UpdateDisplayNames

Overview

UpdateDisplayNames is a Paper plugin which automatically updates the display name and tablist name of the players to a specified format.

Features

• Supports LuckPerms, Vault and PlaceholderAPI
• Supports both MiniMessage and legacy color codes in placeholders
• Has an API which allows to exclude specific players from the display name updates

How to install

To install this plugin, download the plugin for the correct minecraft version from the releases page and put it into your plugins directory.

Commands

Command	Description	Permission
/updatedisplayname reload	Config reload	updatedisplayname.command
/updatedisplayname update	Updates names of all players	updatedisplayname.command
/updatedisplayname enable [true|false]	Enable/disable the plugin's functionality	updatedisplayname.command
/updatedisplayname playerlist	Shows the exclude list	updatedisplayname.command

Configuration

The plugin should work out of the box without any configuration needed.
But if you want to change something, here are the config values:

Option	Default	Description
displayname --> enable	true	If the plugin should update the player's display name.
displayname --> format	<luckperms:prefix><player><luckperms:suffix>	The player display name format.
tablist --> enable	true	If the plugin should update the player's tablist name.
tablist --> format	<luckperms:prefix><player><luckperms:suffix>	The player tablist name format.
update_interval	60	The inverval the names should be updated in seconds.

Using the API

Import

Using gradle:

repositories {
    maven("https://maven.chaossquad.net/releases")
}

dependencies {
    compileOnly("net.jandie1505:UpdateDisplayName:1.0-RELEASE")
}

Using maven:

<repository>
  <id>ChaosSquad-Repository-releases</id>
  <name>ChaosSquad Repository</name>
  <url>https://maven.chaossquad.net/releases</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
  <groupId>net.jandie1505</groupId>
  <artifactId>UpdateDisplayName</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-RELEASE</version>
  <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Usage

// General features
public void ApiExample() {
    UDNApi api = UpdateDisplayName.getApi();

    Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer("playername")
        
    boolean updatesEnabled = this.updatesEnabled; // Get plugin functionality status
    api.setUpdatesEnabled(false); // Disable plugin functionality
        
    api.updatePlayers(); // Update display names of all players
    api.updatePlayer(player); // Update display name of the specified player
        
    Set<UUID> excludedPlayers = api.getExcludedPlayers(); // Get excluded players
    boolean excluded = api.isPlayerExcluded(player); // Check if a player is excluded
        
    DataStorage config = api.getPluginConfig(); // Get plugin config
    
    // Get config values
    boolean enableDisplaynameUpdate = config.optBoolean(UpdateDisplayname.CONFIG_ENABLE_DISPLAYNAME, false);
    String displayNameFormat = config.optString(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_FORMAT_DISPLAYNAME, null);
    boolean enableTablistName = config.optString(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_ENABLE_TABLIST_NAME, false);
    String tablistFormat = config.optString(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_TABLIST_FORMAT, null);
    int updateInterval = config.optInt(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_UPDATE_INTERVAL, 60);

    // Set config values
    config.set(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_ENABLE_DISPLAYNAME, true);
    config.set(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_FORMAT_DISPLAYNAME, "<luckperms:prefix><player><luckperms:suffix>");
    config.set(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_ENABLE_TABLIST_NAME, true);
    config.set(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_TABLIST_FORMAT, "<luckperms:prefix><player><luckperms:suffix>");
    config.set(UpdateDisplayName.CONFIG_UPDATE_INTERVAL, 60);
}

// Event for updated display name
@EventHandler
public void onDisplayNameUpdated(DisplayNameUpdatedEvent event) {

    if (event.getPlayer().getName().equals("forbiddenName")) {
        event.setCancelled(true)
        return;
    }

    if (event.getUpdatedDisplayName() == null) {
        Bukkit.broadcast(Component.text("Display name of " + event.getPlayer().getName() + " has been reset"))
        return;
    ]

    Bukkit.broadcast(Component.empty()
            .append(Component.text("Updated display name of player " + event.getPlayer().getName() + ": "))
            .append(event.getUpdatedDisplayName())
    );

}

// Event for updated tablist name
@EventHandler
public void onDisplayNameUpdated(TablistNameUpdatedEvent event) {

    if (event.getPlayer().getName().equals("PleaseDontGiveMeATablistName")) {
        event.setCancelled(true)
        return;
    }

    if (event.getUpdatedTablistName() == null) {
        Bukkit.broadcast(Component.text("Tablist name of " + event.getPlayer().getName() + " has been reset"))
        return;
    ]

    Bukkit.broadcast(Component.empty()
            .append(Component.text("Updated tablist name of player " + event.getPlayer().getName() + ": "))
            .append(event.getUpdatedTablistName())
    );

}

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