Solved How do you get/set skull type on blocks?

I spent the better part of last night trying different snippets and methods to get this to work... I'm so far only able to get and set the position of the skull using the block data.

Can someone explain how you get and set the skull type of a block?

 

Ne0nx3r0

Code:

    @EventHandler
    public void onBlockPlace(BlockPlaceEvent e){
        Block block = e.getBlock();
        if (block.getState() instanceof Skull){
            Skull skull = (Skull) block.getState();
       
            SkullType skullType = skull.getSkullType();
        }
    }

 

Rprrr
Don't call that more than once because you're creating pointless objects.
https://github.com/Bukkit/CraftBukk...bukkit/craftbukkit/block/CraftBlock.java#L236

 

Digi

Code:

    @EventHandler
    public void onBlockPlace(BlockPlaceEvent e){
 
        Block block = e.getBlock();
        BlockState blockState = e.getBlock().getState();
 
        if (blockState instanceof Skull){
 
            Skull skull = (Skull) blockState;
            SkullType skullType = skull.getSkullType();
        }
    }

Better?

 

Digi Rprrr That's what I was doing last night, and it seems to get the skull type okay, but then when I go to change it the change never seems to happen. It just changes the block to a white skull that is pointing the right direction.

Doing this in a command.

Code:java

 
    Block b = player.getLocation().add(bk.xOffset, bk.yOffset, bk.zOffset).getBlock();
 
    b.setTypeIdAndData(bk.blockType, bk.blockData, false);
 
    if(bk.blockType == Material.SKULL.getId())
    {
        ((Skull) b.getState()).setSkullType(SkullType.WITHER);
    }

 

Try using .update() on Skull object.
Also, the data value changes its direction, http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Data_value#Heads

 

That did it, thanks Digi!

 

This issue isn't solved for me

I'm having trouble with getting a placed skull's type for a few days now (from a BlockPlaceEvent).
I've tried the code above (by Rprrr), but it returns "SKELETON" every time, no matter which skull is actually placed in-game.

I've looked around and tried a suggestion of calling .update() on the skull, but still nothing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - this is driving me insane!

 

Prawny
The BlockPlaceEvent has a getBlockReplacedState() method which you should use instead of block.getState().

 

Digi
Sorry, I worded that badly. I'm trying to get the type of skull that is currently being placed, i.e. the block that triggers the BlockPlaceEvent.

 

Prawny yes, replaced state is the new state of the placed block which is replacing the old block state...

You could've also used getInHandItem() and check data value but this is better.

 

BlockPlaceEvent.getBlockReplacedState() returns the block's material that was previously there (which 95% of the time is air).
I want the block being placed in the event (the item in the player's hand), not what was there before.

 

Hmm, apparently I misunderstood the name for that xD

But if that returns the previous state then event.getBlock() should return the new state... should, anyway.

You can use just event.getItemInHand() then to check the data value which will tell you the skull type.

 

Using getItemInHand() works, but it seems like an unnecessary work-around :/
Thanks for the help!

 

Prawny
I belive it's not really possible to get the state of a block that doesn't exist yet, since the event is triggered before the block is updated.