Blocks General

[winter elk]

Oh I didn't think about that @prime smelt , yep that would be a good use for them. Thank you 😊

[karmic sierra]

how can I make a custom block transperent?

[white bobcat]

alpha_test render method

[karmic sierra]

I did but its not working

            "minecraft:material_instances": {
                "*": {
                    "texture": "water",
                    "render_method": "alpha_test"
                }
            },

[karmic sierra]

its wrong it was blend

[white bobcat]

pretty sure alpha test is also transparent

[karmic sierra]

nope didn't work

[white bobcat]

Yeah it is also transparent.

Here, if you still have doubts

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_material_instances

But yeah blend is also transparent (:

[frozen fulcrum]

It's possible animate à block with animation like entity ?

[white bobcat]

Yes but is not as easy as animating an entity

[frozen fulcrum]

with bones ?

[primal roost]

flipbook _texture.json

?flipbook

[woven nova]

Flipbook Textures

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/flipbook-textures.html

[white bobcat]

Yes

Flipbook textures is not like entities animations

[wanton horizon]

Hello, im trying to make it so when a player breaks my block it runs a command. It seems not to run the command at all, could someone help me?

{
  "format_version": "1.16.0",
  "minecraft:block": {
    "description": {
      "identifier": "spooky:coal_ore"
    },
    "components": {
      "minecraft:on_player_destroyed": {
        "target": "other",
        "event": "player_broke"
      },
      "minecraft:destroy_time": 1,
      "tag:diamond_pick_diggable": {}
    },
    "events": {
      "player_broke": {
        "run_command": {
          "target": "other",
          "command": [
            "/say @s broke coal"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}```

[white bobcat]

Try setting target to self

[wanton horizon]

didnt work
\

[white bobcat]

Don’t include the / before the say command

And you don’t really need the target on the run_command

[wanton horizon]

okay ill try that

and okay

it does the command but doesnt say the players name

nvm i just had to change it

thank you

sm

[white bobcat]

No problem

[cinder wadi]

Can I change the direction that the block gets spawned using the /setblock command?

[vestal marsh]

Yes

Using blockstates

[novel hedge]

Does anyone know if there's a way to change the loot table of suspicious sands and gravel

[vestal marsh]

Just edit their loot table file 👍

[novel hedge]

Thanks

[wind hedge]

Is there a component to make it so that when you place a block on a custom block that block gets replaced?
Like grass

[vestal marsh]

There isn't as far as i know

[wind hedge]

too bad, will redo it with Scripting

[white bobcat]

You can do it with minecraft:on_interact, but you’ll have to read every possible block

[wind hedge]

not really, my block has no aim collision

[white bobcat]

If you block could be interacted with, that’s the only way to go.

[vernal coral]

hi guys. i'm trying to use scriptevent command to trigger some js function on player.

"on_interact": {
        "run_command": {
          "command": "scriptevent test:test",
          "target": "player"
        }
      }

This is what I have, and in API it returns that source that executes this command is a player. Is there a way to also grab the block it executes from? Like block executes a command that refences a player

[vestal marsh]

target self 👍

[vernal coral]

hmm. I may have to be a bit creative. Not sure if adding a tag on player, then use /execute command to trigger a scriptevent command would references the block object in script api
Edit: it doesn't work lol

[jagged gale]

what is up with the menu category component,it's so broken I literally have to use creative_category from 1.17 for my blocks to appear in the creative menu

[white bobcat]

Latest format versions do it like this

[jagged gale]

ty, now I'm regretting changing the my entire projects format value to 1.17

[primal roost]

"run_command": {
  "command": [
    //commands
  ]
}

[cursive pebble]

I know how to make a block but how do make the block model? and have it ing

Some1 please help

[vestal marsh]

Check the wiki, use the geometry component

[cursive pebble]

okay

[cursive pebble]

{ 
  "format_version": "1.19.30", 
  "minecraft:block": { 
    "description": { 
      "identifier": "zid:iron_gen" 
    }, 
    "components": { 
      "minecraft:geometry": "geometry.iron_gen"
    },
      "minecraft:material_instances": {
        "*": {
          "texture": "zid:iron_gen"
        }
      }
    } 
  } 

Uh

[vestal marsh]

Your json is wrong

[cursive pebble]

Can you help me?

[vestal marsh]

Consider opening a post and others will help

[cursive pebble]

okay

[oak totem]

how can I place two hitboxes in a block?

[vestal marsh]

You cant

[white bobcat]

You can’t with selection box nor collision box

[brave salmon]

does anyone have a custom block template with face directions

[woven nova]

Rotatable Blocks

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/rotatable-blocks.html

[vestal marsh]

@brave salmon

[brave salmon]

thanks

[brave salmon]

if a player placed my block, will "minecraft:on_player_placing" and "minecraft:on_placed" both execute? or just the on_player_placing one

[oak ledge]

Is there a way to make falling block and it using geometry model too?

[edgy ledge]

what are you hoping to achieve?

[brave salmon]

i just want to know if it will both execute if a player will place the block

[edgy ledge]

I recommend that you run an experience.

• Create 2 events
• Each event runs a different say command
• Have each event triggered by the components

Place the block and see what happens

@brave salmon

[brave salmon]

that's why i ask so i wont have to test it myself 💀

[edgy ledge]

🤣 you would have known by if you did

[brave salmon]

my minecraft loads so slow af, it takes 5-10 minutes just to load a flat world, that's why i code for a day then test at the end then debug what's wrong

so thats why i also asked instead of testing by myself

[brave salmon]

the answer is just "yes" or "no" tho 💀

[edgy ledge]

I am working on something right now. When I am done, If will check it out for you if someone hasn't already

[white bobcat]

I’m assuming both, but have not really tried it yet. minecraft:on_player_placed strictly triggers if a player placed the block, unlike minecraft:on_placed which triggers if a player or command places the command.

[white bobcat]

Falling blocks are entities, not blocks

[edgy ledge]

Is there a filter for block states?

[edgy ledge]

it runs minecraft:on_placed

[white bobcat]

As in?

[edgy ledge]

I want the block sensor to only trigger when fully grown crops for broken

[white bobcat]

You can use permutations to read the block properties and execute something from that

[edgy ledge]

This is vanilla crops

Carrots, wheat, potatoes

[white bobcat]

You can read those on /execute if block

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/auxvaluetoblockstatemap

[edgy ledge]

"minecraft:block_sensor": {
          "sensor_radius": 16,
          "on_break": [
            {
              "block_list": ["minecraft:carrots:7"],
              "on_block_broken": "crop_broken"
            }
          ]
        }

I did that but I get an error

growth:7 represents a fully grown carrot

[white bobcat]

Is that the correct state? Look it on the page I sent

[edgy ledge]

Am I missing something?

[white bobcat]

Yes

It should be ["growth" : 7]

not minecraft:carrots:7

[edgy ledge]

"minecraft:carrots['growth':7]" like that?

