Pick And Throw

A feature-rich Minecraft plugin that allows players to pick up and throw entities with advanced customization options.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Pick up & throw entities and players
• 📚 Unlimited stacking - Stack entities on top of each other (Optional)
• 🎨 Customizable pickup item - Set any item (with NBT support) as pickup tool
• 🚫 Entity filter - Whitelist/Blacklist system for entity types
• 🎮 Two throw modes - Throw one at a time or all at once
• ⚡ Two power modes - Fixed velocity or charge-by-sneaking
• 📊 Two charge displays - BossBar or ActionBar
• 🔄 Charge loop mode - Precise timing with cycling progress
• 🌍 Multi-language - Community-friendly locale system (zh-CN, en-UK, etc.)
• 🔐 Permission system - Control who can use the plugin
• 🌐 Universal compatibility - Works on Folia, Paper, Spigot, and Bukkit

📦 Installation

1. Download the plugin jar
2. Place it in your server's plugins/ folder
3. Restart the server
4. Configuration files will be auto-generated in plugins/PickAndThrow/

🎮 How to Use

Basic Usage

Default mode (empty hand):

1. Right-click entity → Pick up
2. Right-click another entity → Stack on top
3. Left-click → Throw

Charge mode:

1. Right-click entity → Pick up
2. Hold Shift → Start charging (BossBar/ActionBar shows progress)
3. While holding Shift, Left-click → Throw with current charge power
4. Release Shift and Left-click → Throw with minimum power

Custom Pickup Item (Optional)

1. Hold any item
2. Use /pat sethand → Set as pickup tool
3. Use /pat sethand with empty hand → Clear (back to empty hand mode)

📝 Commands

All commands require pickandthrow.admin permission (default: OP)

Command	Description
/pat	Show plugin info and help
/pat reload	Reload all configuration files
/pat sethand	Set/clear held item as pickup tool

🔑 Permissions

Permission	Default	Description
pickandthrow.use	true	Allows using pickup and throw features
pickandthrow.admin	op	Allows using admin commands

⚙️ Configuration

Main Settings

# Language (zh-CN, en-UK, zh-TW, ja-JP, etc.)
language: zh-CN

# Pickup tool (null = empty hand only)
pickup-item: null

# Max entities (-1 = unlimited)
max-entities: -1

# Entity filter mode
entity-filter-mode: blacklist
entity-filter-list:
  - ENDER_DRAGON

# Throw mode: "one" or "all"
throw-mode: one

# Pickup range (blocks)
pickup-range: 4.5

# Throw cooldown (ms)
throw-cooldown: 300

# Power mode: "fixed" or "charge"
throw-power-mode: charge

# Display type: "bossbar" or "actionbar"
charge-display-type: bossbar

# Charge loop (100% -> 0% -> 100%)
charge-loop: false

# BossBar colors
bossbar-colors:
  low: RED       # 0-33%
  medium: YELLOW # 33-66%
  high: GREEN    # 66-100%

Entity Filter Examples

Blacklist (prevent picking up bosses):

entity-filter-mode: blacklist
entity-filter-list:
  - ENDER_DRAGON
  - WITHER
  - WARDEN

Whitelist (only allow farm animals):

entity-filter-mode: whitelist
entity-filter-list:
  - COW
  - SHEEP
  - PIG
  - CHICKEN

Language System

Built-in:

• zh-CN.yml - Simplified Chinese
• en-UK.yml - English (UK)

Create custom:

1. Copy zh-CN.yml or en-UK.yml
2. Rename (e.g., ja-JP.yml, fr-FR.yml)
3. Translate messages
4. Set language: ja-JP in config
5. Auto-fallback to en-UK if not found

Community translations are welcome!

🔧 Building from Source

Requires Maven 3.8+ and Java 17+

mvn clean package

Output: target/PickAndThrow-1.0.0.jar

📖 Technical Details

• Throw direction: Follows exact player look direction
• Charge display: Updates every tick
  • BossBar: Configurable colors
  • ActionBar: ✨ gradient with 30 bars
• Smart raycast: Handles large entity hitboxes
• Cooldown system: Prevents double-trigger issues
• NBT matching: Full ItemStack comparison
• Server detection: Auto-detects Folia and uses appropriate scheduler API

📄 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.