Bypassing 16 character limit on tab list names?

Hello!

I have created a plugin which sets a user's name to a specific colour based upon a permission. However for names 12-14+ characters long, it often breaks and console shows a 'reached 16 character limit' error when they join. This is the code I'm using:

Code:java

if (p.hasPermission("rank.player")) {
            p.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.GREEN + p.getName());
        }

With names that are a colour and bold, I just add bold like this:

Code:java

if (p.hasPermission("rank.owner")) {
            p.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.DARK_RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + p.getName());
        }

Any suggestions on how to apply colours and bold without bypassing the character limit? Thanks.

 

You can use scoreboard prefixes, those show on the tab list. If you want more than just a prefix, pretty sure you can accomplish tab list names longer than 16 characters using packets.

 

I don't think you can with the tablist by default. you have to cut the nickname if it's over 14 letters