Script API General

[thorn flicker]

you are acting like that gif was a political statement

[honest spear]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1431742929558306939/1431743046344769546/aa632d.gif

[thorn flicker]

maybe it was

[honest spear]

the sad fact is that AI writes so abstract-less code that your abstraction actually makes the code slower

[remote oyster]

Very poetic

[thorn flicker]

aw please lets not talk about AI coding

[honest spear]

-# works only on hight-level languages like , python, js, ts, python, and yea python to be specific

[thorn flicker]

its getting to the point that AI will replace everything

[thorn flicker]

no more art

[honest spear]

at least i write code that AI can't understand yet, and my friends either

[thorn flicker]

no more creativity

[thorn flicker]

no more soul

just slop being fed into everyone's gullets, while people get more money from less work.

[honest spear]

when the code is so complicated than the project just dies, bc all the contributors forgot how it works in just two weeks 😭

not AI written btw

[stray spoke]

Is there a way to detect if the entity's inventory changes other than comparing old vs new everytick

[thorn flicker]

no.

[honest spear]

afaik we got some new inventory events lately but they are only for blocks?

[stray spoke]

Dam

[thorn flicker]

theres only an event for player currently

[stray spoke]

Yeah but I need it for entity

[thorn flicker]

thats opening and closing

[honest spear]

ohhh ok

i see

[remote oyster]

I don't think entities have the inventory component?

[thorn flicker]

they do.

[honest spear]

they have, for example cheast_boat got one

[remote oyster]

I stand corrected

[stray spoke]

cheast_boat

[thorn flicker]

how do you think chest boats-

lol

[remote oyster]

In fairness, my memory is messed up from surgery lol.

[honest spear]

ok

ohh, really

[thorn flicker]

and thats something I cant laugh at

[honest spear]

sorry to hear that

[thorn flicker]

well played.

well played.

[honest spear]

damn you got me

[thorn flicker]

bro pulled out the tumor card on my ass

[remote oyster]

LOL

[honest spear]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/780120711435911178/1431754732724031620/aa67f2.gif

i felt awkward so i had to post this gift

[stray spoke]

That's something I can't even tell myself if I were you

[thorn flicker]

huh

[stray spoke]

Get well soon

[cold grove]

E

[thorn flicker]

they cant get well-

tbf you didnt say cured, they can be treated obviously

[honest spear]

btw when the AI wants to take your job, good luck buddy

[stray spoke]

Yeah that's good then

[sly valve]

yeah, I think it was called JSON overtake or something, its peak!

[thorn flicker]

the hell

[sly valve]

Gotta push that to main

[stray spoke]

Why are you still using common js

[sly valve]

isnt that ESM?

[tranquil junco]

?

[thorn flicker]

yo

[stray spoke]

Oh right, I mean the Object prototype method

[thorn flicker]

may I be on your friends list sir

[last latch]

monthly tokens go burrrr

[honest spear]

You better try the OverTykes method

[remote oyster]

Sure

[thorn flicker]

Well you gotta friend me, I cant send a request

lol

[remote oyster]

Same lol

[thorn flicker]

what-

ah I forgot, we both have the same setting

[thorn flicker]

I disabled it

[remote oyster]

Sent

[tranquil junco]

guh?

[thorn flicker]

im off to contemplate if I should sleep or stay up all day until I crash, cya

[lyric kestrel]

What is the benefit of using TS over JS for add-ons?

[last latch]

Type checking

[stray spoke]

Nvm

[warm jungle]

Uhh is there like pickup cooldown for .spawnItem()? if not it would be a great addition for it

[distant tulip]

There isn't
If you really need it, structures preserve the item cooldown

[cyan basin]

You could make your own cooldown using this event for picking up items:

world.beforeEvents.entityItemPickup.subscribe((event) => {});

[warm jungle]

Okay! Thanks I'll try it later. Thank to you two!!

[sly valve]

Oh new Events

Awesome

[stray spoke]

Also drop event

[cold grove]

They have listened to us

[stray spoke]

But no beforeEvent type of it

[cold grove]

Finally

Now remove the ai summary from the docs 🫵

[worldly pier]

they need to get the IA investor's money

[stray spoke]

How do we detect if animation stopped animating

It's a custom animation, I need to run a function only after the animation is finished

[tranquil junco]

just realised that my monkeypatch https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1485098015416127519 sucks

the dimension gets set too

[untold magnet]

how am i going to place a block directly above the placed block?
beforeOnPlayerPlace

[tranquil junco]

i need to subclass DebugShape and then make the other subclasses inherit from it

this feels extremely wrong

[untold magnet]

setType cannot be called in early execution, and using system.run makes it have a delay, which make it look kinda bad

[tranquil junco]

your client reflects the change you make to the world immediately

a server-side script cannot do this

[remote oyster]

Is there a specific goal or agenda as to why you are attempting to place a block above a block being placed during a before event? I'm asking because during the before event, this block technically hasn't been placed yet.

[untold magnet]

then ig ill have to use permutations and states to make the placed block invisible the second u place it and make it visible after placing the top block

[tranquil junco]

you can't really do this

[untold magnet]

a two blocks tall door,

[untold magnet]

bone_visibility:

[tranquil junco]

won't the game feel less responsive?

i don't think this solves the problem

[remote oyster]

What you could do, thinking outside the box here, cancel the event of the block being placed. Then use system.run() to place the other block above, and if the block which you cancelled is still required then add it right after.

[untold magnet]

yeah, instead of having the bottom block being placed before the top one

[tranquil junco]

the client will still immediately show the result of the interaction (block placed)

[remote oyster]

The block being canceled wouldn't be placed.

[untold magnet]

ill try finding a decent workaround,

[tranquil junco]

yeah but the client will still preview it

[remote oyster]

Possibly. Depending on the latency.

[tranquil junco]

yeah

even when playing singleplayer this is noticeable because the server only runs at 20 ticks per second

[untold magnet]

i can just use permutationToPlace to hide it the second u try placing it,

[tranquil junco]

i guess

personally i would just take the slight visual offset

[remote oyster]

20 ticks per second should be sufficient to accomplish the goal with minimum visual hiccups.

The code would be small and light.

Hardware and Internet will be the crutch though.

[untold magnet]

btw,

            if (!block?.above(1)?.isAir) e.cancel = true;
            if (dim?.id === 'minecraft:overworld' && bY?.y > 318) e.cancel = true;
            if (dim?.id === 'minecraft:nether' && bY?.y > 124) e.cancel = true;
            if (dim?.id === 'minecraft:the_end' && bY > 253) e.cancel = true;```is working pretty fine but it cancel the even when the top block is liquid (vanilla doors replaces the liquid)
And the system.run that i am using to place down the top block is not being cancelled with this, so it try placing the block there even when the event is canelled,

[remote oyster]

But that visual glitch isn't a deal breaker.

[untold magnet]

ig ill just return or soemthing

[tranquil junco]

i'd rather have visually broken immediate feedback than no feedback

[untold magnet]

also,

            system.run(() => {
                const eBlock = block?.above(1).setType('door:block');
                eBlock?.setPermutation(eBlock?.permutation.withState('minecraft:cardinal_direction', ePerm?.getState('minecraft:cardinal_direction')));
            });;```it doesnt place the block and rotate it for some reason
`permutationToPlace:ePerm`

it should at least place the block with the bottom block direction

[untold magnet]

it works pretty well, now i just have to place the top block with the bottom block rotation

[lyric kestrel]

@untold magnet if you're making a custom door, why not use BlockCustomComponents?

[untold magnet]

i am using that, im using beforeOnPlayerPlace

[lyric kestrel]

Oh

My apologies

I thought you meant the beforeEvent 😅

[untold magnet]

all i have to do now is just rotating the top block with the bottom block

[lyric kestrel]

Because you shouldn't need system.run with customComponents

[untold magnet]

playerPlaceBlockBeforeEvent doesnt exist i believe

only playerBreakBlockBeforeEvent exist

correct me if im wrong

[untold magnet]

then how can i place the top block?

[subtle cove]

Custom block component

[stray spoke]

Are you making rotatable blocks based on the player's facing

Cuz I don't think you need scripts if you can do it on client block directly

[untold magnet]

got it working,

next: breaking both blocks after mining the top of the bottom one

[untold magnet]

i know about that, im just working on an addon that has a two blocks tall block, and it is rotateable, i already got the rotation stuff working

now all i need is instantly breaking the block the second one of the two blocks gets broken, currently it has a 1 tick delay which is killing me

[wary edge]

Why not use multi block component?

