Prevent block from breaking but drop loot

[1SDAN]

I've been trying to implement a system where a block can be broken and drop it's loot, but not removed from the world. My first attempt was pretty messy, when BreakEvent was called I cancelled it and ran a near-copy of the typical block loot drop code. I soon found this to not be viable however, as BreakEvent seemed to be called when a block was clicked, not when it was broken. The second implementation I tried- HarvestDropEvent -occurred after the block was broken, and my current implementation is to place the block back into the world with setBlockState, but since it's called after the block is broken the block state is air.

 

Is there a cancel-able event that is called when a block is broken? If not, how should I go about implementing this idea?

[Draco18s]

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/1.12.1/src/main/java/com/draco18s/ores/block/ore/BlockHardOreBase.java#L177-L196

[1SDAN]

9 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/1.12.1/src/main/java/com/draco18s/ores/block/ore/BlockHardOreBase.java#L177-L196

Thank you

[1SDAN]

12 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

https://github.com/Draco18s/ReasonableRealism/blob/1.12.1/src/main/java/com/draco18s/ores/block/ore/BlockHardOreBase.java#L177-L196

Isn't this for a custom block? I'm trying to implement this for both custom and vanilla blocks.

Edited September 3, 2018 by 1SDAN

[Draco18s]

You'll have to use Events for vanilla blocks.

There is a BlockBreakEvent iirc, you'll need to subscribe to it and cancel it.

[1SDAN]

8 minutes ago, Draco18s said:

You'll have to use Events for vanilla blocks.

There is a BlockBreakEvent iirc, you'll need to subscribe to it and cancel it.

As I said in the OP, BreakEvent seems to occur when you first click on a block, not when you break it.

 

EDIT: Seems like I was wrong. My original implementation is working now, strange.

Edited September 3, 2018 by 1SDAN