Color Signs

Hi can some one help me make a coloring signs command
kind of like this you place a sign then you write on the sign
i know your gona say theres all ready this plugin but thats
not all i am planing to do to this plugin this is just the hard bit

Code:

&1TEST

Then comes out as TEST please help i understand i might
not be able to make this plugin because it is such a hard
task but i would like to try please help i am all ways happy to
meet new people

 

In your code, when you process the sign text, you have to replace &1 by ChatColor.BLUE, &2 by ChatColor.GREEN, etc... (find the right colors, of course).

 

ok sounds good any suggestions on were a could find code
on how to start this plugin thanks

 

The huge plugin tutorial. Look in the docs, link in the menu at the top of the page.

 

ok i just read it and theres nothing about colored signs

 

but there are directions on using listeners (which will be required) and stuff like that

 

Use onSignChange(); it will fire after a new sign is placed (and written to).

For changing text something like:

Code:java

String[] lines = event.getLines();
 
for (int k = 0; k < lines.length; k++)
    event.setLine(k, lines[k].replaceAll("&1", ChatCollor.BLUE)

May or may not work as written (Done in gedit), but should be enough to get you started.

EDIT: Changed 'i' to 'k' to prevent the forum thinking 'i' meant italics in the array.

 

That will replace class color codes with the appropriate chat colors:

Code:

myString.replaceAll("&([0-9a-f])", "\u00A7$1")

I'm too tired to explain it right now ...

 

not working

Code:

 package xDUBSTEPx.ulist;

import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.security.auth.login.Configuration;

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.Event;
import org.bukkit.plugin.PluginManager;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class ulist extends JavaPlugin {

    public static ulist plugin;
    public static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger("Minecraft");

    public void onEnable() {
        PluginManager pm = getServer().getPluginManager();

    log.info("[ulist] Plugin enabled.");
}
 
@Override
public void onDisable() {
    log.info("[ulist] Plugin disabled.");
}
 
String[] lines = event.getLines();

for (int k = 0; k < lines.length; k++)
    event.setLine(k, lines[k].replaceAll("&1", ChatCollor.BLUE);
    

 

That for loop needs to be in the function (event in this case) block, you can't have it outside a function.

Go learn some Java 101; Search Google for some tutorial or something. <I don't mean to offend, but you need to learn the basics>

 

your not offending me like i said in up top "i understand i might not be able to make this plugin"

 

You need to learn java before you make a plugin.

 

Code:

String[] lines = event.getLines();

        int i = 0;

        for (String line : lines)
        {
            event.setLine(i++, line.replaceAll("&([0-9a-fA-F])", "§$1"));

        }

this is working code pulled from my creativecolours for coloured signs