Get rid of the ending of a death message

Hey guys,

Short and simple, I need to figure out how to get out the end of a death message. For example, when a player killed another player the death message is "<player> was slain by <player> using [ItemStack]". Everyone knows that, it is how the game is designed. My problem is that I cannot get rid of the ending where it states the ItemStack name. Other than that, I also wanted to make the death message custom without going through every single situation; therefore, making my code a long and unorganized mess. Here is the code I tried to use (please disregard all the object I am using, it is for a minigame):

Code:java

if(event.getDeathMessage().contains(victim.getName()) && event.getDeathMessage().contains(victim.getKiller().getName()))
        {
            if(victim.getKiller() instanceof Player)
            {
                //Player attacker = (Player) victim.getKiller();
            String victimName = event.getDeathMessage().substring(0, victim.getName().length());
            String deathMSG = event.getDeathMessage().substring(victim.getName().length(), (event.getDeathMessage().length() - victim.getKiller().getName().length()));
            String attackerName = event.getDeathMessage().substring((victim.getName().length() + deathMSG.length()), event.getDeathMessage().length());
            CWPlayer cwpattacker = CWPlayer.getCWPlayer(victim.getKiller());
            cwpattacker.setKills(cwpattacker.getKills() + 1);
            if(Methods.isRanked(victim.getKiller()))
                cwpattacker.setPoints(cwpattacker.getPoints() + 8);
            else
                cwpattacker.setPoints(cwpattacker.getPoints() + 5);
            if(CW.getInstance().getBlueTeam().contains(victim.getName()))
            {
                event.setDeathMessage(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + victimName + ChatColor.YELLOW + deathMSG + ChatColor.DARK_RED + attackerName);
                CW.getInstance().getGame().setRedKills(CW.getInstance().getGame().getRedKills() + 1);
            }
            else
            {
                event.setDeathMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + victimName + ChatColor.YELLOW + deathMSG + ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + attackerName);
                CW.getInstance().getGame().setBlueKills(CW.getInstance().getGame().getBlueKills() + 1);
            }
            CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().put(victim.getKiller().getName(), CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().get(victim.getKiller().getName()) + 1);
            CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().put(victim.getName(), 0);
            if(CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().get(victim.getKiller().getName()) == 3)
            {
                victim.getKiller().getInventory().addItem(CW.getInstance().getClasses().killStreak3);
                if(CW.getInstance().getBlueTeam().contains(victim.getKiller().getName()))
                    Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + victim.getKiller().getName() + ChatColor.WHITE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + " HAS RECIEVED A  " + ChatColor.GOLD + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "BAZOOKA");
                else
                    Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + victim.getKiller().getName() + ChatColor.WHITE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + " HAS RECIEVED A  " + ChatColor.GOLD + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "BAZOOKA");
            }
            else if(CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().get(victim.getKiller().getName()) == 5)
            {
                victim.getKiller().getInventory().addItem(CW.getInstance().getClasses().killStreak5);
                if(CW.getInstance().getBlueTeam().contains(victim.getKiller().getName()))
                    Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + victim.getKiller().getName() + ChatColor.WHITE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + " HAS RECIEVED A  " + ChatColor.GOLD + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "" + ChatColor.UNDERLINE + "TnT Strike");
                else
                    Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + victim.getKiller().getName() + ChatColor.WHITE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + " HAS RECIEVED A  " + ChatColor.GOLD + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "" + ChatColor.UNDERLINE + "TnT Strike");
            }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            String deathMSG = event.getDeathMessage().substring(victim.getName().length(), event.getDeathMessage().length());
            if(CW.getInstance().getBlueTeam().contains(victim.getName()))
            {
                event.setDeathMessage(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + victim.getName() + ChatColor.YELLOW + deathMSG);
                CW.getInstance().getGame().setRedKills(CW.getInstance().getGame().getRedKills() + 1);
            }
            else
            {
                event.setDeathMessage(ChatColor.DARK_RED + victim.getName() + ChatColor.YELLOW + deathMSG);
                CW.getInstance().getGame().setBlueKills(CW.getInstance().getGame().getBlueKills() + 1);
            }
            CW.getInstance().getPlayerKillStreaks().put(victim.getName(), 0);
        }

If anyone could give me any insight on how to complete this task it would be very appreciated. Thanks guys!

 

wait if you want to get rifd of de itemstack you have to set the message to damager killed dead, to cancel it completely use setdeathmessage Null

 

I'm sorry but I didn't understand the real problem, do you want to remove the death message part about the item used to kill?

 

Is this what you mean?

Code:

String deathMSG = event.getDeathMessage();
String killerName = victim.getKiller().getName();
deathMSG = deathMSG.substring(0, deathMSG.indexOf(killerName) + killerName.length());