Every user-facing string lives in messages.yml. The format supports:

• Legacy color codes (&c, &l, &n, …)
• Hex colors (#FF5566)
• Per-message placeholders (documented below)
• The literal value DISABLED to silence a message entirely
• A YAML list (one entry per line) for multi-line messages — the help message uses this

Fake-message broadcasts

When a player vanishes or unvanishes mid-session, ZelVanish broadcasts a fake quit/join line to every online player. Defaults mimic Minecraft's wording so vanish looks like a normal disconnect.

broadcasts:
  on-vanish:   "&e%player-name% has left the game."
  on-unvanish: "&e%player-name% has joined the game"

Set either to DISABLED to mute it. They are not sent when vanish/unvanish piggy-backs on a real join or quit — those are governed by show-join-message and show-leave-message in settings.yml.

Placeholders by message