Solved Getting when a player hits a FallingBlock

I am developing an "Avatar: The Last Airbender" plugin for experience and fun. I have it set up so that if an earthbender sneaks on a block with the ability selected, it'll launch the block a little ways up, for the player to hit. Then I want it to get shot forwards when the player hits it. I am able to pull this off when the player right-clicks, but that's not what I want. I can't use the EntityDamageByEntityEvent because it's not Damageable. PlayerInteractEntityEvent just registers right clicks, and PlayerInteractEvent has no way of getting the Entity that the player is looking at (that I know of). Any help?

What I want:

@EventHandler
Player sneaks:
Block jumps.

@EventHandler
Player punches jumping block:
Block gets shot forwards.

 

LarsNitro

Code:java

@EventHandler
public void hitblock(EntityDamageByEntityEvent e){
if (e.getEntity() instanceof FallingBlock){
//Do Code
 
}
}

Also Please don't bump early.

(Untested but I hope it works)

P.Slease let me know if it works!

--Heirteir

 

Heirteir

Thank you for the suggestion

 

LarsNitro
Sorry about that hmm let me research a little and Ill see if I can return with good news

LarsNitro
Have you tried the EntityChangeBlockEvent to detect for a left click?

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

 

Heirteir

That means a stationary Block changed by a non-player entity. That won't work

 

Why don't you use minecraft's gravity and let the block float in the air instead of making it a falling entity?
It would save you a lot of work and would be totally fine as we are in the minecraft universe

 

LarsNitro
You know "Entites" are also players right....
Example of how to use code

Code:java

  @EventHandler
                public void onBlockChange(final EntityChangeBlockEvent e){
                        e.setCancelled(true);
                        if (e.getEntity() instanceof FallingBlock){
                            FallingBlock fb = (FallingBlock) e.getEntity();
                            fb.getWorld().playEffect(fb.getLocation(), Effect.STEP_SOUND, fb.getMaterial());
                            fb.remove();
                        }
                    }

It works on fallen blocks here is there thread I retrieved it from maybe could help you some to
https://forums.bukkit.org/threads/falling-block-help.243541/

--Heirteir

 

iMarv That won't look as cool

Heirteir I don't want to do anything when the FallingBlock lands, I want it to reply to left-clicks when falling.

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

 

But would be way easier for the player.
Punching a falling block is not as easy as it sounds

 

iMarv The player sneaks at a Block, and the Block jumps up to about eye hight and falls down again, so almost staying still at eye hight.

 

I got it working (sort of) using Player.hasLineOfSight(Entity) in the PlayerInteractEvent method. Thank you, everyone! You don't have to look directly at it, but it's better than what I had before.