[untold magnet]

ummm, whats that? send me a docs link if u got any,

didnt even know that thing exists

i think i found it,

[stray spoke]

So everyone loves docs now

[untold magnet]

thanks for letting me know about that component

[untold magnet]

i only use it for new stuff that i have no idea exist, like this multi-block thing

everything else, i make without docs,

[stray spoke]

I think that's the purpose, docs are there as starter guide

[untold magnet]

stable or beta?
like what format version? 1.26.1 or something?

[lyric kestrel]

It's in preview atm

[untold magnet]

then ig for my current addon, ill switch from stable game to the beta-preview version to work on the addon

[untold magnet]

so im on the v26.20.21 version of the beta-preview, and i am using a block format version of 1.26.1, i used the same exact codes from the docs and it doesnt work, why?

it says not registered block state

[steep hamlet]

is there a before event for sending packets?

[devout sandal]

I have a block that is getting automatically placed near the player, it’s invisible, collisionless, pickless, and unaffected by water, I am wondering if there is a good way to make it pre saturated with non source water when it is placed in non source water..? Currently when it’s placed there is a second where it is placed and the water disappears, then flows into it. Any ideas..?

[tidal wasp]

Can World Dynamic properties cause lag?

[steep hamlet]

by themselves no, even in large amounts. they just occupy storage afaik

[devout sandal]

In my experience, not really. I have an addon that uses them to encode cooldown data along with location dimension and some other things on a per player basis and even with like a few hundred of them I haven’t had any problems.

[tidal wasp]

Bet

[wary edge]

https://stirante.com/script/server-net/1.0.0-beta.1.26.20-preview.20/classes/PacketSendBeforeEvent.html

[steep hamlet]

niceee

wait... its only usable on bds isnt it

is there a reason why they keep it to bds only

[winged drift]

all good things are only usable on bds

[steep hamlet]

ye..

[tidal wasp]

Im currently trying to make a system to use worldDynamicaProperties to store block inventories

And im just getting a headache just trying to formulate an object to parse into the thing 😭

Actually it would be as simple as

VariableName = {
maxWeight = 6400,
items = [
itemStack1,
itemStack2,
itemStack3...
]
}

And the name of the dynamic property is the location of the block

Id probably want to use ddui or JsonUI for this as well tbh

I dont really have a way to test anything rn because of the really annoying bug on windows rn

[lyric kestrel]

Is that really annoying bug on Windows also known as "Windows 11"? 😆

[worldly pier]

You know there are better ways to store itemStacks?

[worldly pier]

if you are going to store a blocks inventory using only dynamic Properties, you might lose data

[tidal wasp]

How?

[worldly pier]

https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1252014916496527380

[scarlet sable]

yo

sorry for the dumb question but where can I see the API updates?

[remote oyster]

https://stirante.com/script/

[scarlet sable]

Ty

[stray spoke]

This is actually very smart, but I don't like the part where it needs to use custom entity

But I like it where it saves the item stacks on cache first so we can access it directly anytime, otherwise if it's empty because of reloads, it gets the structure instead then save to cache again

It clones all the items and save it to the custom entity, saves the entity to structure with the specified key, then despawns it

[worldly pier]

yep, i think this is one of the best ways of storing itemStacks

cause i havent found anything better yet

[tidal wasp]

https://tenor.com/view/focus-math-problems-calculations-brain-power-concentration-gif-16273462849678682435

[worldly pier]

xD

Do you know how to use it, right?

[subtle cove]

just use structureManager

[proud saddle]

can scripts of different addons use exports of each other?

[shy leaf]

nope, scripting environment cant interact with each other directly

however there are a few ways to do it, although limited

such as scriptevent

[lucid dust]

anyone know when 2.6.0 comes out of beta?

[unique acorn]

most likely in the next mc update

[static wedge]

an entity in an unloaded chunk stay valid ?

[warm mason]

no

[weary onyx]

Welp, I'm getting into the scriptAPI development to my first addon as well. Can someone give me advices to improve some stuffs?

[distant tulip]

learn javascript

[last latch]

Start with TypeScript.

[weary onyx]

I already know about JS and TS. I mean, how to start about the scripting on here

I tried to make one by scratch, but the bridge app just allows me work with 1.0.0 of @minecraft/server or betas

[drifting raven]

What are scripts?

Intro to ScriptAPI: https://aka.ms/startwithmcscript

Intro to Tests: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/documents/gametestgettingstarted

Official Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi

Community Docs: https://wiki.bedrock.dev/scripting/game-tests

Script API examples: https://github.com/JaylyDev/ScriptAPI

2021 Q&A: https://wiki.bedrock.dev/scripting/gametest-qna.html

2022 Q&A: https://wiki.bedrock.dev/scripting/scripting-editor-qna.html

Mar 24, 2026, 12:02 AM

[weary onyx]

so, bridge doesn't works well for this nowadays?

[wary edge]

Noy really no.

[lucid dust]

what's the best way to get the coordinates a certain distance ahead of where a player is looking?

[weary onyx]

When i work with bridge (only for behavior pack), doesn't appears

[static wedge]

really ? because with logs, I noticed that an entity can remain valid even if the chunk is not loaded

but when I change dimension or reload all, the entity becomes invalid

[warm mason]

well, I'm not sure it works that simple. But in most case an entity in unloaded chunk means the entity is not valid

[drowsy scaffold]

Player location + (Player view direction * target distance)

Obviously you need to format it to vector3 but just generally speaking

[lucid dust]

tysm!

[last latch]

It was laggy, it's poorly customizable and there are certainly better options. It is beginner friendly but people switch over to more reliable IDE's or code editors like VSC, Cursor or JetStorm (iirc the name)

[subtle cove]

the update be trollin hard ;-;

[wary edge]

Is there an easy way to know what parts of your scripts uses beta APIs?

[warm mason]

try to use the debugger bot with a stable version mb

[jolly junco]

Is there any way to programmatically get the translated text of action bar item names?

[distant tulip]

you can get the translation key and use it
but you can't know the content of the text

[jolly junco]

I see, thanks

[buoyant canopy]

is there an automated way to get all the generated chunks in the world?

[cinder shadow]

change manifest to not include beta, then watch the content log?

[turbid delta]

Fixed EntityHurtBeforeEvent.cancel to not allow some sources of knockback (sprint bonus, enchantment, mace smash, projectiles) when set to true

Life is good guys

[turbid delta]

Nevermind they fully messed up the knockback

[worldly pier]

average minecraft scripts developer experience:

[wary edge]

Just use onPlayerInteract custom component.

[solar dagger]

you cant cancel this event can you?

[wary edge]

What are you trying to achieve.

[solar dagger]

im trying to setup a 'bulk craft' mechanic for a custom block

[wary edge]

And why does that require cancelling interaction. Bulk craft isn't descriptive.

[solar dagger]

dont matter, ill figure it out.

[summer cloud]

Im creating a custom bot via gameTest simulated player, but i have a issue where the attackEntity(target) module dosent do anything, it plays a swing animation, but no damage, screen shake, or any related events apply. Why does this happen? and how do i fix it? and no effects are applied

[summer cloud]

also sidenote its not just in one world, i genuenly did nothing to the code and it all broke, even in different worlds. i even tried with fresh code and it was still broken

[summer cloud]

ive also found arrows shot by the bot, just pass through me

[worldly pier]

did you use the beta api?

[cursive fog]

How do you stop a play animation from running?

[median geyser]

I usually just play a small animation on top of that one to stop it from running

[stray spoke]

I made some gui change detector

But it's not very performance friendly

Since there's no events for detecting inventory changes for other entities nor blocks, I had to use system.runInterval for it

And an option to start or stop to avoid gc

[untold magnet]

whats the
https://jaylydev.github.io/scriptapi-docs/preview/interfaces/_minecraft_server.BlockCustomComponent.html#onentity
even used for?

[knotty plaza]

That's for when an entity runs an event on it's home block

[stray spoke]

Oh yeah that's from startup event right?

