Giving Custom NPC (made with packets) glowing potion effect

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    SmearySubset

    Hello. I made a custom EntityPlayer npc using packets and wanted to give it a glowing effect so other players on the server can see its outline through walls/floors. I've tried researching the answer but I really can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Can anyone assist?

    Thanks!
    SmearySubset
     
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    SmearySubset

    bump. Anyone have a solution to this?
     
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    Tim_M

    Well what version are you on?
    Maybe this will help you:
    https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/sending-glow-effect-to-player-on-who-im-looking.420594/

    Specifically this part:
    Code:
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public void setGlowing(Player glowingPlayer, Player sendPacketPlayer, boolean glow) {
            try {
                EntityPlayer entityPlayer = ((CraftPlayer) glowingPlayer).getHandle();
    
                DataWatcher dataWatcher = entityPlayer.getDataWatcher();
    
                entityPlayer.glowing = glow; // For the update method in EntityPlayer to prevent switching back.
    
                // The map that stores the DataWatcherItems is private within the DataWatcher Object.
                // We need to use Reflection to access it from Apache Commons and change it.
                Map<Integer, DataWatcher.Item<?>> map = (Map<Integer, DataWatcher.Item<?>>) FieldUtils.readDeclaredField(dataWatcher, "d", true);
    
                // Get the 0th index for the BitMask value. http://wiki.vg/Entities#Entity
                @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
                DataWatcher.Item item = map.get(0);
                byte initialBitMask = (Byte) item.b(); // Gets the initial bitmask/byte value so we don't overwrite anything.
                byte bitMaskIndex = (byte) 0x40; // The index as specified in wiki.vg/Entities
                if (glow) {
                    item.a((byte) (initialBitMask | 1 << bitMaskIndex));
                } else {
                    item.a((byte) (initialBitMask & ~(1 << bitMaskIndex))); // Inverts the specified bit from the index.
                }
    
                PacketPlayOutEntityMetadata metadataPacket = new PacketPlayOutEntityMetadata(glowingPlayer.getEntityId(), dataWatcher, true);
    
                ((CraftPlayer) sendPacketPlayer).getHandle().playerConnection.sendPacket(metadataPacket);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // Catch statement necessary for FieldUtils.readDeclaredField()
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    
    You know, you could have just googled yourself...

    Anyway you should do a loop and send all players the packet in the same world as the player who should glow.

    EDIT:
    Oops I didn't see that it was entityplayer and not player. Sorry, give me some time to read the docs.

    EDIT:
    Oh it's a NMS thing, not a CB thing, ok.
    This is annoying can't really find a NMS documentation.

    EDIT:
    Have you already tried:
    Code:
    private EntityPlayer entity;
    entity.addPotionEffect(new PotionEffect(PotionEffectType.GLOWING, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 1, true, true, Color.WHITE));
    
    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
    Last edited: Jul 29, 2021
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    SmearySubset

    As I mentioned in my original prompt, I said I did google it myself but had alot of trouble finding a solution. Yes I have tried addPotionEffect() but you cannot use it on an EntityPlayer and you can't cast it to player nor LivingEntity. So I'm not sure how to handle this.
     
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    Tim_M

    try with NMS
     
    Last edited: Aug 9, 2021
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    SmearySubset

    Anyone else have any ideas? I'm still stuck
     
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    Tim_M

    sr m8 but I dont think its possible without atleast some NMS

    Edit:
    I think I found a solution
    Code:
     ((LivingEntity)customMob).addPotionEffect(
    new PotionEffect(PotionEffectType.GLOWING,70000, 2
    );
    
     
    Last edited: Aug 19, 2021
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    SmearySubset

    Unfortunately doesn't work. I get the following error:

    Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: net.minecraft.server.v1_15_R1.EntityPlayer cannot be cast to org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity

    Is there a way I could do it in 1.17?
     
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    Tim_M

    I figured it out!!! Try LivingEntity.getBukkitEntity().addPotionEffect()

    Edit: I just realized you can't cast entityplayer to livingentity... does entityplayer contain .getBukkitEntity?
     
    Last edited: Aug 31, 2021
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