Colour on signs

I have:

Code:

event.setLine(3, "§e" + players + "§0/§e" + maxplayers + " §0Online");

But it thinks the "§e" (colour codes) are characters, so it only displays: "0/12 On"

Anyone know a way to fix this?

 

Use

Code:java

event.setLine(3, ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&',"&e" + players + "&0/&e" + maxplayers + " &0Online");

 

It says "ChatColor can not be resolved".

 

Elimnator
You need to import it

 

xTrollxDudex
Tomskied
That doesn't change anything.

 

Elimnator
Is the error still there?
You can always use the ChatColor enumeration.

 

xTrollxDudex
There is no error, is just still shows only: "0/12 On" not "0/12 Online" like it should.

Edit: What's ChatColor enumeration?

 

Elimnator
The chat color enumeration is the long verion of "enum", just do ChatColor.BLACK + "text here" + ChatColor.RED + "more text". All the chat colors can be found on the javadocs.

 

Oh, I think I know what you mean now. You cant stop chat chars from being seen as a char. So ChatColor.BLACK or my method, or your §0 will still take up space, hence why you cant fit your line on.

 

Tomskied
xTrollxDudex

I did this and it still wont show the maxplayers variable.

Code:

event.setLine(3, "Players: " + ChatColor.YELLOW + players + ChatColor.BLACK + "/" + ChatColor.YELLOW + maxplayers);

 

A line of text on a sign is 15 chars max long.
"Players: " 9 chars. ChatColor.YELLOW 2 chars, players probably 1-2 chars, ChatColor.BLACK 2 chars, "/" 1 char, ChatColor.YELLOW 2 chars, maxplayers, probably 1-2 chars.
Even if the max players and players is lower than 10, thats still 18 chars. Too many for one line.

 

Tomskied
I thought ChatColor.YELLOW didn't count as characters.

How do I change the colour but not use up characters?

 

Elimnator You can't afaik.

 

if i'm not mistaken you need to use "//" in the string not "/" to get a single "/" charactor after compiling

 

Well I did:

Code:

event.setLine(3, "Players: " + ChatColor.YELLOW + players + "/" + maxplayers);

And it worked, so you must be mistaken.