Waiting & Minigames?!?!

Hi. So I have this Runnable (run()) code. However, when it executes Thread.sleep() it makes the whole server wait. So how would I wait 5 seconds without making the whole server do this?

Code:

            @Override
            public void run() {
                //Countdown
                int fmTicks = 5*1000;
                int countdownTime = main.getConfig().getInt("Settings.CountdownTime");
                for(int x= countdownTime ; x > 0 ; x = x - 1) {
                    main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Game beginning in " + x + "...");
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
                // Begin!
                main.gearHandle.clearInventory(playerArray);
                main.gearHandle.giveGear(playerArray, 1); // Round 1
                main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Round 1 has begun!");
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(fmTicks);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                main.gearHandle.giveGear(playerArray, 2); //
                main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Round 2 has begun!");
            }

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
-rangersmash

 

rangersmash Yeah.... Sleeping the main thread is not a good idea....
Instead use your friendly neighborhood scheduleSyncDelayedTask!

 

http://wiki.bukkit.org/Scheduler_Programming
This should give you the things you need

 

I've read that but I can't seem to get the hang of it? The code I have is actually a SchedleSyncDelayedTask. I fire it with -

Code:java

Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(main, main.scheduler.createGameRunnable(main.players, main.blocks), 0, -1);

Full code -

Code:java

public Runnable createGameRunnable(final ArrayList<String> playerArray, ArrayList<Block> spawns) {
 
        return new Runnable() {
 
            @Override
            public void run() {
                //Countdown
                int fmTicks = 5*1000;
                int countdownTime = main.getConfig().getInt("Settings.CountdownTime");
                for(int x= countdownTime ; x > 0 ; x = x - 1) {
                    main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Game beginning in " + x + "...");
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
                // Begin!
                main.gearHandle.clearInventory(playerArray);
                main.gearHandle.giveGear(playerArray, 1); // Round 1
                main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Round 1 has begun!");
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(fmTicks);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                main.gearHandle.giveGear(playerArray, 2); //
                main.msg.sendPlayersMsg(playerArray, ChatColor.GREEN + "Round 2 has begun!");
            }
 
        };
 
    }

Any help? Ivan Gater12

Or do I not need to use a scheduler to do a minigame sort of thing, similar to hunger games??? I'm rather confused on how to do gamemodes involving several players and have countdowns and rounds in :/

Going sleep now, any help is appreciated on how to do mini games with lobbies and countdowns.

Bump?

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

 

rangersmash This will help you:
http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/tutorial-make-a-minigame-plugin.168164/

Ivan gave you a page with information about scheldulers. More information about minigames, countdowns,.... can be found in the resource section.

 

Thank you very much. I will have a good read through !