Best method of creating titles without an API in 1.8?

There is a rather limited form of sending titles in Spigot currently (I've got a PR in to improve it). But if you don't want to use it then you could always go the reflection path

 

NMSs.

Or an TitleAPI like BountifulAPI.

 

Player#sendTitle() exists

 

NMS is the easiest way to do this. It's easy fast and quite simple.

 

Easiest method: player.sendTitle(title, subtitle)

Harder but can do timings: Packets (There's buncha tutorials I don't wanna type 6 lines down for an answer)

 

I use this class I made, but it's version specific, so it won't work on anything except 1.9, you would have to re-do the imports to make it work on another version.

Code (Text):

import net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.IChatBaseComponent;
import net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.PacketPlayOutChat;
import net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.PacketPlayOutTitle;
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_9_R1.entity.CraftPlayer;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;

public enum ChatUtil {
    TITLE,
    SUBTITLE,
    ACTION_BAR;

    public void send(Player p, String message){
        IChatBaseComponent comp = IChatBaseComponent.ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\":\"" + message + "\"}");
        CraftPlayer cp = (CraftPlayer) p;

        switch (this){
            case ACTION_BAR:
                PacketPlayOutChat packet = new PacketPlayOutChat(comp, (byte) 2);
                cp.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
                break;
            case TITLE:
                PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(PacketPlayOutTitle.EnumTitleAction.TITLE, comp);
                cp.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);
                break;
            case SUBTITLE:
                PacketPlayOutTitle title2 = new PacketPlayOutTitle(PacketPlayOutTitle.EnumTitleAction.SUBTITLE, comp);
                cp.getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title2);
                break;
        }
    }

    public void sendAll(String message){
        IChatBaseComponent comp = IChatBaseComponent.ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\":\"" + message + "\"}");

        switch (this){
            case ACTION_BAR:
                PacketPlayOutChat packet = new PacketPlayOutChat(comp, (byte) 2);
                for (Player p : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()){
                    ((CraftPlayer) p).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(packet);
                }
                break;
            case TITLE:
                PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(PacketPlayOutTitle.EnumTitleAction.TITLE, comp);
                for (Player p : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()){
                    ((CraftPlayer) p).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);
                }
                break;
            case SUBTITLE:
                PacketPlayOutTitle title2 = new PacketPlayOutTitle(PacketPlayOutTitle.EnumTitleAction.SUBTITLE, comp);
                for (Player p : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()){
                    ((CraftPlayer) p).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title2);
                }
                break;
        }
    }
}
 

ChatUtil.TITLE.send(Player varPlayer, String varMessage);
ChatUtil.TITLE.sendAll(String varMessage);

 

@Cervinakuy changing imports should be fine. Nothing title-related has changed in 1.9. I do recommend reflection though

 

If you're worried about versions, you can always get the path to the NMS class dynamically using something like this:

Code (Text):

public static Class<?> getNMSClass(String name) {
        String version = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
        try {
            return Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + version + "." + name);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }

 

His help? I gave you the class and even mentioned that if you want it for another version you need to re-do the imports

 

I made this class, much more simpler:

Code (Text):

package us.universalpvp.te.utils;

import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R3.entity.CraftPlayer;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;

import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.IChatBaseComponent;
import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.IChatBaseComponent.ChatSerializer;
import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.PacketPlayOutTitle;
import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.PacketPlayOutTitle.EnumTitleAction;

public class TitleManager {

    public void sendTitle(Player player, String text) {
        IChatBaseComponent chatTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\":\"" + text + "\"}");
        PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.TITLE, chatTitle);
        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);
    }

    public void sendTimedTitle(Player player, String text, int fadeInTime, int stayOnScreenTime, int fadeOutTime) {
        IChatBaseComponent chatTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\":\"" + text + "\"}");
        PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.TIMES, chatTitle, fadeInTime,
                stayOnScreenTime, fadeOutTime);
        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);

    }

    public void sendTitleAndSubtitle(Player player, String titleText, String subtitleText) {

        IChatBaseComponent chatTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\": \"" + titleText + "\"}");
        IChatBaseComponent chatSubTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\": \"" + subtitleText + "\"}");

        PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.TITLE, chatTitle);
        PacketPlayOutTitle subTitle = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.SUBTITLE, chatSubTitle);

        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);
        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(subTitle);
    }

    public void sendTimedTitleAndSubtitle(Player player, String titleText, String subtitleText, int fadeIn, int stay,
            int fadeOut) {

        IChatBaseComponent chatTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\": \"" + titleText + "\"}");
        IChatBaseComponent chatSubTitle = ChatSerializer.a("{\"text\": \"" + subtitleText + "\"}");

        PacketPlayOutTitle title = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.TITLE, chatTitle);
        PacketPlayOutTitle subTitle = new PacketPlayOutTitle(EnumTitleAction.SUBTITLE, chatSubTitle);
        PacketPlayOutTitle length = new PacketPlayOutTitle(fadeIn, stay, fadeOut);

        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(title);
        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(subTitle);
        ((CraftPlayer) player).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(length);

    }

}

 

Just use an api like title manager and have it be a required dependancy. Then the end user can pick what version is right for their server.

 

Shameless plug: https://www.spigotmc.org/index.php?threads/48819/ (Please note that you have to use CraftBukkit for this)

 

It works for Spigot, not with the API but the server jar.