[white bobcat]

Literally just what I told you

"minecraft:block_sensor": {
          "sensor_radius": 16,
          "on_break": [
            {
              "block_list": ["growth": 7],
              "on_block_broken": "crop_broken"
            }
          ]
        }

[edgy ledge]

didn't parse

[white bobcat]

I haven’t used that component nor know it’s syntax at all as far as I remember so unless your syntax is wrong, nothing else should be wrong

[edgy ledge]

"minecraft:behavior.move_to_block": {
                    "priority": 10,
                    "tick_interval": 1,
                    "start_chance": 0.5,
                    "search_range": 6,
                    "search_height": 4,
                    "goal_radius": 1.0,
                    "stay_duration": 20.0,
                    "target_selection_method": "random",
                    "target_offset": [0, 0.25, 0],
                    "target_block_filters": { "test": "is_waterlogged", "subject": "block", "operator": "==", "value": false },
                    "target_blocks": [
                        "minecraft:red_flower",     // All small flowers except Dandelion
                        "minecraft:yellow_flower",  // Dandelion
                        "minecraft:wither_rose",
                        "minecraft:double_plant:8", // Sunflower top
                        "minecraft:double_plant:9", // Lilac top
                        "minecraft:double_plant:12", // Rose Bush top
                        "minecraft:double_plant:13",  // Peony top
                        "minecraft:flowering_azalea", //Flowering azalea
                        "minecraft:azalea_leaves_flowered", //Flowering Azalea leaves
                              "minecraft:mangrove_propagule"
                    ],
                    "on_stay_completed": [
                        {
                            "event": "collected_nectar",
                            "target": "self"
                        }
                    ]
                }

this is the closest reference I have found and its from the bee

see how it handles the sunflower

carrots:7 also work when I tested it there so I assumed it would consistent

[edgy ledge]

"growth": 7 was the syntax error

[white bobcat]

I guess you fixed it, my apologies and glad you fixed it

[winter yarrow]

Hi, im kinda new to coding and i have a question. Can you make a block spawn from sculk charge similar to sculk sensors and sculk shriekers?

[tardy fox]

say i want to make a custom pressureplate model and i have the texturing of it done, where do i go from there to add these custom pressure plates

[white bobcat]

?intro to blocks

[woven nova]

Beta Blocks

1.16.100.56 beta blocks come with many new components. Even events and permutations.
Intro:
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/blocks-intro.html

[tardy fox]

where exactly would i look on that

because i don't think it mentions anything about pressure plates

[vestal marsh]

It does however mention how to add custom geos and block events 🙂

[tardy fox]

oh?

[tardy fox]

ive looked it over and im still confused, able to help more in depth?

[vestal marsh]

Consider opening a post so we can go in depth

[tardy fox]

https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1120787371236012133

[tardy fox]

still free to?

[strange spruce]

it was for my block to generate a villager when it is generated in the world, but it is not working, does anyone know why?

[vestal marsh]

Blocks generated via world gen dont use queued ticking

[strange spruce]

is there a way for the event to fire when the block generates in the world?

[vestal marsh]

Use command blocks to setblock your block

[prime smelt]

What about random ticking? Will it do that one, or is it all ticking components that are turned off?

[vestal marsh]

Iirc random ticking works

[rugged niche]

Any ideas on this? geometry.empty is literally an empty geometry.

[vestal marsh]

It's not allowed

[rugged niche]

It's been working up until 1.20. I use it to allow a placeable block with the HCF block components, for example, placement filters. That upon placing summons an entity, if conditions are met.

[final geyser]

how can i distinguish different types of blocks with data values, "minecraft:leaves2" for example?

[vestal marsh]

In what sense?

[final geyser]

Commands / Scripting API

[vestal marsh]

Using blockstates

[final geyser]

Could you please tell me the commands? Thanks a lot

[vestal marsh]

Again depends what youre trying to do

[final geyser]

Just take /testforblocks command as an example

[vestal marsh]

Seems more like a #1067869288859447416 question but it's basically [block] [blockstates] which you can use https://auxval-to-blockstates.netlify.app/ to convert datavalues to block states

[final geyser]

okay.Tysm

[prime smelt]

This works now for the app and the list on ms.learn ?block-states but needs the s else does geo ... and there is ?aux and ?data-values

[red sky]

They fixed that?? F...

[sterile eagle]

Mojang changed something in minecraft:material_instances?

"minecraft:material_instances": {
  "up": {
    "texture":"dirt"
  },
  "down": {
    "texture":"bedrock"
  },
  "sides": {
    "texture":"obsidian"
  }
}

or they changed something in minecraft:unit_cube?

[vestal marsh]

Are u defining it in blocks.json

[sterile eagle]

"test:block": {
  "sound": "wood"
 }

i thought we don't need to use blocks.json for textures anymore if we use minecraft:material_instances

[vestal marsh]

U dont just checking if u did

What format ver?

[sterile eagle]

1.20.0

[vestal marsh]

Change sides to *

[neat summit]

side doesn't exist

Never in my lifetime have I seen "sides" being used in that

[sterile eagle]

Thank you!

[vestal marsh]

Ive seen ends

[sterile eagle]

I haven't used blocks in ages

[neat summit]

now you know "sides" don't exist

Thanks poggy

Man you're a genius poggy

[white bobcat]

Instead you use north, south, east, west or *

[vestal marsh]

Also "ends"

[wanton horizon]

how do I make my custom block run a command when I interact with it?

nvm^^

[tender dirge]

Can i change material for existing vanilla block?

[prime smelt]

That would be the texture and yes, either place your texture file with same name in the same path or update the terrain_texture.json to point to your texture file

[woven robin]

hi there, I saw a video of a building in java, and was curious if it is possible to make it on bedrock and how it would be possible? Can you see on the photo, that the brick stone interact with the side cobblestone to give a more relistic feel?

[white bobcat]

Yeah is possible, however one of the blocks need to be custom, either the stone bricks or the cobblestone. You would check for neighbor blocks and change the texture of the cobblestone accordingly

It would probably be better for the sake of being specific to make both blocks custom, since there are many blocks under the stone tag, but is good to know you’ll only need one for certain circumstances

[woven robin]

humn... I think I got the idea, will try that, thx

[neat shell]

how can i make the game ignore a custom block when respawning the player
i made a custom block that when the player go through it the player get spawnpoint but when he die the he can't spwan in it saw the game chose another spawnpoint
the block already have collision_box

[white bobcat]

I don’t think I understand your issue, and to fix it understand it is crucial. May you please elaborate?

[prime smelt]

That is because the spawnpoint did not give space for the head, so the person will sufficate, it will natually put you to where you are safe.... have the spawnpoint be one space down from that star thingy, that is wher the feet would be... for a player.... but that is a ball... and I am not sure you have 2 blocks there anyway

[neat shell]

already tried that
the game treat the custom block as solid block
is there is a way to make custom block like plants or other blocks that the player can respawn in

[prime smelt]

I think it may be the rendering.... see what they use for crops... could be alpha_test or blend.... one or both of them make breathable blocks.... or you can make the player breathe solids...

