Solved Broadcast Color Question

Hey, Beast here.

I am wondering how I can let players enter their own color code for a broadcastMessage string. At the moment, players enter what they want their broadcast message color to be in the config, but I want that to be configurable in game. Let me show you.

My method that I am using to get the method color is this here:

Code:

ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("ManualMessageColor"))

Although, I am wanting to allow players to do /<broadcastcommand> &COLORMessage

Sorry if I am being difficult or confusing, thanks.

 

The color codes that you are talking about are two characters including the '&'. To make this configurable, have them type it in the beginning of their message and then add all of the arguments from the command and send it through translateAlternateColorCodes() as before.

 

Qwertyness_
Yes, I have that and my broadcast string. I just need to know what to throw into the method.

Code:

ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', /*Yep, here.*/ ) + broadcastMessage

 

You take all of the arguments from the player's command and add them into one string, send that string through the translateAlternateColorCodes() method, then broadcast it.
If I'm not wrong, that SHOULD work

EDIT: Btw, in your case the "player's command" has already been built, just send broadcastMessage through the method. (Sorry, didn't read your message carefully)

 

Qwertyness_
As in this string? If so, do what with it?
(Sorry, I am being difficult now. Lol)

Code:

                int i;
                String broadcastMessage ="";
                for (i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                broadcastMessage += args[i] + " ";

 

Is your broadcastMessage variable the player's desired message?

 

Qwertyness_

Yes, I added that into my broadcast.

Code:

ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', ) + broadcastMessage

I just need to know what to pass through so that to colors work.

 

then just do:

Code:java

ChatColor.translateColorCodes('&', broadcastMessage);
Bukkit.broadcastMessage(broadcastMessage);

Or something of that manner...

 

Qwertyness_

Oh okay, I see. You are saying I could just combine the two?

 

HelpfulBeast
Do you only want to replace the first color? Because you could just use ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', broadcastMessage) if you want to replace all colors in the message.
Edit: Too slow

 

If you combine them, you can use multiple color codes as Minecrell said, and it also makes it a WHOLE lot easier.
(Lol Minecrell, had many a moment today that I was in the same situation )

 

Qwertyness_
Lol. I did some experimenting with what you did, and if I enter more than another argument I get my command usage error. Here:



Here is my code.

Code:java

           ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', broadcastMessage);
           Bukkit.broadcastMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConfig().getString("ManualPrefix")) + broadcastMessage);

My string builder is still the same as is above.

 

That's something to do with your declaration of broadcastMessage than.
Can you post your command reading code?

 

HelpfulBeast
Make sure to replace the message by the colored one before broadcasting it. The method will return a new string and won't modify the old one.

Code:java

broadcastMessage = ChatColor.translateColorCodes('&', broadcastMessage);

If you're interested, here's the code you could use for only replacing the first color:

Code:java

broadcastMessage = broadcastMessage.replaceFirst("&([0-9a-fk-or])", "\u00A7$1");

 

Qwertyness_

Lol. Forget the argument error. I realized that was something I did wrong before (I fixed that).

Now, whenever I try to enter a color code after my command, it just runs straight forward and does for e.x. "&9Hey" without the coloring. Dang.

 

Forgot about that

Can you be a little more descriptive...didn't understand what you meant

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

 

Minecrell Qwertyness_
Thank you guys both. Sorry for all the trouble I caused. Works now.

 

Cool. Please mark as solved! Keep this a good community...lol

 

Qwertyness_
I normally try to.

 

That's not a string builder. You should be using this http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuilder.html