Making a item a projectile?

Hello i wanted to know how would i make a item a projectile like on the popular server "Super craft bros" where they have when you right click with a mob egg in your hand it shoots it and on impact it spawns the mob. How would i do that with fire and burn a mob on impact?

 

I'm decently sure it's impossible to create a projectile with items. But you can make it look like a projectile. Use the Item entity and set its pickup delay to something absurd and set it's velocity. Bam! You got yourself a projectile-like item.

 

Thats what im looking for. But how would i use the item entity? And how would i make it burn a mob on impact?

 

TrollTaylor
Hmm.. this is actually harder than I thought, there's no event for items hitting the ground. Here's what I think you can do, though:

Code:java

        final Item item = (Item) player.getWorld().spawnEntity(player.getEyeLocation(), EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM);
        item.setVelocity(player.getLocation().getDirection().multiply(2.5));
 
        Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(<Your Plugin Instance>, new Runnable()
        {
            @Override
            public void run()
            {
                boolean Cancelled = false;
                if (!Cancelled)
                {
                    List<Entity> Entities = item.getNearbyEntities(1, 1, 1);
                    for (Entity entity : Entities)
                    {
                        if (entity instanceof LivingEntity)
                        {
                            entity.setFireTicks(60); // Set fire for 3 sec
                            Cancelled = true;
                            break;
                        }
                        else if (entity.isOnGround())
                        {
                            Cancelled = true;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }, 1, 1);

I'm assuming the garbage collector will pick up those tasks when they are "cancelled," but if not, that will cause a memory leak.

 

Just search the forums: More Projectiles...

Or use google: <Edit by Moderator: Redacted bit url>

 

The_Doctor_123
Doesnt seem to work heres my code

Code:java

@EventHandler
public void onSneak(PlayerToggleSneakEvent event){
if(this.wizard == event.getPlayer().getName()){
if(this.wmana > 50){
if(event.getPlayer().isSneaking() == true){
event.getPlayer().getServer().broadcastMessage("Working");
this.wmana = this.wmana - 25;
final Item item = (Item) event.getPlayer().getWorld().spawnEntity(event.getPlayer().getEyeLocation(), EntityType.DROPPED_ITEM);
((Entity) item).setVelocity(event.getPlayer().getLocation().getDirection().multiply(2.5)); //Added The ((Entity) Cause eclipse gave me a error
 
Bukkit.getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, new Runnable()
{
@Override
public void run()
{
boolean Cancelled = false;
if (!Cancelled)
{
List<Entity> Entities = ((Entity) item).getNearbyEntities(1, 1, 1); //Added The ((Entity) Cause eclipse gave me a error
for (Entity entity : Entities)
{
if (entity instanceof LivingEntity)
{
entity.setFireTicks(60); // Set fire for 3 sec
Cancelled = true;
break;
}
else if (entity.isOnGround())
{
Cancelled = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
}, 1, 1);
 
 
 
 
 
}
}else{
event.getPlayer().sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + "Out of mana");
this.pmana = 0;
if(this.pmana < 0){
this.pmana = 0;
event.setCancelled(true);
}
}
}
}

 

I'm pretty sure you're using the wrong Item import. Make sure you're not using:

Code:java

import net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.Item;

But use:

Code:java

import org.bukkit.entity.Item;

 

I had the first one imported but i changed it and didnt fix anything. It gives me a error in the console heres the error
http://pastebin.com/aV4VRzcR

 

TrollTaylor
There's a library for this!
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/lib-moreprojectiles-wip.171927/#post-1837696

 

Best not to use a library for something relatively simple. I just realized an issue with my code, though. I never identified what item I'm spawning. I'm not exactly sure how to do that..

 

bobacadodl I dont know how to use that library how do i use it?

 

It explains it right in the post...

Code:

new ItemProjectile("name", (Player) shooter, (ItemStack) item, (double) power);

That shoots the projectile

Then to do something when it hits an entity:

Code:

    @EventHandler
    public void onHit(CustomProjectileHitEvent e){
        if (e.getHitType() == HitType.ENTITY){
            if (e.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("name")){
                e.getHitEntity().damage(3D, e.getProjectile().getShooter());
            }
        }
    }

 

https://github.com/remixz/EnderBow/tree/master/src/main/java/me/zachbruggeman/enderbow

 

I did that and it didnt work heres what i put

Code:

new ItemProjectile("name", event.getPlayer(), new ItemStack(Material.FIRE, 10); //I used this in a event