[neat shell]

Isn't that just for appearance

[prime smelt]

is the diamond share a custom block? so that is a full blck, was not sure cause there is no perspective

[prime smelt]

I think that is also a side effect

[neat shell]

yeah

[prime smelt]

a few others would know

[neat shell]

i will try changing the rendering
or just putting the block to the left and add an offset to the model from the center

[granite vale]

Does anyone know how bee nest and bee hive entity data works?

The wiki has block data for which way its facing and how much honey is in it, but is it possible for me to use the number of bees in it somehow?

I would like to be able to break bee nest or hive blocks, but only while the bees aren't in them

[somber cosmos]

What experiment are block traits under? Is it upcoming creator features?

[vestal marsh]

Yes

[woven robin]

hi there, so I m trying to make a grass block that uses the grass top texture on all the sides and bellow, but I wanted it to use the colors of the grass like the vanila grass that changes based on the biome.
how can I make it?

[wanton horizon]

Hello, I made a custom block geo in blockbench but I was wondering how would i add it in game?

It also has multiple textures which is a bit confusing for me, I am new to custom blocks.

[prime smelt]

On the file menu go down to export and then choose export to bedrock, select the folder to put this geometry file in which is usually the models folder and that should work

[prime smelt]

Looks like you did some of this per_face uv... So you will need to assign a material alias name to those cubes so that you can use it in the material instances of the block.

[prime smelt]

This is what it adds inside the geo, which you can also add yourselfjson "north": {"uv": [0, 0], "uv_size": [3, 1], "material_instance": "light"}, "east": {"uv": [0, 0], "uv_size": [3, 1], "material_instance": "light"},This is how you use it inside the blockjson "minecraft:material_instances": { "frame": {"texture":"color_powder_black","render_method":"blend"}, "light": {"texture":"color_glassy_silver","render_method":"blend"}, "wick": {"texture":"color_powder_silver","render_method":"blend"} }So instead of the default names, use your alias names.

If that does not work, consider putting all the texture elements into the one bigger file. Just make it 64x64 for the space and move the textures inside and point to the positions in there, that way it will map correctly. Also, make sure exporting geo is done last so that it gets all of this information.

[neat shell]

why this event wont work?

            "mba:placed": {
                "target": "self",
                "command": [
                        "execute if block ~ ~ ~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":5] if block ~~1~ air run setblock ~~1~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":4]",
                        "execute if block ~ ~ ~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":4] if block ~~-1~ air run setblock ~~-1~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":5]",
                        "execute if block ~ ~ ~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":2] if block ~~~1 air run setblock ~~~1 mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":3]",
                        "execute if block ~ ~ ~ mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":3] if block ~~~-1 air run setblock ~~~-1 mba:ring_big ["mba:rotation":2]"
                ]    
            }

[prime smelt]

Because it is not the correct syntax

"run_command: {
   "command":[
      "say This is the correct format",
      "say You were missing the run_command part",
      "say taget self is not needed - use target when not self"
   ]
}```

[neat shell]

isn't that the same format?

[prime smelt]

unless you have an invisible run_command in yours, then NO

[neat shell]

lol i didn't read the commands

thanks man

[prime smelt]

you are welcome woman

[neat shell]

oh sorry

[prime smelt]

np... LOL.. thought we were playing a gender switching game...🤣 happens all the time, avatar is a girl, name is a girl's... and most are on auto-pilot with how they speak... which makes me wonder at people's attention to detail sometimes...

[neat shell]

yeah
this sound like it happen a lot

still getting an error

never mind lol

[prime smelt]

open a post and put the whole file

[neat shell]

found the error

i am opening a post lol

[prime smelt]

I gotta go... someone will help... maybe

[indigo kiln]

does someone have the 1.20 block template

[wanton horizon]

should I put that in my RP or BP?

how would I make the block have the geo?

[neat shell]

put your geometry here
your_resource_packs\models\blocks
and create json file here
your_behavior_packs\blocks
in the file write something like this

{
    "format_version": "1.19.50",
    "minecraft:block": {
        "description": {
            "identifier": "mba:exomple",
            "menu_category": {
                "category": "construction"
            }
        },
        "components": {
            "minecraft:collision_box": false,
            "minecraft:destructible_by_mining": false,
            "minecraft:destructible_by_explosion": false,
            "minecraft:geometry": "geometry.exomple", //your geometry identifier here
            "minecraft:material_instances": {
                "*": {
                    "texture": "exomple",
                    "render_method": "blend"
                }
            },
            "minecraft:light_dampening": 0,
            "minecraft:map_color": "#0079ff"
        }
    }
}

I recommend using Block Wizard plugin until you becomes familiar with blocks files format

[wanton horizon]

alright thank u sm

[lofty wave]

I heard that blocks are out of experimental now? Is there any tutorial to show me how to create blocks?

I've been waiting to add a block with custom geo, material, and, no collision, but all my addon knowledge is purely entity related.

[woven robin]

hi there, I have a question, I noticed that the dirt path block type when is sorrounded by other blocks it create some kind of shadow in the corners... so I wanted to create a custom block with same effect, how can I add it?

[lofty wave]

I think that's due to path blocks being slightly shorter than normal blocks

[frozen moat]

i am officially joining the anti-bone_visibility group because updating my walls to reflect the new format is becoming unfathomably tedious

[woven robin]

hi there, what can be the cause of a block being rendered as a item in my hand but not as a block when it is placed? like so:

[white bobcat]

Your attachable using the proper texture but the block

?troubleshooting

[woven nova]

Troubleshooting

Main Article:
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html
Troubleshooting Blocks:
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/troubleshooting-blocks.html
Troubleshooting Items:
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/items/troubleshooting-items.html
Troubleshooting Entities:
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/entities/troubleshooting-entities.html

[woven robin]

the block is defined on the behavior, right? it is the same as the attachable
bh:json "components": { "minecraft:geometry": "geometry.prize_chest", "minecraft:map_color": "#ffffff", "minecraft:material_instances": { "*": { "render_method": "alpha_test", "texture": "prize_chest" } },

attachables:json "textures": { "default": "textures/blocks/abestados/prize_chest", "enchanted": "textures/misc/enchanted_item_glint" }, "geometry": { "default": "geometry.prize_chest" },
and prize_chest is already defined in terrains:
"prize_chest": {"textures": "textures/blocks/abestados/prize_chest"},

[white bobcat]

That is not usual… it should work. Try reloading your game

[woven robin]

already did it, is there any limit on the size of the texture?

right now it is 256x256

[white bobcat]

That should be alright

You have no errors, unless there is a permutation that changes the texture that could be overwriting the material instances on your components

[woven robin]

no errors, the permutation I have is for rotation only

[woven robin]

my bad, forgot to upload the terrain file 🙂

btw is it possible to play an animation on the block when we interact with it?

