Disable Lightning Noise

I made a plugin that summons lightning whenever a player right clicks a custom item I made, and I was wondering if there was a way to disable the thunder noise that comes with the lightning. I do not want all players on the server to hear the thunder whenever someone summons lightning because that's just annoying having to hear a bunch of loud noises from far away that don't even begin to concern you. Does anyone have any ideas, it would be much appreciated!

 

Apparently, the lightning sound is sent by the server while ticking the entity. I tried sending the lightning manually and it working without sounds, with some nms though.

Code:

Location loc = <generic location>;
EntityLightning lightning = new EntityLightning(((CraftWorld) loc.getWorld()).getHandle(), loc.getX(), loc.getY(), loc.getZ());
MinecraftServer.getServer().getPlayerList().sendPacketNearby(entity.locX, entity.locY, entity.locZ, 512.0D, this.dimension, new PacketPlayOutSpawnEntityWeather(entity);

This will send the packet to everyone in a squared distance of 512 blocks. If you want to only send the lightning to the player, send it the packet directly. Both means won't produce any sound.

I'm not sure if this is the only way, but the only one i could come up with.

 

What do you mean by <generic location>, I get an error with this saying, "syntax error, type annotations are illegal here." Does it matter what public void this is under?

 

Means that it can be any location, player's location, where it is looking at, etc. Sorry for not specifing it.

 

@Evonoucono Have you tried using ProtocolLib and intercept the outgoing packet?

 

Yes, however it seems very complicated