How to Make Teams

Hey guys how would i go about making a team type thing. I need a way to be able to allow players to team with another player(s) and then when one of them clicks on a sign then they are all teleported to the same spot. So how would i be able to make it so that the player can type a command with a player(1 or more) after the command and then like "hook" them all together or something. Does anyone know what i am talking about? LOL Thanks!

 

Well, the way I'd go about it would be to make a HashMap which takes a Player as the key and a String (the team name) as the value. Have it so when they enter a command (I'd make it /team) that takes the arg[0] and places it into the HashMap with the sender as the key and the arg[0] as the value. Then when a player clicks the sign, check each online player's HashMap and teleport all players with a matching value (team) as the player who clicked the sign to the same place. I'm fairly certain it isn't the best method, but that's what I would do

 

Hashmap?

 

Ty Cleere I'd make a Team class and work with that. More object oriented than HashMaps...but using HashMaps like Tehmaker said would probably work as well...it all depends on how you want to do it.

 

I use a Team class which holds a HashMap and also a Scoreboard team for name coloring.

 

Rocoty I just have no clue where to start. What do i start with? How do i use a hashmap to do teams? I have a teams command. But i dont know how to get players name out of a command that was typed and then be able to like "hook" them together...

 

HashMap<String, String> first string is team second string is player.

 

tommycake50 Ok. Should i just make this a new class? Would it be easier?

 

It depends on what way will work best for you and your situation.

 

tommycake50 Ok. Ill see what i can do. So the first string is the team and the second is the player?

 

mhm.