[untold magnet]

can i use it along with home block inside the entity to somehow make my entity connect to the block? like a custom chest that u can move with pistons without pushing the entity outside of the block

[knotty plaza]

Not sure if that's how it works

I think the entity just saves the block's position

And runs the event on whatever block is there

[naive frost]

99998

99999

100000th msg

[last latch]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[lyric kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/he-doesn't-know-the-matrix-agent-gif-13054952393861336642

[naive frost]

😔✌️

[zinc breach]

if I put some code to run in a system.runTimeout after say 10 seconds but close the world before it happens, will it keep track of that and run even when I reopen the world or would it act like that never existed

and I assume the same thing applies to realms/servers crashing or closing right

[snow knoll]

Nothing happen

[zinc breach]

how would I go about clearing entities if that happens then

could I save the entity id in a dynamic property then do world.getEntity()

[snow knoll]

You could, but I'd need more context to see if that works for you

[cold grove]

Yes you should

[zinc breach]

for what I'm making I'm spawning entities that have animations for abilities basically

so I would have to clear them or they would awkwardly sit there

[naive frost]

You could make it run for every 10 second cycle, by saving the timer every second in a dynamic property like 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 …. -> 10 until it hits 10 it starts a new cycle and (clear entities) and if the world closes and reopens, the cycle can start again after a player has spawned.?

[zinc breach]

seems unnecessary, this was my idea

and you would put the id in the dynamic property anywhere you spawn it

as an array

[naive frost]

Ooh

[weary onyx]

guys, if i already placed a chest when my function worked propertly, how do i inject my custom loot on it?

[worldly pier]

you need to get the block, then get its container component. inside of it you can find methods for all of that

[worldly pier]

you could try to respawn the entities every time the world opens. Seems more easy to me.

[zinc breach]

the purpose of all of this is to remove the entities though, not respawn them

[worldly pier]

i understand that if you leave the world without despawning them, their animation gets stuck the next time you rejoin

[zinc breach]

its not like a mob entity or something, just for visuals in an ability

[last latch]

What about system.job/run?

[thorn flicker]

oh my god

my content logs are turned off from updating

[last latch]

Did you just call me a god 😭✌️

[thorn flicker]

this never happened.

I should've remembered

jesus

[cinder shadow]

yet another thing that will randomly get reset whenever a new update comes out 😔

Skins, Render distance, now content logs??

[thorn flicker]

for some reason my render distance wasnt touched this time I think.

only my sneaking keybind and content logs

[cinder shadow]

I load into a world and all of a sudden my fans kick into high gear

First thing I check is render distance

[thorn flicker]

lol yeah, when it happens im just like "why is my game running like shit... wait a minute"

why does it change it to that high though

makes no sense

[cinder shadow]

who knows, my custom skins haven't really worked in stable for several months now either

defaults me to an Alex skin or one of the other generics for everyone but me

[thorn flicker]

i think I got my skin reset only like once

[turbid delta]

It wouldn't exist

[worldly pier]

that looks cool. So you despawn the entity using system.run?

[zinc breach]

system.runTimeout then I do .remove()

[zinc breach]

this was just the fallback for if a server crashed or if the world closes before it could be removed so we don't just have random ability axe entities sitting around

[stray spoke]

Oh like an auto cleanup system

Clearing dropped items and other stuff

That's actually very common on servers

Oh nvm its diff

[worldly pier]

i think it would be better to clean the entities after the world loads

that way you dont have to run something every tick

[gray mica]

Hello there

Is it possible to change villagers trades dynamically?

[cold grove]

No, you can just trigger events that adds component_groups

[gray mica]

So ?

Not possible

[cold grove]

I said no

[gray mica]

No workaround?

[cold grove]

I mean yes sorry

[gray mica]

🫪

I am confused rn

[cold grove]

You should have component groups for each economy table

[gray mica]

Oh and trigger the event ?

[cold grove]

Yes

[gray mica]

Ok thx

Another question

Is it possible to wire json ui to script api ?

Wha!?

[cold grove]

||I read "write"||

[gray mica]

Oh , i mean wire like connect to each other

Making communication to change ui dynamically

[cold grove]

Yes, people use title and actionbar to update the ui state

[gray mica]

What if so many titles in the same time ?

• action bar won't it get like overridden by others , like if an add-on is already using it , won't it make it invisible or glitchy or something

[subtle cove]

Depends on addon priority

[cold grove]

Other addons can break your json ui yes

[alpine wigeon]

ok so I have a vector3 direction but need to convert it to a vector2 rotation for the player

does anyone know how to do that?

[gray mica]

Yes

Just remove the Y

And you get the rotation on x , z axis

[alpine wigeon]

uh

that's not what i meant

at least i think

[cold grove]

I deleted it because it was not correct sorry

[gray mica]

Oh now i get it

You have direction and you want rotation

[alpine wigeon]

yes

[alpine wigeon]

oh ok

[gray mica]

and what the difference between em

[stray spoke]

You can use @minecraft/math's Vector3Utils and Vector2Utils for that

[alpine wigeon]

not sure if this clarifies at all but im looking for x, y

[alpine wigeon]

ok ill look at that rq

[stray spoke]

You can do npm i @minecraft/math

It gives you tools to handle vectors operations but depends on you how you use it

[alpine wigeon]

i dont think the vector3utils has what i'm looking for

[stray spoke]

function dirToRotation(dir) {
  const { x, y, z } = dir;

  const yaw = Math.atan2(-x, z) * (180 / Math.PI);
  const pitch = Math.asin(y / Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y + z*z)) * (180 / Math.PI);

  return { x: pitch, y: yaw };
}

[alpine wigeon]

tysm bro

[stray spoke]

Not sure if this works fine

But try it

[alpine wigeon]

hmmm the x rotation is just returning 0

oh wait the values were swapped

[stray spoke]

If dir.y is always under 0

it will return 0

[alpine wigeon]

so now i have the values but i'm trying to use setRotation() and it seems to not work

at all

[cold grove]

i can't remember if player rotation is 360 or -180, 180

[stray spoke]

Are you using getViewDirection for vector3

[alpine wigeon]

no i'm using the distance from the player to a spruce_log

i'm trying to move the player towards the tree and face them towards it also

[stray spoke]

Oh

You might need 3d delta

Wait I'll try

[alpine wigeon]

well i got it working using runCommand with tp rotation but that's not optimal

[stray spoke]

const playerPos = player.location;

// Idk if this is the correct api to get the center vector3 location of the block
const blockPos = block.center

const dir = {
  x: blockPos.x - playerPos.x,
  y: blockPos.y - playerPos.y,
  z: blockPos.z - playerPos.z
};

function dirToRotation(dir) {
  const { x, y, z } = dir;
  
  const yaw = Math.atan2(-x, z) * (180 / Math.PI);

  const horizontal = Math.sqrt(x*x + z*z);
  const pitch = Math.atan2(y, horizontal) * (180 / Math.PI);

  return { x: pitch, y: yaw };
}

This was about moving the player to block

[alpine wigeon]

ok

ill try that

[stray spoke]

That's all I can try to help

Gtg

[alpine wigeon]

ty

im tryinna make minecraft play itself

:)

[zinc breach]

that's what it's doing

its a system.run not system.runInterval

this runs only when the script is reloaded

[stray spoke]

Do yall have docs for websocket communication

I tried this but it didn't work now

[crude ferry]

world.beforeEvents.playerBreakBlock.subscribe((e)=> {
    if (running !== true) {
        return;
    }
    e.cancel = true;
})```
Any way to get the location of the broken block?

[stray spoke]

e.block.location

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server/playerbreakblockbeforeevent?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

Extends
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server/blockevent?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

[crude ferry]

Thanks!

I was looking for it in the wrong place.

[light sluice]

is there any way to detect if the player is pressing a button other than jump or sneak???

[gray mica]

Is it possible to communicate with json with scriptevent or scoreboards , but the scoreboard must be invisible?

[stray spoke]

Yes, full docs here

[stray spoke]

Do you mean the json ui

[gray mica]

Yes

[stray spoke]

I saw a post about chat channels, clicking button makes it send a chat, then in the backend it detects the message using chatSend event

[crude ferry]

Is there a way to detect key presses though?

[stray spoke]

I think that's the way

[stray spoke]

Not really

[crude ferry]

Yeah expected.

On a BDS?

[stray spoke]

I haven't tried bds, but I think it's just the same

[crude ferry]

I see.

