Quick Question

Hey guys!

So I am making a game that requires me to make a geyser, however I am having troubles deciding how I should make it, and I was wondering what the best possible method would be.

So currently, when a player right clicks with a hoe, and they have the water kit, it will spawn an invisible armor stand on the ground. What I want to do, is check when the player is around the armor stand, and set their velocity.

So I have the armor stand spawned, and I have:

Code:

                        for(Entity nearbyEntities : armorStand.getNearbyEntities(3, 2, 3)) {

                            nearbyEntities.setVelocity(new Vector(0, 0.05, 0));
                        }

I am just trying to think whether to use a runnable to check the distance, that is repeating, use PlayerMoveEvent, or whatever else. I am not sure what the most efficient way would be.

 

@GamerzKing
PlayerMoveEvent can get triggered multiple times each second. With a repeating task, it will only run once every specified amount of time (it can be every tick, or every second).

 

Yes, I understand this, but are there any other solutions that would work better for performance?

 

@GamerzKing

 

PlayerMoveEvent would be the better choice, then check if there are any armor stands within the distance.

 

@Xerox262
Actually, no. Repeating tasks would be better. If a player stays absolutely still, the event won't fire. If the player moves too fast, then it triggers multiple times a second. Repeating tasks are the best way in terms of performance and memory usage.