Hi,

 

I am trying to make a sword that damages the player when they swing the sword.  So far, I have been unable to figure out how to do that.  If anyone could help point me in the right direction, that would be great.

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT: I figured out how to check if the player is swinging the sword.  You use the method

 

@Override
public boolean onEntitySwing(EntityLivingBase entityLiving, ItemStack stack) {

//What you want here

return false;
}

 

in the new sword class.  However, I still need to figure out how to damage the player.

Hi,

    Hmm... Well I don't think there is a way to stop the sword from damaging the person you swing it at i.e. if you swing it at a zombie, you will damage the zombie. But there should be 2 such methods-

 

onSwordSwing() - something like that

damageEntity(Entity entity) - something like that

 

I'll look up the sword classes and other classes. Will try to help you ASAP.

 

Regards,

Ablaze.

You would want to use this event: AttackEntityEvent (net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.AttackEntityEvent)

Thanks for that, but that only registers when I'm swinging at an entity.  I was looking for something that happens whenever I swing the sword, regardless of what I'm pointing at.  Thank you for your help though.

Thanks for that, but that only registers when I'm swinging at an entity.  I was looking for something that happens whenever I swing the sword, regardless of what I'm pointing at.  Thank you for your help though.

 

If you're using this:

public boolean onEntitySwing(EntityLivingBase entityLiving, ItemStack stack) {...}

 

Then you've got the swinging entity.

 

From there, would something like "EntityLivingBase.attackEntityFrom(DamageSource.generic, (float)dmg)" do what you're trying to do?

 

 

 

If I am not mistaken, if you want it to be a player:

 

public boolean onEntitySwing(EntityLivingBase entityLiving, ItemStack stack) {

if (entityLiving instanceof EntityPlayer)
{
// Insert Damage Code Here (I'm trying to remember on the spot) It's obvious if you look through the ItemSword class. The damage is getDamageVsEntity, I believe
}

}

If I am not mistaken, if you want it to be a player:

...

 

That's another way to do it. OP didn't specify whether he wanted it to count as a sword hit on the wielder, or just have a "punishment" for swinging it (like a cursed sword). The other reason I went with directly damaging the entity was that it would beat down a zombie who managed to pick up the sword.