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?

EntityLiving#setCustomNameTag

seems to do what you want.

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.

Ok i will try these thanks for the help

@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"

@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.

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

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.

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

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

 

EDIT: im not good with list ok im sorry!

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

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

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