Solved unable to load edited config.yml

I'm currently experimenting with plugins.
I want to use the config file so that I don't always have to hard code little changes I want to make like changing a number. But every time I want to use data from the file it uses the default, hard coded data.
After I changed the config.yml I use the "/reload" command or restart the server and even though the file hasn't changed it still uses the default settings, not the ones I edited.

 

Code:

public class Main extends JavaPlugin {

    public void onEnable() {
        saveDefaultConfig();
        new JoinListener(this);
    }

}

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public class JoinListener implements Listener {

    private Main plugin;

    public JoinListener(Main plugin) {
        this.plugin = plugin;

        Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, plugin);
    }

    @EventHandler
    public void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent e) {
        e.setJoinMessage(null);
       
        Player p = e.getPlayer();

        if (!p.hasPlayedBefore()) {
            Bukkit.broadcastMessage(
                    Utils.chat(plugin.getConfig().getString("firstjoin_message").replace("<player>", p.getName())));
        } else {

            Bukkit.broadcastMessage(
                    Utils.chat(plugin.getConfig().getString("join_message").replace("<player>", p.getName())));
        }
    }

}

this is the code I use.
(Note: Utils.chat is just a method for translating color codes)

 

@Korotaxx How do you load the file ? how do you save it when you do a change if u do it ingame ?

 

I use Notepad++ to change the file and save it, then i use "/reload" ingame or restart the server to reload the plugins.

 

@Korotaxx What does the config.yml file contain, and what is the output? You haven't hardcoded any messages, so it shouldn't be able to get any other message.

Also, you can just use "e.setJoinMessage(/*your message*/)" instead of "Bukkit.broadcastMessage(/*your message*/)".

 

this is my config.yml in the Java project:

Code:

firstjoin_message: 'Hello &a<player>!'
join_message: 'Hello again &a<player>!'

When i start the server the first time it generates the config.yml file in the plugins/myPlugin/ folder. But when i change the config file and reload all plugins it still uses the config data from the Java prioject(code above).

 

@Korotaxx your onEnable() ?

 

Oh ok. I dun see any reason , except if u save the file when u disable the plugin.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ok...

 

Doesn't saveDefaultConfig() only save what you have already defined? Try saveConfig() instead.

 

thank you! it worked