Server responses to clients using console commands ("granted permissions to client", error messages, etc) are displayed in the client's debug console instead of the chat box. Client command usage is included in server logs.

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ChatMessage.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
 {
     enum ChatMessageType
     {
-        Default, Error, Dead, Server, Radio, Private, MessageBox
+        Default, Error, Dead, Server, Radio, Private, Console, MessageBox
     }
 
     partial class ChatMessage
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             new Color(63, 72, 204),     //dead
             new Color(157, 225, 160),   //server
             new Color(238, 208, 0),     //radio
-            new Color(228, 199, 27)     //private
+            new Color(228, 199, 27),    //private
+            new Color(255, 255, 255)    //console
         };
         
         public readonly string Text;

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/GameServer.cs

@@ -1634,6 +1634,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             SendChatMessage(msg, recipient);
         }
 
+        public void SendConsoleMessage(string txt, Client recipient)
+        {
+            ChatMessage msg = ChatMessage.Create("", txt, ChatMessageType.Console, null);
+            SendChatMessage(msg, recipient);
+        }
+
         public void SendChatMessage(ChatMessage msg, Client recipient)
         {
             msg.NetStateID = recipient.ChatMsgQueue.Count > 0 ?

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ServerLog.cs

@@ -28,18 +28,20 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             Attack,
             Spawning,
             ServerMessage,
+            ConsoleUsage,
             Error
         }
 
         private readonly Color[] messageColor =
         {
-            Color.LightBlue,
-            new Color(255, 142, 0),
-            new Color(238, 208, 0),
-            new Color(204, 74, 78),
-            new Color(163, 73, 164),
-            new Color(157, 225, 160),
-            Color.Red
+            Color.LightBlue,            //Chat
+            new Color(255, 142, 0),     //ItemInteraction
+            new Color(238, 208, 0),     //Inventory
+            new Color(204, 74, 78),     //Attack
+            new Color(163, 73, 164),    //Spawning
+            new Color(157, 225, 160),   //ServerMessage
+            new Color(0, 162, 232),     //ConsoleUsage
+            Color.Red                   //Error
         };
 
         private readonly string[] messageTypeName =
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             "Attack & death",
             "Spawning",
             "Server message",
+            "Console usage",
             "Error"
         };