Message above the xp bar

Hello !

I have been working this morning on a countdown.
I display on my screen the countdown and the exp bar.

Now I'd like to display a message for a long time above the item's name. I use this function:

Code:

    public static void sendActionBar(Player player, String message){
        CraftPlayer p = (CraftPlayer) player;
        IChatBaseComponent cbc = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\": \"" + message + "\"}");
        PacketPlayOutChat ppoc = new PacketPlayOutChat(cbc, (byte) 2);;
        ((CraftPlayer) p).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(ppoc);
    }

So no worries, ALL WORKS.
Except that the message appears only 3 seconds. I want to know how to make the message is displayed all the time until I give it a new setting?

Thanks !

 

I suggest you just keep sending this packet with a scheduler:

Code:

    public void runText(){
        Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(plugin, new Runnable(){
           
            public void run(){
                MyClass.sendActionBar(player, message);
            }
           
        }, 0, 40);

What this does it sends the player this text every 2 seconds (40 ticks = 2 seconds).
This will keep the message like constant. Just run this method wherever you want to send the constant message.