Molang General

[fluid atlas]

it is always zero

I guess, same with z

[swift rivet]

q.position is server side so it changes every tick but animation runs every frame. Ofc it will be 0 99% of the time as the position stays the same except for one frame every 1/20th of a second when it changes

Also don't forget that you can do complex expressions in molang. I'd do it like this q.position != v.prev_pos ? {v.delta_pos=q.position-v.prev_pos; v.prev_pos=q.position;};

[ember wyvern]

yo guys how can i get a variable from a temp variable

t.player -> v.test

like this

[abstract nacelle]

you can do t.player -> v.attack_time > 0 for example, but the variable need to be public

[lofty falcon]

How can get the remainder

of a divsion

Nvm found

math.mod( value, dem)

[lofty falcon]

How big can numbers be in molang? is there a limt?

[swift rivet]

Molang values are 32 bit floats

So approximately 3.4028235 × 10³⁸ is the largest number you can store, and 16777216 is the largest integer that you can store without loosing precision

[lofty falcon]

Thanks should be big enough

[lofty falcon]

Thought I should ask dose that apply to numbers that are gotten from query

I would assume yes but I don't mess with molang very much

[swift rivet]

Yes, it applies to everything

[lofty falcon]

cool that ain't good for me tho

[polar steeple]

why query.scoreboard() only work when i setdisplay the score

[edgy perch]

MC is blind, it needs visual aid

[polar steeple]

🤦 me trying to fix my script and looking through all the file after it stooped working

[edgy perch]

same energy

[polar steeple]

nah that's me looking at others code

[edgy perch]

and then the only mistake on your code was as simple as

istg it kills my mood every time

[lofty falcon]

balls

[polar steeple]

true
i was working with a single animation all day and when it finally done i removed the score from the display and hit the record button and the freaking molang stooped working
no error in the log so i was lost

[swift rivet]

because the scores are only sent to the client if they need to be displayed. It always works on the BP side tho. Either keep the score displayed or even better, use actor properties

[polar steeple]

uhm actor properties?

[swift rivet]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/documents/introductiontoentityproperties

[polar steeple]

can script change them?

[swift rivet]

yes

[polar steeple]

nice will take a look at it
thanks

[swift rivet]

setProperty, getProperty, clearProperty

[sage bronze]

can anyone tell me what exactly i need to do to fix this?

[swift rivet]

I think only regular variables can be structs, but temps can't. So replace things like t.supertile.size with t.supertile_size

More about structs https://bedrock.dev/docs/stable/Molang#Structs

[polar steeple]

i want to decrease an entity heath by one but can't figure it out
i am doing it like this

"minecraft:health":{"value": "q.health - 1"}

is something wrong or is there a better way?

[sage bronze]

oh ok

@solid sierra I WILL MURDER YOU.

[abstract nacelle]

minecraft: Heath dont support Molang, try using /damage instead

[polar steeple]

i don't want the damage sound and color

[abstract nacelle]

you can use hurt_color and maybe /stopsound?

otherwise use scripting

[polar steeple]

script it is than

[solid sierra]

Did not know that. Will note it down.

[solid sierra]

My bad

[half verge]

lol

[torpid vault]

LOL

[sage bronze]

no wonder Grimm was having trouble

[solid sierra]

Dude, I apologized for my mistake and you're still pushing this

Bit unnecessary

[edgy perch]

@slim fern sorry for the ping

I did it, I used scripts to give me block and item IDs...

but it's as I feared. we might need to wait for a flattening update

I learned scripting just to do this

[tiny furnace]

Hey, be careful with the emojis. Avoid emoji spam

[edgy perch]

Avoided 👍

[sage bronze]

i was picking on u lol

dw about it

[rough hound]

Please just add another minecraft:health component in a component group with a health lower than the current one.

[polar steeple]

i was trying to decree the health multiple time

[coral forge]

You'd probably have to have a component group for each possible health value, and switch based off of an entity property

[tawdry stone]

Hello, everyone
Please help: I don't understand where the source of the second and third errors can be

[steel rapids]

guys

how I can debug molang?

[swift rivet]

Only with indirect measures. Make it affect the color of entity or on BP side have an AC that can either print one thing or another, based on a molang condition. If you want to do something more advanced, you can make an AC that transfers molang value to a score or on RP side make a display with entity or particles

[steel rapids]

what is AC?

[swift rivet]

Animation controller

[steel rapids]

ok kkkkk

thanks man

[steel rapids]

And How see varaible values?

I want see value this entity_cardinal_direction

[swift rivet]

You can't just "see it" directly. Use it in animation to scale a bone or in color overlay

[steel rapids]

😭

thanks so much vex

[distant coyote]

yo is there a query that can detect the tag of a player?

[sharp light]

no, add a property and check for that.

[ember wyvern]

is there a way to detect breeding

[summer walrus]

Hi, does someone can tell me what are the differences between variable, temp and context ? (I saw the Microsoft Guide but I didn't understand)

[half verge]

variable.variable_name Read/write storage on an actor
temp.variable_name Read/write temporary storage
context.variable_name Read-only storage provided by the game in certain scenarios

[coral forge]

Temps are kind of like local variables in a function/method in programming languages

[summer walrus]

Oh ok thank you, and context ? I don't understand this kind of variable

[coral forge]

They're only used in attachables afaik. They're used to get information about the entity that the attachable is attached to. For example, c.is_first_person is used in attachables so they render differently in players in first person than they do in third person

[rough hound]

context in Minecraft means that if the thing you're testing for is returning true in this context. For example, !c.is_first_person will return true if an attachable is being rendered in third person in this context. This means if another player is looking at you while you're in first person the query will return true

[abstract nacelle]

whats the difference with v.is_first_person?

[white brook]

How to assign something into equipment and inside a group?

[frozen star]

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/documentation/creative-categories.html#for-blocks

[abstract nacelle]

this depends on what format version are you using, if you are using 1.20.30 or above, you need to set "menu_category" on "description" in the item, otherwise, use the component "minecraft:creative_category"

[frozen star]

That link as the listing of the groups, which I believe is what he needs regardless of version.

[abstract nacelle]

I know

[white brook]

@frozen star ❤️

[frozen star]

Yes?

[white brook]

Oh I was just thanking u with a heart sorry for the ping

[frozen star]

no problem... just organizing my fishing loot

[dense flame]

Question: Can I use a range in this?
query.camera_rotation(0) ? 1 : 0
so could I say if between -45, 45 ? 1 :0?

[swift rivet]

q.in_range(q.camera_rotation(0), -45, 45)

[dense flame]

oh perfect.

[eager harness]

query.scoreboard('0')==pds

query.scoreboard('pds')==0

pds is my scoreboard name

Am I stupid I can't seem to get this to work.

[foggy peak]

"set_property": { 
   "working_tv:channel": "'(q.get_property('working_tv:channel') % 5) + 1'"
}

How should I format this so Minecraft read it correctly?

[swift rivet]

There is no get_property query and no % operator in molang. Use q.property and math.mod instead

[foggy peak]

Oops

ngl, script syntax has messed my muscle memory up

[foggy peak]

Whats the syntax of Math.mod?

nvm

I have a weird ' wrap around the query

It messes it up

[tiny furnace]

Im finding that, for some reason... && works like or, while || works like and. Any possible explications?

[swift rivet]

Do you negate the whole expression by any chance? If so it might be De Morgan's laws at fault
!(A && B) = !A || !B
!(A || B) = !A && !B

[tiny furnace]

I did not, nope

[tiny furnace]

How can I make this set the value of the block state into different ones based on the block being in test?
For example, this molang thing is asking if the block has a block with the found tag in -1, 0, 0 from it:
"kai:west": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'found') ? 1 : 0"

I want to make it to work exactly like that but also include something like
and if I have a block in -1, 1, 0 with the found tag, do to kai:west the ? 2: 3

I hope that makes any sense, my brain is too burnt right now

[tiny furnace]

I think my solution is "kai:west": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'found') ? (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 1, 0, 'found') ? 3 : 1) : 0", will give it a shot

yup, that is indeed it

[foggy peak]

Does molang has toFixed(2) ?

I tried math.round(number,2)

But it's not possible

This table on has rounding function to the integer and not float

[swift rivet]

math.round(100*t.x)/100

General formula is round(x*10^n)/(10^n)
Where x is input number and n is number of decimal places

[foggy peak]

Well, I figure this out later but thank you anyway

Btw

Im trying to develope a better animated UV

Do u mind if I dm u for something?

For context

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/visuals/animated-entity-texture.html

If you load 2 textures as animated UV (both share the same number of frame + size ), one that stacks as a square grid and one stack vertically , the vertically will crash Minecraft

So Im making a webapp (use ffmpeg) to convert video to grid animated UV, then use molang to animate it correctly

For example:

[swift rivet]

Is it for entity texture or block flipbook?

[foggy peak]

And in-game:

[foggy peak]

Animated UV so entity

I figure all the math out

I just need a bit help with trimming the black screen

For context, the way the grid is created is base on this formula:

math.ceil(math.sqrt(numberOfFrame))

So there will be blank frame AKA the black frame

I need to use molang to keep up where the UV position then do a reset

ScriptAPI would be much better to do this but sadly, I cant find a way to use Script to move UV

I guess Mathew method of grid stacking can give us the position when the blank screen starts, then if the molang tracking === blank screen, reset?

nah use Mathew improved method of grid stacking...

[swift rivet]

"offset": ["math.mod(math.mod(math.floor(FPS*q.life_time), FRAME_COUNT), FRAMES_HORIZONTALLY) / FRAMES_HORIZONTALLY", "math.floor(math.mod(math.floor(FPS*q.life_time), FRAME_COUNT)/FRAMES_HORIZONTALLY) / FRAMES_VERTICALLY"]

[foggy peak]

Didnt work pal

Your math doesnt move the UV frame by frame, just run the UV across the image

[swift rivet]

edited, try now

forgot to floor the frame count

[foggy peak]

Your math is still flaw

The verticle need to make a jump across a frame not by 1 pixel jump

"offset": [ 
"(math.mod(math.floor(query.life_time * 10), query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / query.property('working_tv:channel_frame'))",
"math.mod(math.floor(query.life_time/(query.property('working_tv:channel_frame') / 10))*(math.mod(1, query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')),1)"
],

This is my method

It works

Just that it cant cut the blank frame

query.property('working_tv:channel_frame') is just the number of frame

FPS is 10

[swift rivet]

Total number of frames or frame count for one axis?

