Solved Creating Particles Around a Player

I'm creating a plugin that when a player does /particles <particle> it creates the certain particle around them. The thing is, I've tried
Sender.playEffect(player.getLocation(), Effect.SMOKE, 0);
and it has an error for playEffect that has a quick fix that says "Add Cast To Sender" which doesn't really help.

I know I can use packets, but I don't know how to use them. Please help me with the playEffect problem or explain how to use packets.

Your help would be deeply appreciated.

 

@The_BloodHound
Packets will take time to understand, however I suggest using an effects API; due to the ease of use and functionality. Here is one of my preferred one: http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/effectlib/

 

You need to cast it to a player.

For instance use this at the top of your command:

Code:

 final Player player = (Player) sender;

And then when you want to play an effect use:

Code:

player.playEffect(player.getLocation(), Effect.SMOKE, 0);

 

You can use

Code:

if(Sender instanceof Player){
Sender.getWorld().playEffect(Sender.getLocation(), Effect.SMOKE. 0);
}

 

But first you have to check the the sender is actually a Player!

 

Correct! My bad.

 

Thanks for all the help everyone

For some reason, my local host server won't load my recent plugins but that's a different problem to deal with.

Once again, thank you.

 

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Okay, thanks for letting me know. I'm new to this. : )

 

If you want to spawn particles AROUND the player (like a circle) than you can use this:

Code:

for (int i = 0; i < 360; i++) {
           int n = 6 - 30 + 1;
           int in = r.nextInt() % n;
           int size =  3 + in;
              
           double angle = (i * size * Math.PI / 180);
           double x = size * Math.cos(angle);
           double z = size * Math.sin(angle);
           Location loc = p.getLocation().add(x, 1, z);
          
          p.playEffect(p.getLocation(), Effect.yourEffect, 0);
}

 

@The_BloodHound
I know this thread is a bit old, but as future reference for others looking at this thread, it is possible to show any block break particle using the regular bukkit API:

Code:

Player p = some player;
p.playEffect(Location loc, Effect.StepSound, Material.<some block>);