So essentially I am trying to use NBT to store an XP value, however I am stumped about making it persists between deaths. It looks like loadNBTData is not being called.

 

Any ideas what I messed up?

http://pastebin.com/8p4PkGjb

http://pastebin.com/CPLZNYcX

You have to store your data in the tag compound that you are passed. Don't create a new NBTTagCompound unless you are adding that tag to the parameter compound.

 

That goes for reading, too - use the parameter.

So like this?:

http://pastebin.com/diff.php?i=cgu01ubE

No, don't create a compound.

 

@Override
public void saveNBTData(NBTTagCompound compound) {
// see that NBTTagCompound compound ^^^^^^^ right there? use that:
compound.setInteger("someData", value);
}

 

Same for reading from NBT. How do you expect the data to persist if you create new data every single time?

http://pastebin.com/8b7pk36Y

Okay however that didn't appear to change anything, I believe the issue is the loading of the data because "NBT Loaded" isn't appearing in the console (Whilst saving does)

Okay so some progress, I was able to determine that loadNBTData is in fact working however:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at tutorial.generic.PlayerInformation.loadNBTData(PlayerInformation.java:49)
at net.minecraft.entity.Entity.readFromNBT(Entity.java:1682)
at net.minecraft.server.management.ServerConfigurationManager.readPlayerDataFromFile(ServerConfigurationManager.java:252)
at net.minecraft.server.management.ServerConfigurationManager.initializeConnectionToPlayer(ServerConfigurationManager.java:124)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.handshake.NetworkDispatcher.completeServerSideConnection(NetworkDispatcher.java:172)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.handshake.NetworkDispatcher.completeHandshake(NetworkDispatcher.java:428)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.internal.HandshakeCompletionHandler.channelRead0(HandshakeCompletionHandler.java:17)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.internal.HandshakeCompletionHandler.channelRead0(HandshakeCompletionHandler.java:11)
at io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler.channelRead(SimpleChannelInboundHandler.java:98)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java:337)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java:323)
at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:103)
at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageCodec.channelRead(MessageToMessageCodec.java:111)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java:337)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java:323)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:785)
at io.netty.channel.embedded.EmbeddedChannel.writeInbound(EmbeddedChannel.java:169)
at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.internal.FMLProxyPacket.processPacket(FMLProxyPacket.java:80)
at net.minecraft.network.NetworkManager.processReceivedPackets(NetworkManager.java:242)
at net.minecraft.network.NetworkSystem.networkTick(NetworkSystem.java:190)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.updateTimeLightAndEntities(MinecraftServer.java:762)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.tick(MinecraftServer.java:650)
at net.minecraft.server.integrated.IntegratedServer.tick(IntegratedServer.java:120)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:528)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer$2.run(MinecraftServer.java:787)

http://pastebin.com/diff.php?i=rDAGKv0f

I believe the issue is this.currentXp however I cannot for the life of me figure out why

You better null check [!=null], create an if statement to check if it is not null before proceeding.

You better null check [!=null], create an if statement to check if it is not null before proceeding.

Checking if (this.currentXP != null) ?

 

Edit:

Looks like it loadNBTData isnt actually being called (System.out.println("NBT LOADED") on player death

Any ideas on whats wrong?

Extended property data doesn't load by default when the player respawns, but you can do so manually using the PlayerRespawnEvent from FML. Be sure to save the data first when the player dies!

 

Also, this may interest you, as it discusses the issue of persisting your data across death and respawn. Note that I didn't use the PlayerRespawnEvent, but that would be preferable as it is only posted for players.

Extended property data doesn't load by default when the player respawns, but you can do so manually using the PlayerRespawnEvent from FML. Be sure to save the data first when the player dies!

 

Also, this may interest you, as it discusses the issue of persisting your data across death and respawn. Note that I didn't use the PlayerRespawnEvent, but that would be preferable as it is only posted for players.

Okay so i tried using the method in the link however, How do I resolve:

genericHooks: http://pastebin.com/7jwUHD1Z

"username cannot be resolved or is not a field" (Line 53 and 68)

"The method saveProxyData(EntityPlayer) is undefined for the type PlayerInformation" (Line 55)

"The method saveProxyData(EntityPlayer) is undefined for the type PlayerInformation (Line  75)

CommonProxy: http://pastebin.com/qnztU914

"The method put(String, NBTTagCompound) is undefined for the type PlayerInformation" (Line 24)

"The method remove(String) is undefined for the type PlayerInformation" (Line 32)

http://pastebin.com/C8AJcp9W

username cannot be accessed in 1.7.2, change it to getCommandSenderName() or whatever.

 

For the rest, you have to add the methods, otherwise of course they are undefined.

username cannot be accessed in 1.7.2, change it to getCommandSenderName() or whatever.

 

For the rest, you have to add the methods, otherwise of course they are undefined.

I must have missed the methods in your thread, which section are they under?

Sorry I guess that part was a little unclear: PlayerInformation.saveProxyData((EntityPlayer) event.entity); is a replacement for, not an addition to, all the code in the living death event. See section 6 for the exact details, or you can see a working example here: https://github.com/coolAlias/Tutorial-1.7.2/tree/master/src/main/java/tutorial

So effectively:

There is no simple way of having persistent player data?

So effectively:

There is no simple way of having persistent player data?

This is the simplest way I know of, though that's not to say there isn't any other way. It's basically two steps:

 

1. Store the data when the player dies

 

2. Load the data when the player respawns

 

Maybe you can automate those steps by storing the data directly in the player's PERSISTED_NBT_TAG tag, but I have never had any luck with that one. I didn't try too hard, since I already had everything working, so maybe you can get it to work.

 

EDIT: Here's the relevant code from EntityPlayer#clonePlayer:

//Copy over a section of the Entity Data from the old player.
//Allows mods to specify data that persists after players respawn.
NBTTagCompound old = par1EntityPlayer.getEntityData();
if (old.hasKey(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG))
{
    getEntityData().setTag(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG, old.getCompoundTag(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG));
}

So effectively:

There is no simple way of having persistent player data?

This is the simplest way I know of, though that's not to say there isn't any other way. It's basically two steps:

 

1. Store the data when the player dies

 

2. Load the data when the player respawns

 

Maybe you can automate those steps by storing the data directly in the player's PERSISTED_NBT_TAG tag, but I have never had any luck with that one. I didn't try too hard, since I already had everything working, so maybe you can get it to work.

 

EDIT: Here's the relevant code from EntityPlayer#clonePlayer:

//Copy over a section of the Entity Data from the old player.
//Allows mods to specify data that persists after players respawn.
NBTTagCompound old = par1EntityPlayer.getEntityData();
if (old.hasKey(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG))
{
    getEntityData().setTag(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG, old.getCompoundTag(PERSISTED_NBT_TAG));
}

Alright I will have a play with that and post my results

http://pastebin.com/2cBtv0MH http://pastebin.com/y57Xf5QW

I am completely stumped, if someone can point out my mistakes (this is the first time working with forge essentially) I would much appreciate that

With a bit of help from IRC I figured it out

http://pastebin.com/UNP4R4uE

http://pastebin.com/BkR3YGRS

 

Hopeful this helps someone out