Clearing and setting an inventory

I'm writing a plugin to manage 2v2 arena matches, but I can't seem to figure out how to manipulate player inventories. I have tried using this code to set the player's boots to iron boots. I figured that would be a basic way to test inventory setting and getting.

Code:java

plugin.getServer().getPlayer(playerName).getInventory().setBoots(new ItemStack(Material.IRON_BOOTS, 1));

How can I make this work right? Also, what's the best way to outright clear a player's inventory?

 

SaxSalute Take a look at this tutorial, it could help http://wiki.bukkit.org/Plugin_Tutorial#.28Player.29_Inventory_Manipulation

You can simply add items to a players inventory by doing the following

Code:

player.getInventory().addItem(sword);
          player.getInventory().setChestplate(goldchestplate);
          player.getInventory().setLeggings(diamondlegs);
          player.getInventory().setHelmet(chainhelm);
          player.getInventory().setBoots(chainboots);

To clear the players inventory, you can do this

Code:

player.getInventory().clear();

You can also add enchantments to the itemStacks

Code:

sword.addEnchantment(Enchantment.DAMAGE_ALL, 2);

To add coloring to leather, you can do the following

Code:

          ItemStack legs = new ItemStack(Material.LEATHER_LEGGINGS);
          LeatherArmorMeta legss = (LeatherArmorMeta)legs.getItemMeta();
          legss.setColor(Color.BLACK);

Then change the meta by doing the following

Code:

          legs.setItemMeta(legss);

Using this method to set the name

Code:

public static ItemStack setName(ItemStack is, String name){
            ItemMeta m = is.getItemMeta();
            m.setDisplayName(name);
            is.setItemMeta(m);
            return is;
        }

I hope this gave you a better understanding on manipulating a players inventory, any more questions feel free to ask

 

I tried this out and still nothing. This is what I have:

Code:java

        Inventory i = player.getInventory();
 
        i.clear();
        i.addItem(new ItemStack(Material.ENDER_PEARL, 1));

The inventory doesn't clear and the ender pearl doesn't get added.

 

SaxSalute That should work fine, are you sure that method or event is firing? Did you register your events?

 

I think I have a deeper issue with my version control. I wasn't sure why that wasn't working, so I changed the color of a line of text to see what happened, and it didn't change. For some reason the changes I'm making while I'm on my laptop aren't exporting anything different from what I made before I cloned my repo to my laptop last night.