[1.12.2] Check if player is online?

[Differentiation]

Hey,

 

I wanna check if a player is online. Currently I use FMLCommonHandler.instance().getMinecraftServerInstance().getPlayerList().getPlayerByUUID(uuid) != null. Is there a better way without calling so many methods?

 

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks! :)

[Differentiation]

8 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

That's perfectly fine.

Is there a better way though? I'm sure they created some sort of method to make this easier to figure out

Edited December 17, 2019 by Differentiation

[Differentiation]

3 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

Not sure what is difficult about any of that tbh.

I mean I don't expect some beginner modder to be like "ohhh shiiiit!! I know what I gotta do, I gotta get the MinecraftServer instance, then get the PlayerList instance, then call some random method and check if the object is not null!"
Ya feel me? If there is no other simpler way then heck, I'll go with this one, but just out of curiousity ya know

Edited December 18, 2019 by Differentiation

[Draco18s]

8 minutes ago, Differentiation said:

then call some random method

Its not random. You want to check the player list to see if the player you're interested is in it. The player list is stored by the MinecraftServer instance and the only way (outside of having access to a world object) is to get it from the FMLCommonHandler instance. The amount of indirection here is relatively minimal.