(some_arthena) Determine block face player is breaking

[opal shadow]

Hey ho!

I am calling the godly devs of this place to aid me on yet another question journey.
What I need is to find the block face the player was looking at after breaking it.

Like, for example: I look at a stone block, but I don't need the direction the player is looking, but the face of the block the player is looking at after they have broken a block.
"Player broke block while looking at the NORTH face of the block.", something along these lines!

Have a good one
Elanda 🙂

Lil' edit:
I would also be absolutely fine just getting the axis of the face, if that is easier, I really just need X, Y or Z, as SOUTH and NORTH for example will be used for the same thing.

[trail schooner]

(some_arthena) Determine block face player is breaking

[trail schooner]

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[opal shadow]

forgot to mention, the event I am using is on player breaks block, but I figured any event that provides a player and a location will do for the context of this question!

[magic karma]

You can get the normal vector with ray trace

!t locationtag.ray_trace

[bitter plover]

Tag: <LocationTag.ray_trace[(range=<#.#>/{200});(return=<{precise}/block/normal>);(default=<{null}/air>);(fluids=<true/{false}>);(nonsolids=<true/{false}>);(entities=<matcher>);(ignore=<entity>|...);(raysize=<#.#>/{0})]>

Traces a line from this location towards the direction it's facing, returning the location of the first hit block or (optionally) entity.
This tag has also been referred to as 'cursor_on' or 'precise_cursor_on' in the past.
For ray tracing entities, see !tag LocationTag.ray_trace_target.
Using 'return=normal' instead replaces the old 'precise_impact_normal' tag.
Optionally specify:
range: (defaults to 200) a maximum distance (in blocks) to trace before giving up.
return: (defaults to prec...

Group

world

Returns

LocationTag

Examples

# Destroys whatever solid block the player is looking at.
- define target <player.eye_location.ray_trace[return=block]||null>
- if <[target]> != null:
    - modifyblock <[target]> air

# Spawns a heart wherever the player is looking, no more than 5 blocks away.
- playeffect effect:heart offset:0 at:<player.eye_location.ray_trace[range=5;entities=*;ignore=<player>;fluids=true;nonsolids=true;default=air]>

and more... Check the website for more examples

[magic karma]

[return=normal]

is that what you're looking for?

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[opal shadow]

Thanks, I will have a look at it tomorrow
Though it says it will get me the block I am looking at, not the particular face of the block
Let's see 🙂

Oh nvm, "normal" vector, let's see

[magic karma]

Yup, I think that's pretty much what you're looking for

if you want west/south/east etc you could

!t vector_to_face

[bitter plover]

Tag: <LocationTag.vector_to_face>

Returns the name of the BlockFace represented by a normal vector.
Result can be any of the following:
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, UP, DOWN, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST,
WEST_NORTH_WEST, NORTH_NORTH_WEST, NORTH_NORTH_EAST, EAST_NORTH_EAST, EAST_SOUTH_EAST,
SOUTH_SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_SOUTH_WEST, WEST_SOUTH_WEST, SELF

Returns

ElementTag

[opal shadow]

How wonderful, this has absolutely worked wonders!
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[orchid nymph]

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Thread closed as resolved.

[opal shadow]

Little postscript for people who want something similar and don't get the right face:
Make sure you use on player breaks block not after player breaks block, otherwise you get the result of the thing you are looking at after the block was already broken!
And with that I am done, thanks again! 💜

[orchid nymph]

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