player.getCurrentItemOrArmor(0); cant be used for blocks so is their a method that can be used?

(This is in a server tick handler btw)

Let me ask you to clarify what are you trying to do really?

Let me ask you to clarify what are you trying to do really?

Detect the block in the player hand. similar to this:

if(player.getCurrentItemOrArmor(0) != null) {
		ItemStack hand = player.getCurrentItemOrArmor(0);

		if(hand.getItem() == Item.netherStar){
			player.addStat(ExtraAchievments.witherDead, 1);
		}
	}

But with blocks instead of items.

What's wrong with player.getHeldItem() ?

What's wrong with player.getHeldItem() ?

It dosen't work.

if(player.getHeldItem() != null) {
		if(player.getHeldItem() == new ItemStack(Block.slowSand, 1)) {
			player.addStat(ExtraAchievments.soulSand, 1);
			System.out.println("Detected");
		}
	}

Does nothing.

Have you tried debugging?

If you have then please let me know your findings for what happens during those lines!

Have you tried debugging?

If you have then please let me know your findings for what happens during those lines!

As i said before, nothing happens.

Basic Java:

player.getHeldItem() == new ItemStack(Block.slowSand, 1)

this will never return true.

Use the ItemStack.areItemStackEquals(args) method instead.

Have you tried debugging?

If you have then please let me know your findings for what happens during those lines!

As i said before, nothing happens.

 

That's not debugging, here's how you would debug it and TRUST me you would really want to KNOW this stuff else your life will be very hard instead of simple:

http://www.vogella.com/articles/EclipseDebugging/article.html

Basic Java:

player.getHeldItem() == new ItemStack(Block.slowSand, 1)

this will never return true.

Use the ItemStack.areItemStackEquals(args) method instead.

The method areItemStackEquals() is undefined for the type ItemStack

Check for a similar method instead then, i know there is one!

Could you explain it?

all i want to do is give the player an achievement for getting some soul sand...

Ah ha! Got it!

if(player.getHeldItem() != null && player.dimension == -1) {
		if(ItemStack.areItemStacksEqual(new ItemStack(Block.slowSand), player.getHeldItem())) {
			player.addStat(ExtraAchievments.soulSand, 1);
		}
		if(ItemStack.areItemStacksEqual(new ItemStack(Block.netherrack), player.getHeldItem())) {
			player.addStat(ExtraAchievments.aquireNetherrack, 1);
		}
	}
	if(player.getCurrentItemOrArmor(0) != null) {
		if(ItemStack.areItemStacksEqual(new ItemStack(Block.sand), player.getHeldItem())) {
			player.addStat(ExtraAchievments.aquireSand, 1);
		}
	}