Solved Flashing Text

Hey, does anyone know how I can create flashing text? Not like in chat, I am using the barapi and I want the message to change colors every 2 seconds, but I am not sure how to do that. Can some explain how I can do that? I don't need the code I just want an explanation.

 

I suppose you could do this by making a runnable.

Code:

Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(plugin, new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        //change color
    }
}, 40L, 40L);

40L = 40 ticks, which is 2 seconds.

 

Stealth2800
Yeah I know I would need to make a runnable I want to know the color changing part

 

HelGod
Nothing to explain...
Just add 'ChatColor.RED' (or any color ofc) to the start of the string....

 

I believe there's something to explain. An efficient and coherent way to do so.

If you want a particular and exact pattern, I'd recommend using a List of Strings and then making an Iterator of Strings that runs through that list. It could even be a List of chars and whatnot. Anyways, just store the pattern in which you want the colors:

Code:

private List<String> prefixes = Arrays.asList("c", "6", "e", "a", "b", "9", "1", "5", "d"); //Relative rainbow pattern
private Iterator<String> prefixesIt = prefixes.iterator();
 
public String updateString(String s) {
  if(prefixIt.hasNext()) return "\u00A7" + prefixIt.next() + s;
  else {
    prefixIt = prefixes.iterator();
    return "\u00A7" + prefixIt.next() + s;
  }
  return s;
}

 

Drkmaster83
This looks like it might work I will give it a try.

 

I'll be here for debugging.

I assumed it worked, then.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Drkmaster83
It works, thanks so much . I can change this method up for some other stuff I couldn't figure out to do

 

No problem