Changing player nametag colors

Hello! I am creating a mini game and I want to make it so that the colors nametag (the one above there head and in chat) is Red if they are on team red, and Blue if they are on team blue. Any help?
This is what I have so far for the team red code but I have no idea where to start for the changing of colors. Thanks!
Team Red Code:

Code:java

package me.TCOB055.AttackersVSDefenders;
 
import me.TCOB055.AttackersVSDefenders.Main;
 
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
public class Teams implements CommandExecutor {
 
    private Main plugin;
    public Teams(Main instance){
        plugin = instance;
    }
 
    public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String [] args){
    if (sender instanceof Player){
        Player p = (Player) sender;
        if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Team red")){
            if (p.hasPermission("TeamSelect.use")){
                if (!plugin.TeamRed.contains(p.getName())){
                    if (!plugin.TeamBlue.contains(p.getName())){
                            plugin.TeamRed.add(p.getName());
                            plugin.TeamBlue.add(p.getName());
                            p.sendMessage("You have been added to team " + ChatColor.RED + "Red!");
 
                        }else{
                            p.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "You are already on blue team!");}
                    }
                }
            }
 
        }
 
    return false;
}
}

 

TCO_007
You can use TagAPI for the above the head names.

 

Also line 21 is wrong, you cant check for that as a command. Check if the label equals Team, then check for the arguments.

 

That works fine so far i know! Im using it to for my server the setup my RPG plugin!

 

GeorgeeeHD Is there somewhere I can learn to do that because I have always used the method I have on 21 before but usually it was 1 word long. Maybe there is a difference then? Im sorry, Im somewhat new to coding XD

How do I get this to work? It crosses it out which I assume means that it doesnt work anymore. What method would I use now to fix it JoeyDevs

Code:java

@EventHandler
    public void onPlayerRedChooseColor(PlayerReceiveNameTagEvent e){
        Player p = e.getNamedPlayer();
        if (plugin.TeamRed.contains(p)){
            e.setTag(ChatColor.RED + p.getName());
        }

The (PlayerReceiveNameTagEvent e) becomes crossed out and underlined in yellow.

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

 

Take a look at the thread. The PlayerReceiveNameTagEvent is deprecated in order to be replaced by a different Event. http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/tagapi-change-color-the-name-over-peoples-heads.99485/

 

@TCO_007

this is to check for multiple arguments:

Code:java

if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Team")) {
                if(args.length == 1) {
                    if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("Red")) {
                        //Do code here
                    }
                }
            }

args.length returns an int of how many arguments the player types so /team red would be 1 argument /team join red would be 2 arguments.

Then to get a specific argument, u can do args[argument length -1] so in /team join, join is equal to args[0]

Hope this helps

 

Thanks GeorgeeeHD
so does this look right?

Code:java

public class Teams implements CommandExecutor{
 
    private Main plugin;
    public Teams(Main instance){
        plugin = instance;
    }
 
    public boolean onRedTeamCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String [] args){
    if (sender instanceof Player){
        Player p = (Player) sender;
        if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Team")) {
            if(args.length == 1) {
                if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("Red")) {
                    if (p.hasPermission("TeamSelect.use")){
                        if (!plugin.TeamRed.contains(p.getName())){
                            if (!plugin.TeamSelected.contains(p.getName())){
                                plugin.TeamRed.add(p.getName());
                                plugin.TeamSelected.add(p.getName());
                                p.sendMessage("You have been added to team " + ChatColor.RED + "Red!");
                                TagAPI.refreshPlayer(p);
 
                        }else{
                            p.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "You are already on blue team!");}
                    }
                }else{
                    p.sendMessage(ChatColor.GRAY + "You cannot choose your own team! Donate online for that permission!");
                }
            }
 
        }
 
        }
    }
    return false;
}
 
    public boolean onBlueTeamCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String [] args){
        if (sender instanceof Player){
            Player p = (Player) sender;
            if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Team")) {
                if(args.length == 1) {
                    if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("Blue")) {
                        if (p.hasPermission("TeamSelect.use")){
                            if (!plugin.TeamRed.contains(p.getName())){
                              if (!plugin.TeamBlue.contains(p.getName())){
                                    plugin.TeamSelected.add(p.getName());
                                    plugin.TeamBlue.add(p.getName());
                                    p.sendMessage("You have been added to team " + ChatColor.BLUE + "Blue!");
                                    TagAPI.refreshPlayer(p);
 
                            }else{
                                p.sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "You are already on red team!");}
                        }
                    }else{
                        p.sendMessage(ChatColor.GRAY + "You cannot choose your own team! Donate online for that permission!");
                    }
                }
 
            }
 
    }
        }
        return false;
    }
}
 

 

Using Scoreboards would be the best design choice here, both eliminating the overhead of a separate plugin API and allowing other scoreboard features.

 

Where could I learn how to do that @coasterman101

Btw, how would I register this command in Main class?

Code:java

public boolean onRedTeamCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String commandLabel, String [] args){
    if (sender instanceof Player){
        Player p = (Player) sender;
        if(commandLabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Team")) {
            if(args.length == 1) {
                if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("Red")) {
                    if (p.hasPermission("TeamSelect.use")){
                        if (!plugin.TeamRed.contains(p.getName())){
                            if (!plugin.TeamSelected.contains(p.getName())){
                                plugin.TeamRed.add(p.getName());
                                plugin.TeamSelected.add(p.getName());
                                p.sendMessage("You have been added to team " + ChatColor.RED + "Red!");
                                TagAPI.refreshPlayer(p);
 

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