Solved Broadcasting from Config with color codes

Hi everyone,

In part of my plugin I am working on I need to be able to broadcast a message that is customized in the config file, with support of color codes such as &4, etc. For example, an entry in the config file could look like this:

Code:

msg: &4 This is a colored message!

I have tried this:

Code:

bukkit.broadcast(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', this.getConfig().getString("msg"));

but it does not work. (No error, just does not show up in color). Thanks

 

No idea if it works. But try §4 and remove the Chat.Color.translateAlternateColorCodes.. Since for me, whenever I save a yml file with & in it, it gets removed.. But § stays and then takes the color.. (if you get what I mean)

 

SE Plugins
For starters you need to wrap the message in quotes or else it'll return an error.

Code:yaml

 
msg: '&4This is a colored message!'
 

And as for the color codes just do this.

Code:java

 
bukkit.broadcast(this.getConfig().getString("msg").replaceAll("&", "\u00A7"));
 

 

Just do something like this.
msg = this.getConfig().replace("&", "§")
I am on my iphone so this might not be the exact code

 

L33m4n123

To fix that & removal problem replace in your onEnable() method

Code:java

 
getConfig().options().copyDefaults(true);
saveConfig();
 

with

Code:java

 
saveDefaultConfig();
 

It will fix that problem and it will allow you to add comments (#This is a comment for yaml)

 

MrSparkzz

Thanks, will give it a try

 

The code you posted above didn't work, I got an error in the console that pointed to the & symbol in the config.

This actually worked, but before the message there is a weird A symbol that I can't get rid of...not sure what it means.

 

SE Plugins
The reason you got an error is because you can't start a string with "&" you need to put parenthesis around the string for example

Code:yaml

 
msg: '&4This is a colored message!'
 

 

It's this letter/symbol thing that shows up inf ront of the color message: Â

Oh ok, I'll try that.

You're right, forgot to put the quotes. Thanks! Solved.

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

 

Sorry for reviving this old thread, but I have the same problem. I get that weird A symbol. And if I try to do '&4This is a colored message' it will just appear as "This is a colored message" without any colors. Please help?