Solved Action.LEFT_CLICK_AIR

I am currently coding something that would count player clicks.
Somehow though, this action is not working.

Any idea why? (Nothing to do with my code, because all I did to test this was make a playerInteractEvent broadcast the action name whenever it is called, and it is never called when I click air)

 

This is a bit confusing.. For me it only worked with an item in the hand.

 

Really? Because I only checked with a emtpy hand, I did not think it would make a difference.

EDIT: Anybody know a way to do this with emtpy hand?

 

@TheFl4me An interact event with LEFT_CLICK_AIR is automatically considered cancelled. You will need to put (ignoreCancelled = false) after the @EventHandler annotation. This is described here: Eventhandler#ignoreCancelled.

 

I don't think that's right.

Edit: I didn't see anything in the docs that says that is true https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/bukkit/

 

No, he needs ignoreCancelled = true.

@Irantwomiles he just linked an entry in the Javadocs.

 

@HoeMC
"If ignoreCancelled is true and the event is cancelled, the method is not called. Otherwise, the method is always called."

I would translate that to about that:

Code:

if(ignoreCancelled && isCancelled) {
  return;
}

@Irantwomiles
Me neither. I could swear I read it on the javadocs though. Anyways, it seems to work as i said.

My Code:

Code:

@EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = true)
public void onPlayerInteractIgnoreCancelledTrue(PlayerInteractEvent e) {
  System.out.println("PlayerBannedListener.onPlayerInteractIgnoreCancelledTrue(): " + e.getAction());
}

@EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = false)
public void onPlayerInteractIgnoreCancelledFalse(PlayerInteractEvent e) {
  System.out.println("PlayerBannedListener.onPlayerInteractIgnoreCancelledFalse(): " + e.getAction());
}

Result while hitting in the air without an item:

Code:

[20:32:37 INFO]: PlayerBannedListener.onPlayerInteractIgnoreCancelledFalse(): LE
FT_CLICK_AIR

 

Ah okay, was confused by the name. I thought ignoreCancelled implied it would ignore the cancellation of an event, not ignore cancelled events.

 

@HoeMC
Yes, I have to check the javadocs every time too. SO annoying. Guess that's what you get for using it so sparingly.

 

I tried both (= false and = true), none of them worked. The event still wasnt called when I clicked the air with an emtpy hand.

 

@TheFl4me
Post your updated class.

 

Code:

@EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = false)
    public void storeClicks(PlayerInteractEvent e) {
        Bukkit.broadcastMessage(e.getAction().toString());
    }

 

@I Al Istannen thank you, i learned something.

@TheFl4me in which gamemode you do this? For me this played a role.

 

Survival

 

@TheFl4me
Hmm I copied your code and pasted it. Result:


Are your sure you registered the event?

 

@I Al Istannen

Oh hey, that's the same Eclipse theme I use

Anyways, would this event still fire if one is left clicking at a solid block with air blocks in between? If not, how can one detect if the player is clicking in the direction of an air block immediately in front of them, even if there is a solid block in range of clicking?

 

A bit off-topic, but how do you get that eclipse look?

 

Ok, somehow its working now even though I didnt change any code.....
Thanks again everybody for helping.

 

Preferences > General > Theme

 

@AlisiaRose yes it would fire, but it would be LEFT_CLICK_BLOCK instead, which is all the time the case if you "touch" a block with the click.