I can't seem to find any tutorials or threads on how I should use attributes to add traits to players, so how would I do it? The only things on EntityPlayer related to attributes seem to be getters. I gather I should probably be using AttributeModifier somehow, but at the same time there is a whole list of IAtributes in SharedMonsterAttributes. My end goal is to use these to change the players attack speed, max health, and movement speed.

So is there any good resources I can use to figure out what I need to do?

If you want to add information to a player, use a capability, you can read up on it here: http://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/datastorage/capabilities/

If you want to modify the values of existing attributes on entities that aren't your own, use attribute modifiers. The wiki has an explanation of attributes and modifiers here.

 

If you want to store custom data on entities that aren't your own, use capabilities.

 

I have a capability that manages an attribute modifier for

SharedMonsterAttributes.MAX_HEALTH

here: API, implementation.

 

It's also used by the following classes:

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/command/CommandMaxHealthBase.java]CommandMaxHealthBase[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/command/CommandMaxHealthAdd.java]CommandMaxHealthAdd[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/command/CommandMaxHealthGet.java]CommandMaxHealthGet[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/command/CommandMaxHealthSet.java]CommandMaxHealthSet[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/block/BlockMaxHealthGetter.java]BlockMaxHealthGetter[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/block/BlockMaxHealthSetter.java]BlockMaxHealthSetter[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/item/ItemMaxHealthGetter.java]ItemMaxHealthGetter[/url]

  
  

• [url=https://github.com/Choonster/TestMod3/blob/f2476600a276d8a95280078e61049b709ba90466/src/main/java/choonster/testmod3/item/ItemMaxHealthSetter.java]ItemMaxHealthSetter[/url]

If you want to add information to a player, use a capability, you can read up on it here: http://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/datastorage/capabilities/

Yes I have already used capabilities on players to do a different function in my mod, but I'm asking how to actually change the max health or whatever else of a player.

If you want to modify the values of existing attributes on entities that aren't your own, use attribute modifiers. The wiki has an explanation of attributes and modifiers here.

 

If you want to store custom data on entities that aren't your own, use capabilities.

 

I have a capability that manages an attribute modifier for

SharedMonsterAttributes.MAX_HEALTH

here: API, implementation.

 

It's also used by the following classes:

Wow thank you so much for the examples, that's awesome you have a whole mod just for helping people on these forums.

Also I had seen that wiki page that you linked, because I actually found a different thread where you had linked that same page before and I went to it. Although it does explain what attributes are, it doesn't really say how to use them for my purposes.

edit: Jesus the more I read through this the less I feel like I know. I'm slowing catching on though... Slowly.