feat(net): #18 holtburger inbound chat parity - EmoteText, SoulEmote, ServerMessage, PlayerKilled, WeenieError + Windows-1252 codec

Five sub-changes:

1. Windows-1252 codec switch (global). Every Encoding.ASCII call site
   in src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/ -> Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).
   Touched HearSpeech, ChatRequests, GameEvents, AppraiseInfoParser,
   CharacterList, CreateObject, PlayerDescriptionParser, SocialActions.
   New Encodings.cs module-init registers CodePagesEncodingProvider
   (System.Text.Encoding.CodePages ships with .NET 10 SDK but isn't
   auto-registered). Matches retail + holtburger; accented names
   no longer round-trip-broken.

2. New parsers (opcodes confirmed against holtburger opcodes.rs):
   - EmoteText (0x01E0)     { u32 senderGuid, string16 senderName, string16 text }
   - SoulEmote (0x01E2)     same wire layout as EmoteText
   - ServerMessage (0xF7E0) { string16 message, u32 chatType }
   - PlayerKilled (0x019E)  { string16 deathMessage, u32 victimGuid, u32 killerGuid }
   Shared StringReader.cs has the CP1252 String16L primitive.

3. WorldSession dispatch. ProcessDatagram adds branches for the four
   new top-level opcodes + fires session-level events (EmoteHeard,
   SoulEmoteHeard, ServerMessageReceived, PlayerKilledReceived).
   0x0295 SetTurbineChatChannels stubbed with TODO for parallel I.6.

4. GameEventWiring routes WeenieError + WeenieErrorWithString
   (parsers existed but were unrouted) -> chat.OnWeenieError.

5. ChatLog adapters: Emote / SoulEmote ChatKind values, OnEmote,
   OnSoulEmote, OnPlayerKilled, OnWeenieError. OnLocalSpeech now
   substitutes empty sender -> "You" per holtburger client/messages.rs.
   ChatVM.FormatEntry handles new kinds (asterisk + sender + text).

22 new tests covering parser round-trips + reject-bad-opcode +
ChatLog adapter coverage + Win-1252 round-trip with non-ASCII chars.
Solution total: 881 green (210->225 in Core.Net.Tests, 606->613 in Core.Tests).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/AcDream.Core.Net/GameEventWiring.cs

@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ public static class GameEventWiring
             if (s is not null) chat.OnPopup(s);
         });
 
+        // ── Errors ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+        // Phase I.5: WeenieError + WeenieErrorWithString parsers existed
+        // (GameEvents.ParseWeenieError(WithString)) but were never registered.
+        // The server fires these for game-logic failures: "not enough mana",
+        // "can't pick that up", "your spell fizzled". Routed to chat.
+        dispatcher.Register(GameEventType.WeenieError, e =>
+        {
+            var code = GameEvents.ParseWeenieError(e.Payload.Span);
+            if (code is not null) chat.OnWeenieError(code.Value, param: null);
+        });
+        dispatcher.Register(GameEventType.WeenieErrorWithString, e =>
+        {
+            var p = GameEvents.ParseWeenieErrorWithString(e.Payload.Span);
+            if (p is not null) chat.OnWeenieError(p.Value.ErrorCode, p.Value.Interpolation);
+        });
+
         // ── Combat ────────────────────────────────────────────────
         dispatcher.Register(GameEventType.UpdateHealth, e =>
         {

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/AppraiseInfoParser.cs

@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ public static class AppraiseInfoParser
         ushort len = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(src.Slice(pos));
         pos += 2;
         if (src.Length - pos < len) throw new FormatException("truncated string body");
-        string v = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(src.Slice(pos, len));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        string v = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(src.Slice(pos, len));
         pos += len;
         int record = 2 + len;
         int pad = (4 - (record & 3)) & 3;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CharacterList.cs

