[TUTORIAL|EASY] How to make a custom drop

Updated to reflect new(er) Bukkit syntax.
This is how you can set the drop for any block:

Code:java

@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST, ignoreCancelled = true)
public void onBlockBreak(BlockBreakEvent event) {
if(event.getBlock().getType() == Material.DIRT) {
Block block = event.getBlock();
block.getDrops().clear();
block.getDrops().add(new ItemStack(Material.EGG));
}
}

Have fun!

With this what happens if you break a block under water?

Haven't tested, good question;o

Well, looking at the code he posted, he is turning the block to air. So what do you think will happen if you make a block air that is fully enclosed in water?

PS. It fills in.

The same thing as if it wasn't under water?

It does set it to air though ;p

They really need to add a drops list for BlockBreakEvent. It should be an ArrayList...

Yeah but this is an alternative in the time being^

It will set the block that was broken to air. You can't break water, so it will just change the physics when the item is dropped.

True

You set the block to air because you cancelled the block break event (99% sure)
If you didn't, the block would just respawn.

This is awesome! I used it in JOPHSpawner. I've given you credits at the bottom

Wrong quote

Sorry

Thank you

True.

And if you don't cancel the event, then the real drops will drop.

updated.

Everyone is copying my TUTORIAL|LEVEL format now >.<

Nice tutorial If the newbies see this it will decrease the amount of questions asking about this.

It is a good way of telling people what level that tutorial is, so i get why everyone is copying it

I made it extremely noob friendly:3

derpNaturally();

If you are ignoring the cancelled state, doesn't that mean you can override any sort of protection on the block?

Would something more like this work?

Code:

@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST)//must be high priority
 
public void onBlockBreak(BlockBreakEvent event)//checks for any block break
{
if(!event.isCancelled() && event.getBlock().getType() == Material.~INSERT_BLOCK_TO_BREAK_HERE~)//checks for a specific block
{
Block block = event.getBlock();//creates variable block with the block broken
Collection<ItemStack> drops = block.getDrops();//creates variable drops with the current drops of that block
drops.clear();//remove those drops
drops.add(new ItemStack(Material.~INSERT_MATERIAL_YOU_WANT_DROPPED_HERE~, 1); //do this for every itemstack you want to be dropped
}
}

Possibly. Depends on what you want.

I retract my first question, having now learned that ignoreCancelled is the opposite of what it sounds like. (For those like me, if that attribute is true, your code will not run if the event is cancelled. So it actually IS what you'd want here.)

Wonder what else you could do...

Code:java

Block block = event.getBlock();
block.getDrops().clear();
block.getDrops().add(new ItemStack(Material.EGG));

What would you do for a mob?

On the event that the mob dies, clear the drops and add new ones, like I've done above.

This resource is based on an old version of bukkit, there are better methods, such as what @KeybordPiano459 @KeybordPiano459 described above.

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