Coordinates Help

Hey Guys!

I am currently developing a plugin, that will mimic money printers from GMod using signs.

Code:java

    @EventHandler
    public Object onSignChange(SignChangeEvent event){
        if(event.getLine(0).equalsIgnoreCase("[bprinter]")){ //Checks the top line of sign for "[bprinter]"
            Double playerBalance = plugin.econ.getBalance(event.getPlayer().getName()); //Gets the balance of the player
            if(playerBalance <= 250){ //checks if their balance is high enough
                event.setLine(0, ChatColor.GOLD + "[Printer"); //sets the sign up
                event.setLine(1, ChatColor.GOLD + "Bronze");
                event.setLine(2, ChatColor.GOLD + "Owned by %OWNER%");
                event.setLine(3, ChatColor.GOLD + "Storage: %STORED%");
                plugin.econ.withdrawPlayer(event.getPlayer().getName(), 250); //takes money from players account
                event.getPlayer().sendMessage(ChatColor.GOLD + "[MP]" + ChatColor.WHITE + "You have created a Bronze Printer!"); //Sends them a message
 
                return event.getBlock.getX().getY().getZ();
            }
            else{
                event.getPlayer().sendMessage(ChatColor.RED + "[MP]You do not have enough money to create that printer!"); //Sends them an error message
            }
        }
    }

This shows the method i use to update the signs to my liking, and i what i need to do now is to get the X,Y,Z, of the sign, and then log that permenantly.

How would i do this?

Thanks,
Anerdson.

 

Log it permanently... or store it so you can read it back and turn it into a Location again?

 

Alshain sorry im new to coding, how would i do this?

 

Do you want the locations of the signs in a text file, like a list? or do you want to be able to get the locations of the signs again and use them in your plugin?

 

minecraft124_
i want to be able to get them again easily so i can use them

 

You could use a config and store the signs, then get their coordinates and whatever other information you want to store with it.

 

minecraft124_
Okay, what would i use to get the coords, then push them into a config?

 

To get the sign's location, use

Code:java

Integer x = event.getBlock().getX();
Integer y = event.getBlock().getY();
Integer z = event.getBlock().getZ();
 

then you can look here: http://wiki.bukkit.org/Configuration_API_Reference for info on setting up the config and adding values to it

 

You should store the world name too. Might as well start with multiworld compatibility, your going to want it eventually.

EDIT: Or better still, store the World UUID.

 

Alshain01 the world UUID?

 

Yeah, world names can change (though it's a bit difficult you can do it), UUIDs will not change.

http://jd.bukkit.org/rb/apidocs/org/bukkit/World.html#getUID()

 

Soo,

Code:java

int x = event.getBlock().getX();
int y = event.getBlock().getY();
int z = event.getBlock().getZ();
UUID world = event.getBlock().getLocation().getWorld().getUID();
 
p.getConfig().set("Sign.Location" + x + y + z + world);

u mean like this?

 

Yes, but you need some kind of separator or you will never be able to extract it later.

Code:java

p.getConfig().set("Sign.Location", x + "," + y + "," + z + "," + world);

Later

Code:java

String[] location = p.getConfig().getString("Sign.Location").split(",");