Solved How to change the despawn delay/ticks for an Item Entity?

Hello all,

I want to spawn an item that least for 5 seconds and is unable to pickup.
This is my code:

Code:

        Location location = new Location(null, player.getLocation().getX() + 5, player.getLocation().getY() + 5, player.getLocation().getZ());
        Item item = player.getWorld().dropItemNaturally(location, new ItemStack(Material.LEAVES, 5));
        item.setTicksLived(5900);
        item.setPickupDelay(5000);

(its an example)

But the SetTicksLived wont work? please help!

Is this even possible though xD?

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Spawn it, start a scheduler to remove it in 5 seconds.

 

RealDope Is there not a way to edit the Entity it self?

 

maybe meta data but idk about that...maybe also take a look at showcase standalone...

 

CaptainBern Meta is more for the name and lore I thought. I will look at that.
And also thanks for the tip of Showcase Standalone.

 

yeah im not sure about the meta data

 

CaptainBern Maybe I should change the NBT-Value? Lets try that tomorrow !

 

this seems legit: http://jd.bukkit.org/rb/apidocs/org/bukkit/event/entity/ItemDespawnEvent.html

 

I found a way to edit the "Age" of the Dropped entity with NTB edit.
But still thanks CaptainBern.

(Solved )

 

Steffion Can you share it with us please? I'm looking to do the same thing

EDIT: Nevermind, found it out.

Code:

((EntityItem) ((CraftItem) item).getHandle()).age = desired_age;