I'm trying to fix a problem with my mod where it checks even some mod's entity that shouldn't.
How can I check if an entity is an instanceof another mod's entity (or any way to check if that mob is a mod's entity) without having to make it a dependence?
 

So far this is what I have

if (Loader.isModLoaded("babymobs")){
	//if (entity instanceof EntityZombieChicken) That would require the mod's import
	//or
	//if (entity.getId() == "babymobs:zombiechicken") That's pseudocode, not actually possible ... I think
}

 

Edited September 23, 20178 yr by Insane96MCP

Your pseudocode is on the right track. To get the string id of the entity, you can pass it into EntityList.getEntityString(). You should also be using Object#equals() to check string equality, rather than ==. == checks identity, it returns true if the two objects are the same object, i.e they are located at the same memory address. Object#equals() returns true if the two objects can be considered equivalent, the definition of equivalence depends on the object. For a String, two Strings are equal if they have the same characters at the same positions.

Edited September 23, 20178 yr by Leviathan143
Remove doubled ==.

Is it better use EntityList#getEntityString() or EntityList#getKey().toString()?

 

if (EntityList.getKey(entity).toString().equals("babymobs:zombiechicken"))
//or
if (EntityList.getEntityString(entity).equals("zombiechicken")

 

What app are you using?

 

1 minute ago, Creeper_Guy2008 said:

What app are you using?

 

Please don't go off-topic in other peoples' posts.

Ya kinda right

 

If you want to check if a mod is an entity either go in f3 mode and look at the mob and it should say if its an enitity

 

If you are on the latest version, afaik it's better to check with EntityEntry registry. Use @ObjectHolder to get the entry and check if the class is the same with the class from the entry.

Edited September 24, 20177 yr by Abastro

On 24/9/2017 at 0:11 PM, Abastro said:

If you are on the latest version, afaik it's better to check with EntityEntry registry. Use @ObjectHolder to get the entry and check if the class is the same with the class from the entry.

And if I don't have access to source code? So I don't know the Entity class?

2 hours ago, Insane96MCP said:

And if I don't have access to source code? So I don't know the Entity class?

Well. @ObjectHolder requires Entity ID, not class.

If you took a glance on EntityEntry, you must've found that it holds the class you need...

So check for entity with the class.

On 9/24/2017 at 6:50 AM, Creeper_Guy2008 said:

What app are you using?

On 9/24/2017 at 6:53 AM, Creeper_Guy2008 said:

Ya kinda right

On 9/24/2017 at 6:54 AM, Creeper_Guy2008 said:

If you want to check if a mod is an entity either go in f3 mode and look at the mob and it should say if its an enitity

This is the Modder Support forum, please don't spam and don't suggest stuff you know nothing about.