[stray spoke]

Obviously, there's no script in json ui

[gray mica]

So

[stray spoke]

I think the send message way only

[gray mica]

Ahhh

Unfortunately

What if my UIs using more than one variable

[stray spoke]

You can conditionally render in json ui instead

[light sluice]

oh i mean like controller keyboard etc buttons

[stray spoke]

Ohh, I dont think there is, but there's swing event

But only for swinging hands like clicking anything, interacting, etc.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server/playerswingstartafterevent?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

[gray mica]

Elaborate please

[stray spoke]

For example if the title has a prefix like "§e", it will show the json ui element

Otherwise it won't display

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/json-ui/preserve-title-texts

[gray mica]

Oh for the scoreboard you mean ?

[stray spoke]

What are you trying to make

[gray mica]

So i am making this ui which
Is a pop-up , like it appears when something happens

And i am currently having two

That may pop-up in the same time

And trying to find a way to do that

Because when one appeares other disappears

But i want both to appear same time

And i am trying to add a third one too

And i have no idea to what to use to make it work

[worldly pier]

whats the best way to store information in a block? it can be a custom block

[knotty plaza]

Save it in the world and use the block's position and dimension as the key

[lyric kestrel]

Same. I just put my main skin as the middle skin. Because it would keep switching skin slot

[cold grove]

Seomeone tested if Math.hypot is less optimized here?

[honest spear]

Is there way how we can get block drops for specific item or not? Afaik there was something in changelog long time ago, but now i can't see the apis

Ohh i can see it its under loot tables i see

[round bone]

It depends on the amount of arguments, but you should be fine in my opinion

Stick to it, do not care about performance as it's implemented in core engine anyways

[golden holly]

how do I refrence other files?

i did import { myFunction} from './file.js'
but it says it cannot fiind file js

[last latch]

can you show us your whole folder?

[gray mica]

@last latch can u help me please

[last latch]

❤️‍🩹

[round bone]

1. Do not ask to get help. Just get into the problem
2. Do not mention people that do not have [@] in their username

[last latch]

I love these questions

[cold grove]

You should ask the question first dont you think

[cold grove]

"No"

[gray mica]

With this !

[worldly pier]

for what im making it would be too inefficient

[round bone]

Depending on what are you using in JSON-UI

[gray mica]

I am using hud_title

And 4 images elements

But when i override the title using /title command some elements disappear

[cold grove]

JsonUi related

You should ask there

#1067869374410657962

[gray mica]

Ok

[gray mica]

Then problem is json-ui general is pretty dead 🫪

[round bone]

Cross-posting is aganist rules. Wait on #1067869374410657962

[distant tulip]

no one is answering questions like that anyway, if you don't have specific question don't expect any reply

[woven loom]

HowCan i try it

[distant tulip]

there is nothing to try yet lol
still working on the pathfinding

[woven loom]

Oh

[gray mica]

I just don't know how to explain. 😔

[distant tulip]

well, how do you expect to get help

[gray mica]

I was trying to make 3 system , but when i override title elements just disappear

[distant tulip]

you still working on the replay mod?

[distant tulip]

write that there

[gray mica]

Ohmm k

[sage portal]

do runTimeouts tick values stack? I want to add a runTimeout in a runTimeout

basically, would the second runTimeout occur at the third tick, or the fifth tick?

system.runTimeout(()=>{
  //other code
  system.runTimeout(()=>{
    //stacked timeout code
  },3)
},2)

[unique acorn]

Pretty sure it would occur at the 5th tick

[thorn flicker]

5th.

[last latch]

5th. (totally not late)

[sage portal]

alr, thanks fellas 👍

[marble spruce]

