I haven't been able to find a single way to change the color of the in-game name (The text you see when you hover over an item or block).

I use the en_US.lang way of naming items since that's apparently what you have to do these days in 1.7.

 

Can somebody please at least point me to the right direction with what I should do?

I don't know, try putting the Chat color signs maybe.

I don't know, try putting the Chat color signs maybe.

This works. All formatting codes should work, but be safe and reset at the end of the name.

I've tried that and it didn't work. Am I doing something wrong?

 

tile.copperOre.name=&aCopper Ore  in en_US.lang?

Use the "section sign" character (§), not an "ampersand" (&). And remember to reset at the end.

tile.copperOre.name=§aCopper Ore§r

I tried that as you were replying, no luck there either.

 

What is your .setBlockName(String) set to?

 

If it's set to "copperOre", then the name should work. If it's set to "oreCopper", it won't. Your .setBlockName(String) needs to be equivalent to what is in the lang file. Check that to make sure it works (or not).

 

I was able to use '§' to change the coloring of an Item, Block, and Creative Tab, so it isn't a problem with the '§'.

Ok so My en_US.lang copper ore looks like

tile.oreCopper.name=§aCopper Ore§r

 

And I've had the block name set to .setBlockName(oreCopper);

 

And It's being registered into the game with GameRegistry.registerBlock(Stuff.oreCopper, "oreCopper");

 

I don't get why it isn't working. Unless I'm missing something I've done what you did.

 

Yet shows up like this in-game.

Is the block name set to .setBlockName(oreCopper), ore .setBlockName("oreCopper")?

 

Make sure that the parameter is a string.

Ok so My en_US.lang copper ore looks like

tile.oreCopper.name=§aCopper Ore§r

 

And I've had the block name set to .setBlockName(oreCopper);

 

And It's being registered into the game with GameRegistry.registerBlock(Stuff.oreCopper, "oreCopper");

 

I don't get why it isn't working. Unless I'm missing something I've done what you did.

 

Yet shows up like this in-game.

 

Make sure you are encoding with UTF-8.

Make sure you are encoding with UTF-8.

 

That'll do it. Also make sure your blockname and .lang file match. The screenshot under my last post shows they're not.

Could you give me an example of how I'd write it in the en_US.lang?  I've tried a number of different things. I've only ever used the \u00A7 thing in servers..

Could you give me an example of how I'd write it in the en_US.lang?  I've tried a number of different things. I've only ever used the \u00A7 thing in servers..

 

Make sure you are encoding with UTF-8.

 

In your editor must be an option to set the encoding of that file.

Thank you!!  That's all I needed to know! I've got it working, sorry for the trouble guys!

 

For anybody reading this in the future, set the encoding for the en_US.lang file to UTF-8 then use the Section Symbol ( § ) followed by a color code to change the color.

An example of this is " §aCopper Ore", that will result in lime green.

 

To set the encoding of the file (In eclipse) right-click it in the package explorer and go to "Properties" and you can find it there.

 

Color Codes: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Formatting_codes