How To Add Kill Counter To A Custom Tool

[fierymelon300]

So i was wondering how to add a kill counter to a tool anyone have any ideas? I just want it so that when you hover the cursor over it, it will show how many kills the sword has

[TLHPoE]

The best way, in my opinion, is to:

 

1. Make an NBT tag for the kills to be stored in

2. Detect when the tool successfully kills the mob and add to the NBT tag

3. Use the addInformation method to display the kills

[fierymelon300]

to create a new tag i would go to net.minecraft.nbt and create a new tag?

[TLHPoE]

Umm, not really. Check out this link to see how to use NBT Tags: http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Item_nbt

[fierymelon300]

Oh thanks 

[fierymelon300]

when I use the addInformation NBT where would I put it in my code? Anywhere?

[coolAlias]

addInformation is a method belonging to the Item class, so you need to implement/override it in your custom Item class.

 

In the method, you will need to check if the Item NBT tag is null and if so, create a new tag first, otherwise you will crash your game when you mouse over your Item in the Creative Tab.

[fierymelon300]

Here Is A Screenshot of the code I have for the word that I want to have the kill counter. can either of you tell me what else I should do?

 

 

[TLHPoE]

Your UltimateGemSword class should look more like this:

 

package yourpackage.examplemod

 

import net.minecraft.everything.*;

 

public class UltimateGemSword extends ItemSword

{

 

public UltimateGemSword(yourparams)

{

 

super(par1, par2Material);

 

}

 

@Override

public void doStuff()

{

 

//example stuff

 

}

 

public void addInformation()

{

 

//example stuff

 

}

 

}

 

 

To my knowledge, I don't think you should be placing methods inside of other methods.

[fierymelon300]

ok because I was kind of guessing at what to do that helps a lot

[fierymelon300]

here is what I have now where should I go from here

 

 

 

[fierymelon300]

Also how do I check if the NBT tag is null?

[GotoLink]

Learn basic Java. Please.

[TreeBek]

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