[1.12.2] Return object from packet

[MSpace-Dev]

Hey all,

 

I am trying to return an ITextComponent from the client to the server again.

 

The reason I need to do this is so that I can use the i18n class to do some translations client side, and then send that message to the player server side. I have the bulk of it working, just need to figure out how to get a return from a packet.

 

My onMessage function

@Override
public IMessage onMessage(PacketRetrieveTileData message, MessageContext ctx) {
	TileEntityBlockBase tile = message.tile;
  	ITextComponent component = new TextComponentString("");
			
  	component.appendText("\n" + I18n.format("translate.key.here"));

  	// RETURN CHAT COMPONENT BACK TO PLAYER THAT SENT INITIAL PACKET

  	return null;
}

 

How I send the packet:

@Override
public boolean onBlockActivated(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, EntityPlayer player, EnumHand hand, EnumFacing facing, float hitX, float hitY, float hitZ)
{
	if (!world.isRemote)
	{
		TileEntityBlockBase tile = world.getTileEntity(pos);
		
		// Tile entity null checks, etc, etc...
			PacketDispatcher.sendTileData(tile, (EntityPlayerMP) player); // <- Packet is sent here
	}

	return true;
}

 

I want to do something like this:

ITextComponent component = PacketDispatcher.sendTileData(tile, (EntityPlayerMP) player);

Is that possible? ^^

Edited November 10, 2019 by MSpace-Dev

[MSpace-Dev]

When a player right clicks a block, they get information about it outputted to the chat. I want that to accept all translations my mod supports.

 

I've tried to send a packet back, but I can not figure out for the life of me how to send it back to the same player that activated the block.

[MSpace-Dev]

I'm not sending IComponentText in my first packet, that gets constructed in the onMessage() function. I send my TileEntity in the first packet. Am I missing something here? Not sure what a Chat Packet is exactly

Edited November 10, 2019 by MSpace-Dev
typo

[MSpace-Dev]

Oh, never knew that class existed! That simplifies things so much more.

I was detecting right-click on the server -> sending a packet to client to get translated -> constructed ITextComponent -> to display to the player.

 

This is a much simpler option, thanks.