[swift rivet]

What would be the value here for example

[foggy peak]

1 axis

[swift rivet]

10 or 100

[foggy peak]

Sorry

Hmm

Wait

I can just seperated them

[swift rivet]

math.floor(query.life_time * 10) -> math.mod(math.floor(query.life_time * 10), FRAME_COUNT)

oops wait

[foggy peak]

Nah

Hmm

[swift rivet]

now it's good

wait no

[foggy peak]

💀

Bruh

[swift rivet]

Now it reallyt is

[foggy peak]

Just seperate 2 axis

[swift rivet]

frame count is how many non blank frames you have

[foggy peak]

Nope

Doesnt work

[swift rivet]

show ur offset molang

[foggy peak]

"offset": [ 
     "(math.mod(math.mod(math.floor(query.life_time * 10), 13), query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / query.property('working_tv:channel_frame'))",
    "math.mod(math.floor(query.life_time/(query.property('working_tv:channel_frame') / 10))*(math.mod(1, query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / query.property('working_tv:channel_frame')),1)"
],

Take a look at the texture

13 blank frames

[swift rivet]

"offset": [
    "math.mod(math.mod(math.floor(10*q.life_time), 13), q.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / q.property('working_tv:channel_frame')",
    "math.floor(math.mod(math.floor(10*q.life_time), 13) / q.property('working_tv:channel_frame')) / q.property('working_tv:channel_frame')"
]```

[foggy peak]

This move from left to right then top to bottom

[foggy peak]

I know its not going work

[swift rivet]

it will

[foggy peak]

Cause ur math will loops from 1 -> 13

Then stop

Bruh Im so good at this

Yeah

It loop from frame 1 - > frame 13

It should loop from 1 -> 87

[swift rivet]

then change 13 to 87

FRAME_COUNT was supposed to be total number of non-blank frames, and you used 13 in your code so I assumed you had 13 frames total

[foggy peak]

Bruh

it works now

😩

@swift rivet Do u have github or something?

I want to give u credit for this

Now find a way to get the blank frame using ffmpeg

💀

[swift rivet]

Yup https://github.com/Veka0

[tiny furnace]

Hey @swift rivet, I would love your help with something. Is probably simple... but to be honest, my brain is very much burnt on this topic. So, I want a block state to have 4 different values, all depending on neighboring blocks. Basically I want the condition (from the diamond block in this image) to be true if any of these other blocks are there. So, either west is true or up, west and WT (west and top, in the same state of west) are true

Im making it like this:

"kai:west": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') ? (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 1, 0, 'connected_glass') ? (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, -1, 0, 'connected_glass') ? 3 : 2) : 1) : 0"

I also have to test for bottom blocks to have another value, that is why the fourth value

The tedious task is testing for WT and WB in the same state. I am unable to add more, unfortunately

[swift rivet]

I don't really understand tbh

[tiny furnace]

Do you see what the molang condition is doing here?

From my understanding it should be doing:
0: If the block to the west does not have the 'connected_glass' tag.
1: If the block to the west has the 'connected_glass' tag, and the block one unit above does not have the 'connected_glass' tag.
2: If the block to the west has the 'connected_glass' tag, the block one unit above also has the 'connected_glass' tag, but the block one unit below does not have the 'connected_glass' tag.
3: If the block to the west has the 'connected_glass' tag, and both the block one unit above and one unit below have the 'connected_glass' tag

I am right here?

[coral forge]

Can't you use addition for molang queries? At least from my understanding, boolean queries return 1.0 or 0.0. Something like

"kai:west": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') + q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 1, 0, 'connected_glass') + q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, -1, 0, 'connected_glass') "

Should work, unless its changed or you want there to need to be the block to the west for it to work at all.

[tiny furnace]

I don't think i'll be able to use a boolean query for this, as I very much need it to be divided in 4 different values in the same state

[coral forge]

I just mean that I think it should be possible to add up the queries rather than using a series of ternary operators

[tiny furnace]

And what are the benefits of that?

[coral forge]

Say you have a block with the tag on top. Adding them together will return as 1, whereas using the ternary operators will return as 0 because there isn't a block with the tag to the west

[tiny furnace]

I see

However, that condition will mess up much of my stuff... I would love other solution

[tiny furnace]

Should this be correct Blaze? Or I am wrong?

[coral forge]

Ah, sorry, I missed that it was supposed to be conditional on the west block. I think your query should work though, the coordinates just might need some tweaking to get the right blocks

[tiny furnace]

Coordinates are fine

That just means that my problem is in my second condition

Let me show you... sec

[tiny furnace]

query.block_state('kai:west') == 3
This is being true even though kai:west is 0, 1 or 2...

[tiny furnace]

You can sort of replace && with ternary operators right?

[coral forge]

I don't use them too much, but I think so

[tiny furnace]

It seems like it, yeah, thanks!

[tiny furnace]

Im making my condition true if the diamond block has all three gold blocks in that position from it. Everything works fine unless I place a block below it with the same tag... thoughts?

query.block_state('kai:north') == 0 && (query.block_state('kai:east_ub') == 0 || query.block_state('kai:up') == 0 || query.block_state('kai:east') == 0)

The condition is being true in all the diamond blocks:

The redstone blocks should not have the condition set to true, but they do.

Any thoughts?

Redstone blocks should only have the condition set to true if the emerald blocks were gold blocks.

[abstract nacelle]

how do you visualize that?

is minecraft dev edition?

[half verge]

scripts

[tiny furnace]

Using scripts

[abstract nacelle]

epic

[abstract nacelle]

is there an addon to download that? XD

and its possible to do it with entities? like show what component group is active

[tiny furnace]

No idea 🤷‍♂️

[tiny furnace]

I would say so, yes. You can get help for making a script like that for entities in #1067535382285135923

[abstract nacelle]

epic! thank you

[tiny furnace]

bump

[severe cave]

Is there a way to detect that cattle are lured by food?

[tiny furnace]

Any thoughts on how I could get all these:

                    "kai:north": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, -1, 'connected_glass') ? 1 : 0",
                    "kai:south": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, 1, 'connected_glass') ? 1 : 0",
                    "kai:east": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') ? 1 : 0",
                    "kai:west": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') ? 1 : 0"

Into a single block state? I want to be able to manage the data just like nothing changed from the code above, but using a single block state instead of 4.

[tiny furnace]

I think I got it:

"kai:direction": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, -1, 'connected_glass') ? 'north' : (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, 1, 'connected_glass') ? 'south' : (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') ? 'east' : (q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1, 0, 0, 'connected_glass') ? 'west' : 'none')))"```

[devout socket]

how to check the entities around

[frozen star]

There is an entity sensor, is this for something other than an entity file?

[half verge]

"v.x = 0;
for_each(v.pig, query.get_nearby_entities(4, 'minecraft:pig'), {
    v.x = v.x + v.pig->query.get_relative_block_state(0, 1, 0, 'flammable');
});"

[polar steeple]

how to d this with molang
if(q.block_state('') < 15){
return q.block_state('')+1
}else{
return 0
}

[polar steeple]

nvm
q.block_state('') < 15 ? q.block_state('') + 1 : 0

[swift rivet]

math.mod(q.block_state()+1, 16) also works

Assuming you want to increment block state from 0 to 15 and then reset to 0 and repeat

[polar steeple]

yeah

[edgy perch]

holon

q.body_y_rotation

how do I log the rotation values

[dapper star]

Log?

Have you tried molang to scoreboard?

[pure flume]

Which molang is used to detect that the player's hand is empty?
solved

[sharp light]

unless you have a dev client, you can't

[abstract nacelle]

even with scripts?

[sharp light]

Not sure tbh, but with just molang you can't

[torpid vault]

Not sure what q.body_y_rotation returns but with Scripting you can get the entity’s rotation

Ah, I don’t think you’re able to get the body’s rotation, you can only get the head’s rotation in scripting

[swift rivet]

There is no easy way but there are some harder options. On BP side you can make an AC logic that will transfer any molang value into scoreboard by breaking it down into components and adding those components via scoreboard add. On the client, you can make a particle or entity based display that would be able to display any value as a floating text

[severe cave]

I made an animation of the skeleton's attack, how to detect the skeleton's bow and arrow attack

[zinc raft]

And what would the query be like for an enum type property that has several values?

Does anyone know how to read or detect any of the values ​​of this property with molang(query)?
tf:add_marcos": {
"type": "enum",
"values": [
"holograma",
"iron",
"copper",
"gold",
"diamond",
"emerald",
"netherite"
],
"default": "holograma",
"client_sync": true
},

[pure flume]

I think it is
query.has_target

[severe cave]

When Skeleton has a target but is out of range, Skeleton will track the target, so I don't think q.has _ target alone is enough.

[polar steeple]

is there a molang function for entity property?

[coral forge]

q.property('namespace:property')

[polar steeple]

thanks

[coral forge]

Is this in the rp or BP? If it's in the rp, client_sync needs to be set to true in the property

[polar steeple]

it is set to true
what format_version should i be in?

[coral forge]

Huh, that's strange. I'm not entirely sure, maybe try 1.20.40

I've only barely started using properties instead of dummy components myself

[polar steeple]

sure
i need to update my other files first

[polar steeple]

still the same

[coral forge]

Oof. Not really sure what the issue is. Maybe something was misspelled?

[polar steeple]

fixed it
the entity file format was 1.8.0

tnx

[mossy shell]

any way to test hurt entity from resource side?

[sleek glen]

You need to store the current health of entity in a variable by doing v.health = q.health every tick, then check if v.health > q.health the next tick.

