Solved Getting a block to a player's right/left

Hey guys! I need help with getting a block which is 10 blocks to a players left and right. Here's the catch: it has to be the 90 degrees to their left/right, not just the adjacent block. Here is a diagram in case you don't understand: http://sketchtoy.com/51420594

 

AGuyWhoSkis
You can do something like this:

Code:java

player.getLocation().getBlockX() + 1; //change the number to your liking

I've never tested that before, but I think it'll work

 

If you want it to be left and/or right of the player, you would have to get the direction he is looking at?

 

The Gaming Grunts that would always be the same, and the OP wants it to vary depending on the direction the player is looking. You would need to use the players yaw.

 

Eh, I knew it'd be something along those lines

 

AGuyWhoSkis

Try this:

Code:

final float newZ = (float)(player.getLocation().getZ() + ( amt * Math.sin(Math.toRadians(player.getLocation().getYaw() + 90 * direction))));
 
final float newX = (float)(player.getLocation().getX() + ( amt * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(player.getLocation().getYaw() + 90 * direction))));

Where: player is your Player object, amt is the distance, and direction is either 1 (front/back) or 0 (left/right). In your case you'd want direction to be 0.

To get the block to the right, have distance as 10, to get the block to the left, -10

EDIT/note: This is from my game, so it may not work. That's also why there's extra variables such as direction.

 

Or try this:

Code:java

 
    public static Vector getRightHeadDirection(Player player) {
        Vector direction = player.getLocation().getDirection().normalize();
        return new Vector(-direction.getZ(), 0.0, direction.getX()).normalize();
    }
 
    public static Vector getLeftHeadDirection(Player player) {
        Vector direction = player.getLocation().getDirection().normalize();
        return new Vector(direction.getZ(), 0.0, -direction.getX()).normalize();
    }
 

These will each return a vector of length 1 in the wanted direction. To get a block 10 blocks far from the player in that direction, you could do something like this:

Block rightBlock = player.getEyeLocation().add(getRightHeadDirection(player).multiply(10.0D)).getBlock();

 

This works perfectly. Thanks so much!