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ public static class CharacterList
         ushort length = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(source.Slice(pos));
         pos += 2;
         if (source.Length - pos < length) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L body");
-        string result = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        string result = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
         pos += length;
         int recordSize = 2 + length;
         int padding = (4 - (recordSize & 3)) & 3;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/ChatRequests.cs

@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ public static class ChatRequests
 
     private static byte[] PackString16L(string s)
     {
-        byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s);
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        byte[] data = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(s);
         if (data.Length > ushort.MaxValue)
             throw new ArgumentException("String too long for 16-bit length prefix.", nameof(s));
 

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/CreateObject.cs

@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ public static class CreateObject
         pos += 2;
         if (length > 1024) throw new FormatException($"String16L length {length} exceeds sanity limit");
         if (source.Length - pos < length) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L body");
-        string result = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        string result = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
         pos += length;
         int recordSize = 2 + length;
         int padding = (4 - (recordSize & 3)) & 3;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/EmoteText.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Inbound <c>0x01E0 EmoteText</c> top-level GameMessage.
+/// Server-driven third-person emote announcement (e.g.
+/// "The Olthoi growls at you.").
+///
+/// <para>
+/// This is a standalone GameMessage — NOT wrapped in the 0xF7B0
+/// GameEvent envelope. Dispatched directly from the opcode switch in
+/// <see cref="WorldSession.ProcessDatagram"/>.
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Wire layout (port from holtburger
+/// <c>references/holtburger/.../messages/chat/types.rs::EmoteTextData</c>,
+/// see also opcodes.rs:155):
+/// <code>
+///   u32 opcode               // 0x01E0
+///   u32 senderGuid
+///   string16L senderName
+///   string16L text
+/// </code>
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class EmoteText
+{
+    public const uint Opcode = 0x01E0u;
+
+    public readonly record struct Parsed(
+        uint SenderGuid,
+        string SenderName,
+        string Text);
+
+    public static Parsed? TryParse(byte[] body)
+    {
+        if (body is null || body.Length < 8) return null;
+        uint opcode = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body);
+        if (opcode != Opcode) return null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            int pos = 4;
+            uint senderGuid = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body.AsSpan(pos));
+            pos += 4;
+            string senderName = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            string text       = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            return new Parsed(senderGuid, senderName, text);
+        }
+        catch { return null; }
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/Encodings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shared text encodings for the AC wire protocol.
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Retail and holtburger both use Windows-1252 (CP1252) for every
+/// String16L on the wire — chat, character names, item names,
+/// system messages, popup text. Before Phase I.5 we used ASCII,
+/// which was wrong: any non-ASCII byte (e.g. é = 0xE9, name accents
+/// or chat punctuation from Latin-1 locales) decoded to '?'. Switching
+/// to CP1252 matches what the server actually sends.
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// .NET 6+ ships only ASCII / Latin-1 / UTF8/16/32 in the base library;
+/// Windows-1252 lives in <c>System.Text.Encoding.CodePages</c>. The
+/// module initializer below registers that provider on first load of
+/// any type in <c>AcDream.Core.Net.Messages</c>, so call sites can use
+/// <see cref="Encoding.GetEncoding(int)"/> with id <c>1252</c> directly.
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class Encodings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Module initializer — guaranteed by ECMA-335 to run before any
+    /// other code in this module (in particular, before any static
+    /// field initializer in user code that follows). Registers
+    /// <c>CodePagesEncodingProvider</c> so
+    /// <see cref="Encoding.GetEncoding(int)"/> with id 1252 returns a
+    /// real encoding instance instead of throwing
+    /// <see cref="System.NotSupportedException"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+#pragma warning disable CA2255 // Library-internal: registers CP1252 once
+                              // before any wire-string parser is invoked.
+    [ModuleInitializer]
+    internal static void Register()
+    {
+        Encoding.RegisterProvider(CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance);
+    }
+#pragma warning restore CA2255
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// CP1252 (Windows-1252). Cached so callers don't look it up each frame.
+    /// Initialized after <see cref="Register"/> via field-init ordering.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly Encoding Windows1252 = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/GameEvents.cs

