Solved Realistic explosions

Hi all,
I'm making a plugin that has a nice feature,
when there is an explosion, all blocks that are above the explosion will fall down and break (like the shotbow wasted explosion effect) I wrote some code that gets the needed blocks but I can't seem to destroy the blocks when they hit the ground...If someone can optimize my messy code or make it work..
Here is a vid: (start watching from 0:54)

and here is the code I have so far:

Code:

    private static List<FallingBlock> blocks = new ArrayList<FallingBlock>();
 
    @EventHandler
    public void onExplode(EntityExplodeEvent event){
        event.setCancelled(true);
        for(Block b : event.blockList()){
            if(b.getType() != Material.AIR){
                getUps(b);
            }
        }
        Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(Main.plugin, new Runnable() {
 
            public void run() {
                for(int i = 0; i < blocks.size(); i++){
                    FallingBlock b = blocks.get(i);
                    if(b.isOnGround() || b.isDead()){
                        b.getWorld().playEffect(b.getLocation(), Effect.STEP_SOUND, b.getMaterial());
                        b.getLocation().getBlock().setType(Material.AIR);
                        b.remove();
                        blocks.remove(b);
                    }
                }
            }
        },60L, 60L);
    }
 
    public void getUps(Block b){
        createEffect(b);
        if(!b.getRelative(0, 1, 0).getType().equals(Material.AIR)){
            getUps(b.getRelative(0, 1, 0));
        }
    }
 
    public static void createEffect(Block b){
        byte data = 0x0;
        final FallingBlock fb = b.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(b.getLocation(), b.getType(), data);
        fb.setDropItem(false);
        b.setType(Material.AIR);
 
        blocks.add(fb);
    }

I hope someone can help me, thank you for reading my thread.

 

I made a explosion that throws blocks around, the last times I tested it it was a bit bugged.

Code:

@EventHandler
public void onEntityExplode(EntityExplodeEvent e) {
    Random r = new Random();
 
    for (Block b : e.blockList()) {
        int rix = r.nextBoolean() ? -1 : 1;
        int riz = r.nextBoolean() ? -1 : 1;
 
        Material m = b.getType();
        if (m.equals(Material.GRASS) || m.equals(Material.MYCEL)) {
            b.setType(Material.DIRT);
        }
 
        if (!m.isSolid() || m.equals(Material.LEAVES) || m.equals(Material.GLASS)) {
            b.setType(Material.AIR);
        }
 
        if (!b.getType().equals(Material.AIR)) {
            Entity ent = null;
 
            if (b.getType().equals(Material.TNT)) {
                ent = b.getWorld().spawn(b.getLocation(), TNTPrimed.class);
                ((TNTPrimed) ent).setFuseTicks(100);
            } else {
                ent = b.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(b.getLocation(), b.getType(), b.getData());
                ((FallingBlock) ent).setDropItem(false);
            }
 
            ent.setFallDistance(0);
            ent.setVelocity(new Vector(r.nextBoolean() ? (rix * (0.25D + (r.nextInt(3) / 5))) : 0.0D, 0.6D + (r.nextInt(2) / 4.5D), r.nextBoolean() ? (riz * (0.25D + (r.nextInt(3) / 5))) : 0.0D));
            b.setTypeId(0, false);
        }
    }
 
    e.blockList().clear();
}

 

Thank you, but the problem is that I need to create the effect of a building that collapses..I achieved this but just the destroying the blocks one by one if they hit the ground don't work..But your code gave me an idea so thank you!

 

My best guess would be turning the blocks into falling sand entities. No idea how to do that, though.

 

I got it to work by setting the same velocity as you gave your code, Thank you very much!

Lol, that was not the problem... (for the fallingsand: final FallingBlock fb = b.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(b.getLocation(), b.getType(), data)

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Doh.

 

Does anyone know how to do this within the PlayerInteractEvent instead of the EntityExplodeEvent?

 

What do you mean? like a player that walks and then throw the blocks around?

 

No. I mean a player right clicks. I got it, though.