[mossy shell]

ye but if q.health itself doesnt work client side then how would it work

[sleek glen]

You sure it doesn't ? I'm not sure.

[mossy shell]

afaik it doesnt. probably so you dont make a resource pack to see other player's health on servers

ill try tho

[sleek glen]

It does.

[gusty saddle]

Me when
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1174750500508414042/1174750500936224828/Screenshot_2023-11-13-17-05-45-633_com.mojang.minecraftpe.jpg?ex=65846a29&is=6571f529&hm=cdf85942387a359e603c8244ef95e344cde3445ccd79bd7c299750fca1355e00&

Is there any query to detect crawling

[mossy shell]

query.is_crawling

[gusty saddle]

Thanks

[mossy shell]

do variables remain between ac transitions? and if not can i make them do?

[sleek glen]

Yes

[austere oak]

does query.is_first_person not work in behavior animation controllers

[mossy shell]

it doesnt work in behavior side

[low finch]

"v.frame = query.is_using_item ? ((v.frame ?? 0.0) == 0.0 ? 1.0 : 0.0);"
Why it not work :((

[unborn nimbus]

How do I return the "timeline" to 0 if the animation is not met?

        "animation.ressur": {
            "timeline": {
                "5.0": [
                "/give @s apple"
                ]
            },
            "animation_length": 5.1,
            "loop": true
        }

[sleek glen]

Can you please elaborate ?

You can simply stop playing the animation to return it to 0 at any point.

if that's what you meant.

[inner jasper]

https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1185269394834731139

[honest flint]

Is there a way to simplify this?

query.property('cbr:color') == 3 && query.can_fly && query.property('cbr:burn') >=4 || query.property('cbr:color') == 3 && query.can_fly && query.property('cbr:burn') == 0

Trying to be more efficient; the only property that changes is cbr:burn, but I have to retype everything just to check for that one value.

It's not a problem for me now, but I'm sure it'll be in the future when I need to check for more than two values.

[sleek glen]

two changing values or two constant values ?

I'm assuming you have to type this same thing a lot of time. Am I right?

You can use variables.

[torpid vault]

query.property('cbr:color') == 3 && query.can_fly && ( query.property('cbr:burn') >=4 || query.property('cbr:burn') == 0 )```

[honest flint]

wait, that's it?

[sleek glen]

Yes, that's parantheses.

[honest flint]

well I feel dumb now lol.
but yes, these were changing variables that I was checking for.

[honest flint]

thanks

I was imagining far more complicated symbols that I haven't gotten around to learning yet

[abstract nacelle]

keep removing the most useful functions in the addons :)

[coral forge]

Yeah, it's a bit disappointing. Though hopefully Kayla is able to bring the feedback from the post back to mojang. I doubt it will change their mind at this point though

[abstract nacelle]

They will not, we already know them, they are not going to mention what exactly that "buggy behavior" is, because those queries really work well, if the problem is lag, a lot of things in the game cause lag. It just doesn't make sense

Even if it will going to be versioned, we cannot maintain a min engine version forever because new functions will come out

[abstract nacelle]

I literally have an entity that uses a lot of for each with those queries (and they are long functions), I have put more than 30 and I had no lag in the world, after 40 I could already feel the lag, but at no time will 40 be seen times of those mobs because when generating them you can set a density limit.

The only way is an alternative (I doubt it)

In fact, maybe I'm wrong but I felt more lag with for each of the scripts than with Molang

[coral forge]

I still think it's worth asking, as understanding the why can help us as a community think of alternative solutions to removing it.

My guess for why they're removing it is potential issues for handling null returns. If that is it, there could just be content log errors and just having the function return 0 if there's a null. I just want to see if Kayla has the info for what led to their decision

I definitely disagree with it, but getter understanding always helps

[abstract nacelle]

you're right

I would really appreciate an explanation as to why there is an urgent need to move everything out experimental, I know that it is better for it to be stable, but when it is not possible, why is it not better to leave it as is? because they are used functions, with the items and blocks they eliminated a lot of components because they couldn't remove them from experimental and I can't understand why. I cant understand why is better remove it instead of leave it as it is

[coral forge]

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense

Most of the time when somethings deprecated in an api, it's still accessible, just not improved anymore and has a warning that it is

[abstract nacelle]

We will never know the reason I guess

[sleek glen]

If you read their message, the reason is described there.

[coral forge]

It's very vague though

[abstract nacelle]

"buggy behavior" and "laggy"?

yeah, very vague

its like with blocks and items components, "cumulous of problems"

[sleek glen]

I mean if you do some brainstorming, you'll get it. Atleast, she is giving us a heads-up or who was even going to tell us even that "vague reason".

[abstract nacelle]

Well, I can't figure out why, I have put more than 30 entities that use for each and the world didn't bother me.

[abstract nacelle]

I just want to know the reason, eliminate several queries that could be considered as most used in the addons, it would have to AT LEAST have a justifiable reason to eliminate them

[sleek glen]

There must be indeed a justifiable reason to eliminate them. They didn't just woke up and chose violence 😄
I mean if you're using experimental stuff then you must be always ready for the worst.

[abstract nacelle]

That's why we are asking what the justification is...

because in all this time it worked fine, literally 90% of my entities use it and they are not simple for_each and I had no problems

So that's why we're asking what that "buggy behavior" is.

[sleek glen]

It's not about how it's is working for you. It's probably about how it's working for them. For example: Maybe, these queries were not easier to maintain and were prone to causing unintended issues during development.

[abstract nacelle]

It could be, but it's just a guess, that's why I'm asking what the reason is.

Even if that were the problem, what is our alternative to achieve the same behavior?

If it's none, I really think that's not the solution. These queries fulfill a very important function in addons.

[sleek glen]

You can ask them very nicely and they should respond to you.

[abstract nacelle]

They already did it where they sent the message

The same thing will happen as with the components of items and blocks.

*disappears

[sleek glen]

Veka wasn't really focusing on to that question. They had a lot of concerns (feedbacks) so I think it didn't got the spotlight. You might want to focus specially on your one and main question.

Anyways, whatever it is, it's not coming anytime soon!

If you leave the get rider and scoreboard queries they talked about.

[abstract nacelle]

I said it for "Blaze Drake" not for Veka

[sleek glen]

Oh! The ping's missing. To be honest, we already have a way to get everything about the rider and ride using multiple filters in a manner.

[abstract nacelle]

I mostly use query.get_nearby_entities and query.target

[sleek glen]

Just a week ago, I was almost going to use q.target because I was not finding a way to place a connection between the player and an entity spawned by him. Since, the entity is a projectile it sets the entity (in this case me) as it's owner. So, I thought why not make the entity target it's owner only using is_owner filter than I can use q.target to place a connection between them but I ended up using a workaround made up of commands.

[abstract nacelle]

Well, in some specific situations they can be avoided, but not always

[sleek glen]

What's your issue ?

In most cases, there is a workaround.

[abstract nacelle]

I show you this example

v.player = 0; v.score = 0; v.score2 = 0; v.detect = 0; for_each(t.player, q.get_nearby_entities(5, 'minecraft:player'), {t.score = q.scoreboard('bardiche'); t.score2 = (t.player -> q.scoreboard('bardiche')); {v.player = t.player; v.score = t.score; v.score2 = t.score2; v.detect = (v.player -> query.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 1, 'ch:bardiche') == 1 ? v.score2 == v.score) ? {return 1.0;};};});```

How I can avoid this? XD

[sleek glen]

My brain can't process all of that right now. I wanted to know why you want to use these queries.

[abstract nacelle]

Even if you could, with the fact that it is more expensive and having to change the entire addon for something that was not even justified is very annoying

[abstract nacelle]

compares the values ​​between two scoreboards, takes the player who has the same value as the entity and at the same time a specific item to execute a function in an animation controller

[sleek glen]

That's why you don't use experimental. It's just like gambling.

[abstract nacelle]

This is a particular situation, many addons use these queries, not all of them can be avoided

[sleek glen]

can be done using commands.

[abstract nacelle]

there are functions that need experimental

[abstract nacelle]

I did, but it's not very specific.

For example, if you could from the subject's filters it could be, but you have to use the execute score, if you take the closest player and you don't have the score, you won't take another one, you will wait for the closest player to be the one. let him fulfill it

[sleek glen]

I'm not really going to debate about if those queries were useless or useful. I also know that they were useful. I'm just trying to know why you chose to use them instead of the workarounds. If there were none, then it would make a lot of sense to me.

[abstract nacelle]

I didn't find another alternative, I tried with commands but I already explained why it is not possible

Even after that I have to use the states in the animation controller

[sleek glen]

I solved this problem and by using commands when I was making my first fully functional multiplayer compatible custom fishing rod. I'll let you know about it when I'm free. It's a bit complicated.

The q.target stuff was also about it ☝️

[abstract nacelle]

I used this in commands

execute as @s if score @s bardiche = @p[tag=bardiche,c=1] bardiche as @p[tag=bardiche,c=1] at @s if score @s bardiche = @e[type=ch:bardiche_function,r=4,c=1] bardiche run```

[abstract nacelle]

okay, I'll wait for it

[sleek glen]

Sure, would have shown you now the but the code is on my pc and I'm not on my pc right now. Thanks for your patience!

[abstract nacelle]

👍

In any case, let's not forget that commands that are constantly executed also cause lag.

lag is one of the reasons Kayla specified

next update, mojang delete functions
jk

[sleek glen]

Mine doesn't and Molang also generates a considerable amount of lag.

You should just know how to use them properly 😄

[abstract nacelle]

I generated 30 entities (that use more than one for_each like the one I showed you) and it didn't give me lag either, after 40 it felt a bit

[sleek glen]

You have a good pc right?

[abstract nacelle]

The lag should occur in the world, right?

in ticks

[sleek glen]

depends on both of them. Your pc and the game.

[abstract nacelle]

My PC is not really good, it lags when I increase the chunk distance more than 20, but the lag should be in ticks because it overloads the server

and that didn't happen

in fact, it happens when you put a very large hitbox on an entity (hopefully mojang doesn't limit the size to hitboxes and can fix it)

[uncut cloak]

How come query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag in this doesn't work?

