Chatting a string into chat?

[Chibill]

How would you chat a string of text like "Hay usernamehere your version of AdditionalCrafting is out of date." I have a update checker made but how would I chat that string  to tell them.

[Mew]

playerInstance.sendChatToPlayer(String);

 

platerInstance is the player variable you are using

[Chibill]

What would I use for a player varable if I want it to say AdditionalCrafting because I don't have a player varable.

 

Sorry but this is my first time with chat stuff.

[Mew]

Where are you calling it? if it is in a class that extends IConnectionHandler in the playerLoggedIn method you do something like this:

 

if(!MainModConfigOrBaseFile.isLatestVersion) {
    ((EntityPlayerMP) player).sendChatToPlayer("Hay " + ((EntityPlayerMP) player).username + " your version of AdditionalCrafting is out of date.");
}

[Chibill]

That's the problem I have nothing that involves that I only have a mod that can tell in a variable if its in date. Is the a tutorial for this stuff?

[Mew]

Look at my MinePG code. Especially this class:

 

https://github.com/ModderPenguin/MinePG/blob/master/source/minepg/rpg_common/rpg/comm/ConnectionHandler.java

 

and for registering it, chuck this in your @Init method:

NetworkRegistry.instance().registerConnectionHandler(new ConnectionHandler());

 

 

[M1kep]

I would do it using events:

	@ForgeSubscribe
public void VersionChecker(EntityJoinWorldEvent ev) {
	if (ev.entity instanceof EntityPlayer) {
		if (!VersionCheckerClass.isUpToDate) {
			//Get player and send chat message
		}

	}

}

But that's just my opinion

[Chibill]

Thank you and just so I don't have to make another thread I tryed to spawn a new thread and it won't work because forge does not seem to be yielding its thread.

[M1kep]

uhhhh.... What?

[Mew]

uhhhh.... What?

 

^^^ Agreed.... What?

[Chibill]

I tryed to multithreaded my mod by putting the update checker that does the checking in its own class that implients runnable so I can do new thread(UC,"updater").Start; and it would run on a second thread it starts the thread but then it stops before it can check my version off my github Version-1.5.txt file.

[M1kep]

What is the need to do that? Will it make a noticeable difference?

[Mew]

You do not need a new thread for that. Just use the one that minecraft is already using. There is no need for a new thread.

[Chibill]

I was going to use a new thread because other wise I would need a tick handler of something of that sort so every hour I would output That it was out of date to a server counsel.

[M1kep]

Ohhhhhhh......I though we were talking about the player? There are tutorials regarding TickHandlers out there. Is there a reason why you did not want to go that route?

[Chibill]

Because I know how to use multithreading and I did no want to have to learn something new when I need to get this version out in 2 days to meet my goal of 1.0.0 of additional crafting.

[M1kep]

Oh, ok makes sense

So can you post the code your having problems with?

 

[Chibill]

Not really because I am not at my pc right now but I can say it is starting the thread but then stops executing it before it runs once fully.

[Mew]

Then your cutting it off before it can fully operate. A flaw with your code or not I am not sure.... As I cannot see it