Yo guys,do i can set double tags like this

        if (player.hasTag("mutant,mutant2"))```

or like this 
```js
        if (player.hasTag("mutant || mutant2")) {```

[wary edge]

No.

hasTag(tag1) || hasTag(tag2)

[marble spruce]

Ah okk thanks!

[warm mason]

hasTag is a method of Entity class. Players are also entities, so all the methods of Entity class are also available in Player class. Entity.hasTag("test_tag") returns a Boolean value depending on whether the entity has the exact tag you specified ("test_tag" in this case). If you want to check for the presence of one of tags, you need to use two methods and the || (or) operator. And when you type player.hasTag("mutant || mutant2") you are checking if the player has the tag "mutant || mutant2" and not if he has "mutant" or "mutant2".

The same thing happens with other methods, functions, and operators. For example, you can't do if (test == 1 || 2) {}, you need to do if (test == 1 || test == 2) {}

I decided to explain this because it is the basis of JavaScript itself and not the specifics of this method.

[marble spruce]

Oh, I see, cuz I was trying to develop a tag system that is not too extended either lengthy when it comes to update my addon. that might help in the future,thanks for the explanation

[chrome coyote]

if you want to make it shorter (just to make it more visibly clear)

const tags = [
  "Tag1",
  "Tag2",
  "Tag3"
]
if (tags.some(tag => entity.hasTag(tag))) {}

basically checks if the entity has at least one tag of the list tags

[stray spoke]

That's smart

Thanks for the idea

[lyric kestrel]

Yep, and you can also turn that into a Map, so it's look-up is O(1)
(No point in doing so unless you plan to make the look-up table very big)

[stray spoke]

Yes, that avoids itterating or whatever they call it

[lyric kestrel]

Yes

[sly valve]

and optional if you or someone prefers for-loops

/**
 * @param {Entity} entity 
 * @param {...string} tags 
 * @returns {string | undefined} returns the first found tag of input tags or undefined
 */
function hasEntityAnyTag(entity, ...tags) {
  for (const tag of tags) {
    if (entity.hasTag(tag)) {
      return tag; // you can also just: return true
    }
  }

  // and here: return false
}

/**
 * @param {Entity} entity 
 * @param {...string} tags 
 * @returns {boolean}
 */
function hasEntityAllTag(entity, ...tags) {
  for (const tag of tags) {
    if (!entity.hasTag(tag)) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  return true;
}

but I think for short stuff Array methods are fine enough (some, filter, every and e.t.c)

I'd only prefer or recommend using for/in-loops when you need perfomance or control over your loop and what happens

[knotty plaza]

You can also get all the tags first so you don't have to call the API every time

function hasEntityAllTag(entity, ...tags) {
  const list = entity.getTags();
  for (const tag of tags) {
    if (list.includes(tag)) continue;
    return false;
  }

  return true;
}

[sly valve]

Very well, I didnt think of that

and now it shall be overoptimized!!! we need a Cache!!!!!!

[stray spoke]

Y'all are making it complicated 😭

[sly valve]

we are making it better

[stray spoke]

for loop is fast tho

[lyric kestrel]

Yeah, but there's no need for it 🥲

Especially with what he's doing

[sly valve]

there is always a need

we should actually write it in bin for the performance

[lyric kestrel]

Maybe if the project was big, but it just seems like a small project

[lyric kestrel]

💯

[sly valve]

s-size doesnt matter!

but yeah when you have the ability to make it more performant, use it.
no one wants to see:

for (const i in searchTags) {
  const entityTags = entity.getTags();
  if (entityTags.include(searchTags[i])) return true
}

[robust pivot]

Does entityHurt beforeEvents ignore the invulnerability timer?

[shy leaf]

for when applying/changing damage? or when its triggered?

kinda need more details

[robust pivot]

applying/changing damage

[sly valve]

"im kinda detailless"

[shy leaf]

then no, it still respects iframes

since timer runs when it actually takes damage

[robust pivot]

I must've messed it up royally, then. It applies continuously decrementing damage each tick until the game(I assume) just rounds it to zero

[knotty plaza]

That's not enough, we need to make our own game and add that native function

[sly valve]

But... if it runs on Windows.... we should make our own OS as well

[knotty plaza]

For it use the CPU the best way possible we have to make our own kernel

[sly valve]

Own CPU architecture as well. ARM and x64 should not be used

[knotty plaza]

The RAM also has to be custom, DDR5 is way too unefficient

[sly valve]

we should also NOT use the binary system

way too unefficient as well

[knotty plaza]

It needs a third number

Let's make one with 0-1-2

[sly valve]

why thinkinh in "numbers"

when we can be way more smarter~

[knotty plaza]

It would need to be powered with electricity2

[gray mica]

Electricity 2

[worldly pier]

guys, guys, guys,.We are not thinking outside the box. We need something more original

[shy leaf]

are you testing on an entity like zombie?

[sly valve]

lets use undiscovered laws of pyhsic

our PC, the whole thing, will be working in 6 or 7 different dimensions

why thinking in numbers... I meant ♠ or ✗

[worldly pier]

lets use proteins instead of bits

that way we can create a living pc

[sly valve]

yeah thats good

and we shall let evolution decide our CPU architecture

basically like training a LLM to generate wonders

[gray mica]

I have better idea

[knotty plaza]

You guys are going for low level stuff

We need to connect our brains to a machine and run the game there

[last latch]

this channel became the new off-topic lmao

[knotty plaza]

We need to run the game in the off-topic channel

[robust pivot]

I was testing on the player

[sly valve]

oh?

[sly valve]

the human machinary centipede

[stray spoke]

Oh yeah we can't do O(1)

[gray mica]

Is it possible to make an entity avoid player dynamically?

[stray spoke]

In client entities it's possible, like filtering if the entity is a member of a certain family or if it has a tag

[gray mica]

Noice

[stray spoke]

https://bedrock.dev/docs/stable/Entities#minecraft%3Abehavior.avoid_mob_type (See JSON Schema since 1.21.120)

[thorn flicker]

server side

[stray spoke]

oh

[thorn flicker]

you said client entities

lol

[gray mica]

Guys question

[thorn flicker]

whats up

[gray mica]

Yello

Find u ?

[thorn flicker]

what

[gray mica]

Dine n u ?

Fine and u

[stray spoke]

Lmao

[thorn flicker]

huh

[gray mica]

Hmm is there like an add-on studio like small group of people that works on add-on together?

[distant tulip]

i would assume so...

[gray mica]

That make it for the love of the game...

[distant tulip]

ah, no
we all work in add-ons out of greed

[gray mica]

: T greed of what ?

[crude ferry]

Why?

[cobalt gorge]

Is it possible to set the ItemStack data ID? I want to set the meaning of 14 below on the ItemStack

e.g. /give <player> red_mushroom_block 1 14

[sly valve]

Well when you instantiate the ItemStack class, you provide it an ID. You can therefore only initially set it

Just change the argument provided at drop.itemId to change the items ID

[cobalt gorge]

The itemId would be red_mushroom_block. I want to set data to 14.

[sly valve]

Oh you meant the data

[cobalt gorge]

I have come up with a workaround using loot tables & loot spawn though!

[sly valve]

Hmm... Only thing I know you can set are dynamic properties, properties, tags? And components

[last latch]

Of course man. How do you expect me not making any money

😭 ✌️

[gray mica]

Money in this economy ?

[sly valve]

Someone has money?

[naive frost]

Where did money go

[sly valve]

Invested.

Gachas

[worldly pier]

now that you ask..

[drowsy scaffold]

Can you set a fishing hook to be hooked onto a target?

[lyric kestrel]

The greed of getting all the errors for ourselves

All the dozens of warnings the trial and errors

😫

[distant tulip]

-# got this in DM

[cold grove]

What is that

[weary umbra]

Learing JavaScript is better then this

[supple perch]

JavaScript scratchified?

damn

[distant tulip]

yeah

[cold grove]

My first tought...

[supple perch]

honestly super confusing ngl

it'd be better to document javascript

[cold grove]

Someone make a nodes tool

[distant tulip]

true, this isn't complete anyway, you still need know events properties for example

[supple perch]

legit just straight up abstracting something that is already abstract to some level

like javascript is a high level language

we don't need another language ontop of it

[cold grove]

Had to implement autocompletions and JSDOC.. and... reinvented IDEs

Lol

[supple perch]

i don't see what's the issue with remaking IDEs

the only issue is if they're not realistic about it

yo btw does anyone here use Visual Studio?

i use Visual Studio Code

i'm just wondering what are your thoughts on VS compared to VSC

especially for writing scripts and addons

[distant tulip]

to each there own use, they are different for a direct comparison

[supple perch]

ik they have their own uses

but i'm asking

in general

[worldly pier]

This is like putting training weels on a bike with training weels

its not that hard to write if()

[weary onyx]

guys, how can i make that the webs can be separated and spread to other parts of the inventory?

i mean, like this

[chrome coyote]

Depends on when and how you want it to do it

[weary onyx]

in java edition was easy to put it randomly, but bedrock doesn't works propertly i guess

[stray spoke]

Are you using Math.random()

[weary onyx]

nope, i'm just using the simple /loot command after placing the chest

[snow jungle]

Is it posible to get: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server-gametest/simulatedplayer?view=minecraft-bedrock-experimental

to open a chest thorugh interaction?

[weary onyx]

nvm, i saw the problem

😹

instead "replace" i put "load"

now it works

[stray spoke]

Looking nice

[weary onyx]

I'm making a kind of COD:Zombies but in minecraft

I'm doing some airdrops chests

[remote oyster]

