Method Library

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Tster's damageCauseToString (open) Tster's damageCauseToString (close)

Converts damage causes in to strings!

Code:

    public String damageCauseToString(DamageCause cause){
        if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.BLOCK_EXPLOSION.toString())){//if explosion by tnt
            return "Died from an explosion";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.DROWNING.toString())){//drowned in water
            return "Drowned to death";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.ENTITY_ATTACK.toString())){//killed by some entity
            return "Was brutally attacked";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.ENTITY_EXPLOSION.toString())){//killed by creeper
            return "Got nerfed by a creeper";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.FALL.toString())){//killed by fall damage
            return "Fell to there death";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.FIRE.toString())){//killed by inital fire
            return "Was burnt to death";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.FIRE_TICK.toString())){//killed by lingering
            return "Got smoked";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.LAVA.toString())){//killed by lava
            return "Went swimming in magma";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.LIGHTNING.toString())){//killed by lightning strike
            return "Was electrocuted";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.SUFFOCATION.toString())){//killed by suffocation (inside a block)
            return "Suffocated";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.VOID.toString())){//killed by going below the map
            return "Fell into the void";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.CONTACT.toString())){//killed by some type of contact
            return "Was squished";
        }
        else if(cause.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(DamageCause.CUSTOM.toString())){//killed by some other know reason
            return "Strangely died";
        }else{//if no specific reason, just died, maybe a plugin set health to 0?
            return "Died";
        }
    }

Coryf88's toBlock (open) Coryf88's toBlock (close)

Get the block that dropped an itemstack!

Code:

    public static ItemStack getDrop(Block block) throws RuntimeException {
        if (block == null) return null;
        int blockTypeId = block.getTypeId();
        if (blockTypeId < 1 || blockTypeId > 255) return null;
        try {
            net.minecraft.server.Block b = net.minecraft.server.Block.byId[blockTypeId];

            int typeId = b.a(blockTypeId, BlockHelper.random);
            if (typeId < 1) return null;

            int dropCount = b.a(BlockHelper.random);
            if (dropCount < 1) return null;

            Method m = BlockHelper.getMethod(b.getClass(), "a_", new Class[] {int.class});
            m.setAccessible(true);
            byte dropData = ((Integer)m.invoke(b, block.getData())).byteValue();

            return new ItemStack(typeId, dropCount, dropData);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("A severe error occured while retreiving the data dropped.", e);
        }
    }

Bergerkiller's Move (open) Bergerkiller's Move (close)

Moves the given location in the direction it is looking!

Code:

public static Location move(Location loc, Vector offset) {
        // Convert rotation to radians
        float ryaw = -loc.getYaw() / 180f * (float) Math.PI;
        float rpitch = loc.getPitch() / 180f * (float) Math.PI;

        //Conversions found by (a lot of) testing
        double x = loc.getX();
        double y = loc.getY();
        double z = loc.getZ();
        z -= offset.getX() * Math.sin(ryaw);
        z += offset.getY() * Math.cos(ryaw) * Math.sin(rpitch);
        z += offset.getZ() * Math.cos(ryaw) * Math.cos(rpitch);
        x += offset.getX() * Math.cos(ryaw);
        x += offset.getY() * Math.sin(rpitch) * Math.sin(ryaw);
        x += offset.getZ() * Math.sin(ryaw) * Math.cos(rpitch);
        y += offset.getY() * Math.cos(rpitch);
        y -= offset.getZ() * Math.sin(rpitch);
        return new Location(loc.getWorld(), x, y, z, loc.getYaw(), loc.getPitch());
    }

Coryf88's isRelativeTo (open) Coryf88's isRelativeTo (close)

Checks if a block is relative to xyz and returns the block face!

Code:

private BlockFace isRelativeTo(Block block, Material material) {
    BlockFace[] blockFaces = new BlockFace[] {BlockFace.UP, BlockFace.NORTH, BlockFace.WEST, BlockFace.EAST, BlockFace.SOUTH, BlockFace.DOWN};
    for (BlockFace blockFace : blockFaces) {
        if (block.getRelative(blockFace).getType() == material) {
            return blockFace;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

 

Nice snippets, I'm going to add them to my snippet library website: http://www.mine-cafe.com/MySnippets/

edit: added

 

Now I remember why I made this, I need the relative to method now LD

 

Thanks for using my move function.
Also, I got a giant class full of methods, but most use the 3D matrix class which makes it useless.

Also, I think Bukkit should be a lot more open. You should be able to place your own functions in there, if needed in a separate class. It is useless to have the same functions in multiple plugins, and no one will ever reference an external library. It makes it 'less compatible'. The one thing I dislike about Bukkit...

-Or someone starts a full-scale function plugin which other plugins can use. For example the 'Extras' Library, only got the idea no one uses it, thus no one references it. (that's in my case)