Nametag colors

Is there anyone that knows how to set a player's above head nametag with a color?

After some search with absolute no clue, this is what I got, but it didn't work.

Code:

public static Team sc;

Code:

       
    public static void Nametag(Player p, String cc) {
       try {
          Scoreboard sb = Bukkit.getScoreboardManager().getMainScoreboard();
          Team c = sb.getTeam(p.getName());
          if (c == null) {
              c = sb.registerNewTeam(p.getName());
          }
          c.setPrefix('§' + cc);
          c.addPlayer(p);
          p.setScoreboard(sb);
          sc = c;
       } catch (NullPointerException localNullPointerException) {}
    }

I've heard of packets, but never used them.

Help is appreciated as always!
Thanks,
-Fan

 

@fanofrods
Check out TagAPI. I'm pretty sure that's what it's called. @md_5 made it.
I haven't used it since like a year ago, but it should work.

 

The function is called setCustomName() I think. You can une chat color properties on it. I know it work on living entities, but I never tested it on player. Buy like @Hawktasard said, tagAPI works fine

 

I don't want to use an API though. :C

 

Then try using the setCustomName() function.

 

setCustomName() does not work for players.

I heard something about a scoreboard API in Bukkit that lets you do it. Any idea?

 

The scoreboard can be display under a player's name. But it won't override it.

So you will have both, the name of the player plus the one you want to display

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

 

TagAPI doesn't work with 1.8 I think
+ Some people says it's possible to use the new scoreboard bukkit API for nametags

 

@fanofrods Create a team. Then set the prefix of the team to a color. Add players to the team, any player on the team can see the color above your head.