Making a tower defense : help with moving entities.

Hi there !

I'm new with the Bukkit library (and Minecraft plugins), and I tried to make some plugin myself.

I'd like to make a tower defense plugin in Minecraft to train me of Java code. Here is the plan (ALL PLANNED !) :

- Making a /setspawn command to place entities spawns on the tower defense map.
- Creating waves events with a timer and a specific number of entities per wave.
- Moving entities from one place to another (a right line for the moment).

The hardest part is the third one. I really don't know how to move an entity in-game. I read the Ivan's topic to make a living entity walk to a specific tile, but i really don't understand any part.

Can someone help me to understand or give me a way to use the PathfinderGoal ?
Thanks Bukkit Community !

 

you can look at standart pathfinder goald on standart mobs...

 

I've created a Tower Defense gamemode.. basically I just used the ControllableMobsAPI and the rest was simple. (Use BukkitRunnables, Scoreboards, etc)

 

Thanks for your replies guys !

How do i use ControllableMobsAPI ? Should i add it in Eclipse as an external jar ?

~= UPDATE =~​

Okey, i tried to code a "zombie controller" ! Here is the code :

Code:java

package me.TorkatoR.TowerDefense;
 
import java.util.UUID;
 
import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.entity.Zombie;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ControllableMob;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ControllableMobActions;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ControllableMobAttributes;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ControllableMobs;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ai.AIPart;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ai.behaviors.AIRandomLookaround;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.ai.behaviors.AITargetNearest;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.attributes.AttributeModifier;
import de.ntcomputer.minecraft.controllablemobs.api.attributes.ModifyOperation;
 
public class TowerDefense extends JavaPlugin {
 
Zombie zombie;
// Location loc = loc;
 
ControllableMob<Zombie> controlledEntity = ControllableMobs.putUnderControl(zombie, true);
controlledEntity = controlledEntity.getAI().clear();
AIRandomLookaround behavior = new AIRandomLookaround();
AIPart<Zombie, AIRandomLookaround> aiPart = controlledEntity.getAI().addBehavior(behavior);
controlledEntity = controlledEntity.getActions().clearActions();
controlledEntity = controlledEntity.getActions().moveTo(/* Put Location here */);
ControllableMobs.releaseControl(controlledEntity);
}

But I have some errors :
"Syntax error on token ";", { expected after this token."
"Syntax error, insert "}" to complete ClassBody."

Any ideas bros ?

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

 

That's exactly how you do it, just like when you are adding craftbukkit in Eclipse

 

But i still have those errors, how can i resolve them ?

UP. c:

Still no ideas how can i resolve those errors. >.<

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

 

Those are just basic misplaced bracket errors, go through your code and position the brackets correctly, don't rely on copy and paste