Library EffectLib - Manage your effects the nice way. (Text/Image in Particles)

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Slikey This lib is the best thing i've ever seen!!!!!
My request:
Minecraft mobs and evtl. a statue builder for skins would be nice.
That'll give you some work xD

 

I need help

I would like to create laser effects with only random location
But I use your code like this : player.getEyeLocation(), player.getEyeLocation().add(7.0D, 6.0D, -5.0D)
And the lasers follow me whith random distance ..
I want like just random location without player.geteyelocation

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Code:

 
package Laser;
 
import java.util.Random;
 
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.Material;
import org.bukkit.World;
import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
import org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.block.BlockPlaceEvent;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
import de.slikey.effectlib.EffectLib;
import de.slikey.effectlib.EffectManager;
import de.slikey.effectlib.effect.LineLocationEffect;
import de.slikey.effectlib.util.ParticleEffect;
 
public class Laser extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
 
private FileConfiguration cfg;
private EffectManager effectManager;
 
@Override
public void onEnable() {
 
Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, this);
cfg = getConfig();
EffectLib lib = EffectLib.instance();
        effectManager = new EffectManager(lib);
}
 
@Override
public void onDisable() {
 
HandlerList.unregisterAll((Listener) this);
 
}
 
//Method to spawn disco floor
 
public void Disco (final Player p ,  final World w , final int x , final int y , final int z ) {
 
 
//Variable to create / delete and start scheduler
 final int id = Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskTimer(this, new Runnable() {
 
 //start scheduler
              public void run() {
            
            
            //define location
              Location l = new Location(w , x , y ,z);
              
              //random method
                  Random r = new Random();
                  double d = 1 + r.nextInt(9 - 1);
                  double d1 = 1 + r.nextInt(9 - 1);
                  double d2 = 1 + r.nextInt(9 - 1);
                  double d3 = 1 + r.nextInt(9 - 1);
                   
                  
                  //Create variable LineLocationEffect
                  final LineLocationEffect effect = new LineLocationEffect(effectManager, l,  p.getEyeLocation().add(d, -6.0D, d1)); //Here I want to define random location direction ; and not geteyelocation
                  final LineLocationEffect effect2 = new LineLocationEffect(effectManager, l, p.getEyeLocation().add(d1, -6.0D, d));
                  final LineLocationEffect effect3 = new LineLocationEffect(effectManager, l, p.getEyeLocation().add(d2, -6.0D, d1));
                  final LineLocationEffect effect4 = new LineLocationEffect(effectManager, l, p.getEyeLocation().add(d3, -6.0D, d2 ));
                  
                  //define effect
                  effect.particle = ParticleEffect.RED_DUST;
                  effect2.particle = ParticleEffect.RED_DUST;
                  effect3.particle = ParticleEffect.RED_DUST;
                  effect4.particle = ParticleEffect.RED_DUST;
                  
                  
                  //start effect
             effect.start();
             effect2.start();
             effect3.start();
             effect4.start();
             
              }
          }, 15L, 15L).getTaskId();
           
 //stop scheduler with 500 ticks countdown
 
 Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLater(this , new Runnable() {
              public void run() {
                  Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().cancelTask(id);
              }
          }, 500L);
 
}
 
//when player place diamondblock
 
@EventHandler
public void BlockPlaceEvent(BlockPlaceEvent e) {
 
 
Material block = e.getBlock().getType();
 
if (block == Material.DIAMOND_BLOCK) {
 
 
Player p = e.getPlayer();
String worldname = p.getWorld().getName();
 
//Get position and variable
int x = e.getBlock().getX();
int y = e.getBlock().getY();
int z = e.getBlock().getZ();
 
//create save position in config.yml
 
cfg.set(worldname + "." + p.getName() + "." + "X", x);
        cfg.set(worldname + "." + p.getName() + "." + "Y", y);
        cfg.set(worldname + "." + p.getName() + "." + "Z", z);
        saveConfig();
}
 
 
 
}
 
@Override
public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label,
String[] args) {
 
final Player p = (Player) sender;
final World w = p.getWorld();
 
