Allow persistent storage of colors into variables

[Matocolotoe]

Description

A variable can't be set to a color nor a string parsed as color

Steps to Reproduce

set {color} to aqua
set {color} to "aqua" parsed as color

Expected Behavior

No error should appear.

Errors / Screenshots

[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#! ch.njol.skript.SkriptAPIException: Serializer of color must override newInstance(), canBeInstantiated() or mustSyncDeserialization() if its class does not have a nullary constructor
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.classes.Serializer.newInstance(Serializer.java:80)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.yggdrasil.Yggdrasil.newInstance(Yggdrasil.java:337)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.yggdrasil.Yggdrasil.isSerializable(Yggdrasil.java:155)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.yggdrasil.Yggdrasil.getID(Yggdrasil.java:215)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes.getYggdrasilStart(Classes.java:658)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes.serialize(Classes.java:712)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables.serialize(Variables.java:531)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables.serialize(Variables.java:524)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables.saveVariableChange(Variables.java:535)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables.setVariable(Variables.java:367)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables.setVariable(Variables.java:358)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.lang.Variable.set(Variable.java:419)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.lang.Variable.change(Variable.java:479)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.effects.EffChange.execute(EffChange.java:271)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect.run(Effect.java:52)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.lang.TriggerItem.walk(TriggerItem.java:61)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.lang.TriggerItem.walk(TriggerItem.java:89)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.command.Commands.handleEffectCommand(Commands.java:277)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.command.Commands$3$1.call(Commands.java:210)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at ch.njol.skript.command.Commands$3$1.call(Commands.java:1)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R3.scheduler.CraftFuture.run(CraftFuture.java:89)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R3.scheduler.CraftScheduler.mainThreadHeartbeat(CraftScheduler.java:350)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.MinecraftServer.B(MinecraftServer.java:723)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.DedicatedServer.B(DedicatedServer.java:374)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.MinecraftServer.A(MinecraftServer.java:654)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:557)
[16:46:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: #!#!     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

Server Information

• Server version/platform: any
• Skript version: latest (beta7)

[Runakai1]

Iirc you can simply set it as a string and use the color code within "send colored""" or as a text just put it in <> and use send colored "".

Having that as an enhancement would be great tho

[Matocolotoe]

This is not supposed to happen, and I use that for leather armor pieces :/

[Runakai1]

You could possibly parse it as an item then but that would be annoying

[Whimsyturtle]

Does 2.4-beta9's color API improvements resolve this?

[Matocolotoe]

Well there isn't any error anymore but

a color cannot be saved, i.e. the contents of the variable {color} will be lost when the server stops. (test.sk, line 2: set {color} to blue')

[Whimsyturtle]

Marking as enhancement.

[TheLimeGlass]

Closing as duplicate, but using the newer issue as I have placed more information there. #5176