[white bobcat]

Depends on what you mean with an animation

[woven robin]

I want to this chest open the lid when interact with it, not like the normal chest that keep the lid open while it is active, I just want the animation to play once when you click on the block/chest

this animation, so when a player interact with it it will be played once

[white bobcat]

Is possible, yes, but is not like entities, you’ll have to animate it frame by frame

So no, is not a RP animation, is a behavior animation

I have animated blocks in the past with complex animations (for behavior animations at least) like this https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1103295128782766142, and I would recommend you waiting till molang comes back into bone visibility before you try this

The simple way, well, use entities instead

[woven robin]

I saw that one you have made, but in your case it is looping the animation, in my case I wanted it to only play when interacted and just play once then stops, but I guess it is not possible without converting the block into an entity, right?

[prime smelt]

Since it is a chest, doesn't it have to be an entity anyway, can't you make it for that to do that part

[white bobcat]

It can be without looping as well and on interact

It will be a tedious process without molang though

It is still a little complicated with molang but once you make one you’ll be fine

Here I was explaining how to do the properties part in order to have a smooth entity-like animation https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1081356741180137542

[uneven pecan]

what is the block id of an iron block?

[frozen moat]

"iron_block"

the minecraft wiki has ids for most vanilla items and blocks

if i have a block using bone_visibility and permutations to alter the shape of the block, do i need to list every bone in each instance of the bone_visibility component? or can i just set all bones to false by default and then specify the true ones in permutations?

[woven robin]

so do you think right now the easieast way to do it is like creating a fake block(an entity)?

[white bobcat]

Definitely. That’s the easiest way but is not really good for performance. You may want to spawn it and quickly despawn it when the chest is closed.

[woven robin]

I think I will stay with the static block so, no animations 🙂

too complex

[white bobcat]

Fair enough

[woven robin]

btw let me ask you something, I always have problem with the first person attachable, I never was able to make custom items movement like the vanilla, I think the main reason is where I position the pivot, what is the best practice to set the pivot when you want to make it sweing like the vanilla?

[white bobcat]

I do not try anything with attachables in a really long time, I recommend you asking at #1067869136606220288

[glossy depot]

What happened to minecraft:ticking component?

I upgraded my pack to 1.19.70 and it no longer worked

[rugged niche]

Is there a way to do some sort of "minecraft:on_placed" on blocks, without experimental currently?

[rugged niche]

should still work it's now called queued_ticking/random_ticking

try go to 1.20.0 or something

[glossy depot]

Do you have a template? I copy pasted the one in the documentation and it generated a bunch of errors 😵‍💫

[white bobcat]

"minecraft:queued_ticking":{
    "condition": 1,
    "range": [5,10],
    "target": "self"
}

This is the one in the documentation and is correct.

[rugged niche]

Also this https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1110720127646842953

[white bobcat]

I do not think so

[rugged niche]

I was thinking with permutations it could be possible

[white bobcat]

With permutations you cannot detect when you place a block unless you use that component there

[glossy depot]

Sweet thank you. I was using the random one.

Wait, can this call events?

[white bobcat]

I guess you could use queued_ticking to change a property… it would trigger when the block is placed but iirc that’s experimental too

[white bobcat]

Correct

[glossy depot]

Thanks again 👍

[glossy depot]

Is this correct?

"minecraft:queued_ticking": {
"condition": 1,
"range": [12, 16],
"on_tick": {
"event": "shatter",
"target": "self"
}
},

[white bobcat]

Should be

You can also have it like this;

"minecraft:queued_ticking": {
                        "looping": true,
                        "interval_range": [12, 16],
                        "on_tick": {
                            "event": "shatter",
                            "target": "self"
                        }
                    }```

[glossy depot]

Just tested it, it did not break at all 🤔

[glossy depot]

Ah I got it to work now. It was a command issue.

[gaunt steeple]

How is the component that set´s rhe mining time of a block called now?

[red sky]

minecraft:destructible_by_mining

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_destructible_by_mining

[zealous ivy]

Hey ! I wanted to use the "blend" material for my custom block, but there's a catch

When I use the blend material, I can see entity's that use blending too through the block

Does anyone know why ?

Actually I find this pretty intersting, do you think I could replicate but to see certains blocks through it ?

[red sky]

Is your block using a transparent textures? If not you don't need blend.

[zealous ivy]

Its texture is an animation in the flipbook, and I want one stage to contain invisible parts

Actually, even with blend it doesn't work

[frozen moat]

got my wall template mostly updated, still need to work out a few kinks but it's getting there

before bone_visibility my wall files were like 2000 lines, now they're just over 4000

does every bone in the relevant model need to be listed in every instance of bone_visibility in the block file?

[vestal marsh]

No? Dont think so if its not listed it will by default be true

[frozen moat]

okay

what I'm thinking is that I could maybe simplify my files by setting all bones to false under components and then only changing the relevant bones under each permutation

[vestal marsh]

Why not use molang

[frozen moat]

I was under the impression that bone_visibility doesn't accept molang

[vestal marsh]

1.20.10 added support

[frozen moat]

ahh alright

yeah that would probably make it a lot easier

[red sky]

Yha

[somber cosmos]

Unit_cube is still under the HCF toggle right?

[vestal marsh]

Yes

[red sky]

Where's the list for that at?

[vestal marsh]

All HCF components should be in the wiki

[red sky]

Actually meant ones that are stable

[vestal marsh]

Yes there should be a stable blocks page as well 🙂

[red sky]

thx

[frozen moat]

can someone please help me figure out what's wrong with this code?

            "minecraft:geometry": {
                "identifier": "geometry.generalized_wall",
                "bone_visibility": {
                    "post0": "query.block_property('test:post') == 0",
                    "post1": "query.block_property('test:post') == 1",
                    "post2": "query.block_property('test:post') == 2",
                    "post3": "query.block_property('test:post') == 3",
                    "post4": "query.block_property('test:post') == 4",
                    "north_semi": "query.block_property('test:north') == 1",
                    "north_full": "query.block_property('test:north') == 2",
                    "south_semi": "query.block_property('test:south') == 1",
                    "south_full": "query.block_property('test:south') == 2",
                    "east_semi": "query.block_property('test:east') == 1",
                    "east_full": "query.block_property('test:east') == 2",
                    "west_semi": "query.block_property('test:west') == 1",
                    "west_full": "query.block_property('test:west') == 2"
                }
            },```

i've linted it a few times and there are no apparent errors

currently the block simply doesn't exist in my game

[desert vector]

are you in the 1.20.10+ previews?

otherwise bone_visibility doesn't support molang

[frozen moat]

nope that would explain a lot

fellow i spoke to yesterday about it mentioned that and i missed that it was a preview

[frozen moat]

is there any chance i could get someone to help me figure out what i'm doing wrong? i'm trying to update my wall template still and instead of the bones appearing and disappearing as they should, they're all visible at all times

i know the filesize is a bit excessive. i think the problem lies in either the way i have my bone_visibilities set up or in the way the direction tags are arranged

[desert vector]

Components do not combine, each minecraft:geometry component resets all bones' visibility to true
(This means that setting a bone's visibility to true will never do anything, as it's the default)

[frozen moat]

darn, I think that means I'm gonna have to wait until 1.20.10 comes out of previews to finish this. thank you

[green anvil]

Is it possible to change the model of the vanilla blocks?

