the concept, if this is remotely similar to browser cookies, etc.

[Player005]

Interesting suggestion.
Using cookie packets for this would probably not work, since as far as I know they can only be sent when already connected to the server. Instead, this could be included in the ping reply packet, where the player count and MOTD (the things below the server names in the server list) are also sent.

I will have to look into how this could be implemented, but since this mod is relatively small I wouldn't expect many servers to implement this, so I am not sure if this is worth the effort if this turns out to be more complex to do.

[AnotherPillow]

An option similar to this could be to use https://github.com/LunarClient/ServerMappings

[ThatGravyBoat]

The Minecraft status packet for servers is also just a string of a json so a new field can be added to/read from that aswell, its the same way that NeoForge says that a server is modded is by adding an isModded field to it.

[Player005]

The Minecraft status packet for servers is also just a string of a json so a new field can be added to/read from that aswell

I see. I'm still unsure if it makes sense to implement this, because this would mean we need to communicate with the server while the user is entering the IP in the "Add Server" screen, and I'm worried it might lead to weird behavior, especially when on a slow network connection where the server name would change multiple seconds after you've entered the ip - or even after it was already saved. Though I'm always open for PRs, if someone wants to try implementing this...

An option similar to this could be to use https://github.com/LunarClient/ServerMappings

That actually looks really interesting - it even could be used to autocomplete the server IP... I'll make a new issue for it