I'm trying to make it so lightning strikes the mob I hit with the sword. I've tried every code I could find online and all I get is errors I can't fix or it simply doesn't work.

 

I'm using Eclipse and 1.7.10 version of Forge. The coding I have so far for the sword without the lightning looks like this:

 

package cyberrocky.lsm.item;

import net.minecraft.item.Item;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemSword;

public class ItemLightningSword extends ItemSword {

public ItemLightningSword(ToolMaterial material) {
	super(material);
}


}

 

Well first, you most likely should use an event like "LivingHurtEvent" then, check if it is your sword and, if so: grab the entity being hit and it's position then spawn the lightning.

What? No... You don't need events for that. Events are to edit vanilla/other mod's behaviour.

 

In your sword class override #hitEntity, get target's position, spawn new lightning entity in given position.

 

Pretty much what above is said.

I actually didn't realize there was a method for that. Excuse my ignorance!

Enrio, how would you code that? I'm new to Java

We're not here to code it for you.

 

Read what forum description says. It's forum that will provide help woth forge (which I did), not Java directly.

 

My best advice (many will agree) - learn Java (actually take some course).

 

If you post what you've tried I could go from there and provide more explanations.

 

What to look for (google)

- How to spawn Entity in world.

- How is lightning spawned (I'd look in vanilla code)

 

Rest is REALLY SIMPLE - you just need to know minimum of Java.

He is right ^ All I can say is, check the Block.java class for hitEntity and override it. Then do the necessary checks (like for server and such) and spawn the lightning if they are met.

Item.java not Block.java

Omg I actually did that. Yeah, Item not Block.