[nocturne kindle]

They are hardcoded

You can have a custom block with the model you want to have, and then have a function that replaces them from inventories, and if it generates on the world

A single block feature that only replaces that block

[gaunt ocean]

Hi

Can anyone help me?

I want to edit the loot table of a block

Can anyone tell me what is the directory and id of the leaves?

[desert vector]

loot tables of vanilla blocks cannot be changed

[nocturne kindle]

How so? When it's dropped after mining it?

[gaunt ocean]

Yes

[nocturne kindle]

You could do /replaceitem I guess

[gaunt ocean]

I want to change what the block drops, make leaves drop new fruits

[nocturne kindle]

That might be in the vanilla packs, though It might be hardcoded as Quaz has mentioned

[stone hedge]

how can i make it so that redstone can pass trough the block

[cinder wadi]

Hey, I am trying to execute a event when a play left clicks on a block. I only found this "minecraft:on_interact", but sadly its only for left clicks. Can someone help?

[rotund badge]

Whats going on with the testforblocks command?

two spawners of same type will only compare if they are cloned version of itself even if same egg.

[mint frost]

Any reason why we can't have selection boxes with origins of -1 when we can place blocks on farmland with an origin of -1 on the geo?

[junior flame]

What?

[junior flame]

Testforblocks compares block nbt / data. But spawners store a lot of data so they're always unique, even if they have the same egg inside

See the section for monster spawner here: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Bedrock_Edition_level_format/Block_entity_format

[junior flame]

Like why can't we have a selection box for a block that intrudes on another block?

[rotund badge]

TY

[mint frost]

yeah

[solid brook]

._.

Gouys ._.

._. can i make gravity between 2 blocks ?

Like what systemzee does?

https://youtu.be/1wjuB1Rqkl8

[somber wraith]

how can blocks that exceed one block height limit (like doors) show the combined and clean selection box for the upper + lower part?

[white bobcat]

You can’t

[somber wraith]

Are the things like doors hardcoded then?

[tacit star]

I get this and i don’t know what wrong in the code can anybody help me ?

[Molang][error]-Error: query.block_property is making use of non-registered block state.

{
"format_version": "1.20.0",
"minecraft:block": {
"description": {
"identifier": "test1:o_flag",
"menu_category": {
"category": "construction"
},
"traits": {
"minecraft:placement_direction": {
"enabled_states": ["minecraft:cardinal_direction"],
"y_rotation_offset": 90.0
}
}
},
"components": {
"minecraft:geometry": "geometry.o_flag",
"minecraft:collision_box": false,
"minecraft:material_instances": {
"*": {
"texture": "kuwait_flag",
"render_method": "alpha_test"
}
}
},
"permutations": [
{
"condition": "query.block_property('cardinal_direction')== 'north'",
"components": {
"minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0, 0, 0] }
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('cardinal_direction')== 'west'",
"components": {
"minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0, 90, 0] }
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('cardinal_direction')== 'south'",
"components": {
"minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0, 180, 0] }
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('cardinal_direction')== 'east'",
"components": {
"minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0, -90, 0] }
}
}
]
}
}

[prime smelt]

Well yes it is but doors are doable by us mere mortals. Doors are 2 blocks that work together via custom tags and permutations. Each part of the door has to be reading the other parts tags. You can pass info back and forth this way and each can change or mimic the other ( but best to have one as master).

[red sky]

Does anyone have the list of block stuff that's out of experimental?

[solid brook]

Anybody know how to get hopper behaviour pack ?

[west rover]

can i only fit 16 conditions in a sequence?

[cinder wadi]

Hey there, I have a problem with my custom blocks. They are all facing in the same direction, even when I place them from a diffrent angle. Can someone help?

[desert vector]

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/blocks-stable

[red sky]

Oh thank you

[prime smelt]

Did you add permutations based on which way the player was facing?

If you did, is the block in blocks.json with the sides defined? If so, take the texture part out and only use it in the block with your permutations

[prime smelt]

Anyone up on translation in transformations? Not sure why I have to use this to mimic a 16x1x16 geo..json "minecraft:transformation": { "scale": [1, 0.0625, 1], "translation": [0.0, -0.46875, 0.0] },because the difference to -5 is half of the scale, 1/32 of a block. So not sure if fully understand how translation works... I thought I should be able to use -0.5 to mean, place at the bottom of the block, but that generates non-breaking errors

[cinder wadi]

Yes, they are definded inside blocks.json. Could you explain the use of permutations in that case a little bit more? I checked the documentation but it did not help me.
I plann was to just copy the vanilla files but I can't find them anymore in the sample-packs

[prime smelt]

Whatever is in blocks.json is like setting something in stone., That is the way it will be and you cannot change it in the behavior file. So take the texture part out of blocks.json, leave the sound only.

In your block, add (for example, since you did not copy/paste the real code in here for me to use, so will use what I am working on),:json "minecraft:material_instances": { "*":{"texture": "bedrock","render_method": "opaque"}, "up":{"texture": "letter_a","render_method": "opaque"}, "south":{"texture": "letter_b","render_method": "opaque"}, "east":{"texture": "letter_c","render_method": "opaque"}, "west":{"texture": "letter_d","render_method": "opaque"}, "north":{"texture": "letter_e","render_method": "opaque"}, "down":{"texture": "letter_f","render_method": "opaque"} },

So I want this, when I place it down, to always have the top one where the letter a is facing me, with the letter B in front of me, no matter what way I am facing, even though it says south up there. How that can happen?

In the description section of the block, putjson "traits": { "minecraft:placement_direction": { "enabled_states": [ "minecraft:cardinal_direction" ] } }This will allow me to access the information about which way they are facing when they place the block down. There are 3 other traits that have information, but this is the only one I need for what I am doing. You can learn about the other 3 -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blocktraits

Use the information stored in minecraft:cardinal_direction directly in permutations as a block_property. This is new as of 1.19.80 I believe, but best to make the version of your block 1.20.0 to be safe.json "permutations": [ { "condition": "q.block_property('minecraft:cardinal_direction') == 'north' ", "components": { "minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0,0,0] } } }, { "condition": "q.block_property('minecraft:cardinal_direction') == 'south' ", "components": { "minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0,180,0] } } }, { "condition": "q.block_property('minecraft:cardinal_direction') == 'east' ", "components": { "minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0,270,0] //or -90 } } }, { "condition": "q.block_property('minecraft:cardinal_direction') == 'west' ", "components": { "minecraft:transformation": { "rotation": [0,90,0] } } } ]There are a few other things "minecraft:transformation" can do, read about those in -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_transformation Note: This also requires the block to have an updated format version, because it is a new component and replaces the old rotation component, so again, make sure your format version is 1.20.0 to avoid content log errors about this.

