modifying drops in BlockBreakEvent

Is there proper way to do it ? My only thought was to cancel event and set block to air, then drop whatever I need.

 

Get event.getBlock().getDrops() and change that list's contents.... to change the dropped block, just clear it and add whatever you want it to drop.

 

does that work ? hmm thanks, I was too lazy to try

event.getBlock().getDrops().clear(); does not seem to be working
event.getPlayer().sendMessage("Yo"); works

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I never tested this myself, I've heard of it in another thread...
Well, then I guess the only way would be to cancel the event just break the block manually.

 

Check the api for the methods of the event.

 

What I did to clear drops is:

Code:

Player player = event.getEntity();
    event.getDrops().clear();

I assume you could then get the players location on death then drop custom items where he died?

 

BlockBreakEvent...

 

And that's the problem. There isn't method to get drops from event. At least I didn't find any.

 

Well, you can just break the block manually (set it to air) and then drop the desired item there, no need for cancel :}

 

Ok I stayed with this

Code:java

//first get drops to modify (it does not work with leaves(shears in hand) though)
event.getBlock().getDrops(event.getPlayer().getItemInHand()); //it needs to be manually dropped
//then relace block with air
event.getBlock().setType(Material.AIR);

 

If this is your actual code:

Code:

event.getBlock().getDrops(event.getPlayer().getItemInHand());

You're actually not doing anything in that expression.

 

It is not. I assign that to a variable to know what was about to be dropped.

 

Do this:

Code:

event.getBlock().dropItemNaturally(new ItemStack(Material.LOG, 1);

 

Compiler complains about that. And what to do if I want to cancel all drops ?

 

Code:

event.getBlock().breakNaturally(new ItemStack(Material.LOG, 1));

-___-

 

Code:java

boolean breakNaturally(ItemStack tool)

Breaks the block and spawns items as if a player had digged it with a specific tool
I think this might not be what I really want here.

 

What do you want then? Lol you asked for that if i see the first post?

 

breakNaturally acts like the block was broken with specified tool. I want to modify drops player is about to get from block he just destroyed. It sounds like totally different thing to me. I already know how to get those drops, all I want to know is how to change them.

Code:java

//first get drops to modify (it does not work with leaves(shears in hand) though)
drops = event.getBlock().getDrops(event.getPlayer().getItemInHand());
//then relace block with air
event.getBlock().setType(Material.AIR);
// then drop it manually 

This is what I got so far

 

But i mean, with breakNaturally you can give the.........
Never mind, i checked the Javadocs. I thought that the parameter you would give were the drops...

Code:

event.getBlock().getWorld().dropItemNaturally(event.getBlock().getLocation(), ITEMS);

That should do the trick, sorry for misunderstanding =)

 

Yea thanks, I know how to drop items, but I don't like setting block to AIR, because it may cause security issues with some plugins.

 

Heh, your question has just been answered.
The reason why you can't alter the list with items being dropped is because the method is getDrops(), if you would want to change any drops there'd have to be a setDrops(List) method. Not sure if there is.

 

raGan. Eeehr, dropItemNaturally will set it's drops to the things that you give.
So when a player breaks it, (which is 00000.1 ms after you set it) they get the drops you want.
So you will not need to change the block to air...

 

And how do I cancel items dropped from block the player broke 0.000001ms ago ? I would drop it along with the items being dropped from broken block.

 

If you register it as highest priority there shouldn't be any problems, security plugins should register events as low priority so they can cancel it before other plugins. You should also use ignoreCancelled = true in @EventHandler().

 

In the resources section I have a rut for making custom drops.

 

I did.

I already do it that way, but I don't want to cancel event for logging reasons.