Play particle effects

Hello all,

I'm wondering, if I want to play particle effects, I use:

Code:java

player.playEffect(player.getLocation(), Effect.MOBSPAWNER_FLAMES, 5);

2 questions about it, where is the last number for? I changed it multiple times, nothing changed. And javadocs says T with Data.

Also, I want to keep the particles playing, I was thinking to use a runnable. But how many ticks do I use? It should not play, stop for a few seconds, and play again. Just keep playing.

 

I don't remember what the Data is for.. I believe it is used for quantity, direction or something like that, but I am probably wrong. If you know how to use runnables, you can do it with around 50-100 ticks, since 20 ticks are around 1 second.

 

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The number is, with Potion break effect, the colour. The rest of the effects i do not know

 

The Data value changes some properties for some of the effects like,
Smoke 1 to 8 changes the direction the smoke 'puffs' to (south, east, north, west, upwards etc..)
Potion break changes which type of potion gets broken
The sounds changes sounds and stuff
Rest of the effects doesn't need the last value

And to keep the particles keep playing, use a ScheduleSyncRepeatingTask

PHP:

Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, new Runnable() {
                        public void run() {
                                player.playEffect(player.getLocation(), Effect.MOBSPAWNER_FLAMES);
                        }
                }, 1, 20); // every second