How do I always check for time change?

Discussion in 'Plugin Development' started by parat26, Aug 18, 2014.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. Hello,

    I am developing a custom plugin for my server where players will get more health and speed boost when nighttime. There is one practical problem, where I cannot trigger that with an event, as there is no TimeChangeEvent. I thought of checking when the players joins with PlayerJoinEvent, but still, the time always changes and I cannot perform more than one check (because it's an event).

    I tried using a repeated task but no luck, because I am giving these buffs to the players every time this task reset, which is not what I want.

    Any ideas on how I can check always for night, or another way of seeing it?
     
  2. Offline

    Tecno_Wizard

    parat26 Unfortunately, there is only one way of doing this. You would need a daylight sensor in every chunk. Check to see if the daylight sensor is emitting a red stone signal. There is literally no other way.
     
  3. Offline

    DinosParkour

    parat26 In the repeating task, add if(p.getActivePotionEffects().contains())
     
  4. Thanks Tecno_Wizard and DinosParkour but I've already seen this feature on other servers, that's why I am wondering.

    DinosParkour, I did not get it, can you explain it abit further :p?
     
  5. Offline

    DinosParkour

    parat26 If you still have the repeating task, can you post it?
     
  6. Code:java
    1. @EventHandler
    2. public void Enhance(PlayerJoinEvent e)
    3. {
    4. final Player player = e.getPlayer();
    5.  
    6. //player.setMaxHealth(30);
    7.  
    8. Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(GetPlugin(), new Runnable()
    9. {
    10. public void run()
    11. {
    12. // Okay, but what do I check for?
    13. }
    14. }, 100, 1);
    15. }
     
  7. Offline

    viper_monster

    parat26 that would create a new task every time a player joins the game. It would be better to have a repeating task in the onEnable method and check the time there.
     
    parat26 likes this.
  8. Offline

    DinosParkour

    parat26 put this in your onEnable()
    Code:java
    1. final ArrayList<PotionEffect> myPots = new ArrayList<PotionEffect>();
    2. myPots.add(new PotionEffect(PotionEffectType.[whatever], [whatever], [whatever]));
    3. myPots.add(new PotionEffect(PotionEffectType.[whatever], [whatever], [whatever]));
    4.  
    5. Runnable givePots = new Runnable(){
    6. public void run(){
    7. for(Player p : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers(){
    8. if(p.getWorld().getTime() > 12000 && p.getWorld().getTime() < 23000){
    9. for(PotionEffect pot : myPots){
    10. if(!p.getActivePotionEffects().contains(pot)){p.addPotionEffect(pot);}
    11. }
    12. }
    13. }
    14. }
    15. };
    16. Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, givePots, [whatever], [whatever]);
     
    parat26 likes this.
  9. All right, seems to work. Thanks DinosParkour and viper_monster.

    One thing though, I am worried abit about any side effects. Will this repeating task affect my server performance in any way?
     
  10. Offline

    viper_monster

    parat26 it depends on how often it repeats. If you run it every second there will be a performance drop, but this is way better then having a repeating task for each player.
     
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page