Move player using code

[carkey]

Hi,

 

I think this is a pretty simple problem but after searching the forums I couldn't find a post about it.

 

I'm trying to move the player using my own custom code. I've got an arduino with a joystick. I am successfully getting the data from the arduino into Minecraft and can get the player to jump with jump().

 

What I want to do now is use the joystick data to move the player.

 

I've tried using just player.moveEntity(x, y, z); (Where I get 'player' from: player = Minecraft.getMinecraft().thePlayer;) but this moves the player in a jerky way.

 

Is there a function to smooth move the player in the same way that the W key moves the player forward and A key to the left etc?

 

Thanks for your time.

[carkey]

Okay after some searching I found player.setPositionAndUpdate()

 

But that seems to be doing nothing for me.

 

I get x and z from my Arduino and then do:

 

player.setPositionAndUpdate(player.posX + x, player.posY, player.posZ + z);

 

But nothing happens

[Einhaender]

I've never used Arduino, but the Joystick probably has a setting so that it can emulate the WASD keys. If you can't get that to work you might want to try player.setVelocity(args) or player.addVelocity(args).

 

Good luck!

[carkey]

The arduino part isnt the problem, I've got my own thread pulling in the data and then calling MC functions.

 

I just found setVelocity() and that seems to work thanks

 

Is there any documentation on these sorts of things? Instead of looking at the list of all functions on 'player', is there a guide to say things like "If you want to move the player used setVelocity() etc?

 

Thanks