So I want to play a sound file when the player uses and item, meaning right clicks with it. What's the event that triggers when the player uses an item? I tried "PlayerUseItemEvent.Start", which should trigger when a player starts using an item according to a list of events I found, but I assume that's outdated because when I tried to make a listener for it, I got the error "PlayerUseItemEvent cannot be resolved to a type"

Edited July 11, 20178 yr by I'veGotNoName

You can use the PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickItem to detect when the player is right clicking an Item at empty space. If you want to detect the player using an Item on a Block, use the PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickBlock.

You could simply overrideonItemRightClick(World, EntityPlayer, EnumHand) in your item's class. I'm pretty sure that that's better than using an event.

Edited July 11, 20178 yr by xyz

PlayerUseItemEvent was renamed to LivingEntityUseItemEvent in 1.9 to reflect the fact that any EntityLivingBase can now use items, not just players.

 

Keep in mind that this is only for items that are continuously used like drawing a bow or blocking with a shield.

Replying for future modders. net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerInteractEvent does what you need. As of 1.16.1 there are several subclasses that the server fires when a player right or left clicks; the one you're looking for is probably PlayerInteractEvent.RightClickItem.

Edited January 12, 20214 yr by coalbricks
Clarified that the server fires these events