[Bukkit 1.6.2] Mob spawning amount

Hello everyone,

I have a little problem with my new plugin. I want to make a plugin that can spawn mobs on the location that the player stands. I know how to make that, but how i can set the amount that it spawning the mobs. Below the command i want to create:

/qms {Mobname} {Amount} {Player}

The first is the mob that it is gonna spawn, the second is the amount and the last is where it is spawning the mobs. But how i can set the amount, that is the question.

Julian

 

Do you mean you don't know how to spawn a specific amount of mobs?

Code:

for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++) //Spawn mob code

The amount object is an integer that holds the amount of mobs to spawn.

Or do you mean you don't know how to make it so that you can obtain the amount?

Code:

Integer.parseInt(args[1])

You have to check if args[1] is an integer though.

Code:

if (this.isInteger(args[1])) { //Do code }

Code:

public boolean isInteger(String aString) {
    try {
        Integer.parseInt(aString);
        return true;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        return false;
    }
}

 

Is there not a easy way where you can time .setAmount or something? Becouse a doesn't understand the "for" statement.

 

Code:

for (int i = 0;i < 5;i++) {
// the i will have the values: 0,1,2,3,4, that means the code in the loop will run 5 times
// add here the code to spawn the entity and it will spawn 5 times, change the 5 to 20 then 20 times
}

For loops are easy to understand, you will need them take a look at it

 

Seadragon91 If i change 5 to args[1] it spawns the amount that the player says?

 

tamajpm
In Seadragon91 's earlier post he explained:

PHP:

int amout;
try{
amout = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
}catch(NumberFormatException e){
sender.sendMessage("That is not a valid amount of mobs!");

Now you can do

PHP:

for(int in; in =< amount; in++){
//spawn mobs
}

 

xTrollxDudex
Is that the same as:

for(int i = 0; i < Integer.parseInt(args[1]); i++) {}

 

tamajpm its not the same since a user can pass "cake" as the amount and your plugin would throw an error, so the method troll said is much safer.

 

One more question, can i set 1 line of code for the mob spawning and thats take the args[0]??? So i don't need to type every time else if(args[1].equalsIgnoreCase("mobtype")) {
for(int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
player.getWorld().spawnEntity(pLocation, EntityType.MOBTYPE);
}
}

or something?

 

Create a method with every mob type you want spawnable:

Code:

public EntityType getType(String mobName){
    if(mobName.equalsIgnoreCase("SPIDER")) return EntityType.SPIDER;
    else if(mobName.equalsIgnoreCase("ZOMBIE")) return EntityType.ZOMBIE;
}

Then just do:

Code:

EntityType type = getType(args[0]);
for(int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
    player.getWorld().spawnEntity(pLocation, type);
}

EDIT:
Or you can do just this: (but this requires the player types the Entity name exactly as it is in bukkit.

Code:

EntityType type = EntityType.valueOf(args[0]);
for(int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
    player.getWorld().spawnEntity(pLocation, type);
}

 

Taketheword
Thanks, but i have a little problem with the EntityType method. If i type it i get the error "missing return statement", becouse this error is showing up i put a "return false" after the last mob define, the iron golem. But if i do that i get the following error: "incopatible types required: org.bukkit.entity.EntityType found: boolean". By the way, i use Netbeans becouse i have one little problem with Eclipse. I fix this very soon, but how i can fix THIS error . Already thanks for your reply.

 

tamajpm
return null;

But when you go to spawn the mobs use this:

Code:

EntityType type = getType(args[0]);
if(type != null){
    for(int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
        player.getWorld().spawnEntity(pLocation, type);
    }
}

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

 

Taketheword
Thanks.