"minecraft:geometry": {
    "identifier": "geometry.amber_glass",
    "bone_visibility": {
        "north_top": "query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,1,0, 'glass')"
    }
}

[sleek glen]

I replied to you about this in an other post.

[quick totem]

why not..?

{ "format_version": "1.10.0", "animation_controllers": { "controller.animation.attacking": { "initial_state": "default", "states": { "default": { "transitions": [ { "attack": "variable.attack_time > 0.1" } ] }, "attack": { "on_entry": [ "/gamemode 1 @s" ], "on_exit": [ "/gamemode 0 @s" ], "transitions": [ { "default": "variable.attack.time < 0.1" } ] } } } } }

{ "format_version": "1.11.0", "minecraft:entity": { "description": { "identifier": "minecraft:player", "is_spawnable": false, "is_summonable": false, "is_experimental": false, "scripts":{ "animate":[ "attack" ] }, "animations": { "attack": "controller.animation.attacking" } },

[sleek glen]

What's not working?

[mossy hinge]

Hiiii
I need help

How tô fix this ?

[coral forge]

Minecraft:effect isn't a component. If you're trying to add a potion effect, use minecraft:mob_effect(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/entityreference/examples/entitycomponents/minecraftcomponent_mob_effect?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable)

[sleek glen]

What you're trying to do ?

Add an effect to the player itself?

minecraft:spell_effects is the right component for it but in-case you're trying to give an effect to nearby entities use what Blaze said.

[mossy hinge]

Yep

[sleek glen]

So, please use the component I sent. You can find an example of it in player.json itself.

You can see it being used to add the bad omen effect.

[mossy hinge]

Ok thanks for your time
I gonna try

[mossy hinge]

I'm trying to make my helmet grant night vision when it's dark.

[sleek glen]

You can use the has_equipment filter with the is_brightness filter in an environment sensor to add a component group containing the minecraft:spell_effects component.

[uncut cloak]

query.is_item_equipped('minecraft:lava_bucket')

Is that correct?

actually, I might just use query.is_item_name_any

[coral forge]

q.is_item_any('slot.weapon.mainhand',0,'minecraft:lava_bucket') is what you'd want to do

[uncut cloak]

ye

[edgy perch]

They're deprecating this?

The thing that can query values from mobs using commands and scripting API?

The thing that lets me query values from mobs without changing their behavior files?

pretty stupid

[sleek glen]

Yes

https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1185269394834731139

[coral forge]

Got to love mojank sometimes

[abstract nacelle]

mojang always are stupid

just wait to query.target, query.get_nearby_entities, query.get_riders, be deprecated

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/662773894691684353/1194385561771847700/image0.gif?ex=65b0293c&is=659db43c&hm=88da08119364ce94dbd26617a1f56aa35704cacb0bee4ddb224459de380b5d08&

[uncut cloak]

Is it possible to have another block change the state of another block using MoLang?

[inner jasper]

No

[uncut cloak]

aww damn it

[inner jasper]

Well, molang itself cant do anyrhing

[uncut cloak]

What can?

[inner jasper]

Block events can

[uncut cloak]

ye

[inner jasper]

You can use random ticking or the ticking component to check a condition using molang

[uncut cloak]

Could you give an example?

[inner jasper]

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/block-events.html#sequenced-responses If you have further questions, you can ask in #1067876948858118185

[uncut cloak]

oki

Thank you

[inner jasper]

Seems to be more of a #1067869022273667152 question. I see no usage of Molang except for the default one for experience drop

[graceful grail]

Does anyone compare the two valuables || and && are the same?

[sleek glen]

||

means or and

&&

means and.
For example:-

q.is_item_name_any('slot.hotbar.mainhand','minecraft:carrot') || q.is_using_item

will return true if either the player is holding the carrot or using the carrot but

q.is_item_name_any('slot.hotbar.mainhand','minecraft:carrot') && q.is_using_item

will return true if player is both holding the carrot and using it too.

[graceful grail]

How about using it in custom block?

[abstract nacelle]

its the same

"condition": "q.block_state('state') == 1 || q.block_state('state) == 2"```

[graceful grail]

Oh so they activate at the same time?

[graceful grail]

Because I need them to activate at the same time

[uncut cloak]

"condition": "query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin') || query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin')```

I don't know how to explain what I'm wanting to ask, so please bear with me for a moment

[uncut cloak]

Will it work like "condition": "query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin') || query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin')

or will it work like "condition": "query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') &&
query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin')
||
query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1,0,0, 'lava_height_15')
&& query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin')

Like does it do an 'or' for the middle 2?

[uncut cloak]

or does it do like this part here

[inner jasper]

In programming, it always checks && before ||

Using () will ensure the behaviour you want

[uncut cloak]

ahh ok

Thank you

so like this?

"condition": "(query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin')) || (query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(-1,0,0, 'lava_height_15') && query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0,-1,0, 'basin'))"```

[inner jasper]

Yep

[uncut cloak]

Thank you very much man. Appreciate it

[tiny furnace]

🤓

Mathematical

[uncut cloak]

anyone know if query.get_equipped_item_name is being deprecated?

[inner jasper]

It is deprecated https://bedrock.dev/docs/stable/Molang#query.get_equipped_item_name

[uncut cloak]

ahh damn

Also, should I start updating my add-ons to 1.20.60 instead of 1.20.50?

[inner jasper]

That's up to you

[abstract nacelle]

you can still using it

but use query.is_item_name_any

its better

[uneven quail]

How can I detect when the player looks up?

[uneven quail]

Tried using this query.head_y_rotation(75)

[stray vale]

I'm trying to do the wiki tutorial on the molang to scoreboard converter but the game gives me the error "unhandled request for unknown variable 'variable.digit'"

[uncut cloak]

Is it possible to add different state values?
Like lets say

"condition":
"(query.block_state(alpha) + query.block_state(beta)) == 10"```

[devout socket]

[Molang][error]-block_definitions | /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games/com.mojang/behavior_packs/[АБА] | blocks/doors/up_protective_door.json | /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games/com.mojang/behavior_packs/[АБА] | blocks/doors/up_protective_door.json | aba:up_protective_door | events | aba:event | condition | condition | Error parsing: query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(1,0,0, 'stone' || 'wood' )

[uncut cloak]

both query.block_property & query.has_block_property are deprecated after 1.20.40 right?

Because I am seeing them in event conditions in 1.20.50

in Bridge. btw

[devout socket]

state

[devout socket]

block_state

[devout socket]

[Molang][error]-block_definitions | /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games/com.mojang/behavior_packs/[АБА] | blocks/doors/up_protective_door_a.json | /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games/com.mojang/behavior_packs/[АБА] | blocks/doors/up_protective_door_a.json | aba:up_protective_door_a | events | aba:event | condition | condition | query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_a' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_b' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_c' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_d' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_aba' | Error: complex expressions (contains either '=' or ';') must end with a ';'

[uncut cloak]

Pretty sure query.get_equipped_item_name is being deprecated

[coral forge]

It already is deprecated

Deprecated normally means that it's not going to be updated anymore, so any bugs with it won't be fixed

[coral forge]

As for this issue, maybe try replacing your !== with !=? Molang uses != to represent not equal to, so maybe the second = is making minecraft think you're trying to set a variable too.

[devout socket]

does not work

[coral forge]

Can you send your block code?

[coral forge]

I meant the json file. Also, are you still getting a content log error? Finally, what are you trying to do?

[devout socket]

I want the block to make a sound if the item is not on this list

                "condition": "query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_a' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_b' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_c' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_d' || query.get_equipped_item_name !== 'key_card_aba' ",

[coral forge]

I meant the whole file(I want to help, but there might be some other issue with the block that could be making it not work). And you didn't change the !== to !=.

[devout socket]

!= doesn't work initially

[coral forge]

Then there must be an issue somewhere else in your blocks file.

As != is what tests for inequality

[devout socket]

ok

freds

French

in friends list

[coral forge]

I prefer to chat in public so other people can see this conversation later if they have similar issues. Though I can do dms if you dont want your block code to be in public

Note that I won't answer future questions in dms though

[devout socket]

ок

[devout socket]

I dropped the json block

[devout socket]

true:

              {
                "condition": "query.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_a' && query.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_b' && query.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_c' && query.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_d' && query.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_aba' ",
                "sequence": [
                  {
                    "run_command": {
                      "command": [
                        "playsound aba.error @a ~~~"
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },

[sleek glen]

              {
                "condition": "q.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_a' && q.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_b' && q.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_c' && q.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_d' && q.get_equipped_item_name != 'key_card_aba';",
                "sequence": [
                  {
                    "run_command": {
                      "command": [
                        "playsound aba.error @a ~~~"
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },

[devout socket]

what is he doing ( ; )?

[sleek glen]

ends the expression.

[devout socket]

ok

[pure flume]

Does anyone know what tag format I should use to avoid receiving this error? The tag used is color_white

[Molang][error]-Error: query.equipped_item_any_tag requires tags to be in the format 'my_tag_name'.

[coral forge]

Can you send the query you're using?

[formal herald]

Is there a way to check the current age of a mob, particularly the age of a baby mob?

[sleek glen]

I think you can use q.life_time.

[pure flume]

query.equipped_item_any_tag('slot.weapon.mainhand',0,'color_white')

"minecraft:tags": {
  "tags": [
    "color_white"
  ]
}

Maybe this is a bug, because despite the error everything works normally.

[coral forge]

Yeah, it looks fine to me. That's weird that an error's showing up though

[formal herald]

Is that not for animations? Also, I was hoping to mimic the age timer of baby mobs (i.e. making a food item reduce the grow timer by 20% of the current time left).

[split bolt]

can you help me with that. i want that the UV frames look smooth

i want to make a smooth UV animation in enitity like blocks. not that texture from a sudden jump to the next frame

[stray vale]

how can I make a mob run in a random direction while still staying within a certain distance from the player it's targeting?

