I've been trying to make an entity that sits around the player like a shield and pushes any other entity away, however, although I got the push part, it pushes the player too. I've tried messing around for a while, but have not figured anything out, so help would be highly appreciated.

This is the code I'm using in the tick() method:

        for(LivingEntity livingentity : this.level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, this.getBoundingBox())) {
                if(livingentity != this.getOwner()) {
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                }

        }

I also tried using this method:

    private void pushEntity(LivingEntity entity) {
        LivingEntity livingentity = this.getOwner();
        if (entity.isAlive() && entity != livingentity) {
            if (livingentity.isAlliedTo(entity)) {
                return;
            }
            this.push(entity);
            this.push(entity);
            this.push(entity);
            this.push(entity);
        }
    }

and calling it in tick():

        for(LivingEntity livingentity : this.level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, this.getBoundingBox())) {
                if(livingentity != this.getOwner()) {
                    this.pushEntity(livingentity);
                }

but it just says that livingentity is null.

Wrap it all in a block

if(!livingentity instanseof ServerPlayer){

}

Edited September 12, 20232 yr by andreybadrey

Like this?:

        for(LivingEntity livingentity : this.level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, this.getBoundingBox())) {
                if(!(livingentity instanceof ServerPlayer)) {
                    this.push(livingentity);
                }
        }

Because that didn't work (although I feel I executed what you said wrong).

Even then it would just not push any player instead of specifically the owner.

(Also for some reason continue; didn't work. So that's wack:

        for(LivingEntity livingentity : this.level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, this.getBoundingBox())) {
                if(livingentity == this.getOwner()) {
                    continue;
                }
            this.push(livingentity);
            this.push(livingentity);
            this.push(livingentity);
            this.push(livingentity);
        }

)

Edited September 13, 20232 yr by xCrazyFeline

Did you try

if(!(livingentity instanceof Player)){

}

Yeah, so that worked:

        for(LivingEntity livingentity : this.level.getEntitiesOfClass(LivingEntity.class, this.getBoundingBox())) {
                if(!(livingentity instanceof Player)) {
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                    this.push(livingentity);
                }
        }

I feel so stupid XD. Thanks for the help guys.