Another way you can do it, instead of rotation, is to change out the "minecraft:material_instances" component instead, to have the texture in a different slot. Because let's face it, degrees still confuse me sometimes. But I have done enough with them to know the above ones work. In fact, the block I am working on now, will loop an abcdef block through all of the combinations. When done I will release it in #1072983602821861426

I suggest for practice, that you make the block both ways, rotation and material, so that you have a better understanding of permutations. With permutations, you can switch out any component, add components, etc.. depending on what you need. It all depends on the condition. More complicated conditions, will most likely require you to create block properties and assign values to them based on conditions in events.

For example, what if you wanted the player to be able to tap the block and it face him, so like if he placed it facing south, but moved to the west side and tapped (interact) it would turn to face him? The permutation above would not work because that is based on a one-time event, block placement. You would need an property to hold the information instead, so that you can change it.... that is a 3rd exercise.... but one that will build upon foundation that you need....

[cinder wadi]

Thank you so much. That will surely help me 😻

[prime smelt]

You are welcome. This wiki page will help too... never too much information -> https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/rotatable-blocks.html#top
This website actually has the simpler rotation degrees... (btw, -90 is same as 270) So maybe grab those instead.

Note: in the upper right hand corner of the wiki page is a search bar... you can find most things via there and they are updating and adding stuff all the time. For the Microsoft Learn site, the left hand bar, scroll up and down for the different sections. Make sure Reference Documentation is open. I live in there. And the stuff above it, read in your spare time, cause you can learn a lot... and practice, practice practice.. try stuff out, not just wait to make a block you need, but for the sake of seeing how it works...

[prime smelt]

I updated the rotation degrees in the code above to the ones in the wiki, as mine were way off... yeah, I don't know my left from my right... 😁

[desert vector]

opaque is the default render method so you don't have to include it in your material instances

[prime smelt]

I know... I like to have it there, so when I want to change it out to something else, it is already there I do not have to add that part. Miau, hopefully you understand the differences, if not https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_material_instances

I do a lot of copy/paste and it is annoying to have to add a part in. I do not always know it by heart...

[woven nova]

Incompatible Multiplayer Queries

Some of the queries are incompatible in multiplayer. Known ones:

1. query.is_item_name_any Use query.get_equipped_item_name instead.

If you found any others, ping a person with faq-management role.

[west rover]

are the events correct or the block itself? the block doesnt detect the block tags nor change states. no errors in content logs

[tacit star]

Same problem

Tell us when you find the issue

[glossy dagger]

How i can make custom water

[tacit star]

https://wiki.bedrock.dev/blocks/custom-fluids.html

[woven robin]

hi, how can I make a block that is like soul soil? that when burn it flames is blue?

[cold dew]

can molang be used in bone_visibility?

[white bobcat]

Yes, with the 1.20.10 format version in your block behavior

[white bobcat]

For that you’ll have to first have your custom fire created. Then in your soul soul-like block you detect if the block upside it is fire to replace that fire with your custom one. Easier way to make this detection would be running /fill with replace mode in your main block from minecraft:queued_ticking.

[cold dew]

Is it possible to get the property of a neighbor block?

[cold dew]

I tried using tags instead, but I got an error

lmc:spruce_log_pillar | components | -> components -> bone_visibility[top]: expression contained disallowed queries

Here is the code:

"minecraft:geometry": {
"identifier": "geometry.wood_pillar",
"bone_visibility": {
"root": true,
"top": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, 1, 'lmc:north_vertical')",
"bottom": "q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag(0, 0, 1, 'lmc:north_vertical')"
}
},

[desert vector]

you need to query the tags in an event which runs every tick. This event would set block states which could be used in the bone visibility.

[cold dew]

So it should be > events > conditions > query tag > set property > bone_visibility > query properties

[cold dew]

Can I use on_placed to run the event?

Or it has to be ticking

[desert vector]

you could set the property to the returned value of the expression e.g.

"set_block_property": {
   "example:boolean_property": "q.blocknei..."
}

[woven robin]

do blocks have this thing to runtime_identifier like entities do?

[white bobcat]

No they don’t

[desert vector]

no

[desert vector]

do you want the bone visibility to change when surrounding blocks do?

[cold dew]

Ah, so it has to be ticking for that

[desert vector]

yes, it doesn't have to be every tick but it's faster if it is

[gusty salmon]

can someone explain what is wrong with this command: /setblock ~~~ lever ["lever_direction":"west"]

it doesnt work

can someone help?

[cold dew]

K, thanks

[prime smelt]

It is = now.. change the :

[west rover]

so itried my old addons and dear god, it replaced all the vanilla blocks' geometries and even collision/selection boxes.

[mellow carbon]

can you share your addon that does this

[remote island]

is it possible to render the texture alpha when using the path?

this is what it looks like when i put the default glass as the texure

its gone opaque

[cold dew]

Can blocks have multiple collision boxes?

When you rotate a block using transformation, does the collision box also rotate?

[magic umbra]

S l a b s

[dire wolf]

I haven't seen documentation for the "trigger" event response anywhere but here, does this still work?

{
"wiki:sequence_event": {
"sequence": [
{
"set_block_property": {
"wiki:my_prop": true
}
},
{
"condition": "q.block_property('wiki:my_prop')", // Optional
"trigger": {
"event": "wiki:my_entity_event",
"target": "other"
}
}
]
}
}

[desert vector]

It should still work!
Looks like i forgot to add its own section to the wiki 😳

[dire wolf]

sweet, thank you so much

[white bobcat]

That's cursed but it should not happen... That's an interesting bug, since you are unable to modify vanilla block geometries or behavior components.

I guess we don't have any control over it, sadly

[red sky]

They just change blockshape in blocks.json

[west rover]

i didnt change the blockshapes

[mellow carbon]

thank you very much

[red sky]

Thought it was some addon from 2017

[neat shell]

yes

[sudden quail]

What would be better for Thin Alphabet Slab?

🇦 ​ A-Z and changable colors

🇧 ​ Colors and changable letters

Poll by @prime smelt

[white bobcat]

Im kinda confused

[prime smelt]

hmm... thinking of the logistics and the limitation... maybe A

[white bobcat]

What is the difference between A & B?

[prime smelt]

Do I make a Letter that can change colors or the Solid color that can change Letters

Interact can either change the color or the Letter....

Same number of textures to make either way

[white bobcat]

Probably do the letter that can change colors

[prime smelt]

yeah, thinking that.. cause of the limitation of the number properties

wish I could maybe do all in one

[white bobcat]

You can use combinations and that limit is gone

[prime smelt]

can do 0-26?

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7....26

??

[white bobcat]

No, but you can have one property with 7 values and other with 4 for example

0 & 0 = A
0 & 1 = B
0 & 2 = C

1 & 0 = Red
1 & 1 = Blue
1 & 2 = Yellow

[prime smelt]

Well yeah... I was thinking for simplicity... only 16 colors, so no issues there. I use MS color-ids 0-15

but maybe I will use 1 block and 3 ways to interact, one for color, one for letter, (later, one for upper.lower)

If we could make our own categories, or if they at least had a category for custom blocks, I'd just make all the letters separately

[white bobcat]

Yeah… wish we could add custom categories in a simple way

[prime smelt]

As it is, they do not have categories for some of their things that should be grouped in a ➕

I'm trying not to litter the screen, but an appropriate and logical place to put things is hard to come by

I can hide letters under banners

[white bobcat]

Yeah, that would be a good place to put them at

[mellow carbon]

isn't it's 16 values per properly?