@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ public static class GameEvents
         ushort length = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(source.Slice(pos));
         pos += 2;
         if (source.Length - pos < length) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L body");
-        string result = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        string result = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
         pos += length;
         int recordSize = 2 + length;
         int padding = (4 - (recordSize & 3)) & 3;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/HearSpeech.cs

@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ public static class HearSpeech
         ushort length = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(source.Slice(pos));
         pos += 2;
         if (source.Length - pos < length) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L body");
-        string result = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        // ASCII would munge any non-ASCII byte into a '?' which corrupts player
+        // names and chat with accented characters (e.g. "Café").
+        string result = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
         pos += length;
         int recordSize = 2 + length;
         int padding = (4 - (recordSize & 3)) & 3;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/PlayerDescriptionParser.cs

@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ public static class PlayerDescriptionParser
         ushort len = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(src.Slice(pos));
         pos += 2;
         if (src.Length - pos < len) throw new FormatException("truncated string body");
-        string v = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(src.Slice(pos, len));
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        string v = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(src.Slice(pos, len));
         pos += len;
         // String16L records pad to 4-byte alignment per AppraiseInfoParser convention.
         int record = 2 + len;

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/PlayerKilled.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Inbound <c>0x019E PlayerKilled</c> top-level GameMessage.
+/// Server announcement that a player was killed in combat — used for
+/// the death-message scroll and chat-log lines like
+/// "Caith was killed by an Olthoi Soldier."
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Wire layout (port from holtburger
+/// <c>references/holtburger/.../messages/combat/types.rs::PlayerKilledData</c>,
+/// see also opcodes.rs:150):
+/// <code>
+///   u32 opcode               // 0x019E
+///   string16L deathMessage
+///   u32 victimGuid
+///   u32 killerGuid
+/// </code>
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class PlayerKilled
+{
+    public const uint Opcode = 0x019Eu;
+
+    public readonly record struct Parsed(
+        string DeathMessage,
+        uint VictimGuid,
+        uint KillerGuid);
+
+    public static Parsed? TryParse(byte[] body)
+    {
+        if (body is null || body.Length < 4) return null;
+        uint opcode = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body);
+        if (opcode != Opcode) return null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            int pos = 4;
+            string deathMessage = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            if (body.Length - pos < 8) return null;
+            uint victimGuid = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body.AsSpan(pos));
+            pos += 4;
+            uint killerGuid = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body.AsSpan(pos));
+            return new Parsed(deathMessage, victimGuid, killerGuid);
+        }
+        catch { return null; }
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/ServerMessage.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Inbound <c>0xF7E0 ServerMessage</c> top-level GameMessage.
+/// General-purpose server-broadcast text — admin announcements,
+/// combat logs, and routine error messages routed by the server
+/// instead of via WeenieError.
+///
+/// <para>
+/// This is a standalone GameMessage — NOT wrapped in 0xF7B0
+/// GameEvent envelope. Dispatched directly from
+/// <see cref="WorldSession.ProcessDatagram"/>.
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Wire layout (port from holtburger
+/// <c>references/holtburger/.../messages/chat/types.rs::ServerMessageData</c>,
+/// see also opcodes.rs:167):
+/// <code>
+///   u32 opcode               // 0xF7E0
+///   string16L message
+///   u32 chatType             // ChatMessageType (Broadcast / System / etc)
+/// </code>
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class ServerMessage
+{
+    public const uint Opcode = 0xF7E0u;
+
+    public readonly record struct Parsed(string Message, uint ChatType);
+
+    public static Parsed? TryParse(byte[] body)
+    {
+        if (body is null || body.Length < 8) return null;
+        uint opcode = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body);
+        if (opcode != Opcode) return null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            int pos = 4;
+            string message = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            if (body.Length - pos < 4) return null;
+            uint chatType = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body.AsSpan(pos));
+            return new Parsed(message, chatType);
+        }
+        catch { return null; }
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/SocialActions.cs

