DietmarKracht Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) I want to know how i can schedule changes to a blockstate after a certain amount of time. I want to change the blocks state of my block on right click after some seconds to render an animation during this time. How would i approach this? Edited May 24, 2021 by DietmarKracht Quote
kiou.23 Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 any reason why using Java threads wouldn't work? you could do: new Thread(() -> { Thread.sleep(/* how long to wait in miliseconds */) /* do your logic here */ }).start(); Quote
DietmarKracht Posted May 24, 2021 Author Posted May 24, 2021 So i solved this by using blockstates for the intermediate state where the block would not update and schedule a tick after the given amount of time. Then in the tick() method of the block i do my logic when the blockstate matches my intermediate state. Quote
Draco18s Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 29 minutes ago, kiou.23 said: any reason why using Java threads wouldn't work? you could do: new Thread(() -> { Thread.sleep(/* how long to wait in miliseconds */) /* do your logic here */ }).start(); "Freeze entire game while we wait for this block to update." Yes, that's exactly what we want. Quote Apparently I'm a complete and utter jerk and come to this forum just like to make fun of people, be confrontational, and make your personal life miserable. If you think this is the case, JUST REPORT ME. Otherwise you're just going to get reported when you reply to my posts and point it out, because odds are, I was trying to be nice. Exception: If you do not understand Java, I WILL NOT HELP YOU and your thread will get locked. DO NOT PM ME WITH PROBLEMS. No help will be given.
kiou.23 Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, Draco18s said: "Freeze entire game while we wait for this block to update." Yes, that's exactly what we want. Doesn't the thread run asynchronously? If not, my bad then, I apologize for the bad advice Quote
Draco18s Posted May 24, 2021 Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) The main server thread? Hell no. You sleep the main server thread, then water stops flowing, redstone stops updating, mobs stop moving, and players get disconnected due to a timeout. Thread.Sleep() is almost never the solution to "I need to wait for something." Never never never never. Edited May 24, 2021 by Draco18s Quote Apparently I'm a complete and utter jerk and come to this forum just like to make fun of people, be confrontational, and make your personal life miserable. If you think this is the case, JUST REPORT ME. Otherwise you're just going to get reported when you reply to my posts and point it out, because odds are, I was trying to be nice. Exception: If you do not understand Java, I WILL NOT HELP YOU and your thread will get locked. DO NOT PM ME WITH PROBLEMS. No help will be given.
Draco18s Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 Ah yes, it is a newly spawned thread. I just saw the Thread.sleep part of things, because that's so commonly suggested and/or tried and "didn't work." Quote Apparently I'm a complete and utter jerk and come to this forum just like to make fun of people, be confrontational, and make your personal life miserable. If you think this is the case, JUST REPORT ME. Otherwise you're just going to get reported when you reply to my posts and point it out, because odds are, I was trying to be nice. Exception: If you do not understand Java, I WILL NOT HELP YOU and your thread will get locked. DO NOT PM ME WITH PROBLEMS. No help will be given.
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