I'm really struggling to make a lightning sword

[CyberRocky]

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);
}


}

 

[HappyKiller1O1]

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.

[Ernio]

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.

[HappyKiller1O1]

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

[CyberRocky]

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

[Ernio]

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.

[HappyKiller1O1]

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.

[shadowfacts]

Item.java not Block.java

[HappyKiller1O1]

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