[coral forge]

I don't think you can do that. You'll have to make your entity's frames look smooth compared to one another

[sleek glen]

No, it works everywhere. The doc is wrong.

[rain oracle]

query.has_biome_tag, how do i use this query, and what is in this return from molang?,
i tried like q.biome_has_any_tag it doesn't work,
i want to find an alternative to q.biome_has_any_tag because it was removed in the latest beta

[abstract nacelle]

Scripts

but its in .60 preview, I think

[rain oracle]

It seems that there is no other way but to rely on behavior, and achievement will be off

[uncut cloak]

Have you figured this out yet?

[pure flume]

No

[spark spade]

anyone know how to fix this?

all other query functions work

It functions properly but i keep getting that error

[uncut cloak]

Without a specified entity??

Tf

[mild night]

I want to kill an entity, if the query.has_rider = 0
How would I implement this into the entity's code?😅

[uncut cloak]

You could make a queued ticking that runs on loop and have an event connected to it, then that event has a condition that is query.has_rider == 0 and if that condition is true, you do a run_command to do kill @s

{ 
 
    {
       "components":
        {
        "minecraft:queued_ticking": {
             "loop": true,
             "event": "test:event",
             "ticking": [20,20]
            }
      }
},
{
    "events":
        {
          "test:event":
         {
          "sequence": 
                   {
                   "condition": "query.has_rider == 0",
                   "run_command": {
                         "command": "kill @s" 
                   }
               }
            }
        }
    }
}

I believe it should be something like that

[mild night]

Thank you

[sleek glen]

(q.is_in_ui || v.is_paperdoll) ? 0 : q.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 0, 'namespace:item_name')

[sleek glen]

The solution the other provided seems to be for a block not a entity. For entity, please just use an animation controller with !q.has_rider.

[slow sand]

Animation Controllers

Intro: https://wiki.bedrock.dev/animation-controllers/animation-controllers-intro.html

Running commands: https://wiki.bedrock.dev/animation-controllers/entity-commands.html

Jan 31, 2024, 1:02 PM

[uncut cloak]

oh ye, that's my bad. My excuse is that it was 5am xD

[sleek glen]

It's okay, it happens buddy!

[meager hamlet]

@sleek glen I don't want the animation to work when the player wears all the armor pieces. I wrote one, which molang should we use, but it didn't work?

"!query.has_armor_slot(0) || !query.has_armor_slot(1) ||!query.has_armor_slot(2) || !query.has_armor_slot(3)"```

[meager hamlet]

@sleek glen help me

[gaunt swallow]

surface_particle_color, query.surface_particle_texture_coordinate, and query.surface_particle_texture_size are now versioned with 1.20.70 to allow the three queries to see leaf blocks as the surface texture below the block. Molang versions lower than 1.20.70 will continue to not see the leaf block below them

What is this?

[sleek glen]

I'm sorry, I don't have any idea about that query.

[pure flume]

Maybe it works with query.equipment_count == 0

Returns the number of equipped pieces of armor for an entity from 0 to 4, not counting items held in hands. (To query for hand slots, use query.is_item_equipped or query.is_item_name_any).

[sleek glen]

He already got a solution.

[meager hamlet]

Fix

[white folio]

Hello! So what query or variable triggers from minecraft:behavior.melee_box_attack?

I saw this in the docs and my eyes lit up. I can make way more polished attacking mechanics.

I simply just need to know how does one link it.

[gaunt swallow]

How do you use this?

[sleek glen]

It's v.attack_time.

[left furnace]

Can entity properties be modified using item events?

[sleek glen]

No, you must use entity events to modify entity properties. You can use item event to run a /event command to modify the entity properties.

[left furnace]

Oh yeah thanks

[uneven quail]

{ "format_version": "1.10.0", "animation_controllers": { "controller.animation.m870_reload": { "initial_state": "default", "states": { "default": { "transitions": [ { "shoot": "query.get_equipped_item_name=='m870' && (q.scoreboard('m870') == 0) && query.is_item_name_any('slot.inventory', 'gun:ammo4')" } ] }, "shoot": { "on_entry": [ "/say reloading gun!", "/title @s actionbar Auto-Reloading", "/execute @a[hasitem={item=pg:a1,location=slot.weapon.mainhand}] ~ ~ ~ /replaceitem entity @p slot.weapon.mainhand 0 gun:m870" ], "animations": [ "m870_anim_reload" ], "transitions": [ { "default": "(q.all_animations_finished)" } ] } } } } }

Why this doesn't work

Didn't work after I added a.is_item_name_any

[swift rivet]

From documentation

The slot index is required for slot names that have multiple slots, for example 'slot.hotbar'
So if you want to check if item is in inventory, you'll have to loop through every slot and check if it has item or not.

[uneven quail]

I even just tried hotbar yet didn't work

[swift rivet]

It didn't work because you didn't specify slot index. That query can check only 1 slot at a time, not the whole hotbar or inventory at once

[uneven quail]

Okay thanks I'll do that

[uncut cloak]

query.block_state('dma:slots') == 0 && (query.block_state('dma:smelter_states') == 1|| query.block_state('dma:smelter_states') == 2) && (query.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 0, 'minecraft:raw_iron_block') || query.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 0, 'minecraft:raw_gold_block') || query.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 0, 'minecraft:raw_copper_block'))```
Just want to make sure, but with the brackets around the various sections, that just checks if one of the conditions inside the brackets is true, right?

[elfin stump]

does anyone use arrays?

if anyone does, do you have some examples I could look at. the docs weren't enough

[sleek glen]

Yes

[sleek glen]

Which arrays ?

[elfin stump]

Idk I saw there was something with arrays but idk how to use them

[uncut cloak]

Can I do something like query.block_state('dma:smelter_states') >= 1 && <=2

[coral forge]

You'd need to do query.block_state('dma:smelter_states') >= 1 && query.block_state('dma:smelter_states') <=2. Molang doesn't know what you're comparing to 2 unless you put the query again

[uncut cloak]

oh well

for the first 2 block states, I could just test if smelter_states is <=2

saves a bit more

[left furnace]

how do I make int property set_property event add rather than setting a number up?

[coral forge]

Set it to q.property('ex:property_name')+<val>

[ocean umbra]

what's the point of deleting biome_has_any_tag and biome_has_all_tags instead of releasing them? what went wrong with? of entity related queries i get it but why biomes? why?

[uncut cloak]

They might add them back when the custom biome feature is fixed. Otherwise, there isn't a big use for it really

And they have been revamping the tag system also, so that may be a reason also

[ocean umbra]

what do you mean no use? i have been relying on them for years, if you think you can replace them with environment sensors, then tell me how to use those in a resource pack?

[abstract nacelle]

now you should use scripting

[abstract nacelle]

you can use a property

[ocean umbra]

huh, last i checked properties are a BP thing

[ocean umbra]

i do, and as for now, scripting can not read biomes

[abstract nacelle]

"client_sync": true

[abstract nacelle]

it can but idk if its only for preview at the moment

[ocean umbra]

i know that, what i meant is RP only, meaning without a behavior pack so you can use it in servers

[abstract nacelle]

ah, yeah, you cannot

[ocean umbra]

the current preview can only tell you the location of the nearest specified biome, not the biome that you are in, the same way /locate does it.

[abstract nacelle]

there is a BiomeType

In any case you would still need a BP to make it work in the RP, we will have to wait some time until one day they make Local Scripts

that sucks

[graceful grail]

How do you do that door? I mean, you make two blocks right? How do you interact with another block?

I need to know because I made a custom door but they do not resonate interact

[graceful grail]

The "query.block_neighbor_has_any_tag" can I use the part of my custom door block in my addon?

[brisk heron]

why doesnt this work? i know its not the best way but this is what suits for what im doing

"0.1667": ["!query.is_first_person * -104.178", "!query.is_first_person * -34.3204", "!query.is_first_person * -6.8844"],

im trying to make the animation play only when in 3rd person

[coral forge]

Why don't you just conditionally play it? {"animation":"!q.is_first_person:} instead of just "animation" under animate

[abstract nacelle]

how to detect when the player is climbing a ladder?

there is no query.is_climbing

[pure flume]

Have you tested whether query.is_wall_climbing works?

[abstract nacelle]

yes, doesnt work

[meager hamlet]

@coral forge I want to activate the animation while the player is flying, how can I make a different flying animation?

[coral forge]

🤷‍♂️

There might be a query in the docs(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/molangreference/examples/molangconcepts/queryfunctions?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable), but I don't know off the top of my head

for this reason, please don't ping random people to answer your question

Just let people answer it if they know

If no one is answering, they probably don't know, meaning you might need to do some research or debugging

[slow sand]

Do not ping random people

Do not ping random people for help or otherwise.

Random pings are never good ; No one is obligated to help you at random.

Feb 15, 2024, 4:02 PM

[meager hamlet]

"query.can_fly && !variable.is_first_person"```
Player does not appear when running

[mellow iris]

"doubleb:loaded": {
          "client_sync": true,
          "type": "int",
          "range": [
            0,
            2
          ],
          "default": 0
        },

I've been trying to understand this error for more than half an hour, it appeared in some recent updates, it worked before

[fallen sorrel]

"v.convert = q.above_top_solid(v.posx, v.posz);",

why does it think q.above_top_solid doesnt exist?

oh, not just me https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-178975

go figure as soon as i find a way to do molang to scoreboard, i immediately find a rare problem with it

screw it im bruteforcing the heightmap info via scripting

[rotund plover]

q.is_item_name_any('slot.weapon.mainhand', 'bridge:key')query.max_durability
is that correct?
if the player has key on hand it work and use 1 durability
if the player doesn't have the key on hand nothing work

[torpid vault]

Please don’t cross-post.

[rotund plover]

wdym

[torpid vault]

You already asked that question in #1067876948858118185, don’t re-send it again here.

[rotund plover]

but people are here to ask no ?

[torpid vault]

Yes, but don’t ask the same question in multiple channels.

[rotund plover]

uh..

k?

[torpid vault]

#usage message

[rotund plover]

bc i didn't knew

people tell me where to go

dude

[white marlin]

Hey ! I was wondering if there was a way to detect if an entity has been in the air for a certain amount of time ?

