is it possible to listen for a player putting on a helmet

Would it be possible to listen for a player putting on a golden helmet then giving them an effect?

 

I would assume that you would want to InventoryInteractEvent (see APIDocs), however, I haven't tested it.

In theory, check if the getWhoClicked() is wearing a golden helmet and apply potion if resolves to true. If this doesn't work, perhaps that running a synchronous delayed task of 1-tick would make it work (to allow the event to fire before checking?)

 

TeeePeee Sweet thanks, ill test it out

 

I created a little thing that should help you out with your problem. Essentially, I've created a custom event and listened on each possible way a player can put on armor, and then called the event. You can insert these two classes into your project any way you want, and then listen for PlayerArmorChangeEvent and it'll fire whenever someone does it. Right now, it'll fire if someone puts on armor via their inventory, right-clicking on the armor, or putting it on via a dispenser. I've tested it and it works fine. If you find any problems with it, please let me know and I'll update it.

Gist Link: PlayerArmorChangeEvent Source

Example:

Code:Java

 
    @EventHandler
    public void onArmorChanged(PlayerArmorChangeEvent e)
    {
        Player player = e.getPlayer();
 
        System.out.println(player.getName() + " has changed his armor status!");
    }
 

 

NinjaWAffles
From what I can tell, this doesn't return the armour that is equipped. Can I suggest that as an upcoming feature? other than that, nice job

 

I have put up a newer version. It should now be there. And thanks.

 

NinjaWAffles
While we're on the topic of suggestions, also return the method by which they are equipped? I'll stop bugging you now

 

Could you elaborate more on what you mean by that?

 

NinjaWAffles
Whether the player equipped it them self, or if a dispenser did it.
Just nice to know, and occasionally use information

 

Done, sir.