PacketEvents for Player Searching (Sign GUI) in RankForge

The Search Player button in /tier or /rankforge top supports two input modes:

Mode	Requirement	Appearance
Virtual Sign GUI	PacketEvents installed & packetevents.enabled: true	Clean virtual sign prompt without placing world blocks
Chat Prompt	Always available	Player inputs target name directly in chat (cancel to abort)

Enabling the Virtual Sign GUI

1. Download and install PacketEvents on your server.

2. Confirm in plugins/RankForge/optimization.yml:

   packetevents:
     enabled: true

3. Restart server and verify console:

   [RankForge] PacketEvents detected. Virtual sign search GUI enabled.

Sign line templates and timeout delays are configured in gui.yml under search-sign.

Fallback Diagnostics

If PacketEvents is absent or disabled, RankForge smoothly routes queries through interactive chat prompts with zero loss of functionality.