Executing commands once every second on server tick not working

[lusty arrow]

Im probably doing something wrong. Im trying to make items place a block on the closest air block after 3 minutes of being on the ground, and then use /kill on themselves. I got this working with a function, but it was laggy. I want to do it with a server script, but I cant find documentation for most aspects of what Im trying to do (server.tick, timer, item entity lifespan, check y position and relative blocks, etc) currently I have what is in the image attached.

This doesnt work. The current non working code was from a tutorial zip, so I currently only understand it somewhat. It doesnt change the scoreboard when it should, every second

[tight basin]

Once your ticket has been resolved, please close it with </ticket close:1054771505520717835> command!

[lusty arrow]

If I can do everything with as little minecraft commands as possible, I would prefer to do so

[fair shore]

So there are multiple issues here

[bright badger]

i was just about to say lol

[fair shore]

First you never seem to define pDatatimer

[bright badger]

why are you using player tick event

instead of server tick

[fair shore]

Then you have two If Checks while only one is needed

And the second one has only 1 equal sign

[mystic lion]

are these in the server scripts folder?

oh yeah hes missing this```js
//Gives players the timer's persistent data to initialize the timer on each player who logs in.
PlayerEvents.loggedIn(event => {
if(!event.player.persistentData.timer) event.player.persistentData.timer = 0
})

//Sets a timer on a 20 tick interval
PlayerEvents.tick(event => {
let pData = event.player.persistentData
pData.timer = (++pData.timer) % 20
if(pData.timer != 0) return //event here if you wanted to ignore the lower event block
})```

he copied from one part of my example scripts and not the whole part

really you could just use this code here ```js
/*

• SHORTER ALTERNATIVE
• alternatively you can use the player's age. This works for most cases, but keep in mind the player's age resets on relogging
  /
  PlayerEvents.tick(event => {
  if(event.player.age%20!=0) return
  / Code below here runs once every 20 ticks (20 ticks = 1 second) */
  })``` its a very simplified version of the above script (and ill probably end up removing that since event.player.age is a lot shorter)

you wouldnt have to worry about persistent data or anything

[rich girder]

reading this it seems like you have something that would work just fine in a datapack
are you trying to reimplement that datapack through kubejs?

[lusty arrow]

yes

[lusty arrow]

lol yes

[onyx basalt]

this scoreboard manipulation feels so 2010

[lusty arrow]

I would like to user server tick, but the person I got the script from used player tick

[mystic lion]

scroll down

lol

[onyx basalt]

since this is level related, should be level tick no?

[lusty arrow]

im working on responding to everyone lol, Ill get to reading stuff

[lusty arrow]

idk. doesnt that limit it to one dimension?

[mystic lion]

it wouldnt matter if hes executing as

[mystic lion]

#1176887886801551430 message read this one

[formal willow]

liopyu

[Quote ➤](#1176887886801551430 message) really you could just use this code here ```js
/*

• SHORTER ALTERNATIVE
• alternatively you can use the player's age. This works for most cases, but keep in mind the player's age resets on relogging
  /
  PlayerEvents.tick(event => {
  if(event.player.age%20!=0) return
  / Code below here runs once every 20 ticks (20 ticks = 1 second) */
  })``` its a very simplified version of the above script (and ill probably end up removing that since event.player.age is a lot shorter)

Nov 22, 2023, 2:29 PM

[mystic lion]

you can just move your code into that

[onyx basalt]

dimension of the item spawned or do you plan to spawn block on other dimension different from the item?

[lusty arrow]

doesnt that require someone to be online for it to work?

[mystic lion]

yes, im talking about the player related commands

youd have to have someone online in the first place to load in the chunks

[lusty arrow]

the block should place on the nearest air block in the same dimension as the item

[onyx basalt]

what are you trying to simulate in the end? some sort of block growing?

[lusty arrow]

chunk loaders

[mystic lion]

with commands?

why not just download a chunk loader mod?

oh youre saying what about chunk loaders?

[lusty arrow]

Im saying the chunk loader mod I have would make loading off a player not account for no players online

[mystic lion]

hmm i see

then youd probably want them in the ServerEvents.tick

[lusty arrow]

pollution from item decay

[mystic lion]

itd be the same concept as playerevents.tick

also

??sendcode

[formal willow]

Send your code here instead of a screenshot

It makes it easier to diagnose your code and help you fix it or make the required changes/additions.

[lusty arrow]

it told me it was more than 2000 characters last time I tried

[mystic lion]

you can send it in multiple messages

would be better than a screenshot tbh

wait no

just send the problem related text

not your whole file

[lusty arrow]

what does event.player.age become on server end?

[rich girder]

more than 2k characters should also just send a txt file through discord

[lusty arrow]

if using serverevent instead

[mystic lion]

player.age is for players only not servers

youd need the server persistent data

similar to the example with the timer

sec

[rich girder]

ServerEvents.loaded(event => {
    let {server, server:{persistentData}} = event
    if (persistentData.firstLoad) return
    persistentData.firstLoad = true

    persistentData.timer = 0
    //first load stuff can go here
})

ServerEvents.tick(event => {
    let {server, server:{persistentData}} = event
    persistentData.timer++
    if (persistentData.timer < 20) return
    persistentData.timer = 0

    //do stuff here
})

[lusty arrow]

where does first load stuff go, sorry?

[rich girder]

edited the message
just put it below the line to set the timer

[mystic lion]

youre quicker than me

[rich girder]

literally had it in the file i was editing xd

[mystic lion]

fair

could even do stuff like this if you wanted to load things every server load js ServerEvents.loaded(event => { const {server, server:{persistentData}} = event if (persistentData.firstLoad) { persistentData.firstLoad = true persistentData.timer = 0 //first load stuff can go here } //things you want to load every time server loads goes here })

[lusty arrow]

alright, thanks. I dont want to leech off of everyone knowledge, but I feel like questions are good to ask and knowledge is generally good to know. Given that; is there any possibility I could be guided to somewhere that will let me understand how to do the execute commands I have, but within kubejs entirely or mostly? I dont need to be given answers if thats too much on yall, but I can read a tutorial etc and figure out how to, for example, search for the nearest air block and do the other stuff. Idk how to make kubejs interact with the world on server or level. If I have docs to read I could do it, but ive been looking through the github and its not easy to read that stuff for me

[mystic lion]

this would probably be it's own ticket

dont be afraid to ask questions, people ask a lot simpler questions in the support section

thats what it's there for

[lusty arrow]

alright, thanks

so I can make a new ticket for the new question, right? I dont have to worry about getting timed out for too many questions?

[mystic lion]

yea

first close this ticket with /ticket close

[formal willow]

Please close your ticket (with </ticket close:1054771505520717835> or the button atop this thread) once you resolved your issue! This also helps others that would like to help out, as they don't have to look into this thread to check if it has been resolved by now.

Do you have any other questions regarding your issue? Feel free to ask!
Note: You generally should create a new post for unrelated issues.