Solved Launchpad Velocity problems

What I want is that if a player steps on a pressure plate, they get launched forward in a parabola shape about 7 blocks above ground:

Code:

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Something like that.
I have the following code:

Code:java

            Vector v = new Vector(p.getVelocity().getX(), p.getVelocity().getY() + 5, p.getVelocity().getZ());
            p.setVelocity(p.getLocation().getDirection().multiply(4).add(v));
 

But this only launches the player forward when he triggers the pressure plate, it doesn't launch him upwards.

Any idea how I can do this?

 

Don't add a vector, do setY(amount); before the multiply

 

as Bram0101 said, youre adding same vector twice, do something like that:
p.setVelocity(p.getEyeLocation().getDirection().setY(Y).multiply(number));

 

Bram0101 Now I have:

Code:java

 p.setVelocity(p.getLocation().getDirection().setY(7).multiply(4));

But this still doesn't work

I tried this aswell, replacing Y with 7 and number with 4 but it didn't work either, it just launches the player forward, not up.

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

 

yupie_123 try
Vector v = p.getEyeLocation().getDirection().multiply(1); //Note: multiply 1 useless, just for future usage.
v.setY(10); //Try playing with that, when im setting it to 1 its launch the player quite high.
p.setVelocity(v);

 

Why 2 lines of code and not 1

Code:

e.getPlayer().setVelocity(e.getPlayer().getLocation().getDirection().multiply(4).setY(1));

 

Funergy Well, I did use one line before, but it didn't work so I tried multiple things out such as splitting it in 2 lines etc.

Someone_Like_You I've been messing around with it a bit now and I also tried using setAllowFlight to see if that was the issue, but it still won't launch the player up, it just launches them forward.

 

did you use my code?
It actually works on my server
play.cubox.org.uk

 

Funergy's code worked! I used iron/gold plates instead and now it works, I also used PlayerMoveEvents instead of Interact.

Thanks!

 

Funergy well, Il be honest, its quite dumb, but I dont like my coding spreading out to the side, only downwards .. (not scrolling sideways.. haha)

 

yupie_123 Funergy Had the same problem, it is because the physics of the pressure plate get applied after the event.

PlayerMoveEvents are much heavier than PlayerInteractEvents (Move events get called way more). Check out this thread: http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/pressure-plate-cancelling-upwards-velocity.252563/#post-2383422

The only way I found to get around it was to delay setting the vector by 1 tick.

 

Stoux I'll try this out aswell, thanks!