Added extra config to the WebSocket bot AllowIpAlias, which allows enabling of any IP to be used to host the WebSocket bot from

MinecraftClient/ChatBots/WebSocketBot.cs

@@ -287,13 +287,21 @@ public class WebSocketBot : ChatBot
 
         [TomlInlineComment("$ChatBot.WebSocketBot.DebugMode$")]
         public bool DebugMode = false;
+
+        [TomlInlineComment("$ChatBot.WebSocketBot.AllowIpAlias$")]
+        public bool AllowIpAlias = false;
     }
 
     public WebSocketBot()
     {
+        _password = Config.Password;
+        _authenticatedSessions = new();
+        _waitingEvents = new();
+
         var match = Regex.Match(Config.Ip!, @"\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}");
 
-        if (!match.Success)
+        // If AllowIpAlias is set to true in the config, then always ignore this check
+        if (!match.Success & !Config.AllowIpAlias!)
         {
             LogToConsole(Translations.bot_WebSocketBot_failed_to_start_ip);
             return;
@@ -307,9 +315,6 @@ public class WebSocketBot : ChatBot
 
         _ip = Config.Ip;
         _port = Config.Port;
-        _password = Config.Password;
-        _authenticatedSessions = new();
-        _waitingEvents = new();
     }
 
     public override void Initialize()

MinecraftClient/Resources/ConfigComments/ConfigComments.resx

@@ -843,6 +843,9 @@ If the connection to the Minecraft game server is blocked by the firewall, set E
   <data name="ChatBot.WebSocketBot.DebugMode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>This setting is for developers who are developing a library that uses this chat bot to remotely execute procedures/commands/functions.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="ChatBot.WebSocketBot.AllowIpAlias" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Allow IP aliases, such as "localhost" or if using containers then the container name can be used...</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Main.Advanced.ignore_invalid_playername" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Ignore invalid player name</value>
   </data>

MinecraftClient/Resources/Translations/Translations.Designer.cs

@@ -2450,6 +2450,15 @@ namespace MinecraftClient {
                 return ResourceManager.GetString("chatbot.reconnect", resourceCulture);
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to .
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string ChatBot_WebSocketBot_AllowIpAlias {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ChatBot.WebSocketBot.AllowIpAlias", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
         
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to .