How to suffocate a player

Hey, so I'm wanting to suffocate a player, preferably like they're drowning. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

 

@justin_393 What is this for exactly? Do you want to change the death message?

 

I'm making a space plugin, and if the player isn't wearing a space suit I want them to suffocate. Yes, I will end up changing the death message as well. An example of that would be nice as I've never changed death messages before

 

If you're looking to have them suffocate when they're not wearing their 'space helmet' you could try using a scheduler..
deal a heart of damage every few seconds if they have no helmet equipped?

It isn't the actual suffocating from water but it can look a lot like it if you time it right

 

@justin_393 I haven't played with this method but I suggest playing with it.
http://infernaldevelopers.com/docs/...entity/LivingEntity.html#setRemainingAir(int)

 

Yeah, I thought about that, but I really want the drowning affect :/

Thanks! I'll try that and let you know. Anyone know the default max? Is it 20?

 

I like @teej107's suggestion, if that doesn't work out though for some reason, you can damage a player directly with DamageSource.STUCK, but that will involve reaching into NMS so best to avoid that.