[1.8] Passing data from an entity to the item

[Born2Code]

Hello! I have a mod that has an item that will cause lightning to strike at your cursor when you right-click it. I want it to not strike lightning if I right-click on a slime. I know I could use itemInteractionForEntity or something like that but the reach is too short for what I want to do. So I made an invisible entity that will fly out to where my cursor (instantly) is pointing at to detect if I'm looking at an entity. If I add a println in the detection entity, it will print out the name of the entity I'm looking at if I am looking at one. So I changed that to only print when I'm looking at a slime. Everything is working so far. But I don't know how to only strike lightning, if I'm looking at a slime. Currently, only the detection entity knows what I'm looking at, so ....

 

1. Spawn lightning inside of the detection entity class... (which I can't get to work)

2. Somehow pass that information over to the item in order to cause the lightning to strike or not strike (can cause the lightning but don't know how to pass the info over)

[Draco18s]

Seriously?  This is like your third thread on this topic.

[Born2Code]

Please give an example, because I'm still having a hard time.

[Born2Code]

That shortcut isn't working, but if all of the usages are in the Minecraft class, where at? And if they're somewhere else for the entity handling, can you please tell me where?