Like for more than 1s for exemple

I know that there's the query q.is_on_ground, but it does not give the time the entity has been in the air

[abstract nacelle]

for the time create a variable with q.life_time
then, as a condition use (query.life_time - YourVariable) >= 1.0

1.0 is more or equal to one second

[rustic marlin]

Okay so I'm trying to figure something out and I need someone to clarify for me.

The goal is to get the precise location of the player into an entity's client-side Molang. It must be the precise position that the player is rendered at (not where they are according to the server). I already have the location of the camera, but it doesn't work so well when the player is in third person.

There is a query, q.is_first_person, which I see referenced a lot on this matter. However it seems to always be 0 for entities/attachments other than the player. So I don't think it is meant to just globally tell whether the client player is in first or third person but is highly contextual. I also see v.is_first_person and c.is_first_person referenced, but I think these must be typos since such variables don't seem to exist.

So, from an entity, is there a reliable way to determine whether the client player is in first or third person? Or even better, just directly get the rendered position of the player?

I cannot use experimental features or modify the player entity files for this.

What I'm doing right now is taking the camera position and vector, and doing some math with the server-side trajectory of the player to try and figure out where the player actually is. I know for sure that the player is going to be on the camera vector anywhere from 0 to 4 blocks along the ray, and I use the trajectory to pick out where. The issue is that it is often inconsistent if I am moving quickly or looking certain ways.

Ah, that explains v.is_first_person: #old-beginner-questions message

[swift rivet]

Does it actually work on other entities? I thought it only works on the player

Also btw the difference between v.is_first_person and c.is_first_person is that the latter is for attachables

[odd jolt]

how to use q.all_tags?

[rustic marlin]

No it doesn't, but I wish it did. lol

[swift rivet]

You could give player an attachable that'd conditionally emit a particle if in 1st person, and then you can read particle/emitter count from the same particle type, so you'll have that information on any particle of the same type that you emit, but there is no official way to transfer that info from particle to entity. Otherwise I'd suggest using temp leaking, but it doesn't work if attachables are rendered anywhere in game, and based on your description I'm guessing you can't afford to disable them globally.

As a hacky workaround, you could store list of positions for multiple players in properties, then compare it to your client side reconstructed position to find which player is the current client

If there are too many players in multiplayer, fallback to just client side reconstruction

And all of that is necessary just because q.is_first_person doesn't work on other entities 😔

[abstract nacelle]

but v.is_first_person works on attachables too

[rustic marlin]

Definitely can't afford hacky workarounds since this is for the Marketplace.

Alternatively, is there a way to play an animation on an entity for a specific player? Being able to figure out which player it needs to target in a clean way would be useful.

It'd be nice if they would just give us the Molang queries that get other entity variables already.

[swift rivet]

Ikr, but nope, those got removed. I was really looking forward to those, especially q.get_nearby_entities in combination with q.is_local_player, since it was the only way to cleanly read data from client player. Maybe we might get something like q.local_player at some point 🤞

[rustic marlin]

Looks like I just have to try and iron out the jank out of the reconstruction method then.

[swift rivet]

You could still use that btw, it'd allow you to have junk-free method up to a certain amount of players

[rustic marlin]

The entities are linked to specific players, and render differently if their specific player is in first or third person. So the two hurdles to cross are determining whether the client is their player, and computing with good precision where the player is being rendered at.

I don't think storing more than one player will be needed since the entity already has the current and previous server positions in its properties. It's what allows it to compute the location.

Though it would certainly help if two players are in close proximity...

[swift rivet]

Ah, right, since you have one entity per player

[rustic marlin]

Well, several entities per player, but it's functionally the same.

All of them follow the player's position server-side to try and figure out where they are client-side.

Obviously players well outside the estimated region wouldn't be considered.

I think I can probably make it keep track of its estimation of first vs third person and update it as it goes, considering what it thought it was before. Most of the time it works just fine, but sometimes when the player is looking in a certain direction, it will flicker between the two.

It's using this function to compute it: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/rkytsupkqy

One of the lines is the player's server-side trajectory, the other line is the camera ray. Where these two lines are the closest on the camera ray is where it reckons the player is being rendered at.

Though if these lines are close to being parallel (i.e. the player is moving in the direction that they're looking), it tends to be unstable.

[swift rivet]

oo that's quite smart

[rustic marlin]

Though because there is slight lag with the camera rotation query, moving the mouse quickly causes visual jank.

[swift rivet]

Huh, there is? Camera queries always executed at frame rate for me

[rustic marlin]

If you get the precise location of the camera, and then plot a bone directly in front of the player using camera rotation, it will lag behind very slightly when you turn.

The camera location is frame-precise though.

[swift rivet]

Ahh I see, I very rarely used camera rotation, but used position quite often

[rustic marlin]

Another thing I could look at would be tracking the movement of the camera when it rotates. If the player is in first person, the rotation will have no effect on position. But if the player is in third person, there will be a substantial effect, and the camera will orbit around their head position. Though combining this with the fact that the player is moving translationally may prove difficult.

Of course that doesn't work if the player lets go of their mouse. lol

[rustic marlin]

But since it's very unlikely for the player to be switching back and forth every frame, it can be safely assumed that the player is in the same mode that they were in for the last few frames. Changing perspective should specifically involve sudden large changes in camera position.

Changes specifically along the camera ray (or approximately along it, accounting for camera rotation and translational motion).

[rustic marlin]

I could probably solve this by permitting deviation from the camera ray as defined by camera rotation by extrapolating the rotation movement, and using the player trajectory to estimate where they will be next frame.

One thing is for sure, the block of Molang that will do all this will be absolutely chonky. lol

Lot of moving parts going on all at once to factor in.

[versed forum]

Is there a way to pass data to an animation when played? I am trying to play the 'animation.player.attack.rotations' animation but it requires the 'variable.attack_time' to be set.

[ocean umbra]

entity properties

[versed forum]

Can you show me an example on how to manipulate these properties, or are there any links to the documentation?

[ocean umbra]

oh, sorry about that, i thought i inserted the link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/documents/introductiontoentityproperties?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

be wary of the limitations

[versed forum]

Yeah I do not think what i want is possible, like when spawning particles you can set molang variables, this does not seam to be possible for entity animation, no idea why tho.

[ocean umbra]

have you set client_sync to true?

[versed forum]

I need to change some of these player variables but they are unreachable.

Any other way to properly trigger a player attack animation?

[mossy shell]

hello

is it possible to query the index of the selected hotbar slot?

[dim rampart]

Excuse me, do you know if it is possible to create a Billboarding effect on a particle, depending on where you see it, it changes texture? For example, like some old games, like Doom or Mario Kart 1, which depending on where the camera was, gave an effect like 3D.

[swift rivet]

With only particles you can scale UV based on distance to camera, but nothing else. But you can do a proper parallax scrolling effect using entities, by computing 3D camera position and animating UV based on it. There is also an option to use custom materials with stencil to render 3D objects inside of other objects, like here https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1135204977342693548, but it's not easy to do.

[devout socket]

Is there a molang that checks players nearby?

[pure flume]

I used query.property to change the render controller of the player in the client entity, it works fine but when the pause screen is opened this appears, does anyone know why?

[Molang][error]-minecraft:player.0.c18e65aa-7b21-4637-9b63-8ad63622ef01.Alex | Error: query.property does not have an actor.

[devout socket]

query.state ?

[pure flume]

What do you mean?

[ember wyvern]

Are there workarounds to test a item held by second player in the entity

[coral forge]

That error is just because there's no entity associated with the version of the player in the ui screen. Your addon will work fine even with that error appearing, but I believe you can do something like q.is_in_ui? return false; return <query you're using> if you don't want it to appear. I could be wrong though, I haven't tested that directly myself

[pure flume]

Yes it works fine, but I tried something similar and the error persists. I tried what you said but now the error is that the expression must end with ; I couldn't get it to work

q.is_in_ui? return false; return q.property('test:property') == 'default'

[coral forge]

Ah, oops, my bad, you need a ; at the end of the second line as well

[pure flume]

I give up, I can't solve this, as it doesn't interfere with the addon's functioning I'll leave it like that. Placing ; at the end of the expression I received this error:

Error: unary Return 'return' operator not followed by expression

But thanks anyway

[abstract nacelle]

molang no, just scripting

[devout socket]

📵

[rotund copper]

q.get_ride and q.get_rider were removed?????

why

[abstract nacelle]

use scripting now, is better

[coral forge]

It was abandoned in development long ago, and so mojang is cleaning up the abandoned projects now. HCF is next

[cedar willow]

Hi I need some help with this

The particle is triggered by the player, and I have no anchor point to attach the particle to the player model so the emmiter is infront of the player

I want to move it from the middle to the right, but using Offset doesnt take account to player rotation so im thinking abt using molang to deal with it

I tried to turn on local rotation but no avails

[inland forum]

Is there a script for that? I tried searching and couldn't find anything.

[abstract nacelle]

//Get riders
const rider = entity?.getComponent("minecraft:rideable").getRiders();
//Get ride
const rideEntity = entity?.getComponent("riding").entityRidingOn```

[inland forum]

by the way, I saw that they also added query.rider_head_x_rotation()=>float, I'm not sure it works as I think, I need the entity I'm riding to move its head in the same direction I'm looking, but the default animation of the entities Mountable locks movement at 30°. I used query:get riders before to achieve this but now I can't :/

[hot trail]

Does anybody know what happen to query.biome_has_any_tag ?

[inner jasper]

Removed in 1.20.70

[indigo rampart]

is there any query to read whether entity is being lit to explode (e.g. creeper has prepared to explode)

i've inspected the creeper resource pack file and found q.swell_amount, is it available for any entity that has minecraft:explode component?

[indigo rampart]

nvm, found it out already, it turns out that no need to use molang

[slim fern]

Is there any way I can use movement_direction to play different animations when the entity walks backwards while facing forward? I'd like some examples too.

[uneven quail]

q.scoreboard doesn't work anymore?