[white bobcat]

Yeah

[prime smelt]

I think they are trying to limit the number of block permutations, this the property limit. I remember when I was working on my lockable block, using 3 or 4 properties to store the player's id, when I went over, maybe 9 for each and had another one that was 16, I got some sort of warning about permutation limits even though I only had about 3-4 permutations for locking/unlocking/transparent...

[magic umbra]

The limit can be easily bypassed, but it’s a good practice to keep them down regardless

Letters with changeable colors is probably the way to go, though I’m not sure how you’ll do crafting recipes for all of them

Maybe just make them all stonecutter recipes?

[white bobcat]

My https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1103295128782766142 had to use more than 64 properties, which is the limit. I just made use of 20 and I made what I wanted. I used this combinations method, which I’ll explain today in a #1072983602821861426 post.

[red sky]

Cool

[white bobcat]

There is it https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1132110061678907472

[white bobcat]

@oak ledge https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blocktraits

[oak ledge]

@white bobcat I made post for my question

[void berry]

does using minecraft:transformation for rotation work for blocks whose textures are defined by blocks.json?

because ive been trying to get my custom block to rotate w no success so far

[desert vector]

no

[tardy sedge]

I'm trying to make the model of a block animated, i search in the google but i only find it with mobs, can someone help me?

[white bobcat]

You cannot animate block models, but you can however create the animation frame by frame in your behavior file.

[tardy sedge]

Thanks

[oak ledge]

How I do that?

[white bobcat]

Creating one bone per frame and activating it according to your animation. Use bone_visibility and minecraft:queued_ticking

[oak ledge]

ah, so I made two parts in geometry and also I use the queued_ticking for animation?

@white bobcat This is my understand ↑

[white bobcat]

You do as many bones as you wish, and queued_ticking for animation, yes

[west rover]

what was the code to make blocks not show up in commands?

[desert vector]

{
  "description": {
    "menu_category": {
      "is_hidden_in_commands": true
    }
  }
}

[west rover]

thanks!

[woven robin]

hi there, do someone know if it is possible to create a custom lgiht block that lights up a higher raiuds than the vanilla one?

[white bobcat]

Im pretty much sure that it is hardcoded to 15, but I guess you could place light blocks around it to get a similar result to extending it

[woven robin]

thx, was just trying to avoid to place too many blocks in some areas, but it is what it is 🙂

[cold dew]

Is it possible to detect if a block has air/water around it? I thought about using q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag, but I couldn’t find a tag for air

[white bobcat]

Use execute if block

[red sky]

tag for air

Hmm

Air block tag

Anyone want me to write a essay right now?

[white bobcat]

Yes, but I have another petition for you

Write it; without any AI 🤓

[oak ledge]

Is there a way get coordinates in vanilla stair blocks like open space (half block like ¼ piece part) 1st coordinate and whole is 2nd coordinate which in back of the block

[jagged lily]

anyone know how i can disable the inside faces from being displayed

[desert vector]

if your blocks are 16x16x16 and don't need to change appearance based on permutation, you could put the textures in RP/blocks.json and remove the texture from your material instances

[jagged lily]

don't you need material instances for it to be translucent tho

oh or do you mean not remove the component just the texture

[desert vector]

just remove the "texture": "moo" bit

[jagged lily]

cool

thanks

[west rover]

[Blocks][warning]-Collision in hashed Block Network ID. One of the blocks' hash has been adjusted. Block being added: TAG_Compound: 3 entries
{
// name
TAG_String: tg:darkstone_doric_block
// states
TAG_Compound: 5 entries
{
// tao:shape
TAG_Int: 0
// tao:states1
TAG_Int: 1
// tao:states2
TAG_Int: 9
// tao:states3
TAG_Int: 7
// tao:states4
TAG_Int: 5
}
// version
TAG_Int: 18090528
}
, block collided with: TAG_Compound: 3 entries
{
// name
TAG_String: minecraft:birch_hanging_sign
// states
TAG_Compound: 4 entries
{
// attached_bit
TAG_Byte:
// facing_direction
TAG_Int: 3
// ground_sign_direction
TAG_Int: 15
// hanging
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[Blocks][warning]-World with over 65536 block permutations may degrade performance. Current world has 112488 permutations.

these limits on permutations make me sad

but it did show some small bits of vanilla signs' properties

[mellow carbon]

@west rover can i get the addon pack that modified vanilla blocks?

[west rover]

based from wha i know, vanilla or custom blocks get changed or bugged when the number of permutations in a world is high enough

[west rover]

it was this

[west rover]

though i think it only happens on slow devices

[mellow carbon]

i didn't got the mention 😅
But now i see thanks

[primal roost]

that's valid?

[mellow carbon]

guess so if your format version is 1.20.0+

[primal roost]

doesn't works

[mellow carbon]

? content log

[woven nova]

What is Content Log?

The content log gives you live feedback for most errors that could occur while developing your add-on.
https://wiki.bedrock.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#content-log

[white bobcat]

Now you see what the issue is

[primal roost]

if i put the format 1.20.0, it doesn't give errors but it doesn't work, but if i put 1.20.10, nothing works

so none work for me

[white bobcat]

1.20.0 does not have molang in bone_visibility, that is why it doesn’t works. And as you can see in the content log error, q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag is not allowed in bone_visibility.

That is why your block is an update block, your json is invalid.

[primal roost]

yes but, there must be ways to enable and disable bone visibility with q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag

right?

[white bobcat]

Well, you cannot just make that query work when it says it won’t work on bone_visibility 😅

You can probably use that query in permutations instead, and from here enable or disable the bones you want.

[primal roost]

alr

thx

[primal roost]

maybe that?

[prime smelt]

for the permutaion, since all light_dampening is 0 when that property is > 0 than you only need that check

[primal roost]

and if i don't put anything?

only condition

[prime smelt]

what do you mean don't put anything?

[primal roost]

Sorry if I'm not clear when explaining, but all I want is that when the condition of q.block_neighbor_has_any_tag is met, the bones disappear.

[prime smelt]

That part is fine... it is the permutaions on the component for light dampening that you did not need all of those for.... just one check for if > 0 or >= 100

[primal roost]

but now all the bones are invisible

From what I'm seeing, it's not possible to activate more than one property, is it?

[prime smelt]

okay.. I think I see something... change to q.blah != 100 or !(q.blah == 100) instead of !q.blah == 100
do you understand the difference?

for the bone visibility part

[primal roost]

I finally fixed it, thanks anyway

[oblique birch]

Is there a list of removed/deprecated block components?

