Break block method?

How would I call a block to break? (Not hook/handle a block break, but perform the breaking)

 

Simply call block.setTypeId(0);
This will set the type to air (this is breaking)

 

I knew about that option previously.
But does it show it breaking (and play the sound)?

 

Hm no, that would require to send fake packets to the clients (don't ask me how to do this exactly

 

That's what I was thinking of.

 

That animation is clientside. There's no way for the server to replicate it. Think about when you get lag on SMP; the client breaks the block and shows the animation. When the block comes back and disappears again, you see no animation.

 

But...if a MC server environment was done under convention, should it not include processing OP codes for certain actions (as block breaking) which are received from the server?

There is obviously a way to send packets server to client. Maybe not included in Bukkit, but all server environments must send updates which are [outward streams] toward each connected & active client.

 

Its tells the client when a block is removed, yes. That's not what triggers the animation though. The client decides when it should show the animation irrespective of when the block goes on the server.

 

Thanks! This works fine for me.

 

It's quite obvious. But I am saying that there is most likely a packet that is sent from server->client to break blocks.

 

Oh yeah thats simple.

theBlock.setType(Material.AIR)