Need help expanding 16 character limit

So I'm trying to get tablist to show a prefix with a name but it gives errors to certain users due to the 16 character limit. Help please

Code

Code:

 ArrayList<String> mod = new ArrayList<String>();
        
        String mods = ChatColor.GOLD + "[MOD] " + p.getName();
        for(String m : mod)
        {
            if(mods.length() + 6 > 16)
                  mods = mods.substring(0, mods.length());
            mods += m;
        }
         }
         if(p.hasPermission("mod.rank")){
             e.setJoinMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "[MOD] " + e.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.GRAY + " has join" + ChatColor.AQUA + " HeroMC" + ChatColor.GRAY + "!");
             p.setPlayerListName(mods);

 

Use teams inside of the tab. It works better.

 

@Zyu Just to add on what CoderGuy said, add the players to a team and set a prefix to a team, the prefix will display before their name in the tab list and their head, don't forget to reset the colors!

 

I'm trying to get the scoreboard prefix to work but Im fairly new to java and i need some help

Code

Code:

@EventHandler(priority=EventPriority.HIGHEST)
    public void playerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent e) {
      Player p = e.getPlayer();
        e.setJoinMessage("");
         Team team = ScoreboardAPI.createTeam("ADMIN");
         team.setPrefix(ChatColor.RED + "[ADMIN] " + e.getPlayer().getName());
         team.addPlayer(e.getPlayer());
       
         if(p.hasPermission("admin.rank")){
             e.setJoinMessage(ChatColor.RED + "[ADMIN] " + e.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.GRAY + " has join" + ChatColor.AQUA + " HeroMC" + ChatColor.GRAY + "!");
             p.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.RED + "" + p.getName());
         }
    }

Don't know what to do after that

Scoreboard API

Code:

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Objective;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Scoreboard;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Team;

public class ScoreboardAPI {
   
    private static Scoreboard board;
   
    public static Scoreboard getScoreboard() {
        if (board == null)
            board = Bukkit.getScoreboardManager().getNewScoreboard();
        return board;
    }
   
    private static void initScoreboard() {
        if (board == null)
            board = Bukkit.getScoreboardManager().getNewScoreboard();
    }
   
    public static Team createTeam(String name) {
        initScoreboard();
        Team toReturn = board.getTeam(name);
        if (toReturn == null)
            toReturn = board.registerNewTeam(name);
        return toReturn;
    }
   
    public static Objective createObjective(String name, String criteria) {
        initScoreboard();
        Objective toReturn = board.getObjective(name);
        if (toReturn == null)
            toReturn = board.registerNewObjective(name, criteria);
        return toReturn;
    }
}

Like i know that you need to do something like setScoreboard() and connect it to the player but I'm lost with that

I'm trying to get the scoreboard prefix to work but Im fairly new to java and i need some help

Code

Code:

@EventHandler(priority=EventPriority.HIGHEST)
    public void playerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent e) {
      Player p = e.getPlayer();
        e.setJoinMessage("");
         Team team = ScoreboardAPI.createTeam("ADMIN");
         team.setPrefix(ChatColor.RED + "[ADMIN] " + e.getPlayer().getName());
         team.addPlayer(e.getPlayer());
        
         if(p.hasPermission("admin.rank")){
             e.setJoinMessage(ChatColor.RED + "[ADMIN] " + e.getPlayer().getName() + ChatColor.GRAY + " has join" + ChatColor.AQUA + " HeroMC" + ChatColor.GRAY + "!");
             p.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.RED + "" + p.getName());
         }
    }

Don't know what to do after that

Scoreboard API

Code:

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Objective;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Scoreboard;
import org.bukkit.scoreboard.Team;

public class ScoreboardAPI {
    
    private static Scoreboard board;
    
    public static Scoreboard getScoreboard() {
        if (board == null)
            board = Bukkit.getScoreboardManager().getNewScoreboard();
        return board;
    }
    
    private static void initScoreboard() {
        if (board == null)
            board = Bukkit.getScoreboardManager().getNewScoreboard();
    }
    
    public static Team createTeam(String name) {
        initScoreboard();
        Team toReturn = board.getTeam(name);
        if (toReturn == null)
            toReturn = board.registerNewTeam(name);
        return toReturn;
    }
    
    public static Objective createObjective(String name, String criteria) {
        initScoreboard();
        Objective toReturn = board.getObjective(name);
        if (toReturn == null)
            toReturn = board.registerNewObjective(name, criteria);
        return toReturn;
    }
}

Like i know that you need to do something like setScoreboard() and connect it to the player but I'm lost with that

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

 

@Zyu I suggest reading this
http://bukkit.org/threads/tutorial-scoreboards-teams-with-the-bukkit-api.139655/

Google is your friend.