From 74a4801e2955cbec62cf3dfbf512ce1ec86f3d74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TheEt1234 <TheEt1234@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 22:44:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Attempt #16298

---
 builtin/game/chat.lua | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/game/chat.lua b/builtin/game/chat.lua
index 80c9a6e812..a7517bffe9 100644
--- a/builtin/game/chat.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/chat.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,17 @@ end
 -- Chat command handler
 --
 
-core.chatcommands = core.registered_chatcommands -- BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
+-- Unsure how to handle pairs()
+core.chatcommands = setmetatable({}, {
+	__index=function (_, k)
+		core.log("warn", "core.chatcommands is deprecated, use core.registered_chatcommands instead")
+		return core.registered_chatcommands[k]
+	end,
+	__newindex=function (_, k, v)
+		core.log("warn", "core.chatcommands is deprecated, use core.registered_chatcommands instead")
+		core.registered_chatcommands[k] = v
+	end,
+})
 
 local msg_time_threshold =
 	tonumber(core.settings:get("chatcommand_msg_time_threshold")) or 0.1