Anvil GUI

[Vexio]

Explaination:
I'm trying to open an Anvil GUI so players can search (or whatever) for a player/item. The issue is that the anvil GUI does not open to the {_p} variable.
Code:

function anvilSearch(p: player):
    send "1" to {_p}
    open virtual anvil inventory to {_p}
    send "2" to {_p}
    make a gui slot 0 of {_p} with player head named "&7&oSearch for..." to do nothing
    make a gui slot 1 of {_p} with paper named "&r" to do nothing
on anvil rename:
    if event-item's name = "&7&oSearch for...":
        if event-string = "MINECRAFT":
            cancel event
            close event-player's inventory
            broadcast "&lMINECRAFT&r IS &nCOOL"
command /anvilsearch:
    trigger:
        anvilSearch(sender)

Addons: skQuery, TuSKe

Any help will be highly appreciated!
EDIT: I have changed the `anvil` to `chest` and the GUI successfully opened to the player, and formatted the slots correctly.

 

[ShaneBee]

What's your server version? Bukkit has some issues with custom anvil inventories in past versions

 

[ShaneBee]

What's your server version? Bukkit has some issues with custom anvil inventories in past versions

My server version is 1.8.8-R01-SNAPSHOT

 

[ShaneBee]

Yeah, that's why. There is a bug in that version that doesn't let you open anvil guis (and I don't remember if I did a checker to return a null inventory when the type is anvil). The only way is using MundoSK + packets.
You can see this thread from @Snow-Pyon of how to open a anvil gui, and also, you gonna need to set the slot using packets too.

 

[ShaneBee]

Yeah, that's why. There is a bug in that version that doesn't let you open anvil guis (and I don't remember if I did a checker to return a null inventory when the type is anvil). The only way is using MundoSK + packets.
You can see this thread from @Snow-Pyon of how to open a anvil gui, and also, you gonna need to set the slot using packets too.

If I were to update my server version to 1.9, would that fix this issue? Or is there another version of 1.8 Spigot I'm able to use?