A few advanced plugin questions.

So, im making a plugin (obviously) but ive hit some bumps,

1. how to schedule a delayed task, i know u put this,

Code:

 [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]int [/COLOR][URL='http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/src-html/org/bukkit/scheduler/BukkitScheduler.html#line.19'][B]scheduleSyncDelayedTask[/B][/URL][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][URL='http://jd.bukkit.org/apidocs/org/bukkit/plugin/Plugin.html']Plugin[/URL][COLOR=#000000] plugin,[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]                            [URL='http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Runnable.html?is-external=true']Runnable[/URL] task,
                            long delay)[/COLOR]

But it just throws errors, i know i need to replace stuff inside it but im not sure what.
2. Arguments affection variables
I need to make a command that spawns abunch of zombies, ive used a for loop but i want the ammount to be configurable (ie, /command [playername] [number here determines spawn amount]
3. Arguments, what code do i put to add arguments to a command?
4. How do i make things determined or difined in a config.yml file, i know how to make one generate, but not how to define variables inside of it, and not how to define something in a command that will be determined by the variable. for example, /blowup [player] the explosion size is defined by the float variable, how do i make the float variable customizble in the config.
like this...
#config headline
explosion_size = 5
would create an explosion equal to float size 5.
like this...
explosionPower = 5.0F;


If anyone can help, that would be really nice.
Thank you in advance[/code]

 

1.

Code:java

 
new BukkitRunnable(){
public void run(){
 
}
}.runTaskLater(plugin, (seconds*20));
 

2.

Code:java

 
for(int i = 0; i < getConfig().getInt("MyPlugin.SpawnZombie.Amount")){
world.spawnEntity(player.getLocation(), EntityType.ZOMBIE);
}
 

3.

Code:java

 
if(args.length == 1){
if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("first arg")){}
}
 

4.

Code:java

 
//In the onEnable method
getConfig().addDefault("MyPlugin.SpawnZombie.Amount", 1);
saveConfig();
 

These honestly weren't advanced.

 

hahahahah i lol'd hard reading CubixCoders post.

1. is wrong
2. is wrong
3. is wrong

and then he said they weren't advanced in a condescending way. Oh man, too much.

 

RealDope
How?

 

1.

Code:JAVA

 
getServer().getScheduler().runTaskTimer(this, new BukkitRunnable() {
public void run() {
 
}
}, 20, 20);
 

2. you never did i++ so i will always be 0, permanently less than the max and will forever spawn zombies

3. an arg is a single word. args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("first arg") will always return false

 

RealDope
1. is another way of doing that
2. was a dumb mistake
3. was an example for him to change "first arg" to his first arg.

 

Honestly any new plugin should probably use Bukkit Runnables just because it will keep you out of trouble.

 

Locked. Dupe.
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/a-few-advanced-plugin-questions.126706/