I use both, but I mainly stick to VSC because it’s lightweight yet very efficient. For Minecraft Bedrock behavior packs and addons, I don’t really need a full IDE like Visual Studio. VSC gives me everything I need such as syntax highlighting, IntelliSense for JavaScript/TypeScript, and easy integration with JSON and scripting files, which are core for Bedrock addons.

Another big advantage is its cross platform support, I can switch between Windows and Linux seamlessly, which keeps my workflow flexible. Plus, the vast ecosystem of extensions in VSC makes things like code formatting, linting, and even Bedrock specific tools much easier to set up than in full Visual Studio.

For debugging, VSC has good support for scripts and can integrate with Minecraft addon projects via tasks or launch configurations, whereas Visual Studio can be overkill unless you’re doing complex C++ modding. Overall, for Bedrock scripting, VSC hits the sweet spot between functionality and simplicity and that's what I personally favor.

[zinc breach]

can you trigger a swing somehow

like is there a way to make a player swing an item through script api

[wary edge]

Not as far as I know.

[zinc breach]

how about playing the animation

[snow knoll]

Hardcoded

[zinc breach]

wdym

like I cant access that?

[snow knoll]

The animation is not avaliable to us due to its lack of existence
It means its not accessible in the style of a JSON file, and is written into the actual game's code

[worldly pier]

what if you make your own swing animation?

[rough elm]

Wspppp

[rough elm]

Idk

[gray mica]

Guys

[worldly pier]

Guys

[lyric kestrel]

Guys

[dapper copper]

Guys

[buoyant canopy]

what have i just created?

[worldly pier]

its perfect, its peak code, It even has O(n²)

[gray mica]

The bigger the number the best it would be : )

The best of all is O(n!)

[buoyant canopy]

may I know where exactly am i doing a o(n²) ?

[stray spoke]

Do y'all know a way to keep the entity that has viewable inventory from dropping those items on death

[buoyant canopy]

there is a property in minecraft:inventory component that makes the entity's inventory private, but i don't know if it works of the inventory is viewable

[stray spoke]

I tried that but that also makes inventory unviewable

[buoyant canopy]

then you have to use a script to clear the inventory before the entity dies

[gray mica]

Two for loops my man

[remote oyster]

/**
 * Maximum-performance 3x3 chunk scanner.
 * Fully unrolled + numeric hashes + no allocations.
 *
 * @param {{x:number,z:number}} location - World coordinates
 * @param {Set<number>} chunks - Set of processed chunks
 */
function scanChunks(location, chunks) {
  const baseX = Math.floor(location.x / 16);
  const baseZ = Math.floor(location.z / 16);

  // Unrolled loop: manually handle each neighbor
  const hash00 = ((baseX - 1) << 16) ^ ((baseZ - 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash00)) chunks.add(hash00);

  const hash01 = ((baseX) << 16) ^ ((baseZ - 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash01)) chunks.add(hash01);

  const hash02 = ((baseX + 1) << 16) ^ ((baseZ - 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash02)) chunks.add(hash02);

  const hash10 = ((baseX - 1) << 16) ^ (baseZ & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash10)) chunks.add(hash10);

  const hash11 = ((baseX) << 16) ^ (baseZ & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash11)) chunks.add(hash11);

  const hash12 = ((baseX + 1) << 16) ^ (baseZ & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash12)) chunks.add(hash12);

  const hash20 = ((baseX - 1) << 16) ^ ((baseZ + 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash20)) chunks.add(hash20);

  const hash21 = ((baseX) << 16) ^ ((baseZ + 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash21)) chunks.add(hash21);

  const hash22 = ((baseX + 1) << 16) ^ ((baseZ + 1) & 0xffff);
  if (!chunks.has(hash22)) chunks.add(hash22);
}

Do you approve? 👀🙏🫪🫣😵‍💫

[worldly pier]

Bro what

[remote oyster]

It's beautiful art

Lol

I also need to get some sleep 😁

[worldly pier]

wrong it has no cache

😠

what if i tried calling this function 10^32 times in a single tick

[worldly pier]

this one was better

[remote oyster]

Record it 😂

[gray mica]

Bro you cpu dosen't have that much of transistors believe me 👀

[worldly pier]

mine not. Cloude's test servers yes

ill ask it to vibe code the funcion to make it 100% better

[remote oyster]

Have it audit mine too 😁

🫣

[last latch]

But isn’t VS for C languages?

[stray spoke]

Ik, and tried

Anyways, is there example snippets for custom form

[last latch]

In the wiki.bedrock.dev

[buoyant canopy]

how does << react with negative numbers?

[rich jacinth]

What are the limits to the ticking area manager? I've worked with the ticking area command for a while now but am switching over due to the manager being in stable now, and my major question is just what are the differences?

[buoyant canopy]

none?

[rich jacinth]

Oh?

[buoyant canopy]

the change log says they aren't limited

[last latch]

Oh wait I thought it was json ui related lol, if not then you might check the intellisense or documention for reference and examples

[wary edge]

255 chunks.

[rich jacinth]

Got it

Thank you :D

[subtle cove]

those bit operations are way faster than math operations, iirc

[subtle cove]

So we're counting transistors now

[sly valve]

O(n!!) is way better

[gray mica]

Huh ? Do you meanO ((n!)!)

Because n!! < n!

For each n > 2

[gray mica]

YEPYyyy

[worldly pier]

im curious, is there an n less than 1 such that:
n!!>n! is true?

[gray mica]

:-:

Yes

only in a very limited sense, and it depends on how you define the double factorial for non-integers.

[worldly pier]

interesting

[supple perch]

thanks for the answer!

[misty dagger]

Another day, another painfully replacing mc.EntityComponentTypes.Equippable with runCommand("replaceitem ...")

[supple perch]

damn

i feel your pain

[misty dagger]

Thank the Lord I only need write access. No reading is necessary for this project.

[supple perch]

they should add entity equippable component back to entities

[supple perch]

reading is possible btw

but it's very limited

compared to just... getting the slot

[misty dagger]

Tell me the method for future reference.

[supple perch]

you'll have to use runCommand + testfor command

with the hasitem selector

and then check successCount === 1 (success)

[knotty plaza]

So you run the command for every item in the game

[supple perch]

pretty much

but for my use case i only need to check for two items

use this as reference btw if you ever need read access: https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1306719668429389834

you'll basically have to implement something similar

except for each slot you wanna check instead of the enderchest slot

and yes i am aware of the enderchest component being added to the new versions

anyway gtg cya

[misty dagger]

Oh I totally forgot that was a thing.

[cursive fog]

Anyways to detect left click using scripts?

[uncut sail]

Can someone give me a code that shows TPS in the player’s action bar?

[snow knoll]

PlayerSwingStart event

[buoyant canopy]

that's not specific to left clicks is it?

[snow knoll]

It detects whenever the arm swings, including left click

[thorn flicker]

there's also a swingSource property for it now

[tidal terrace]

const entity = dimension.getEntities({
    type: 'minecraft:item',
    location: block.location,
    maxDistance: 5,
    closest: 1
})[0]
if (!entity?.isValid) return

const item = entity.getComponent('minecraft:item') as EntityItemComponent
if (!item) return

item.itemStack.amount++

What is the problem?

[lyric kestrel]

What does the content log say?

[tidal terrace]

Nothing is showing up

[lyric kestrel]

Do you have content log on?

[tidal terrace]

yes

[tidal terrace]

This is a problem where the number of items did not increase.

[lyric kestrel]

Ah, I see what you're doing. `item.itemStack.amount++ isn't actually increasing

[tidal terrace]

yes

[lyric kestrel]

You're not setting the new itemStack

[tidal terrace]

What should I do?

Summon the entity again?

[lyric kestrel]

Give me 5mins to get home.
But in the mean time try doing new itemStack()

[tidal terrace]

yes

[lyric kestrel]

Wait, so what exactly are you trying to do?

Are you trying to increment the player's selected hand, or what are you doing?

[wary edge]

If you read the code, they're trying to increase an item entity.

[lyric kestrel]

Oh. Sorry, got a little confused

[stoic coral]

itemCompleteUse is deprecated ?

[wary edge]

https://stirante.com/script/server/2.8.0-beta.1.26.20-preview.22/classes/ItemCompleteUseEvent.html

[tidal terrace]

https://jaylydev.github.io/scriptapi-docs/latest/classes/_minecraft_server.WorldAfterEvents.html#itemcompleteuse

[lyric kestrel]

Ok, I can't help you when I get home. I'm needed to do something else, sorry

[wary edge]

Does changing any other property work?

[tidal terrace]

thank you

[tidal terrace]

Changing other attributes has no effect.

[wary edge]

Ah right, it's readonly that's why.

[tidal terrace]

Yes, that seems to be the problem.

[wary edge]

I would use before item pick up event.

Read the item, cancel the event, remove the entity and then add the new item to the inventory.

[stoic coral]

Oh, it's okay, thanks I used beforeEvent instead of afterEvent.

[tidal terrace]

I used that feature to increase the number of items dropped when a block is broken to two.

Does the approach of deleting an entity and creating a new one seem okay?

[wary edge]

Yewah.

[tidal terrace]

I have resolved the issue. Thanks to everyone who helped me

[hybrid island]

how to spawn a entity with a tag?

[gray mica]

Guys you are pro at js right

So i am making a system, in Minecraft must i put it in all-static class ?

Or instantaneous class

[warm mason]

depends on the system

[sharp elbow]

And that depends on the programming style too. You do not need to use a class if you do not want to

[gray mica]

The system is global

[gray mica]

It needs a class because the code will be large and it needs to be contained

[gray mica]

Hmm like a status system

[warm mason]

const entity = dimension.spawnEntity('skeleton', location);
entity.addTag('tag');

[warm mason]

do u know the difference between static and not static methods?

[gray mica]

Yes

Why ?

[remote oyster]