@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ public static class SocialActions
     private static byte[] PackString16L(string s)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(s);
-        byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s);
+        // Windows-1252 matches retail (and holtburger's encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252).
+        byte[] data = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(s);
         if (data.Length > ushort.MaxValue)
             throw new ArgumentException("String too long for 16-bit length prefix.", nameof(s));
 

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/SoulEmote.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Inbound <c>0x01E2 SoulEmote</c> top-level GameMessage.
+/// Server-driven complex emote with optional animation pairing.
+/// Wire layout is identical to <see cref="EmoteText"/>; the difference
+/// is only how the client renders it (chat-only vs paired with a
+/// <c>PlayScript</c> on the same target).
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Wire layout (port from holtburger
+/// <c>references/holtburger/.../messages/chat/types.rs::SoulEmoteData</c>,
+/// see also opcodes.rs:158):
+/// <code>
+///   u32 opcode               // 0x01E2
+///   u32 senderGuid
+///   string16L senderName
+///   string16L text
+/// </code>
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class SoulEmote
+{
+    public const uint Opcode = 0x01E2u;
+
+    public readonly record struct Parsed(
+        uint SenderGuid,
+        string SenderName,
+        string Text);
+
+    public static Parsed? TryParse(byte[] body)
+    {
+        if (body is null || body.Length < 8) return null;
+        uint opcode = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body);
+        if (opcode != Opcode) return null;
+
+        try
+        {
+            int pos = 4;
+            uint senderGuid = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(body.AsSpan(pos));
+            pos += 4;
+            string senderName = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            string text       = StringReader.ReadString16L(body, ref pos);
+            return new Parsed(senderGuid, senderName, text);
+        }
+        catch { return null; }
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/Messages/StringReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Messages;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shared reader for the AC <c>String16L</c> wire format used by every
+/// inbound and outbound chat / name / message body.
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Wire shape:
+/// <code>
+///   u16 length      // byte count, NOT char count
+///   byte[] text     // CP1252-encoded bytes, no terminator
+///   pad to 4-byte boundary
+/// </code>
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Codec is Windows-1252 (CP1252), matching retail and holtburger's
+/// <c>encoding_rs::WINDOWS_1252</c>. Registration of the
+/// <c>CodePagesEncodingProvider</c> is handled by
+/// <see cref="Encodings"/>.
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+internal static class StringReader
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Read a String16L from <paramref name="source"/> at <paramref name="pos"/>,
+    /// advancing <paramref name="pos"/> past the length, body, and 4-byte
+    /// alignment padding. Throws <see cref="FormatException"/> on truncation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string ReadString16L(ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, ref int pos)
+    {
+        if (source.Length - pos < 2) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L length");
+        ushort length = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(source.Slice(pos));
+        pos += 2;
+        if (source.Length - pos < length) throw new FormatException("truncated String16L body");
+        string result = Encodings.Windows1252.GetString(source.Slice(pos, length));
+        pos += length;
+        int recordSize = 2 + length;
+        int padding = (4 - (recordSize & 3)) & 3;
+        pos += padding;
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/AcDream.Core.Net/WorldSession.cs

