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So, here is a little trick I accidentally stumbled upon while mapmaking:








The trick itself is pretty simple. "/summon ArmorStand {NoGravity:1,Invisible:1,CustomName"Hello World!",CustomNameVisible:1}". What you can do with it, however, can be rather intuitive.

You can create floating dialogue, above NPCs in your map. Or popup tooltips for puzzles and adventure/quest maps. You can also use them as area popups (a player enters an area and sees the name of the area).

I could imagine all such things working by detecting when a player comes by, spawning the floating text, and starting a timer that "/kill @e[type=ArmorStand]" that is targeted in the exact area the stand spawns. This could be used for dialogue, and even the tips and area popups.

Just thought I'd share. I discovered it when making area flags for my map. They're just this, with a custom banner on the head (so a small floating banner with text) to remind me what the area is for, which I intend to delete when my maps are done. Enjoy.

There is error in thread.

Author wrote:

/summon ArmorStand {NoGravity:1,Invisible:1,CustomName"Hello World!",CustomNameVisible:1}

This causes syntax error, so you have no title, have no invisibility and other features given in JSON data tag. After "CustomName" there's must be double-dot sign, so see:

summon ArmorStand {NoGravity:1,Invisible:1,CustomName:"Hello World!",CustomNameVisible:1}