Modernizing the Herochat integration, it may still be outdated with newer Herochat versions though.

src/com/massivecraft/factions/ConfServer.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class ConfServer extends SimpleConfig
 	// We offer a simple standard way to set the format
 	public static boolean chatSetFormat = false;
 	public static EventPriority chatSetFormatAt = EventPriority.LOWEST;
-	public static String chatSetFormatTo = "<§l{factions_roleprefix}§r{factions_relcolor}{factions_tag|rp}§f%1$s> %2$s";
+	public static String chatSetFormatTo = "<{factions_relcolor}§l{factions_roleprefix}§r{factions_relcolor}{factions_tag|rp}§f%1$s> %2$s";
 	
 	// We offer a simple standard way to parse the chat tags
 	public static boolean chatParseTags = true;

src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import com.massivecraft.factions.chat.tag.ChatTagTag;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.chat.tag.ChatTagTagforce;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.chat.tag.ChatTagTitle;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.cmd.*;
-import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.herochat.HerochatFeatures;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.Econ;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.LWCFeatures;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.SpoutFeatures;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.Worldguard;
+import com.massivecraft.factions.integration.herochat.HerochatFeatures;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsListenerChat;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.TodoFactionsEntityListener;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsListenerExploit;
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ public class Factions extends MPlugin
 		ChatTagTitle.get().register();
 		
 		// Integrate
+		this.integrate(HerochatFeatures.get());
+		
 		SpoutFeatures.setup();
 		Econ.setup();
-		HerochatFeatures.setup();
 		LWCFeatures.setup();
 		
 		if (ConfServer.worldGuardChecking)

src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/herochat/HerochatFeatures.java

@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
 package com.massivecraft.factions.integration.herochat;
 
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import com.dthielke.herochat.Herochat;
-import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import com.massivecraft.mcore.integration.IntegrationFeaturesAbstract;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 
-import com.massivecraft.factions.Factions;
+public class HerochatFeatures extends IntegrationFeaturesAbstract
+{
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	// INSTANCE & CONSTRUCT
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
 	
-public class HerochatFeatures implements Listener
+	private static HerochatFeatures i = new HerochatFeatures();
+	public static HerochatFeatures get() { return i; }
+	private HerochatFeatures() { super("Herochat"); }
+	
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	// OVERRIDE
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	
+	@Override
+	public void activate()
 	{
-	public static void setup()
+		Herochat.getChannelManager().addChannel(new FactionChannel());
+		Herochat.getChannelManager().addChannel(new AlliesChannel());
+		HerochatListener.get().activate();
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void deactivate()
 	{
-		Plugin plug = Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Herochat");
+		HerochatListener.get().deactivate();
-		if (plug == null) return;
-		if (!plug.getClass().getName().equals("com.dthielke.herochat.Herochat")) return;
-		Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(new HerochatListener(Factions.get()), Factions.get());
-		Factions.get().log("Integration with Herochat successful");
 	}
+	
 }

src/com/massivecraft/factions/integration/herochat/HerochatListener.java

@@ -1,28 +1,45 @@
 package com.massivecraft.factions.integration.herochat;
 
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
+import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 
 import com.dthielke.herochat.ChannelChatEvent;
-import com.dthielke.herochat.Herochat;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.ConfServer;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.Factions;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.chat.ChatFormatter;
 
+
 public class HerochatListener implements Listener
 {
-	Factions p;
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
-	public HerochatListener(Factions p)
+	// INSTANCE & CONSTRUCT
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	
+	private static HerochatListener i = new HerochatListener();
+	public static HerochatListener get() { return i; }
+	private HerochatListener() {}
+	
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	// ACTIVATE & DEACTIVATE
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	
+	public void activate()
 	{
-		this.p = p;
+		Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, Factions.get());
-		Herochat.getChannelManager().addChannel(new FactionChannel());
-		Herochat.getChannelManager().addChannel(new AlliesChannel());
 	}
 	
-	/**
+	public void deactivate()
-	 * Due to limitations in the new version of Herochat we can not offer relation colored tags.
+	{
-	 */
+		HandlerList.unregisterAll(this);
+	}
+	
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	// LISTENER
+	// -------------------------------------------- //
+	
 	@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.NORMAL)
 	public void onChannelChatEvent(ChannelChatEvent event)
 	{
@@ -34,4 +51,5 @@ public class HerochatListener implements Listener
 		format = ChatFormatter.format(format, event.getSender().getName(), null, null); 
 		event.setFormat(format);
 	}
+	
 }