In reference to a class, I made a comment on this not long ago in the #off-topic channel where someone asked when is it relevant. Will post it here for reference.

#off-topic message

[gray mica]

Btw is there an event for worldSavesDataEvent ?

[warm mason]

Then think about what to use. There are no rules that tell you whether to use static methods or not. Just think about what will work best

[warm mason]

no, but there is system.beforeEvents.shutdown

[gray mica]

🫪 suggest me something at least

[gray mica]

I read it , and i guess it s not a module and it s not logic functions , so i guess the best way to do it is inside a class i guess

[sharp elbow]

Entire modules (JS files you can import) can also be classified as self-contained code. Local variables are similar to properties; non-exported functions are like private methods.

But yeah seems like you get it

[gray mica]

Ik but, i insist on using classes because no one will use the code besides me anyways , and i won't use code between files either

I mean : v

• like it s a one time thing

[sharp elbow]

Status being...? I can think of a few disparate concepts all called "status"

[gray mica]

Mana as example

Or Thirst

[sharp elbow]

Ah, gotcha. Like attributes, health

[gray mica]

Yeah

Attributes

But each attribute changes how the game behaves with you

[sharp elbow]

I suppose class would be the way to go, since you do want to track state

[gray mica]

Ok , but what about the methods inside must they be static ?

Like i don't want it to be instantiated for each player

Because it s like a global thing.

Because i use dynamic Properties and Tags

Is that the best option to stick with ?

[sharp elbow]

Well, why not? While all players have mana, each player should manage their own mana. Having each player instance wrap their own mana class instance means you can write non-static methods to operate on one unit of data at a time—it showcases your intent more clearly IMO

[worldly pier]

Maybe you need to create update events

[worldly pier]

Like: do this if the mana changes

[gray mica]

Yeah

[hybrid island]

it doesnt work but i figured it out

[worldly pier]

Something i do a lot is create a wapper for an entity and then add my own methods to it

you get a lot of control

[gray mica]

Hmmm, i see

[worldly pier]

like:
CustomPlayer {
constructor(player:Player) {
this.getMana()

....
} }

Its called dependency inversion or something similar

[gray mica]

Isn't extending the Player class is better for that ?

Another question, about the events

[worldly pier]

Yep but every time you get a player from the api it doesn't have ypur custom methods and it'll be necessary to add them anyways

also the Player.constructor is protected

that means you can't extend it

[sharp elbow]

I would follow a pattern kinda like this. Curious to get the room's thoughts

const DEFAULT_MANA = 10;

class Mana {
  constructor(player) {
    this.saveKey = `project:mana_${player.id}`;
    this.value = this.getStoredValue();
  }
  getStoredValue() {
    return world.getDynamicProperty(this.saveKey) ?? DEFAULT_MANA;
  }
  consume(value) {
    // Operate on this.value
  }
}

// Initialize property on players
Object.defineProperty(Player.prototype, "mana", {value: undefined});

// Define property on load
world.afterEvents.playerSpawn.subscribe((arg) => {
  if (arg.initialSpawn) {
    arg.player.mana = new Mana();
  }
});

[wary edge]

You can override the prototype no? Or extend it, that's how I use Block and Entity methods.

[gray mica]

So , i will add a lot of events , must i make their methods inside my class ?
And after that how to connect them to the Events

[worldly pier]

well you can use getters and setters to manage events
class playerWrapper
set mana () {
//manaEvent modified
}

[sharp elbow]

If you would like to operate on data stored within the class, then methods inside the class would be the most clear way. Not writing methods in the class for that eliminates the advantages of using a class

[gray mica]

Yeah but when using em in
index.js as example

Must i rewrite them in each event ?

[tidal terrace]

Is there a way to play the animation that appears when the player attacks?

[worldly pier]

i read before that its hardcoded

[gray mica]

Like
World.event.x.subscibe(e => {
StatusSystem.EventEvnt(e);
})

[worldly pier]

explain

[gray mica]

So, when i write my event inside my class

It won't work until i call them in a real event

Right?

[worldly pier]

yep

[gray mica]

There isn't a better way to do it ? , i mean just create my event inside a class and it is called automatically

[worldly pier]

If you want to attach it to another event

[sharp elbow]

This is sounding like a question about separation of concerns. You have these outside system (your "events") that interface with a player's mana in some way, and you have the means of storing mana itself. They depend on each other, but they only communicate with each other; IMO they should not be closely interwoven.
Like, let's say you have a magic fireball staff that needs to read mana and consume mana. If you follow a pattern similar to what I showed, you can implement methods for reading/writing mana in the Mana class. But I would not add a "shoot fireball" method to the Mana class; that seemingly falls outside of the sphere that the Mana class cares about

[gray mica]

Hmm i see

[sharp elbow]

You certainly could make a "shoot fireball" method on such a Mana class, there's no limitation saying you cannot. At that point it is more of a code organization problem

Which, if that is your preference to do so, by all means go for it. The most important thing is to write code you can come back to after a few months and readily understand what it is doing

(Which reminds me, I have some refactoring to do)

[gray mica]

Yeah i gotcha, thx

[remote oyster]

A gift that's keeps on giving.

[weary onyx]

anyone knows about making a custom itemGroup?

like ```
Flare guns

• Resource Flare Gun
• Potions Flare Gun
  ...

[open urchin]

not sure what that has to do with scripting but there's documentation here https://wiki.bedrock.dev/items/item-catalog

[worldly pier]

You can alternately use system.runInterval to check if a property changed

[weary onyx]

i read that article, but it doesn't specify the place where i need to add that file

[open urchin]

?

[weary onyx]

a

[gray mica]

like this as example :

class statusSystem { event1( ev : playerBreakBlock) {} event2(ev: playerBreakBlock) }

world...playerBreakBlock.subscribe(e => { event1(e) ; event2(e) } )

i don't want each time i write new method , to call it manually

@sharp elbow do you know how to do that ?

[sharp elbow]

I suppose you could put a statusSystem instance on each player, similar to the Mana class example I gave. Then you could invoke the methods of statusSystem by accessing them on the player.

// initialize status system instance
world.afterEvents.playerSpawn.subscribe((e) => {
  if (e.initialSpawn) {
    e.player.statusSystem = new statusSystem();
  }
});

// Events
world.afterEvents.playerBreakBlock.subscribe((e) => {
  e.player.statusSystem.event1(e);
  e.player.statusSystem.event2(e);
});

[gray mica]

no i meant u see e.player.statusSystem.event1 , 2 i don't want to write them every time i want something like this statusSystem.events(ev)

and whenever i add new method it auto add it to the code

[sharp elbow]

Ah, gotcha. Then sure, you could add a method to your statusSystem that invokes other methods with the same parameter

class statusSystem {
  constructor() {}
  events(e) {
    this.event1(e);
    this.event2(e);
    // ...
  }
  event1(e) { /* ... */ }
  event2(e) { /* ... */ }
}

And it should be safe as long as you aren't mutating the event object in some way. Like doing delete e.player or similar

[gray mica]

oh

[gray mica]

but how to let it knows what event it supposed to work with ?

[sharp elbow]

You could use an instanceof check to guard to specific event responses, I suppose

[gray mica]

ok thank that what i wanted

[sharp elbow]

But I think I found an even better, less explicit way to do what you've asked. Instead of manually invoking this.event1 etc., you could populate an array with callbacks to your events, then loop over the array.

class statusSystem {
  responses = [
    // Example callback
    (e) => console.warn(e.player.name)
  ];
  constructor() {}
  events(e) {
    responses.forEach(cb => cb(e));
  }
  pushResponse(cb) {
    this.responses.push(cb);
  }
}

Just need to be careful about knowing where that callback is defined (so you know where to debug later), and to be careful about underestimating the implications of more declarative code like this (less code ≠ performant code, the array could have hundreds of entries)

[worldly pier]

yep, something you have to take in account is that here you are applying the DRY(dont repeat yourself) rule, this can make things complicated, because it sacrifices granular code for less code

[ripe dune]

ig im late to the conversation, but you could try using the minecraft:timer component with an event that adds minecraft:instant_despawn

i remember that the last time I tested it, time was still saved even after restarting the world

[gray mica]

Vibe coding

[copper quartz]

Should i do json ui or script as my first menu?

[gray mica]

Guys is it possible to make cinematic cur-scenes in Minecraft ?

[wary edge]

Yes. Use the Camera APIs.

[gray mica]

• is it possible to change fog dynamically in Minecraft?

[cold grove]

Yes. Via Fog Command

[dapper copper]

is it possible to fhange cog

[cold grove]

Idk..

[dapper copper]

me neither

[cold grove]

Ne meither?

[dapper copper]

kho wnows

[cold grove]

import { Player } from "@minecraft/server";

/**
 * Proxy to ineract with the Fog Command Layer of active fog stack of a player 
 */
export default class Fog {
    player: Player;
    private stacks: { [id: string]: string[] } = {};

    constructor(player: Player) {
        this.player = player;

    }

    /**
     * Pushes a new fog setting onto the top of the Fog Command layers of the players' active fog stacks.
     * @param userProvidedId 
     * @param fogSettingId 
     */
    push(userProvidedId: string, fogSettingId: string) {
        this.player.runCommand(`fog "${this.player.name}" push ${fogSettingId} ${userProvidedId}`);

        (this.stacks[userProvidedId] ??= []).unshift(fogSettingId);

    }

