[1.7.10] Need to check if a block exists above the player

[momnop]

Hello everyone. I'm trying to figure out how I can check if a block exists in any given distance above the player and if so, return a boolean displaying if one exists or not. If anybody could help that'd be great. Thanks!

[weckar]

If you need to do this in a method where you already have the player entity and the world as parameters, it is rather easy. I forget the exact method called (away from IDE), but if your IDE has a code suggestion feature check the world object for a method that contains the word 'sky'. There should be a method that checks whether a certain object can see the sky based on blocks above it. Put in the coordinates of your player, and this should tell you whether there is anything above it.