[1.7.10] Setting Target If hit by lightning bolt?

[DanielDawn]

So in an onItemUse method my sword spawns a lightning bolt, how can I make it so that if an Entity is hit by the lightning bolt it's target is set to the player, or like it was melee damage.

[diesieben07]

When you spawn the lightning entity, attach a special marker flag (be sure to include your ModID to make it unique) to it using the

getEntityData

method (it will give you an NBTTagCompound you can put data in and it will be remembered).

 

Then subscribe to EntityStruckByLightningEvent and apply whatever action you wish to the hit entity if the lighting bolt has the special marker in it.

[DanielDawn]

.setRevengeTarget()? Also does this work with explosions?

[diesieben07]

setRevengeTarget should work.

What do you mean by explosions?

[DanielDawn]

Like if I have an explosion staff that when you click on an Entity it creates an explosion on the entity. Also how do I set the flag? Are there any minecraft classes that set the flag that I can use as an example?

[diesieben07]

Like if I have an explosion staff that when you click on an Entity it creates an explosion on the entity.

Look at how EntityTNTPrimed creates explosions.

Also how do I set the flag?

You just have to put a boolean in to the NBTTagCompound.