Solved Converting PotionEffect to PotionEffectType and Vise Versa

Hey guys,

I am working on applying potion effects to mobs. I need to get a potion effect type from a list of strings set in the config and set those to the mob.

Currently I have this

Code:java

    @EventHandler
    public void onCreatureSpawnEvent(CreatureSpawnEvent ev) {
        ev.getEntityType();
 
        if (EntityType.CREEPER != null) {
            if (checkX(ev.getEntity(), getConfig().getInt("zones.zone1.range"))) {
                for (int i = 0; i < getConfig().getStringList("zones.zone1.attributes").size(); i++) {
                    ev.getEntity().addPotionEffect( getConfig().getStringList("zones.zone1.attributes").get(i));
                }
            }
        }
 
    }

I am stuck on the converting the String from the config into the PotionEffect to add to the mob. Any ideas on how to get around this?
Thanks

 

1. You didn't set ev.getEntityType(); to a variable.
2. You didn't check if ev.getEntityType(); was EntityType.CREEPER.
As for converting the string to a potioneffect? PotionEffectType.getByName(/*read from config*/)
And potioneffecttype to potioneffect? new PotionEffect( potionEffectType, duration, amplifier [starts at 0] );

Some of your code has basic mistakes -- I recommend picking up a book or watching some tutorials on Java.

 

Birdgeek3 The addPotionEffect() method takes a PotionEffect object. PotionEffect has 2 constructors, use one of those. Hint: enums have a method to convert from a String.

See JavaDocs for more details. http://jd.bukkit.org/dev/doxygen/d4/da7/classorg_1_1bukkit_1_1potion_1_1PotionEffect.html

 

Thank you this worked out, I couldn't wrap my head around how to get it converted. Much appreciated!