You should use the Bukkit Scheduler. Since you want to make this as script like as possible, here is how I would suggest you do it. It does use something called an interface, which you probably haven't gotten to, but you don't have to understand it right now to use it.
Make a new class that holds all the information you need for your note and implements Runnable.
public class Note implements Runnable {
private Sound note;
private Player player;
private float volume;
private float pitch;
public Note(Player player, Sound note, float volume, float pitch) {
this.player = player;
this.note = note;
this.volume = volume;
this.pitch = pitch;
}
@Override
public void run() {
player.playSound(player.getLocation(), note, volume, pitch);
}
}
Now you can use this class in something called a scheduledSyncDelayedTask() (Long name, amazing results:P). With it you can send players notes in one-line statements like this:
Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer("InspiredOne");
BukkitScheduler sched = plugin.getServer().getScheduler();
long delayInServerTicks = 20; // There are 20 server ticks per second.
int id; // Used if you need to cancel the task
id = sched.scheduleSyncDelayedTask(plugin, new Note(player, Sound.NOTE_BASS, 1, 10), delayInServerTicks);
This method doesn't really allow for chord structures though, so if you want to do that, you can create a class that will basically hold a list of notes as follows:
public class Note {
public Sound note;
public Player player;
public float volume;
public float pitch;
public Note(Player player, Sound note, float volume, float pitch) {
this.player = player;
this.note = note;
this.volume = volume;
this.pitch = pitch;
}
}
Then you make the thing that implements Runnable like before, but now use a for loop to play all the notes at once so you get a chord:
public class runNote implements Runnable {
private Note[] notes;
public runNote(Note[] notes) {
this.notes = notes;
}
@Override
public void run() {
for(Note note:notes) {
note.player.playSound(note.player.getLocation(), note.note, note.pitch, note.volume);
}
}
}
Now you can use this by doing this:
Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer("InspiredOne");
BukkitScheduler sched = plugin.getServer().getScheduler();
long delayInServerTicks = 20; // There are 20 server ticks per second.
int id; // Used if you need to cancel the task
id = sched.scheduleSyncDelayedTask(plugin, new runNote(new Note[] {new Note(player, Sound.NOTE_BASS, 1, 10)}), delayInServerTicks);
If you find that you're using particular chords often, you can make them as variables like this:
Note[] chord =new Note[] {
new Note(player, Sound.NOTE_BASS, 1, 10),
new Note(player, Sound.NOTE_BASS, 2, 10),
new Note(player, Sound.NOTE_BASS, 3, 10)
// ect...
};
If you find AsychDelayedTask, that is a Deprecated method which means that Bukkit is phasing it out. Don't use it. Also, the Bukkit scheduler has a repeating task method that allows you to easily repeat an action over and over. This method is scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(). With this you need to cancel the task, otherwise you'll risk null pointers when the player logs off, or does something that causes an error. If you need to cancel either the delayed task or the repeating task, use this:
sched.cancelTask(id);
I think that's about everything. Hope it helps. :)