[inner jasper]

Only in BP

[slim fern]

ye

[uneven quail]

It works in BP?

[inner jasper]

Yes

[tiny furnace]

What queries can I use to detect Y movement in an animation?

Aka if my entity is flying up or down

[swift rivet]

q.vertical_speed
Or you can measure a Y position change and calculate speed from that

[tiny furnace]

Oh lovely, thanks!

[sleek glen]

How do you kill a particle if there are more of them in the world ? I simply want one of it to exist in the world. I found out query.effect_emitter_count & query.effect_particle_count queries but not sure on where to use them.

[swift rivet]

Do you want a particle to expire when a new particle is created, or do you want to keep old particle and not emit a new one?

[sleek glen]

expire when a new particle is created.

[swift rivet]

In particle lifetime component "expiration_expression": "v.particle_age && q.effect_particle_count > 1"

[sleek glen]

Thank you very much ❤️

[snow wing]

Detect WASD using molang, is there other way to do detect that cause the query.movement_direction doesn't work for me...

[inland forum]

That query uses the NSEW coordinates of the world, if it could be applied to an entity it would be excellent

[snow wing]

Sorry what's NSEW? Sorry for being dumb

[inland forum]

north, south...

[snow wing]

(Sorry for ping)

Can it detects negative value? If I forward it the query became 1 but I move backwards what will happen? -1? Hahahaha

[snow wing]

Also can I use on BP anim controller or just client sided packs only

[inland forum]

Yes it works in BP, but as I said it only takes into account the coordinates of the world not the player's

Maybe there is a way to solve it with mathematics, but I don't know.

[swift rivet]

There is, but it's a bit complicated

[inland forum]

script?

[swift rivet]

No, just math in molang

[inland forum]

because it is complicated?

[snow wing]

I think I made it but it's not very Accurate cause once you turn your head really ² fast it sometimes doesn't work

[inland forum]

XD

[snow wing]

Yeah I use cardinal facing, wait imma send a small snipsset

[snow wing]

"query.cardinal_facing == 2 && query.movement_direction(0) >= 0.1"

"query.cardinal_facing == 5 && query.movement_direction(2) <= -0.1"

"query.cardinal_facing == 3 && query.movement_direction(0) >= 0.1"

"query.cardinal_facing == 4 && query.movement_direction(2) >= 0.1"

[snow wing]

This detect if I'm moving the A of left movement button hahahaha

[inland forum]

?

It doesn't look functional, does it really work?

[snow wing]

Yeah hahahaha a bit buggy tho

[main sage]

i'm trying to count the 1's in binary form of a number and then see if it's equal to 2 but i'm always getting an error

temp.bitsCount = 0;
temp.LampCode = query.block_state('ar:light_display');
loop(4,{
temp.bitsCount += math.mod(temp.LampCode, 2);
temp.LampCode = math.floor(temp.LampCode / 2);});
return (temp.bitsCount == 2) ? 1 : 0;

[Molang][error]-block_definitions | components | temp.bitsCount = 0;temp.LampCode = query.block_state('ar:light_display');loop(4,{temp.bitsCount += math.mod(temp.LampCode, 2);temp.LampCode = math.floor(temp.LampCode / 2);});return temp.bitsCount; | Error: binary Assignment '=' operator at end of expression

[inner jasper]

To my knowledge, molang doesn't support +=

[main sage]

yep that seems to be the issue

thanks

[brisk heron]

would this work if im using the particle inside of an animation of a cosmetic? ( it doenst use attachables, it uses q.mark_variant with a render controller to load specific geometries )

(c.owning_entity -> q.mark_variant) v.particle_age+v.particle_random_3

i just want to know if the c.owning_entity -> q.mark_variant part would work

[unreal arch]

Is there a query for testing if a item is a block/renders as a block or not? For example, a crafting table renders as a block in hand.

[rough jasper]

How to test if entity has effect?

[abstract nacelle]

no, maybe with scripting, but not with molang

[abstract nacelle]

using entity filters or scripting

[rough jasper]

I want to make the entity texture blueish whenever it gets hit by a specific projectile

Is that possible in scripting?

||@abstract nacelle||

[abstract nacelle]

you can detect who deals the damage

[rough jasper]

Ok but can you make the entity texture blueish?

Just like pvz zombies when they get hit by a snow pea

[abstract nacelle]

with render controllers, idk

[rough jasper]

Oh ok thx

[safe fog]

How does this work now?

Like how would i use a rider head y rotation in an animation?

[final zealot]

Just query.ride_body_y_rotation to rotate a bone or do any expression, like any other query. It should be used by the entity that is riding, then it'll return the body rotation for y axis of the ride (a horse, for example)
q.rider_body_y_rotation you should use on the ride, and it'll return the body y rotation of the entity that is mounting it

[inland forum]

you can use:
query.rider_head_x_rotation(0..0)
where (0..0) are the seats that control the horse
you can also use:
query.rider_head_x_rotation(0..0)>0
to detect if the rider player is looking down

[final zealot]

Anyone good with Math here?

I need to rotate the player root bone around the Z axis in 360 degrees, but keep its model in the same place. As the axis of the player is not in the center of the model but in the player feet, I need to rotate the X and Y axis together to achieve this.
Rotating the bone 90 degrees four times in Blockbench, I discovered that the rotations behave like in this first image to rotate the root bone around itself.
Is there any Math expression that will do exactly this calculation by just having the variable of Z rotation? Or do I need to manually check values and update a different variable for x and z according the z rotation?

[safe fog]

Ahh, thanks!

[safe fog]

Interesting, does 0..0 stands for the coords of the seat or the rider array

?

[inland forum]

No, it would be the seat that is used as a reference, for example if I put this query on the head of a horse it will move in the same direction as the head of the rider in seat 0 but if I put 1..1, I suppose it will move in the direction of rider head seat 1

I have also tried setting only (0), it works, but an error appears in the event log

I have used it to control flying entities, instead of using the rxm selector, and it works very well

I also use it to manage the cannon of my robots and it also works

[safe fog]

Ahh

But can also be 0..1 if two seats to be looked at

[inland forum]

I think that would go crazy, I really don't know what would happen, maybe I'm wrong in how it works

There is not much information about it, I have also only tried it with rider 0, I have not tried it with rider 1, because I have no friends :,v

[verbal tulip]

Using molang queries, can you find XYZ direction the entity is facing?

[snow wing]

How do I check the value in the entity properties using the query.property if the property are string enum

"example:gearshift": { 
    "type": "enum", 
    "values": ["park", "reverse", "neutral", "drive"], 
    "default": "park", 
    "client_sync": true 
}

query.property('example:gearshift') == park, doesn't work

[inland forum]

'park'

[meager hamlet]

What is the name of the molang that detects when we are wearing armor?

[abstract nacelle]

q.is_item_name_any(equippableSlot, slotNumber, ItemName)

[austere comet]

How to fix

[snow wing]

Check icons on your BP items, or format version of it. It should be 1.16.100 and above

[kind bolt]

hey

what's a good query to pair walking with shooting?

i need help badly with this

[kind bolt]

bc when my mob chases its enemy

it starts to vibrate

please help

[slim token]

Can anyone tell me what the error is?

"geometry": "query.is_name_any('player_selector') == 1.0 ? geometry.player_selector : (query.is_name_any('arizona_map') == 1.0 ? geometry.map_frame : geometry.default)"

[snow wing]

You can't multiple

Also where do you use that?

[slim token]

I was using it on the armor stands. Depending on the name I put on it, it will have this geometry.

VS Code started to report an error when I used query.get_name, I changed it to query.is_name_any and it gives an error in the game when I use conditional multiples.

There is no other way to make this work without using deprecated query.get_name?

[snow wing]

"geometry": "query.is_name_any('player_selector') ? geometry.player_selector : geometry.map_frame

[slim token]

I was try it, its not work

[snow wing]

Are you sure that's how you supposed to write that molang?

[slim token]

query.is_name_any?

[snow wing]

Yes²

[slim token]

Yes

[snow wing]

Did you try to use query.get_name ?

[slim token]

Yes, but its deprecated

Its work, but its deprecated

[snow wing]

Then try that for the mean time while checking the query.is_name_any

[slim token]

The VS code and documentation recomends query.is_name_any

[half hatch]

[Molang][error]-bedablio:shop_pc |  | Error: query.property: property does not exist, consider using query.has_property.

i have this problem, how can i fix this?

[inner jasper]

The property doesn't exist

[half hatch]

this exist

[inner jasper]

Well it's saying your property doesn't exist

[half hatch]

done

why it dont show its from resource

[snow wing]

Did you turn on "client_sync": true?

[half hatch]

I fixed, it was in animation controller of resource

This entity was using a animation controller in resource, but i forget to remove

[summer marsh]

hi there, do someone know how to use the query.cooldown_time_remaining? is it possible to test the remaining time of a specific cooldown type?

[uneven quail]

q.scoreboard isn't removed yet?

[snow wing]

It's not removed but it doesn't work on resource packs anymore, only in behavior packs.

[abstract nacelle]

It never worked in resource packs, it is necessary to use properties for that

[snow wing]

Nope it works on RP packs before but the scoreboard should be visible using scoreboard objectives setdisplay

You can't tell it doesn't cause I use that always, it was removed after 1.20.60

[abstract nacelle]

ah yes, just showing the scoreboard, but that wasn't very useful

[abstract nacelle]

I didn't know they removed it completely.

[snow wing]

Removed in the rp packs

But it will works on the bp packs cause when you use that in RP it shows error saying it only works on BP pack

[abstract nacelle]

I thought it was still working with the showdisplay, I didn't know

[urban bough]

molang animations are neat

[summer marsh]

hi there
is the query.time_stamp reutrning the tick of the minecraft day? or it returns the total ticks since the server created?

[urban bough]

just test it my guy i feel like it would be easy to tell the difference between the two

[red glacier]

How to detect biome tag?

