I am currently working on an item that will poison an entity on hit and I'm not sure why everything I have tried has not worked. I am using this code at the moment, but it does not work:

public boolean hitEntity(ItemStack par1ItemStack, EntityLiving par2EntityLiving, EntityLiving par3EntityLiving) {

par2EntityLiving.addPotionEffect(new PotionEffect(Potion.poison.id, 200, 1));

return true;

 

Thanks for Any Help or Suggestions

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From what I remember I don't think (hitEntity) is a valid method in whatever item you are using.

 

Try putting @Override on the method - to ensure that method exists (and works).

From what I remember I don't think (hitEntity) is a valid method in whatever item you are using.

 

Try putting @Override on the method - to ensure that method exists (and works).

 

It is, but the OP got the wrong method signature!

 

@OP: the two EntityLiving parameters should be EntityLivingBase parameters.

hitEntity(ItemStack par1ItemStack, EntityLivingBase par2EntityLivingBase, EntityLivingBase par3EntityLivingBase)

And as coolboy4531 suggested, always add @Override above methods you intend to override to avoid errors.