Villagers Despawning

I have these villagers in the spawn for my server that do stuff when you right click them. The way if have it setup is onEnable() it spawns them in and onDisable() removes them, however, when I start up the server, if nobody is online, they do not spawn in. Anyone know why this happens or how to fix?

 

code please for on Enable and on disable

 

TheCodingCat
It's literally just spawning a few villagers.

Code:java

public void spawnNPCs() {
 
        Location[] locations = new Location[] {
                new Location(Bukkit.getWorld("world"), 17.5, 63, 17.5, 135, 0),
                new Location(Bukkit.getWorld("world"), -14.5, 63, 19.5, -135, 0),
                new Location(Bukkit.getWorld("world"), -18.5, 63, 15.5, -135, 0),
                new Location(Bukkit.getWorld("world"), -16.5, 63, -16.5, -135, 0),
                new Location(Bukkit.getWorld("world"), 17.5, 63, -16.5, -135, 0)
        };
 
        String[] names = new String[] {
                ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Shop",
                ChatColor.GREEN + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Join Event",
                ChatColor.RED + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Leave Event",
                ChatColor.BLUE + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Join Raffle",
                ChatColor.YELLOW + "" + ChatColor.BOLD + "Visit The Buycraft"
        };
 
        for(int i = 0 ; i < locations.length ; i++) {
            Villager villager = Bukkit.getWorld("world").spawn(locations[i], Villager.class);
            villager.setProfession(Villager.Profession.LIBRARIAN);
            villager.addPotionEffect(new PotionEffect(PotionEffectType.SLOW, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 10, true));
            villager.setCustomName(names[i]);
            villager.setCustomNameVisible(true);
            villagers.put(villager, locations[i]);
        }
 
    }[/i][/i][/i]

 

GeorgeeeHD
Try loading the chunk of the location

 

GeorgeeeHD if none is online, the chunk isnt loaded so no villagers can be spawned. Try loading the chunk first or spawn the villagers on PlayerLoginEvent and delay it with 1 tick. Big sub btw

 

jpjunho
Didn't work

jensdeboom
, loading the chunks had no effect on it btw

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

 

set to the villager removeFarAway to false, and cancel the event that de pawns entities (if available)

 

TheCodingCat
Still didn't work, and pretty sure there is no event that catches the despawning of an entity.

 

why are you removing them onDisable? I must ask GeorgeeeHD

 

TheCodingCat
Well I have a Map of the Villager and their Location so that when a player nudges them, I can move them back to their original position. I remove them so that when I reload the server, it makes fresh villagers and puts them in the Map, this prevents duplicate villagers