Workarround adventure breaking translatable comments

core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/PGMPlugin.java

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import tc.oc.pgm.tablist.MatchTabManager;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.FileUtils;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.bukkit.BukkitUtils;
+import tc.oc.pgm.util.bukkit.ViaUtils;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.chunk.NullChunkGenerator;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.compatability.SportPaperListener;
 import tc.oc.pgm.util.concurrent.BukkitExecutorService;
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ public void onEnable() {
 
     // Sanity test PGM is running on a supported version before doing any work
     NMSHacks.allocateEntityId();
+    // Fix before any audiences have the chance of creating
+    ViaUtils.removeViaChatFacet();
 
     Permissions.registerAll();
 

util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/bukkit/ViaUtils.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package tc.oc.pgm.util.bukkit;
 
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.Via;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
 public class ViaUtils {
@@ -41,4 +43,22 @@ public static int getProtocolVersion(Player player) {
   public static boolean isReady(Player player) {
     return !enabled() || Via.getAPI().isInjected(player.getUniqueId());
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Adventure has a ViaFacet$Chat class, which sends text using 1.16 format for support for hex
+   * codes. The issue is by doing that, it skips all translation layers from 1.8 to 1.16, including
+   * a needed rename for translated items to work. Removing this means hex colors would be
+   * restricted to the 16 colors even for 1.16 clients (pgm doesn't use them) but translations will
+   * be correct.
+   */
+  public static void removeViaChatFacet() {
+    try {
+      Class<?> bukkitAudience = Class.forName("net.kyori.adventure.platform.bukkit.BukkitAudience");
+      Field f = bukkitAudience.getDeclaredField("CHAT");
+      f.setAccessible(true);
+      List<?> list = (List<?>) f.get(null);
+      list.removeIf(el -> el.getClass().getName().endsWith("ViaFacet$Chat"));
+    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException ignored) {
+    }
+  }
 }