🆕 Added Staffchat to the Emu

!!! Do not run the Staffchat plugin anymore !!!!

- execute the sql:

INSERT INTO `permission_definitions` (`permission_key`, `max_value`, `comment`)
VALUES ( 'acc_staff_chat', 1, 'Grants access to the in-game Staff Chat group buddy: receives broadcasts from other staff and can broadcast to anyone holding this permission.' )
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `max_value` = VALUES(`max_value`), `comment`   = VALUES(`comment`);

Database Updates/000_all_database_updates.sql

@@ -1,37 +1,3 @@
--- =============================================================================
--- Consolidated Database Updates - All-in-One
--- =============================================================================
--- This file combines ALL individual update scripts from SQL/Database Updates/
--- into a single idempotent migration. Every statement is safe to re-run:
---   - ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS  (MariaDB 10.0+)
---   - ALTER TABLE CHANGE/MODIFY COLUMN IF EXISTS
---   - CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
---   - INSERT IGNORE / ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE for settings
---   - TRUNCATE + re-insert for reference data (breeding)
---
--- Run order: This file FIRST, then 001_optimize_gameserver.sql
---
--- Source files (in applied order):
---   1.  UpdateDatabase_Allow_diagonale.sql
---   2.  UpdateDatabase_BOT.sql
---   3.  UpdateDatabase_Banners.sql
---   4.  UpdateDatabase_DanceCMD.sql
---   5.  UpdateDatabase_Happiness.sql
---   6.  UpdateDatabase_Websocket.sql
---   7.  UpdateDatabase_unignorable.sql
---   8.  Default_Camera.sql
---   9.  07012026_UpdateDatabase_to_4-0-1.sql
---   10. 09012026_UpdateDatabase_to_4-0-2.sql
---   11. 12012026_Battle Banzai.sql  (same as #10, deduplicated)
---   12. 12012026_Breeding Fixes.sql
---   13. 12012026_ChatBubbles.sql
---   14. 16032026_updateall_command.sql
---   15. 17032026_allow_underpass.sql
---   16. 19032026_hotel_timezone.sql
---   17. 21022026_user_prefixes.sql
---   18. 06042026_builders_club_catalog_offers.sql
--- =============================================================================
-
 SET NAMES utf8mb4;
 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE = @@SQL_MODE;
@@ -512,8 +478,13 @@ ALTER TABLE `users_settings`
   ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS `builders_club_bonus_furni` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 AFTER `hc_gifts_claimed`;
 
 
+INSERT INTO `permission_definitions` (`permission_key`, `max_value`, `comment`)
+VALUES ( 'acc_staff_chat', 1, 'Grants access to the in-game Staff Chat group buddy: receives broadcasts from other staff and can broadcast to anyone holding this permission.' )
+ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `max_value` = VALUES(`max_value`), `comment`   = VALUES(`comment`);
+
 -- =============================================================================
--- Done
+-- Done.
 -- =============================================================================
+
 SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;
 SET SQL_MODE = @OLD_SQL_MODE;

Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/messenger/Messenger.java

@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ public class Messenger {
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             LOGGER.error("Caught SQL exception", e);
         }
+
+        if (habbo.hasPermission(StaffChatBuddy.PERMISSION_KEY)) {
+            this.friends.putIfAbsent(StaffChatBuddy.BUDDY_ID, new StaffChatBuddy(habbo.getHabboInfo().getId()));
+        }
     }
 
     public MessengerBuddy loadFriend(Habbo habbo, int userId) {

Emulator/src/main/java/com/eu/habbo/habbohotel/messenger/StaffChatBuddy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.eu.habbo.habbohotel.messenger;
+
+import com.eu.habbo.Emulator;
+import com.eu.habbo.habbohotel.commands.CommandHandler;
+import com.eu.habbo.habbohotel.users.Habbo;
+import com.eu.habbo.habbohotel.users.HabboGender;
+import com.eu.habbo.messages.ServerMessage;
+import com.eu.habbo.messages.outgoing.friends.FriendChatMessageComposer;
+
+public class StaffChatBuddy extends MessengerBuddy {
+    public static final int BUDDY_ID = -1;
+    public static final String PERMISSION_KEY = "acc_staff_chat";
+    public static final String DISPLAY_NAME = "Staff Chat";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_LOOK = "ADM";
+
+    public StaffChatBuddy(int userOne) {
+        super(BUDDY_ID, DISPLAY_NAME, DEFAULT_LOOK, (short) 0, userOne);
+        this.setOnline(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onMessageReceived(Habbo from, String message) {
+        if (from == null || message == null || message.isEmpty()) return;
+        // Re-check permission so a staff member who was demoted mid-session
+        // can no longer broadcast to the staff channel.
+        if (!from.hasPermission(PERMISSION_KEY)) return;
+
+        if (message.charAt(0) == ':') {
+            CommandHandler.handleCommand(from.getClient(), message);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Message chatMessage = new Message(from.getHabboInfo().getId(), BUDDY_ID, message);
+        Emulator.getGameServer().getGameClientManager().sendBroadcastResponse(
+                new FriendChatMessageComposer(chatMessage, BUDDY_ID, from.getHabboInfo().getId()).compose(),
+                PERMISSION_KEY,
+                from.getClient());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(ServerMessage message) {
+        message.appendInt(this.getId());
+        message.appendString(this.getUsername());
+        message.appendInt(this.getGender().equals(HabboGender.M) ? 0 : 1);
+        message.appendBoolean(true);  // online
+        message.appendBoolean(false); // not in room
+        message.appendString(this.getLook());
+        message.appendInt(0);         // category
+        message.appendString("");     // motto
+        message.appendString("");     // last seen
+        message.appendString("");     // realname
+        message.appendBoolean(true);  // offline messaging supported
+        message.appendBoolean(false);
+        message.appendBoolean(false);
+        message.appendShort(0);       // relation
+    }
+}