@@ -109,6 +109,38 @@ public sealed class WorldSession : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     public event Action<HearSpeech.Parsed>? SpeechHeard;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Phase I.5: fires when an <c>EmoteText (0x01E0)</c> top-level
+    /// GameMessage is received — server-driven third-person emote
+    /// announcement (e.g. "The Olthoi growls at you."). Standalone
+    /// GameMessage, NOT wrapped in 0xF7B0. Subscribers typically feed
+    /// <c>ChatLog.OnEmote</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<EmoteText.Parsed>? EmoteHeard;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Phase I.5: fires when a <c>SoulEmote (0x01E2)</c> top-level
+    /// GameMessage is received — complex emote with optional animation
+    /// pairing. Wire layout matches EmoteText.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<SoulEmote.Parsed>? SoulEmoteHeard;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Phase I.5: fires when a <c>ServerMessage (0xF7E0)</c> top-level
+    /// GameMessage is received — general server-broadcast text used
+    /// for announcements, combat logs, and routine error messages.
+    /// Subscribers typically feed <c>ChatLog.OnSystemMessage</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<ServerMessage.Parsed>? ServerMessageReceived;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Phase I.5: fires when a <c>PlayerKilled (0x019E)</c> top-level
+    /// GameMessage is received — server announcement that a player
+    /// was killed in combat. Subscribers typically feed
+    /// <c>ChatLog.OnPlayerKilled</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event Action<PlayerKilled.Parsed>? PlayerKilledReceived;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Issue #5: fires when a <c>PrivateUpdateVital (0x02E7)</c> arrives
     /// — full per-vital snapshot (ranks / start / xp / current).
@@ -615,6 +647,47 @@ public sealed class WorldSession : IDisposable
                 if (parsed is not null)
                     SpeechHeard?.Invoke(parsed.Value);
             }
+            else if (op == EmoteText.Opcode)
+            {
+                // Phase I.5: server-driven third-person emote
+                // ("The Olthoi growls at you."). Standalone GameMessage,
+                // not wrapped in 0xF7B0. Holtburger opcodes.rs:155.
+                var parsed = EmoteText.TryParse(body);
+                if (parsed is not null)
+                    EmoteHeard?.Invoke(parsed.Value);
+            }
+            else if (op == SoulEmote.Opcode)
+            {
+                // Phase I.5: complex emote (chat + paired animation).
+                // Wire layout identical to EmoteText. Holtburger
+                // opcodes.rs:158.
+                var parsed = SoulEmote.TryParse(body);
+                if (parsed is not null)
+                    SoulEmoteHeard?.Invoke(parsed.Value);
+            }
+            else if (op == ServerMessage.Opcode)
+            {
+                // Phase I.5: server announcement / system message.
+                // Holtburger opcodes.rs:167.
+                var parsed = ServerMessage.TryParse(body);
+                if (parsed is not null)
+                    ServerMessageReceived?.Invoke(parsed.Value);
+            }
+            else if (op == PlayerKilled.Opcode)
+            {
+                // Phase I.5: death announcement. Holtburger opcodes.rs:150.
+                var parsed = PlayerKilled.TryParse(body);
+                if (parsed is not null)
+                    PlayerKilledReceived?.Invoke(parsed.Value);
+            }
+            else if (op == 0x0295u)
+            {
+                // Phase I.5 stub: 0x0295 SetTurbineChatChannels lands the
+                // global chat channel list (Trade, LFG, etc). I.6 will
+                // land the parser here. For now we silently absorb the
+                // packet so it doesn't show up in ACDREAM_DUMP_OPCODES.
+                // TODO(I.6): parse + route to ChatLog.OnSetTurbineChatChannels.
+            }
             else if (op == PrivateUpdateVital.FullOpcode)
             {
                 // Issue #5: full per-vital snapshot from the server. Wire

