Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Minecraft® Mods Programming, Second Edition

24. Respond to Events in the Game

In This Chapter

• Turn a mod’s functionality on and off

• Create a mod that listens to events

• Run code the first time a server loads a mod

• Access the server and server’s mod manager

• Use the this keyword in a Java class

• Listen every time a player moves in Minecraft

• Find the block below a player’s location

Mods can do something once when a command is entered by a player. Enter a /choptrees command and chop down a forest of trees.

Mods can do something that affects game play for a sustained time. Enter /petwolf multiple times and attract a pack of wolves who come to your defense whenever mobs attack.

Mods also can do nothing.

The mod you create during this chapter does nothing until an event happens ...