1.11 - Can't get Capabilities to work

[Eria8]

I'm trying to use Capabilities to add a kind of player currency. But I can't get it to work.

I've followed a couple of tutorials on it pretty much exactly, but when I try to render the amount on the corner of the screen it's always null.

 

I apologise if this post is large, I guess the site appearance just changed and there's no preview option?

 

ScreenTag

(the gui with currency amount that's trying to be rendered)

	private Minecraft mc;
	private final int colour = new Color(255, 85, 255).getRGB();

	public ScreenTag(Minecraft mc)
	{
		this.mc = mc;
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void onRenderGui(RenderGameOverlayEvent.Post event)
	{
		if (event.getType() != ElementType.EXPERIENCE)
		{
			return;
		}
		IEchoesCapability echoes = mc.thePlayer.getCapability(EchoesManager.ECHOES, null);

		//
		if (echoes == null) return; // <- This always fires. Why is this always null?
		//
      
		drawCenteredString(mc.fontRendererObj,
				TextFormatting.RED + "Blood Echoes: " + TextFormatting.WHITE + echoes.getEchoes(), 20, 20, colour);
		drawCenteredString(mc.fontRendererObj,
				TextFormatting.RED + "Insight: " + TextFormatting.WHITE + echoes.getInsight(), 20, 50, colour);
	}

 

IEchoesCapability

(I don't think I'd need to post the Echoes class that implements this interface since it's just variable setters/getters)

	public boolean useEchoes(int amount);

	public void addEchoes(int amount);

	public void setEchoes(int amount);

	public int getEchoes();

	//

	public boolean useInsight(int amount);

	public void addInsight(int amount);

	public void setInsight(int amount);

	public int getInsight();

 

EchoesStorage implements IStorage<IEchoesCapability>

	@Override
	public NBTBase writeNBT(Capability<IEchoesCapability> capability, IEchoesCapability instance, EnumFacing side)
	{
		NBTTagCompound nbt = new NBTTagCompound();
		nbt.setInteger("echoes", instance.getEchoes());
		nbt.setInteger("insight", instance.getInsight());
		return nbt;
	}

	@Override
	public void readNBT(Capability<IEchoesCapability> capability, IEchoesCapability instance, EnumFacing side,
			NBTBase nbt)
	{
		instance.setEchoes(((NBTTagCompound) nbt).getInteger("echoes"));
		instance.setInsight(((NBTTagCompound) nbt).getInteger("insight"));
	}

 

Capabilities

(event handler)

	public static final ResourceLocation ECHOES = new ResourceLocation(Main.MODID, "echoes");

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void attach(AttachCapabilitiesEvent.Entity event)
	{
		if (event.getEntity() instanceof EntityPlayer)
		{
			event.addCapability(ECHOES, new EchoesManager());
		}
	}

	@SubscribeEvent
	public void clone(PlayerEvent.Clone event)
	{
		if (event.isWasDeath())
		{
			IEchoesCapability original = event.getOriginal().getCapability(EchoesManager.ECHOES, null);
			IEchoesCapability cloned = event.getEntityPlayer().getCapability(EchoesManager.ECHOES, null);
			cloned.setEchoes(original.getEchoes());
			cloned.setInsight(original.getInsight());
		}
	}

 

EchoesManager implements ICapabilitySerializable<NBTBase>

	@CapabilityInject(IEchoesCapability.class)
	public static final Capability<IEchoesCapability> ECHOES = null;

	private IEchoesCapability instance = ECHOES.getDefaultInstance();

	@Override
	public boolean hasCapability(Capability<?> capability, EnumFacing facing)
	{
		return capability == ECHOES;
	}

	@Override
	public <T> T getCapability(Capability<T> capability, EnumFacing facing)
	{
		return capability == ECHOES ? ECHOES.<T>cast(instance) : null;
	}

	@Override
	public NBTBase serializeNBT()
	{
		return ECHOES.getStorage().writeNBT(ECHOES, instance, null);
	}

	@Override
	public void deserializeNBT(NBTBase nbt)
	{
		ECHOES.getStorage().readNBT(ECHOES, instance, null, nbt);
	}

 

inside Main class

	@EventHandler
	public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
	{
		proxy.init();
		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new ScreenTag(Minecraft.getMinecraft()));
	}

 

and inside ServerProxy

	public void init()
	{
		CapabilityManager.INSTANCE.register(IEchoesCapability.class, new EchoesStorage(), Echoes.class);

		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new Capabilities());
	}

 

I think that should be everything relevant.

The whole mod kinda depends on this working properly, so could someone tell me what exactly I'm doing wrong?

[Animefan8888]

You will need to send a packet to sync the Capability.

[Eria8]

1 minute ago, Animefan8888 said:

You will need to send a packet to sync the Capability.

 

I realise that I need to use packets to sync the amounts.

But without packets it should still render, just the amount would always be 0, right?

[Animefan8888]

Is it an int, or an Integer?

[Eria8]

Just now, Animefan8888 said:

Is it an int, or an Integer?

They're both ints.

 

		IEchoesCapability echoes = mc.thePlayer.getCapability(EchoesManager.ECHOES, null);

		if (echoes == null) return;

This always returns when trying to render. So the capability itself is null, not any of the variables inside it.

[Choonster]

14 minutes ago, Eria8 said:

inside Main class

	@EventHandler
	public void init(FMLInitializationEvent event)
	{
		proxy.init();
		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new ScreenTag(Minecraft.getMinecraft()));
	}

 

You can't reference client-only classes like Minecraft from common code, otherwise you'll crash the dedicated server.

 

 

Quote

and inside ServerProxy

	public void init()
	{
		CapabilityManager.INSTANCE.register(IEchoesCapability.class, new EchoesStorage(), Echoes.class);

		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(new Capabilities());
	}

 

 

Capabilities and most event handlers need to be registered on both physical sides, so this should be done from your @Mod class.

 

The class you specify in the serverSide property of the @SidedProxy annotation will only be loaded by the dedicated server.

Edited February 3, 2017 by Choonster

[Eria8]

7 minutes ago, Choonster said:

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Thank you so much, I totally overlooked that.