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Last night, I tried to learn some Java. Turns out it's pretty hard.

I was looking for a plugin for Bukkit to make wool glow when powered, there did not seem to be any. So like a crazy person I decided to try and make one. Luckily there is a good tutorial on the basics of plugin development http://wiki.bukkit.org/HUGE_Plugin_Tutorial so using that, I made a plugin that makes wool blocks change to wood when powered. At the time (1AM) this felt like an amazing achievement. I then had a go at making the light level for that block change, much harder ! But by decompiling http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/mech-p ... -740.9601/ I found a way to do it, now wool blocks flash when powered and I am totally stuck on how to make the light persist.

At the risk of sounding entirely lame, this is what I love about programming, being stuck

Progress

I was going to learn Java just because of Minecraft but I gave up when my brain malfunctioned.

I also don't like how redstone looks on your texture pack...

EcazS wrote:I was going to learn Java just because of Minecraft but I gave up when my brain malfunctioned.

You should try Bukkit, it's actually pretty easy to do simple stuff like change blocks.

EcazS wrote:I also don't like how redstone looks on your texture pack...

Then I do not recommend you use my texturepack

Spent 3 hours today trying to work out why blocks were not being lit on one side.

for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i){

I changed the number of blocks that got light added from 6 to 18 and forgot to change this number.

with it as

for (int i = 0; i < blockList.length; ++i){

It works perfectly !

*goes to make glow in the dark pixel art*

I learnt Java as my first programming language so might have a go at making a plugin!

EDIT: I agree it is hard to learn!

DomC wrote:I learnt Java as my first programming language so might have a go at making a plugin!

I would recommend it ! Pretty fun

DomC wrote:EDIT: I agree it is hard to learn!

Indeed ! Not much documentation for developers really. I guess Eclipse tells you what methods are available.

Also, do I recall you have a server I can sign up to?

Anyway minecraft is a great game!

DomC wrote:Also, do I recall you have a server I can sign up to?

I do, if you post your username I can whitelist you.

OK,
My username is:
DomChester

Thanks

Added

The server address is sv2.xhcp.co.uk.

Cool, thanks

So I made some progress

Awesome - i am going to start on a plugin tonight after having a quick refresh of my Java!

Have you got any more ideas for plugins you will make? I can't wait to see what you can come up with!

DomC wrote:Have you got any more ideas for plugins you will make? I can't wait to see what you can come up with!

Not at the moment, I like the idea of extending the redstone mechanic though.

jacek wrote:So I made some progress

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This is via java?
I should really learn it…

Also, what are the words that are glowing at the beginning?

JelvinJS7 wrote:Also, what are the words that are glowing at the beginning?

"Bukkit" it's the name of the server wrapper mod thing.

Can you please add my friend TacticalScrewUp to the server?

Kamal wrote:Can you please add my friend TacticalScrewUp to the server?

No unless he joins the forum, makes a few less-than-useless posts and then asks for himself

jacek wrote:

Kamal wrote:Can you please add my friend TacticalScrewUp to the server?

No unless he joins the forum, makes a few less-than-useless posts and then asks for himself

There a reason for that, you being difficult, or just you and your goofy self?

JelvinJS7 wrote:There a reason for that, you being difficult, or just you and your goofy self?

Well the server is meant to be for forum members

Plus I will know how likely he is to follow the rules if he is a member here.