enabled some client side command interpretation.

src/main/java/carpet/CarpetServer.java

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public class CarpetServer // static for now - easier to handle all around the co
         settingsManager.detachServer();
         LoggerRegistry.stopLoggers();
         extensions.forEach(e -> e.onServerClosed(server));
+        minecraft_server = null;
     }
 
     public static void registerExtensionLoggers()

src/main/java/carpet/CarpetSettings.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static carpet.settings.RuleCategory.SURVIVAL;
 import static carpet.settings.RuleCategory.TNT;
 import static carpet.settings.RuleCategory.DISPENSER;
 import static carpet.settings.RuleCategory.SCARPET;
+import static carpet.settings.RuleCategory.CLIENT;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("CanBeFinal")
 public class CarpetSettings
@@ -364,7 +365,11 @@ public class CarpetSettings
     @Rule(desc = "placing blocks cause block updates", category = CREATIVE)
     public static boolean interactionUpdates = true;
 
-    @Rule(desc = "smooth client animations with low tps settings", extra = "works only in SP, and will slow down players", category = CREATIVE)
+    @Rule(
+            desc = "smooth client animations with low tps settings",
+            extra = "works only in SP, and will slow down players",
+            category = {CREATIVE, SURVIVAL, CLIENT}
+    )
     public static boolean smoothClientAnimations;
 
     //@Rule(

src/main/java/carpet/mixins/ClientPlayerEntity_clientCommandMixin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package carpet.mixins;
+
+import carpet.CarpetServer;
+import net.minecraft.client.network.ClientPlayerEntity;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(ClientPlayerEntity.class)
+public class ClientPlayerEntity_clientCommandMixin
+{
+    @Inject(method = "sendChatMessage", at = @At("HEAD"))
+    private void inspectMessage(String string, CallbackInfo ci)
+    {
+        if (CarpetServer.minecraft_server == null)
+            CarpetServer.settingsManager.inspectClientsideCommand(string);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/carpet/settings/ParsedRule.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public final class ParsedRule<T> implements Comparable<ParsedRule> {
     public final ImmutableList<String> categories;
     public final ImmutableList<String> options;
     public boolean isStrict;
+    public boolean isClient;
     public final Class<T> type;
     public final List<Validator<T>> validators;
     public final T defaultValue;
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ public final class ParsedRule<T> implements Comparable<ParsedRule> {
                 this.validators.add((Validator<T>) callConstructor(Validator._COMMAND_LEVEL_VALIDATOR.class));
             }
         }
+        this.isClient = categories.contains(RuleCategory.CLIENT);
+        if (this.isClient)
+        {
+            this.validators.add(callConstructor(Validator._CLIENT.class));
+        }
         this.defaultValue = get();
         this.defaultAsString = convertToString(this.defaultValue);
         if (rule.options().length > 0)
@@ -131,17 +137,20 @@ public final class ParsedRule<T> implements Comparable<ParsedRule> {
             {
                 value = validator.validate(source, this, value, stringValue);
                 if (value == null)
+                {
+                    if (source != null)
                     {
                         Messenger.m(source, "r Wrong value for " + name + ": " + stringValue);
                         if (validator.description() != null)
                             Messenger.m(source, "r " + validator.description());
+                    }
                     return null;
                 }
             }
-            if (!value.equals(get()))
+            if (!value.equals(get()) || source == null)
             {
                 this.field.set(null, value);
-                CarpetServer.settingsManager.notifyRuleChanged(source, this, stringValue);
+                if (source != null) CarpetServer.settingsManager.notifyRuleChanged(source, this, stringValue);
             }
         }
         catch (IllegalAccessException e)

src/main/java/carpet/settings/RuleCategory.java

@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ public class RuleCategory
     public static final String TNT = "tnt";
     public static final String DISPENSER = "dispenser";
     public static final String SCARPET = "scarpet";
+    public static final String CLIENT = "client";
 
 }

src/main/java/carpet/settings/SettingsManager.java

@@ -558,4 +558,22 @@ public class SettingsManager
         return 1;
     }
 
+    public void inspectClientsideCommand(String string)
+    {
+        if (string.startsWith("/carpet "))
+        {
+            String[] res = string.split("\\s+", 3);
+            if (res.length == 3)
+            {
+                String setting = res[1];
+                String strOption = res[2];
+                if (rules.containsKey(setting) && rules.get(setting).isClient)
+                {
+                    rules.get(setting).set(null, strOption);
+                }
+            }
+
+
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main/java/carpet/settings/Validator.java

@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ public abstract class Validator<T>
         public String description() { return "It has an accompanying command";}
     }
 
+    public static class _CLIENT<T> extends Validator<T>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public T validate(ServerCommandSource source, ParsedRule<T> currentRule, T newValue, String string)
+        {
+            return newValue;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public String description() { return "Its a client command so can be issued when connecting to non-carpet servers. " +
+                "In client-server setting it will only affect the executing player, so each player needs to type it" +
+                " separately for the desired effect";}
+    }
+
     public static class _COMMAND_LEVEL_VALIDATOR extends Validator<String> {
         private static ImmutableList<String> OPTIONS = ImmutableList.of("true", "false", "ops", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4");
         @Override public String validate(ServerCommandSource source, ParsedRule<String> currentRule, String newValue, String userString) {

src/main/resources/carpet.mixins.json

@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
     "InGameHudMixin",
     "PlayerListHudMixin",
     "PistonBlockEntityRenderer_movableTEMixin",
-    "ClientPlayNetworkHandler_smoothClientAnimationsMixin"
+    "ClientPlayNetworkHandler_smoothClientAnimationsMixin",
+    "ClientPlayerEntity_clientCommandMixin"
   ],
   "server": [
     "MinecraftDedicatedServerMixin"