Solved Hiding Nametags

I have been looking for a way to hide players nametags (the one over the head) but found no post that was in anyway up-to-date (latest one I found was from 2016). So what I want to know is, if it is possible to do that in current versions and if possible how.

Thanks in advance!

 

@Grauly From a quick google search, it seems you can set an armor stand as a passenger for the player to hide the name tag.
You just have to make the armorstand invisible and then hide it's name tag if not already hidden.

 

@KarimAKL Thanks!
Thats the first step... but as far as i tested it , it hides it for all Players. I am looking for a possiblity to hide the name tag of Player A from Player B but not from Player C (So basicly hiding the nametag individualy), without using scoreboard-nonsene.
But again. BIG Thanks for that first step... maybe ill find a good use for that.

 

@Grauly I haven't used NMS much but maybe if you could make it so the armorstand is only seen by 1 (or more) player(s) and then attach (set passenger) it to the player?
EDIT: Now that i think about it, you could probably just hide the name tag with NMS without the armorstand.

 

You can also put players in separate scoreboard teams.
There's, uh, a method to hide name tags for 1.8 and above.

Code:Java

void setNameTagVisibility(final NameTagVisibility p0) throws IllegalArgumentException;

Maybe you can play around with it.

 

@KarimAKL I tested around with the armorstand and found a fatal flaw to it. If everything is set up as you sad, a player cant interact with anything (Hitbox of Armorstand blocking Everything) so it is a bit impractical for that use.
Regarding NMS: what is that exactly?

EDIT: I took a look at what it is, sounds promising, yet i have no idea how to archieve what i need.

@Shqep Thanks for your Reply! Scoreboard teams makes stuff realy complicated (and as far as i know it is a big compatiblity issue). Scoreboards will be the last resort, if everything else fails.

 

@Grauly You can set the ArmorStand as a marker and then you won't have that problem. (Use the setMarker(boolean) method)

 

@KarimAKL Well that works.
Before you mentioned NMS as solution too... do you have any sources i could look into to figure out what to do?
The Armorstand hides for everyone, i am looking for the possibility described above - Still Thanks!

 

@Grauly NMS stands for "net.minecraft.server".
This thread should help you: https://bukkit.org/threads/info-packets-nms-explained.177955/

 

@KarimAKL I checked the List of the Packets linked in the Page you linked but couldnt find any Packet relevant for nametags (except in scoreboard teams). What i found was that ProtocolLib seems to come up relativly often around this topic (nametag stuff) , but it seems like just another way of handeling/modifying packets (but i couldnt find the packet responsible for nametags).

 

@Grauly To make an armorstand that is only viewable by a specific player you can do something like this:

Code:Java

// Create NMS ArmorStand
EntityArmorStand stand = new EntityArmorStand(((CraftWorld) location.getWorld()).getHandle(), location.getX(), location.getY(), location.getZ());
// Set invisible
stand.setInvisible(true);
// Hide name tag
stand.setCustomNameVisible(false);
// Create spawn 'stand' packet
PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving packet = new PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving(stand);
// Send packet to player
((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);

Of course you can change the code to fit your need.

 

So i did some digging with other searches and came across this post:
https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/protocollib-and-nametag.176934/
wich basicly is intercepting / changing the name with packets.
I tried it, but it gave a few complications. (The Problem is i can set the Namestring to "" but it still shows the black box. Also it was not ressettable due to the Player having no name i could set it back to)
Ill now try your code @KarimAKL

EDIT: I tried it. i can create the armorstands for just one player but found no way to put it as a passenger of the other player. .addPassenger(Entity passenger) cant take an EntityArmorStand, and so far i found no other way

EDIT2: I took another sweep around and came by the idea of "simulating" a scoreboard using Packets by sending Player B packets to tell him that Player A is in a team with tag Visiblity set to invisble (without creating scoreboards for the Server). Problem is, that i have no idea how to do that.

