[QUESTION] How did they do it?

Hey,

Do you know how they did that on the playerdeathevent that gold dropping is not going in a stack?

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Greets,

Fabio

 

iCeTeaNL just shoot some metadata into it with a for loop

Example:

Code:java

Item i = player.getWorld().dropItem(player.getEyeLocation(), new ItemStack(Material.GOLD_INGOT));
i.setMetadata(Integer.toString(count), new FixedMetadataValue(Main.plugin, true));

 

Cool. My plugin is on the forums.

 

Rocoty
I love that feeling

 

iCeTeaNL

what server is that?

 

ImDeJay That's RedstonePVP

iCeTeaNL Use a repeating task and drop one gold ingot per execution of the task. Couldn't be simpler.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Rocoty
Or, to save CPU, use System.currentTimeMills() / 1000 and compare that to a another time and have a while loop. But you know, simplicity.

 

Rocoty why would you do it every tick if you want it all at once? And he wanted them not to combine into one stack on the ground when the player died. Therefore you need to use some form of data insertion, and use a simple loop. calebbfmv lol that works too XD

 

Ironraptor3
Best way to do it.

 

calebbfmv
Really? That seems pretty confident. Whatever you say… using a while loop that runs through as MANY times as it can in those milliseconds

 

Ironraptor3
Millis / 1000 ofc

 

Ironraptor3 If he wants it just like they have it on RedstonePVP, then a repeating task is what he should use. They don't come all at once on RedstonePVP.

calebbfmv What are you on about with the while loop? Can you elaborate please? I fail to understand how that would work. A while loop runs all in one tick, meaning if it runs for too long, the server would lag...

 

you can just set stackable flag on items...

 

Rocoty sorry, I was not familiar with that server. From the pictures, it looked like it was all at once.
calebbfmv he said what I was going to say. It wouldn't be an infinite loop, but it would go through as many times as it could until the server lagged until it met the milliseconds limit

 

Ironraptor3
Don't worry about it, its what I believe to be better than a runnable. Maybe not the while loop without some protection, but is how I do all my stuff.

 

calebbfmv
how is it better? I mean if you seriously want to use time in milliseconds, just run the time check IN a runnable. Runnables can be customized with how long per cycle, delay, and cause a hellofalot less lag, just sayin'

 

And it's easier. Simplicity above all else.

 

Ironraptor3
You do understand System.currentTimeMills / 1000 right?

 

If you run it in a while loop it will hang up the server thread until it's done. That's why schedulers exist.

 

Garris0n
Yes that I know.

 

Which is why you shouldn't do that...it doesn't make sense. If you did it for long enough the keepalives would expire and the players would disconnect...

 

calebbfmv I may be somewhat noobish when it comes to coding (4 months experience so far), but seriously. Don't tell me how while loops work, I know how they do. I use System.currentTimeMillis() in many classes I have in my unreleased plugins as well. I also know how to divide things. However, I still don't understand your reasoning for that loop, because as everyone else is saying, it would crash the server, and its completely pointless.

 

It wouldn't crash the server, it would hang up the server, mess up a ton of stuff related to any plugins trying to do precise timing or tps (NoCheatPlus wouldn't be happy, for example), and if you run it for long enough the keepalive packet sent to the player would expire and they would automatically disconnect.

 

Garris0n
Holy crap, I did say while loop, didn't I? My bad, did NOT mean to say that. That would crash anything

 

...what did you mean to say?

 

Garris0n
While a runnable with the System millis time, not just a while.....

 

Or you could just admit that you were wrong.

 

calebbfmv Just read those in order please. Last thing I'm gonna say.

 

Ironraptor3
.......... I clearly misspoke. I admit I am wrong.

 

calebbfmv Ironraptor3 Can we just end this completely pointless argument?