Error with hasPLayedBefore

So I am using this code below and when I run it I get an onCommand error and and it points to the line

target.hasPlayedBefore.

Here is the code. All help is appreciated

Code:

if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("promote")) {
   User user = new User(p);
   Player target = Bukkit.getPlayer(args[1]);
   if(target.hasPlayedBefore()) {
   user.sendM("&cyolo");
 
   } else {
   user.sendM("&c"+target.getName()+" has not played on this server before.");
   }
 
   }

 

You need to get the OfflinePlayer object i believe.. Player instances are only created when a user is currently connected to the server.

 

Nope.

Coobro_FTW You never checked if the plaer was null or not. You could have entered an invalid name.

 

Yeah I did check whether it was null or not but then I had an error on the null part.

unrealdesign

 

Well in the code you provided, you never checked

Code:java

if(player != null)

So you could be doing null.hasPlayedBefore() which doesn't work. Also, if you posted the error, I bet you'd see a NullPointerException