From 377d8beac316b32ac6d3a4bd7fa14a102001fa2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Michelsen <fuzziqersoftware+g@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:44:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] implement $switchchar command

---
 README.md           |  1 +
 src/ChatCommands.cc | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89ec82e9..766b6337 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ Some commands only work for clients not in proxy sessions. The chat commands are
     * `$patch <name>`: Run a patch on your client. `<name>` must exactly match the name of a patch on the server.
 
 * Character data commands (non-proxy only)
+    * `$switchchar <slot>` (BB only): Switch to a different character from your account without logging out.
     * `$savechar <slot>`: Save your current character data on the server in the specified slot. See the [server-side saves section](#server-side-saves) for more details.
     * `$loadchar <slot>`: Load character data from the specified slot on the server, and replace your current character with it. See the [server-side saves section](#server-side-saves) for more details.
     * `$bbchar <username> <password> <slot>`: Save your current character data on the server in a different account's BB character slots. See the [server-side saves section](#server-side-saves) for more details.
diff --git a/src/ChatCommands.cc b/src/ChatCommands.cc
index decc62b9..630c9f04 100644
--- a/src/ChatCommands.cc
+++ b/src/ChatCommands.cc
@@ -2640,6 +2640,46 @@ ChatCommandDefinition cc_swsetall(
       co_return;
     });
 
+ChatCommandDefinition cc_switchchar(
+    {"$switchchar"},
+    +[](const Args& a) -> asio::awaitable<void> {
+      auto l = a.c->require_lobby();
+      auto s = a.c->require_server_state();
+
+      a.check_is_proxy(false);
+      a.check_is_game(false);
+      if (a.c->version() != Version::BB_V4) {
+        throw precondition_failed("This command can only\nbe used on BB");
+      }
+
+      int32_t index = stol(a.text, nullptr, 0) - 1;
+      if (index < 0) {
+        throw precondition_failed("Invalid slot number");
+      }
+      auto filename = Client::character_filename(a.c->login->bb_license->username, index);
+      if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(filename)) {
+        throw precondition_failed("No character exists\nin that slot");
+      }
+
+      a.c->save_and_unload_character();
+      a.c->bb_character_index = index;
+
+      // TODO: This can trigger a client bug where the previous character's
+      // name label object isn't deleted if the leave and join notifications
+      // are received on the same frame. This results in the receiving player
+      // seeing both labels over the new character, with the latest one
+      // appearing on top. We could fix this by requiring each recipient to
+      // reply to a ping between the two commands, similar to how the 64 and
+      // 6x6D commands are split during game joining, but implementing that
+      // here seems not worth the effort given the low likelihood and impact of
+      // this bug.
+      send_complete_player_bb(a.c);
+      send_player_leave_notification(l, a.c->lobby_client_id);
+      s->send_lobby_join_notifications(l, a.c);
+
+      co_return;
+    });
+
 ChatCommandDefinition cc_unset(
     {"$unset"},
     +[](const Args& a) -> asio::awaitable<void> {