 
 
 
if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("bloc")) {
 
if (args.length == 0) {
 
 
//define Material
final int x = cfg.getInt(p.getWorld().getName() + "." + p.getName() + "." + "X", p.getWorld().getSpawnLocation().getBlockX());
           final int y = cfg.getInt(p.getWorld().getName() + "." + p.getName() + "." + "Y", p.getWorld().getSpawnLocation().getBlockY());
           final int z = cfg.getInt(p.getWorld().getName() + "." + p.getName() + "." + "Z", p.getWorld().getSpawnLocation().getBlockZ());
           
           //Calling method
                this.Disco(p, w, x, y, z);
                
                
               
               
 
}
}
 
return false;
 
}
 
}
 

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jofkos Hey, thank you very much I don't have time at the moment, but I will work on all requests, if I am back to EffectLib!

coco5843 But do you exactly mean? Do you want a random direction for the Laser? Maybe you want to create your own Effect on the basis of LineLocationEffect? And if you want to laser on an entity. Maybe make the LineLocationEffect to a LineEntityEffect (you have to create it).
You can get a Vector with random direction and lenght 1 from RandomUtils.getRandomVector().

 

Just create random direction , but when i create
That, the distance between flame effect is big
[Resolved] Thank's for private help slikey !

 

A wrecking ball?! Lawl no jk

 

What do you mean bye // period * iterations = time of effect.
Please help @gerSlikey

 

period is the amount of ticks every time the effect iterates and iterations is the amount of iterations the effect does before it stops. So multiplying them would give you the total time in ticks that the effect is going for.

 

SoThatsIt That's it! Absolutly correct.

 

Slikey
Nice lib. I love it
But is there an way, when you shoot like an cone. how to damage the player that is hit by the cone?

 

jusjus112 Maybe if you spawn a particle, check the position and compare if a player is near.. I didn't implement collision stuff

 

jusjus112 @Slikeyif there's a way to get the last position of the cone, you can do this:
(Let's say you'll put someone on fire when it's close to the cone)

Code:java

for(Player online : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()){
if(online.getLocation().distance(<last location of the cone>) <= 5){
//Set player on fire here
}
}

 

some problems with this:

firstly, you have to check to make sure the player is in the same world as the cone or it will throw an error. Probably would be more efficient to get the players from the world. world.getPlayers() or something.

secondly, use distanceSquared! the square root function is very resource intensive and doing it to every player online will cause lag. just use distanceSquared(<last location of the cone>) <= 5 * 5

 

SoThatsIt ._. Strike three, I'm out.

 

yeah, but just checking for a radius is pretty unsafe. the result might be correct in only 1/4 of the cases.. :/

 

SoThatsIt Slikey
i have tried that with using distanceSquared, but only the shooter is getting hurt!
I have replaced tge < with >, but thats not working!

 

Use an if to check if the player is the shooter or not

 

LCastr0
How do i check that, in an playerInterActEvent?
I have tried it was an hashmap and an arraylist without succes!

 

Hey is it possible that i make a item and if the player right clicks that he enables the effect and when he clicks again that it disables the effect?

 

AWSOME

 

Just call on the effect:
effect.infinite();
effect.type = EffectType.REPEATING;
effect.start();

Then save the Effect in a HashMap to a Player and if the player want's to cancel the effect, just call:
effect.cancel();

 

Thanks

 

I have tried now a long time to start a event in another class with a effect but i can't figure out how it works i got it working in the main class but not in another

 

I think this is not an EffectLib related problem. :/

 

Slikey Could you add something like this? I dont mean the whole grenade, just like the electric effect coming out from certain location didnt find good picture for example...

 

Someone_Like_You That'd be epic...

 

I am confused with the text thing. Could I have an example on how I would go forth making my own text effect thing. Thanks!

 

surferdude999 Have a look at GithUb. There is a Test Plugin as Project with all commands

 

Slikey a suggestion for the lib which I'm currently implementing, add a method that we can listen to that will trigger every time there is a new iteration so the developer can do code there, like if we are using BleedEntityEffect we can remove half a heart each iteration (this is just an example of how it could be used).

 

Hey,
i thought that you'd just recreate the effect from GitHub to do so.. Or just extend the Effect and run

Code:java

@Override
public void run() {
    super.run();
    // remove hearts
}

Cause I hate instatiating objects^^