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    CreatureSpawner for non-living entity types broken in 1.5.2

    Prior to 1.5, the same code was working fine for primed tnt for example.
    Post by: MoonStorm, Jun 1, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    CreatureSpawner for non-living entity types broken in 1.5.2

    Actually, all "non-living" entities appear to be affected. Tried with arrows, boats, minecarts, etc.
    Post by: MoonStorm, Jun 1, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Metadata persistence?

    Bingo! I was too afraid to say it. [diamond]
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 31, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Metadata persistence?

    Metadata must go with the item is referring to. I could go further and say both should be stored in the same physical container, so it would keep...
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 31, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Storage Methods?

    Yep, this entire world is filled with server admins, and they all use proper tools for modifying them, definitely not Notepad.
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 31, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Storage Methods?

    Yeah, plus you'll get countless questions from players asking why their plugin config fails to load. A tiny space here, a tab somewhere else, and...
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 30, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    CreatureSpawner for non-living entity types broken in 1.5.2

    Anything's changed? The following code used to work: worldBlock.setType(Material.MOB_SPAWNER); BlockState genericBlockState =...
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 30, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Metadata Q&A - I wrote the Metadata API, AMA

    There is almost no value in this API in the current state. I'm looking forward to using it when metadata gets persisted with the item. This is a...
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 29, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Metadata persistence?

    Metadata by definition is meant to be persistent. This half baked implementation looks to me like an item/plugin key based cache!
    Post by: MoonStorm, May 29, 2013 in forum: Plugin Development
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    [Lib] [1.7.9] ProtocolLib 3.4.0 - Safely and easily modify sent and recieved packets

    The same validation check goes for every packet, for both methods of updating the world (fast and fail-safe), so if others work, these two should...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Feb 3, 2013 in forum: Resources
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    [Lib] [1.7.9] ProtocolLib 3.4.0 - Safely and easily modify sent and recieved packets

    Yep I got it now. Thanks. I have now a soft dependency on your plugin. When installed, the players can view the effect of config changes for my...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Feb 3, 2013 in forum: Resources
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    [Lib] [1.7.9] ProtocolLib 3.4.0 - Safely and easily modify sent and recieved packets

    Thanks for all the nice work on this API. I'm just beginning to grasp a few concepts and I started by looking at the BlockPatcher. Everything...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Jan 28, 2013 in forum: Resources
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    Chunks/blocks retrieved through the API have an inconsistent state

    With this thread I would like to make plugin developers aware of a disturbing design flaw in the Bukkit API, that has been overlooked for far too...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Dec 15, 2012 in forum: Plugin Development
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    [SOLVED] How do I force a chunk to populate?

    Found the same thing. This is f**ed up. Please vote for this feature request: https://bukkit.atlassian.net/browse/BUKKIT-2753 Maybe we'll grab...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Dec 14, 2012 in forum: Plugin Development
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    Is chunk generated?

    Loading, generating and populating are different stages. There is no way one can tell if a chunk has been fully populated. Vote for this feature...
    Post by: MoonStorm, Dec 14, 2012 in forum: Plugin Development