[1.7.10] Entity Name

[drok0920]

Hello MCF forums,

How would i make my custom mob have a name over his head just like if i were to name a pig for example?

[Elyon]

EntityLiving#setCustomNameTag

seems to do what you want.

[delpi]

Look at the code for render player.  I've found it helpful to limit the distance it can be seen as well as direct line of sight.  Avoids detection through wall.

[drok0920]

Ok i will try these thanks for the help

[drok0920]

@Elyon it worked thank you

 

EDIT:

How would i get it to say something when the custom entity dies? In my case i need it to say "Smith was killed by Player"

[jabelar]

@Elyon it worked thank you

 

EDIT:

How would i get it to say something when the custom entity dies? In my case i need it to say "Smith was killed by Player"

 

If it is your custom entity, you can override the onDeath() method.

 

For general entities you can use handle the LivingDeathEvent.

[drok0920]

What would i use for the actual text i have never worked with text in MC Forge

[Mitchellbrine]

Make a list of all the player entities in the world and use a for loop to go through them and add a message to all of them.

 

I have something similar in my mod, and this is how I would use it in your case (put it all in the event or method of your preference):

 

List<EntityPlayerMP> players = world.playerEntities;

for (int i = 0; i < players.size(); i++) {
players.get(i).addChatMessage(/* Insert Message Here */);
}

 

You could probably also do:

 

for (EntityPlayerMP player : world.playerEntities) {
player.addChatMessage(/* Insert Message Here */);
}

 

I don't know about the second method, but the first method works fine for me.

[drok0920]

@Mitchellbrine Ok so i was doing that but what list is it (theres four of them when i try to import it)

[drok0920]

Oh LOL but how do i get that player that killed it?

 

EDIT: im not good with list ok im sorry!

[drok0920]

Yeh i found that out by looking into some entity classes now it works but it comes up with this: http://s1308.photobucket.com/user/Taco_Does_MC/media/Minecraft%20Pictures/Mods/2014-07-08_151619_zpsb3162e0c.png.html  here is the method that i used for it in my EntityClass:  http://pastebin.com/vqFPf0hn

[drok0920]

Ok like i said before i never worked with chat related thing until now so i dont know how i would do that.

[drok0920]

Thank you i actually tried that before but it didnt come up in Eclipse's sugestions box, it turns out i just misspelled it.