src/AcDream.Core/Chat/ChatLog.cs

@@ -42,16 +42,86 @@ public sealed class ChatLog
     // ── Inbound adapters ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     /// <summary>Local or ranged HearSpeech (0x02BB / 0x02BC).</summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Phase I.5: an empty <paramref name="sender"/> is substituted with
+    /// "You" — the server uses this convention to indicate that the
+    /// player is the speaker (e.g. their own ranged shouts echo back).
+    /// Port from holtburger
+    /// <c>references/holtburger/.../client/messages.rs</c> lines 476-487.
+    /// </remarks>
     public void OnLocalSpeech(string sender, string text, uint senderGuid, bool isRanged)
     {
+        string effectiveSender = string.IsNullOrEmpty(sender) ? "You" : sender;
         Append(new ChatEntry(
             Kind: isRanged ? ChatKind.RangedSpeech : ChatKind.LocalSpeech,
-            Sender: sender,
+            Sender: effectiveSender,
             Text: text,
             SenderGuid: senderGuid,
             ChannelId: 0));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>EmoteText (0x01E0) — server-driven third-person emote.</summary>
+    public void OnEmote(string senderName, string text, uint senderGuid)
+    {
+        Append(new ChatEntry(
+            Kind: ChatKind.Emote,
+            Sender: senderName,
+            Text: text,
+            SenderGuid: senderGuid,
+            ChannelId: 0));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>SoulEmote (0x01E2) — complex emote (chat + paired animation).</summary>
+    public void OnSoulEmote(string senderName, string text, uint senderGuid)
+    {
+        Append(new ChatEntry(
+            Kind: ChatKind.SoulEmote,
+            Sender: senderName,
+            Text: text,
+            SenderGuid: senderGuid,
+            ChannelId: 0));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>PlayerKilled (0x019E) — death announcement.</summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Death messages are routed as <see cref="ChatKind.System"/> so they
+    /// share styling with other server announcements. The
+    /// <c>SenderGuid</c> field carries the victim guid; the
+    /// <c>ChannelId</c> field carries the killer guid (a small misuse
+    /// of the field but avoids a schema change).
+    /// </remarks>
+    public void OnPlayerKilled(string deathMessage, uint victimGuid, uint killerGuid)
+    {
+        Append(new ChatEntry(
+            Kind: ChatKind.System,
+            Sender: "",
+            Text: deathMessage,
+            SenderGuid: victimGuid,
+            ChannelId: killerGuid));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>WeenieError (0x028A) / WeenieErrorWithString (0x028B).</summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Phase I.5: previously-orphaned parser. The server fires this when a
+    /// game-logic action fails (e.g. "you don't have enough mana", "you
+    /// can't pick that up"). Routed as <see cref="ChatKind.System"/>; the
+    /// <c>ChannelId</c> field carries the WeenieError code so plugins can
+    /// filter or react. <paramref name="param"/> is the interpolated
+    /// substring (null for plain WeenieError, set for WeenieErrorWithString).
+    /// </remarks>
+    public void OnWeenieError(uint errorId, string? param)
+    {
+        string text = string.IsNullOrEmpty(param)
+            ? $"WeenieError 0x{errorId:X4}"
+            : $"WeenieError 0x{errorId:X4}: {param}";
+        Append(new ChatEntry(
+            Kind: ChatKind.System,
+            Sender: "",
+            Text: text,
+            SenderGuid: 0,
+            ChannelId: errorId));
+    }
+
     /// <summary>GameEvent ChannelBroadcast (0x0147).</summary>
     public void OnChannelBroadcast(uint channelId, string sender, string text)
     {
@@ -129,6 +199,8 @@ public enum ChatKind
     Tell,
     System,
     Popup,
+    Emote,
+    SoulEmote,
 }
 
 public readonly record struct ChatEntry(

src/AcDream.UI.Abstractions/Panels/Chat/ChatVM.cs

@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ public sealed class ChatVM
         ChatKind.Tell          => $"[Tell] {entry.Sender}: {entry.Text}",
         ChatKind.System        => $"[System] {entry.Text}",
         ChatKind.Popup         => $"[Popup] {entry.Text}",
+        // Phase I.5: emote rendering matches retail's leading-asterisk
+        // convention ("* Caith waves at you"). SoulEmote uses the same
+        // prefix; the difference between Emote and SoulEmote is which
+        // animation pairs with the chat line (handled by the renderer,
+        // not the formatter).
+        ChatKind.Emote         => $"* {entry.Sender} {entry.Text}",
+        ChatKind.SoulEmote     => $"* {entry.Sender} {entry.Text}",
         _                      => entry.Text,
     };
 }