Need help with Plugin

I'm making a plugin where if a player is outside at night, he takes damage. When he is wearing a special "mask" it doesn't make him take damage. I've gotten most of it kinda ok, but I was looking at a youtube video on how to make a plugin that allows you to send a message, so I might have it wrong. Can anyone help me with this? I'm new to making plugin's and I am not exactly sure what certain methods do.


Thanks!

DragsZombies

 

Hmm, So for example the "mask" is like a leather cap?
I don't think there is a way to check if you are 'outside', because the only way i think this would work is that if you are (basically) under a block, your inside, no block above = outside.

And that has its flaws :/

 

It does. But, they also can be other ways? Possibly have people get damaged no matter what without wearing that "mask" Is there a way to do that?

What I am trying to do is, damage a player, who is exposed to that kind of "air" which is toxic, and the only way they don't die, is by using that specific item, like a leather cap.

 

correct. There is no inside/outside checking.. just the ability to see if there's something above you.. Even light levels wouldn't help much.

 

Yes, precisely. I'm just trying to get it to damage a player at night, which I know could be possible, since there are plugins that lower a players Hearts due to "vampirism" . That's just what I know anyway.

 

You're gonna need a task running to always check every x ticks. http://wiki.bukkit.org/Scheduler_Programming
the task will then, check the server time, if it's dark, get all online players, then have to loop through them and see if they are wearing the item.. then if not damage them.

 

So are you asking that, when it is dark, you go around through all the online players, and damage them? I was thinking more like, an automated damaging system. There could possibly be a series of "ticks" that the Scheduler Programming could do, that would simulate night and day. Usually, a full Minecraft day is about, 20 or so minutes, leaving, around, 24000 ticks every 20 minutes. Assuming that my calculations are correct.


I'm looking for help, please post if you know some stuff for plugin coding.