    /**
     * Removes the top-most fog setting that matches the user provided ID (i.e. as provided previously via a {@link FogProxy.push} command)
     * @param userProvidedId 
     * @returns The removed fog setting ID. undefined  is returned if the command layer stack or the cache are empty
     */
    pop(userProvidedId: string): string | undefined {
        this.player.runCommand(`fog "${this.player.name}" pop ${userProvidedId}`);

        return (this.stacks[userProvidedId] ??= []).shift();

    }

    /**
     * Removes all matching fog settings, that matches he user provided ID (i.e. as provided previously via ore or more {@link FogProxy.push} commands)
     * @param userProvidedId 
     */
    remove(userProvidedId: string) {
        this.player.runCommand(`fog "${this.player.name}" remove ${userProvidedId}`);
        delete this.stacks[userProvidedId];

    }
}

[uncut sail]

Can someone give me a code that shows TPS in the player’s action bar?

[meager pulsar]

https://jaylydev.github.io/scriptapi-docs/latest/classes/_minecraft_math.Vector3Utils.html

how can i use this on my projects?

[cold grove]

Yes

You have to create a "build" of your code that combines those libraries with your code

https://jaylydev.github.io/scriptapi-docs/latest/modules/_minecraft_math.html

If you use TS is already there

[meager pulsar]

do you know how to use ts? xd

[cold grove]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/documents/scripting/next-steps?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

[meager pulsar]

thx

[summer cloud]

I have a issue, im trying to add support to blurry's java combat 1.0.8 to be able to handle simulated players, the issue is if it runs like world.getAllPlayers() any bot shows as undefined, while in my script they show as like "bot" why does this happen? and i did update blurry's manifest to have the gametest dependency.

[random flint]

getPlayers() might only return actual player. try getEntities() using type player, it should work

[summer cloud]

still dosent work ive tried

i lowky just copied blurry's files into my pack, so now it works fine, and if i post a public version ill just say its not compatable with blurry's and remove those files

[gray mica]

Guys how to check if player is in a village, and if it is it get tagged with this "in_village"

[random flint]

A village can either mean the "structure" or the "state" where a group of villagers collectively agreed a bed and a workstation nearby is a village.

You could technically do the environment sensor to test in_village test

[gray mica]

Is it possible on players ?

I mean player's json ?

[random flint]

yea, if I remember, the player vanilla json environmental sensor is used exactly as that. Detecting if the player is in a village to trigger a Raid

[gray mica]

Oh ok thanks

So technically saying you can trigger an event with it

[native orchid]

getTopmostBlock() doesn't work on transparent blocks?

[honest spear]

Yea you can change the prototype methods/properties, but in lot of cases extending wouldn't work bc your class child instance will never be called by API it self

[honest spear]

Have you tried my OverTakes method?

[cold grove]

Have you ever tried this one?

[spice finch]

If I want to store a Boolean on any entity to check later, which one is faster when used a lot. Scoreboard, tags, or dynamic property?

[shy leaf]

tags are usually fast enough afaik

scoreboard is overkill if its disposable

and dynamic property is the least headache inducing stuff

i honestly would use dynamic property over anything because of how much control i have compared to any other methods

[spice finch]

Thanks!

[dapper copper]

what if you gave the entity a name, and then tested for that entity with a name and always made a map to store the value?

[sharp elbow]

Not familiar with that one

[honest spear]

This method besically pushes it further where you can override already existing methods and still referencing them via super keyword

but here is the limit of how TS could check the types as it doesn't properly defines the behavior of super keyword anway

I think i have update method somewhere as well let me check

[sharp elbow]

Why have the second parameter inherit from a clone (of depth 1?) of the prototype instead of the prototype directly?

[honest spear]

bc the clone gives you the old methods and properties of the API, so when u use super, its no longer just the parent class but also its old shape of this current class

its just for that little feature for the super keyword

[sharp elbow]

Ah, it is for safety.

[honest spear]

Hmm not sure, wdym

safety of what?

or more like safety from what?

this exaples shows how it works

OverTakesJS(Player.prototype, {
  sendMessage(...messages){
      if(messages.length === 1) 
        super.sendMessage(typeof messages[0] === "object"? messages[0]:(messages[0] + ""))
      else super.sendMessage(messages.join(" "));
  }
});

so you can access sendMessage without calling your self, basically calling the original one

via the super reference

[sharp elbow]

If I overwrote a sister method like getRotation, super.getRotation would use the original method, whereas this.getRotation would use the modified method?

[honest spear]

yea

this refers to its caller, if you call something.getRotation, then something is the this in the method

[buoyant canopy]

where can i find a list of the special strings that turn into icons for game controls?

[honest spear]

not sure if you are in right channel, i think there might be an info on wiki

[buoyant canopy]

i don't know that to search for

what are they called?

[honest spear]

minecraft glyphs

or something like that

[buoyant canopy]

found it, it's Input keys

it seems they aren't working in ui...

[harsh robin]

guys tell me

can you write ts and js for mc bedrock even tho ts does get compiled to js?

[distant tulip]

How and where di you use them

[distant tulip]

You need to compile to js

[harsh robin]

but you still write in ts?

[distant tulip]

Yeah, it can be useful

[harsh robin]

@winged drift thinks other wise

[buoyant canopy]

I tried to send it in a chat message, it worked
I tried to use it as the text property of a label element in the ui, it didn't

[harsh robin]

r u talking abt json ui?

[distant tulip]

The game only run js
You can code in whatever, as long as the final code is js

[harsh robin]

see that's what im talking abt

you get it coolbep

[distant tulip]

Did you try it in rawText

[buoyant canopy]

wdym?

[winged drift]

I was never disagreeing with that lol

[honest spear]

btw JSON is valid JS code everyone

[sharp elbow]

JS is a superset of JSON

[honest spear]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1431742929558306939/1431743046344769546/aa632d.gif

[remote oyster]

👀

[honest spear]

@remote oyster Whats then most weird JS syntax you know? it could be anything

[remote oyster]

To me? It's people who don't use curly brackets for closures and run it on one line. I find it weird. I've slowly started to do it myself after using JS for some years, but when I first started using JS that logic was foreign to me and it didn't make sense. It was like an incomplete sentence to me.

[honest spear]

wait like running it on the same line where its defined?

Haha when i am lazy i do that, mainly for async scope thats not available or something

also for some reason i started using void expression a lot

with combination of return ofc

[remote oyster]

const add = (a, b) => a + b

Versus

const add = (a, b) => { return a + b }

Or

if (valid) console.log(1+5)

Versus

if (valid) {
  console.log(1+5)
}

[honest spear]

Ohhh, i am definitely the no brackets guy lol

[remote oyster]

I use to hate it lol

I've gotten used to it since, but I still find it very odd.

[honest spear]

but if so then this!!!

if (valid) 
  console.log(1+5)

[remote oyster]

No, absolutely not.

Lol

[honest spear]

yea, same i guess

[honest spear]

damn

the lines are too long, maybe my taste got processed by formatters lol

[remote oyster]

The brackets make it more readable. Where it starts and where it finishes. Stuff like that blends in with blocks of code and becomes harder on the eyes in my opinion.

I feel like those that don't use brackets is just a fad.

[honest spear]

lol

i am too lazy

[remote oyster]

Haha

[honest spear]

but i just found out this syntax, after years of js experience

let anyVar = 0;
let otherVar = 0;

({anyVar, otherVar}) = object;

i always thought i have to use decleration to destruct haha

[remote oyster]

That was something I learned a little later myself.

Still learning new things too.

[honest spear]

but it make sence for perameters destructuring

[thorn flicker]

cant go without brackets, just looks wrong

[honest spear]

well i would say that JS is the most complete syntax i ever seen, i mean in every other language there are always some edge cases that doesn't works or weird hacks that doesn't seems natural in that language, but JS just works

[remote oyster]

Agreed, but I have slowly adapted. Still not a fan. Try to refrain from it as I think it's a very bad habit.

[thorn flicker]

because like, everything below gets nested

[remote oyster]

JS just has no rules it seems lol.

Throw it in and cook it up lol

[honest spear]

i guess

[remote oyster]

But I've grown to enjoy JS. Just took some time to get use to it.

[honest spear]

i found it really interesting of the concept how JS works in general, like the prototypes, its just cool idea on its own

[honest spear]

i always used to write new Array() bc i came from C#

now i am starting to writing it again

idk

why

[remote oyster]

Lol

[thorn flicker]

well considering addons is the only thing im doing, I have to like it lol

[remote oyster]

Understandable for sure. I came from writing C++, C, Java, Python, Bash, and others. Primarily because AOSP is just a combination of everything really.

[dapper copper]

id say kotlin is pretty complete too

[thorn flicker]

forest

[dapper copper]

whos forest?

[thorn flicker]

yeah who is that?

[remote oyster]

Never did try Kotlin.

[honest spear]

i can't relate bc i don't know kotlin enought

[dapper copper]

good question

[thorn flicker]

the fact you responded with asking who, rather than asking why I said forest, is a dead give away