[random wolf]

I forgor this was a thing 💀

[sterile shore]

Is there any query to detect that the player has used the item completely?

for example: if the player eats food or drinks a potion, he executes the command

[amber delta]

is there a query to know if some one is viewing an NPC dialogue?

query has rider?

[abstract nacelle]

I dont think so, only with scripting

[abstract nacelle]

no

[sterile shore]

But, I need the molang anyway, for the script it doesn't fall the way I want it to

[amber delta]

what about query.is_in_ui what does that one do?

[abstract nacelle]

detect if you opened an interface

ANY interface

you cant specify what interface you opened

[amber delta]

Ok, well for my purposes that may work

[indigo rampart]

What does molang expression "this" return, I've found that couple times on vanilla sample (e.g. player animation.player.holding)

[amber delta]

Can Molang check for a tag on a player?

[coral forge]

Nope. You can check for scoreboards to be at a certain value in behavior packs though, using q.scoreboard('<scoreboard name>')==<value>, ex. q.scoreboard('cur_quest')==1

You can also use an environment sensor on the player to test if they have the tag using the has_tag filter, and set a property if the player has it

[amber delta]

I'm getting unrecognized token when I add the query.scoreboard to the animation controller. Is that a newer thing? I'm working in 1.20.13 becuase it is for education edition? Or did I mess something up?

[coral forge]

Maybe it's not in education edition. It's only come out of experimental pretty recently

[amber delta]

Ok, Education Edition is simply Bedrock a bit behind with some extra security and items like camera portfolio and writable exportable books and portfolio. Oh and they hide the experimental toggles and the content logging.

ok so if q.scoreboard was experimental what toggle does it need (I have made it so I can access those and the content logging)

Would that be Molang features?

Ok so with Molang features enabled it works.

[lucid nacelle]

I'm trying to use query.has_biome_tag in an animation controller but it is trowing an error unrecognized token

Can anybody help?

[amber delta]

check documentation to see if it is beta or stable. If Beta, make sure you have the molang Features experiment toggled on.

[lucid nacelle]

It's stable

[plain crest]

is there a painting template? or even an animated painting template? the discord search thing sucks dick

[abstract nacelle]

is deprecated as I remember

[abstract nacelle]

idk, just do a block / entity with random texture when is placed

[plain crest]

i for some reason find this line unbelievably funny

[wintry crow]

So I'm trying to understand what exactly molang is or does separately from editing json files. Up to now the extent of my knowledge is just running events through tests in behavior pack files, components, component groups, etc. what exactly makes molang different and where in the files can it be used? (I have used a query for an animation but have very little knowledge)

[lilac flame]

Molang is basically just queries, math, and basic loops

[wintry crow]

What parts of a behavior pack can I use queries?

[half verge]

animation controllers

entity server side

[tawny mica]

can i access queries through scripts

[lucid nacelle]

so it's no longer accessable

?

[abstract nacelle]

no

[abstract nacelle]

nope

the replace is scripting

[lucid nacelle]

that function takes ages to execute

I'm better off using environment sensor

[abstract nacelle]

ikr

[random wolf]

Withered nether star?

Hmmm

[polar steeple]

@swift rivet any idea why this don't work?
trying to delay the particle

[tough niche]

How to use query.time_of_day?

[urban bough]

is it possible to use molang to play a sound event at certain values? For instance if i wanted to play the sound every time a sin wave reached the high and low extreme.

[toxic raven]

Is that possible to use regex in molang scripts? I need to check if item's id contains golden_

[coral forge]

Not that I'm aware of. You could potentially use a script instead and have that script modify an entity property. Then, query for that property

You could also try querying for the minecraft:golden_tier tag

This is on all gold equipment

[mossy shell]

what method can be used to return power jump strength value?

[toxic raven]

I'm making a resource pack so this wouldn't suit my needs

But thanks for the tag suggestion

[waxen oriole]

Guys, how can I check on a BP AC from an entity's perspective if a player's using an specific item on it so I can trigger an animation based on that?

[waxen oriole]

Or the other way around: how can I check if the player is interacting with an specific entity so I can remove an item when doing it?

[abstract nacelle]

add minecraft: interact to your entity or use scripting

[waxen oriole]

Thanks Gabriel! I solved this just by using "take_item" on interact.

[brisk sentinel]

what molang is similiar to is_sheared? Gi need something that could return 0 to 5 integers

[ocean umbra]

hello, can we set values for molang variables inside block.json files?

[abstract nacelle]

q.property....

dummy components are deprecated

[abstract nacelle]

I think it doesnt support molang

[brisk sentinel]

they are being removed?

what are the alternatives then?

[abstract nacelle]

no, I mean, actually, they are not used as much, there are better alternatives

[abstract nacelle]

entity properties

they are very important in entities

they are like "infinite dummy components"

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/entities/entity-properties.html#top

[brisk sentinel]

this one's interesting

[abstract nacelle]

Bruh its outdated

[brisk sentinel]

but how can you read it in geometry?

I want to have something similar to query.variant

[abstract nacelle]

query.property('your:property') == 'value'

[brisk sentinel]

that's the solution I found

[abstract nacelle]

yeah, you can create an int property and use it like a variant

[brisk sentinel]

oh dang this one is cool

thanks for introducting this to me

[abstract nacelle]

"your:property": {
    "type": "int",
    "values": [0,10],
   "default": 0,
   "client_sync": true
}```

make sure you have client_sync in true to use the property in your resource pack

[brisk sentinel]

it acts similar to components huh

[brisk sentinel]

client_sync?

in manifest.json?

[abstract nacelle]

no, in the property

[abstract nacelle]

like this

[brisk sentinel]

ahhh I see

why is it needed?

ahhh I see

I saw the explanation

thanks a lot

[abstract nacelle]

🫡

[brisk sentinel]

@abstract nacelle

 "minecraft:entity": {
     "description": {
       "identifier": "si:geode_pet",
       "properties": {
         "property:ore_type": {
           "type": "int",
           "values": [
             0, //Coal 
             1, //Iron
             2,
             3,
             4,
             5,
             6
           ],
           "client_sync": true,
           "default": 0
         }
       },
       "is_spawnable": true,
       "is_summonable": true,
       "is_experimental": false
       },

Sorry for the ping, but I followed the wiki but something seems wrong it cannot read it

[abstract nacelle]

values have a min and a max

it should be
values: [0,6]

[brisk sentinel]

that means the enum_exmaple is wrong here?

[brisk sentinel]

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

[abstract nacelle]

no, enum its okay, how do you specify a min and a max with strings lol

[pure flume]

"property:example": {
  "range": [0, 100000],
  "default": 0,
  "type": "int",
  "client_sync": true
}

[brisk sentinel]

yeah thanks for the replies I took a look at the microsoft docs the wiki.bedrock really is outdated

[storm haven]

Synchronization works with any type of data, right?

[pure flume]

Yes you can use it on any property

[storm haven]

Is there a way to run external molang? Some time ago I read that it could be done with a .molang extension, I remember reading it in the official documentation.

[pure flume]

I don't know

[lilac flame]

That does not exist

[junior tartan]

How to make the animation activate only when the rider turns strongly?
I think something with query.yaw_speed but Idk how to use it

[storm haven]

Simple. Use molang and math. I'm sleepy but if you put up with my slowness I'll help you.

Do you want to activate the animation when the player turns his head sharply in one direction or only Is it a question of speed in any direction?

[storm haven]

Thanks to mathematics we can calculate by speed with respect to angles or relative distances but with spherical coordinates, a transformation is applied according to the spherical radius. It's more complex and unnecessary, so we use angle velocity.

[storm haven]

Look for perpendicular velocity variables and evaluate one or both with trigonometry, use Newtonian kinematics to calculate the speed you want and with molang you check if it meets the condition, conditions the execution of the animation in the animation controller.

In animations you place:

{ "ejecutar": "" }

The indexed animation on the client-side entity and the conditional molang to validate within the key.

The angular velocity by kinematics can be seen as a normal velocity applied to an arc that varies according to your radial consideration. I won't get my grades for that xD imagine it's a linear trajectory.

v = r/t

[storm haven]

You can also add the syntax I showed you directly into the client-side entity file scripts. Inside cheer up. Although it was not constantly updated like the animation controller.

"scripts": {
  "animate": [
    { "Ejecutar": "" }
  ]
}

To do what the animation controller does you would have to add a time updater attribute to the animation, attributes... And in the updated one, a molang that internally verifies the clock update conditions, etc. But these things are for advanced technicians like me.

For more information visit the community resources and search for "Universal Templates"

[junior tartan]

I only care about turning left and right

That's a little too much information, just having trouble with the math xD

[storm haven]

Evaluate speed and also direction. Simple.

[storm haven]

Abandon your problems.

[polar steeple]

why dose this return -0.5

"(v.direction == 'front') ? 0.5 : (v.direction == 'back') ? -0.5 : 0"

even if i did this

"minecraft:emitter_initialization": {
  "creation_expression": "v.direction = 'front';"
},

@swift rivet any idea?
sorry for the ping

[swift rivet]

Is that Y axis in direction_z?

[polar steeple]

yeah i am using direction_z

oh
No it is in the x

[swift rivet]

There's a bug, if direction is close to being horizontal, it will snap to horizontal, but in the opposite axis

So if your direction is something like [0, 0.99, 0.1] it will actually be [0, -1, 0]

[polar steeple]

wired
since using 0.5 directly work fine

0.5 turn to -0.5
i don't think that related

and it is not snapping
any value i put instead of -0.5 the expression take it

[swift rivet]

Is that the case in snowstorm or in the game

[polar steeple]

in game

[swift rivet]

"(v.direction == 'front') ? 0.5 : ((v.direction == 'back') ? -0.5 : 0)"

Try this

[polar steeple]

it work
thank you

[polar steeple]

is it possible to make particle that have
"minecraft:particle_motion_parametric"
have gravity?
"direction": [0, -1, 0]
don't do anything there

[storm haven]

The first definition has problems, Mojang mentioned this in the official documentation. Use parentheses to enclose the first and it will be the argument of the second.

[storm haven]

Exact

[swift rivet]

Yup here it is, always use latest format version folks