(misquoth) can you adjust the pitch of a placed playerhead, or just the direction

[gray nacelle]

I can use

• adjustblock <player.cursor_on> direction:<[value]>
  for the rotation, but didn't know if I could rotate pitch as well

I suppose I could play around with a head on an invisible npc armor stand.

goal: I'm looking to see how I can rotate an object in various ways for cool looking effects.

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(misquoth) can you adjust the pitch of a placed playerhead, or just the direction

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[iron stirrup]

Instead of a player_head block, you could have a display entity

which isn't bound to the rotation

and blockiness

[gray nacelle]

that sounds cool, I'm not sure I follow though... display entity-> display item?

[lament rover]

display entity is like the parent name for everything "display"; item displays, block displays, and text displays fall under this parent name

[gray nacelle]

So I'm working with a player_head with a skin, how would I go about making this a "display" and rotating up instead/in addition to sideways?

[iron stirrup]

change pitch/yaw

or if you want it always look at a player you can do this too

[gray nacelle]

adjustblock? I've tried several things without any success.

[iron stirrup]

nooo its an entity

if you spawn an item display

do you need that in a script or what exactly?

I've made a script for Item Displays so player can spawn and edit them, so if you just want to modify them ingame you can use that

otherwise, spawn an item display with your head as item and adjust its location pitch/yaw

!m entity.item

[ripe adder]

Mechanism: item

If the entity is a dropped item, sets the item represented by the entity.
If the entity is a trident, sets the trident item represented by the entity.
If the item is a throwable projectile, sets the display item for that projectile.
If the entity is an eye-of-ender, sets the item to be displayed and dropped by it.
If the entity is a fireball, sets the fireball's display item.
If the entity is an Item Display, sets the entity's display item.

Object

EntityTag

Input

ItemTag

Tags

<EntityTag.item> If the entity is a dropped item, returns the item represented by the entity. If t...

[iron stirrup]

!c spawn

[ripe adder]

Command: Spawn

Group

entity

Syntax

spawn [<entity>|...] (<location>) (target:<entity>) (persistent) (reason:<reason>)

Short Description

Spawns a list of entities at a certain location.

Description

Spawn an entity or list of entities at the specified location.

Accepts the 'target:<entity>' argument which will cause all spawned entities to follow and attack the targeted entity.

If the persistent argument is present, the entity will not despawn when no players are within range, causing the entity to remain until killed.

Optionally specify 'reason:<reason>' (Paper only) to specify the reason an entity is spawning for the 'entity spawns' event,
using any reason from <@link url https://hub.s...

[iron stirrup]

can specify pitch/yaw on spawning

• spawn item_display[item=stone] <player.location.with_pitch[45]>

[gray nacelle]

ok, I'll try that- and to rotate pitch / yaw after spawning? adjust?

what's the best way to rmemeber this entity for removal later? it's not notable, right? toss it in a flag somewhere?

[gray nacelle]

ok, I think I've got farther here, but it looks like the rotation point for yaw is the center, but when I rotate pitch it rotating by the edge

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[gray nacelle]

I'm assuming there's no way to change that?

[iron stirrup]

can make use of quaternions

!m entity.left_rotation

[ripe adder]

Mechanism: left_rotation

(Property) A display entity's "left" rotation.
Note that !mechanism EntityTag.right_rotation is also available, but should normally use this instead.

Group

Properties

Object

EntityTag

Input

QuaternionTag

Tags

<EntityTag.left_rotation> (Property) A display entity's "left" rotation. Note that <@link mechanis...

[iron stirrup]

toss it in a flag yeah

[gray nacelle]

rotate works great, it's the pitch that's wonky.

oh man

I've been meaning to ask about Quaternions.... I've tried to read about them and my brain just falls out my ear, I think I just need some example uses or a low down on what they are/do

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[iron stirrup]

they turn things

[gray nacelle]

hm. I'll have to play with some.

My only remaining question is about the above pitch issue rotating on the top of the block instead of the center

I'm thinking that might just be the way it be

[iron stirrup]

quaternions

use quaternions and the mech

oh, seems like player heads are different?

[topaz wharf]

!m transform

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Mechanism: display

(Property) For an item display entity this is the model transform it will display, can be any of https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/entity/ItemDisplay.ItemDisplayTransform.html.
For a text display entity this is its text alignment, can be any of https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/entity/TextDisplay.html.

Group

Properties

Object

EntityTag

Input

ElementTag

Tags

<EntityTag.display> (Property) For an item display entity this is the model transform it will disp...

[topaz wharf]

Might be the model transform thingy there?

[iron stirrup]

Oh yeah, @gray nacelle set ^ to FIXED

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