Nearby Entities

When i use this if statement, it doesn't detect nearby players

Code:java

if(entity.getNearbyEntities(5, 4, 5).contains(EntityType.PLAYER))

Anyone know a fix?

 

You can't use the contains() method in that way. Some of the entities in the list may be of type Player, but none of them are actually equal to the type itself.

 

Ghilliedrone I've never used this function before, but from the name of it, I'm guessing it returns a list of entities. If so, you have to iterate over the list and for each data type in the list check whether its an instanceof Player.

 

Code:java

            boolean playerInArea = false;
            for(Iterator<Entity> iterator = event.getPlayer().getNearbyEntities(5, 4, 5).iterator(); iterator.hasNext();)
            {
                Entity entity = iterator.next();
                if(entity instanceof Player)
                    playerInArea = true;
            }

 

The above does pretty much the same as this, but here's an alternative:

Code:java

 
boolean inRadius = false;
for (Entity e : entity.getNearbyEntities(5, 4, 5)) {
     if (e.getType().equals(EntityType.PLAYER) && e instanceof Player) { 
          // Bingo, we have ourselves a player
          inRadius = true;
     }
}
return inRadius;
 

 

Is it possible to add firework as the objects where the radius has to be checked and then if there's a player in that radius deal damage?
tip: Firework is not a projectile