 

@Grauly Try doing something like this:

Code:Java

Player player; // Your player
EntityPlayer p = ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle(); // Your NMS player
p.setPassenger(stand); // Set NMS armorstand as passenger for NMS player

EDIT: For your other problem about not getting the player's old name you could save the name before changing it.

 

@KarimAKL It would in Theory work but i coulndt remove it if i try to "unhide" the Player again because there are no realy "registerd" Armorstands i could remove later (as far as i could find it).

I tried using Packets and Scoreboard and ended up with this for hiding:

Code:

        ScoreboardTeam team = new ScoreboardTeam(new Scoreboard(), "name");
        team.setNameTagVisibility(EnumNameTagVisibility.NEVER);
        ArrayList<String> coll = new ArrayList<String>();
        coll.add(player.getName());
        PacketPlayOutScoreboardTeam packet = new PacketPlayOutScoreboardTeam(team,coll,3);
        p2.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);

p2 ist the Player that is hidden from - thing is it dose not work (no errors).

 

@Grauly For that you could save the entity like this:

Code:Java

// Create map for saving of armorstands
Map<UUID, EntityArmorStand> stands = new HashMap<>();
 
// Create armorstand
Player player; // Your player
EntityArmorStand stand; // Your armorstand
PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving packet = new PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving(stand);
this.stands.put(player.getUniqueId(), stand);
((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
 
// Remove armorstand
Player player; // Your player
PacketPlayOutEntityDestroy packet = new PacketPlayOutEntityDestroy(this.stands.get(player.getUnique()).getId());
((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);

I haven't worked with scoreboards, so i can't help you with those.

 

I got it working using Armorstands and the Map thing (I am unsure why i didnt think about that in the first Place, but i think my brain was fixated on that Armorstand not existing Serverside and therefor not existing at all).
This "mystery" is now solved - and thats thanks to you @KarimAKL - that saved my project. Thank you.

Code as Follows:

Code:

public Map<ArrayList<UUID>,EntityArmorStand> hiddenmap = new HashMap<ArrayList<UUID>,EntityArmorStand>();
    //First Player in the List is the hidden one

    @Override
    public void hide(Player player, Player hideFrom) {
        if(player == hideFrom)
            return;
        //Add Players to the List
        ArrayList<UUID> list = new ArrayList<UUID>();
        list.add(player.getUniqueId());
        list.add(hideFrom.getUniqueId());
        if(hiddenmap.containsKey(list)) {
            return;
        }
        //spawning the Armorstand & setting it up
        Location pos = player.getLocation();
        EntityArmorStand stand = new EntityArmorStand(((CraftWorld)pos.getWorld()).getHandle(),pos.getX(),pos.getY(),pos.getZ());
        stand.setInvisible(true);
        stand.setInvulnerable(true);
        stand.setMarker(true);
        stand.setCustomNameVisible(false);
        CraftPlayer p = (CraftPlayer) player;
        p.getHandle().passengers.add(stand);
        //Packet packing
        PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving packet = new PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityLiving(stand);
        //"Registering" the Stand and the Players
        hiddenmap.put(list, stand);
        //Packet sending
        CraftPlayer ply = (CraftPlayer) hideFrom;
        ply.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
     
    }

    @Override
    public void unhide(Player player, Player hiddenFrom) {
        if(player == hiddenFrom)
            return;
        ArrayList<UUID> list = new ArrayList<UUID>();
        list.add(player.getUniqueId());
        list.add(hiddenFrom.getUniqueId());
        if(!(hiddenmap.containsKey(list))) {
            return;
        } 
        EntityArmorStand stand = hiddenmap.get(list);
        PacketPlayOutEntityDestroy packet = new PacketPlayOutEntityDestroy(stand.getId());
        CraftPlayer ply = (CraftPlayer) hiddenFrom;
        ply.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
        hiddenmap.remove(list);
    }

if this is considerd "spoonfeeding" ill be ok with removing it. I am just trying to spare any person after me starting all of this again. Also - i know that it is probably VERY unefficient. Please spare me.

 

@Grauly Glad to know you got it working.