[prime smelt]

Well if you go to the MS learn site, if it is not in the block component list... then.... it is removed... but the wiki may have something so do a search there. Today I added to the FAQ the Released and Renamed ones as far back as I felt like searching.... so use those key words for the faq bot to see that list

[white bobcat]

Shouln't this permutation;

{
                "condition": "query.block_property('minecraft:vertical_half') == 'bottom'",
                "components": {
                    "minecraft:collision_box": {
                        "origin": [ -8, 0, -8 ],
                        "size": [ 16, 8, 16 ] 
                    },
                    "minecraft:selection_box": {
                        "origin": [ -8, 0, -8 ],
                        "size": [ 16, 8, 16 ]
                    },
                    "minecraft:geometry": {
                        "identifier": "geometry.slab",
                        "bone_visibility": {
                            "bottom_slab": true,
                            "top_slab": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

With

"traits": {
                "minecraft:placement_direction": {
                    "enabled_states": ["minecraft:vertical_half"]
                }
            }

Work? I do not understand why it is not working...

Setting the state via commands is also invalid, but im pretty sure it should be working already

Upcoming Creator Features toggle is on... really curious about what I am doing wrong

[bright mesa]

How do you change the collision box for a custom block?

[white bobcat]

Use minecraft:collision_box

[bright mesa]

I’m using the geo file that blockbench made, where is that value?

[white bobcat]

Is a component that you use in your behaviour block file. Keep in mind that you can't use multiple collision boxes.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_collision_box

[bright mesa]

Thank you!

[bright mesa]

Is there a way to change the selection box size?

[white bobcat]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_selection_box

[white bobcat]

havent found out why yet

[vestal marsh]

Its placement_position not placement_direction

[white bobcat]

oh is that simple? great!

thank you!

[prime smelt]

Yeah, that tripped me up once... then I realized that is why ther are two sections in the documentation... easy to miss that

[bright mesa]

On the candle, how do you get wicks to be diagonal, and how do you make the particles for the flames for the lit candles?

If someone can tell me where I can find the information, that’d be great

[white bobcat]

Yeah it is kinda confusing

[red sky]

Idk how you guys missed that lol

[prime smelt]

I think because it was not released at the same time, right?

and if you were using half of it and you go back, an assumption could be made

... and its Kai's fault... bling leading the blind

[white bobcat]

hey! they explained both sections like examples rather than actual concepts! that got me confused 😔

[red sky]

I understand

[half hemlock]

How can I use the minecraft sounds in blockbench animation? I am trying to put the chestclosed sound in my animation, but it's an fsb file and blockbench wants wav, mp4, or ogg and I can't find how to convert or use the fsb

[vestal marsh]

Just download em from ghe mc wiki

[half hemlock]

so I have to put the sounds into the pack of the block I'm making, even if they're vanilla sounds?

[vestal marsh]

You shouldt need to. You can always edit the actual json files of the animation

[half hemlock]

and I am correctly doing it by putting the sound definition in the input?

[jagged lily]

anyone know what the error Unexpected version for the loaded data is

[white bobcat]

What is the translation thing on transformation component?

[white bobcat]

getting up with the 1.20 stuff lol, updating more than 60 files from 1.16.100 🙃

[vestal marsh]

Translate, its a math thing that moves across the axis

[white bobcat]

I see, thank you!

[red sky]

It's nice when you use scale cause that moves the model ofc

[white bobcat]

yeah, good fences now it seems

[glossy depot]

Hello, how do I make a block breathable, like vanilla ice?

[white bobcat]

Anyone knows how can I make my model appear on X position in the inventory, but on Y position upon placement?

I want to make my trapdoor-like blocks look like vanilla trapdoors on invo

[white bobcat]

Is play_sound broken?

Still got to use playsound command right

[red sky]

Try adding a trapdoor cube thats that further down and is not visible when it's placed using bone_visibility

[red sky]

The event response? It only works for sound_events but it's kind of a pain in the ass.

[white bobcat]

yah I rather use run command

[red sky]

That's what everyone does

[white bobcat]

What are your thoughts on that

[red sky]

Wdym

I said

[white bobcat]

I want to have the most accurate templates for everything vanilla but I am unsure if adding an extra unused bone for the sake of inventory visibility should be the way to go

[red sky]

Attachable then?

[red sky]

Seems the way to me. What your model look like anyway? You using three different ones?

[white bobcat]

Nope just one model, it looks like this

[red sky]

Oh I just realized I can use translation to eliminate a cube on my trapdoor

In blockbench

I can't seem the Invisible stuff dum dum

[white bobcat]

lol

[red sky]

Unless you wrote the model by hand lol?

[white bobcat]

No ofc not

[red sky]

Pls hurry my break is almost over : )

[white bobcat]

I wrote the model on paper

[red sky]

Wow I'm not the only one?

[white bobcat]

Nope!

[red sky]

^

[white bobcat]

What’s the question

[red sky]

&^^^^

I want to see how you did model

[white bobcat]

Check it out here #1081573872853336115 message

[red sky]

I'm on phone lol

Ugh

[white bobcat]

I didn’t used translation on bb

[red sky]

That's a slab

Trapdoor model.

Nvm. Out of time anyway

[white bobcat]

oh right that’s the slab lol

lmao I got myself confused, working on the slab right now

one sec

this

[red sky]

Your taking advantage of translation and rotation aren't you?

the transformation component wasn't a thing when I first made my trapdoor so I just used 3 parts and part visibility

Actually you dint even need translation. With some more specific rotations you could do everything with that.

Thanks for the idea

[white bobcat]

yup just rotation

[white bobcat]

it was very much simple to do

I have it working 100%, but I want the model in the same place of the vanilla one, the only missing thing

[glossy depot]

bump

[white bobcat]

Why does

"wiki:full_slab": {
                "set_block_property": {
                    "wiki:double": "true"
                }

Gives an error?

[prime smelt]

is it preview with the name change?

[white bobcat]

stable

[vestal marsh]

Whats the error

[prime smelt]

is it under events.... take the " off of true

unless you defined it with "true" as enum

if true/false... use with out

[white bobcat]

already did, nothing

[prime smelt]

show the definition

[white bobcat]

failed to find block state

look whole file

the same thing without "true" for events, and the same error

[prime smelt]

Then you have to use "true" and "false" like it was "dog" and "cat"

should use true false as boolean

[white bobcat]

yeah thats true, ill use it as a boolean

im confused how that gives the error tho

[prime smelt]

Oh and it looiks like it is outside of the description

[white bobcat]

should work

The properties?

they are inside the description

[prime smelt]

oh, I guess that extra one was for traits, nm

[white bobcat]

both are on the description

boolean works just fine

still wondering why string doesn't

[prime smelt]

maybe key word confusion

[vestal marsh]

Needs to be "'string'"

[white bobcat]

oh

I see, thanks!

[white bobcat]

I do not think that there are any components to accomplish that

[red sky]

They removed the one that did lol

I think it's tied to block geometry now

[white bobcat]

@red sky got the template ready

just using one bone (:

bad thing: I want to re-do my custom doors with just one bone too.

I enjoy pain it seems

[glossy depot]

[red sky]

Has wrong placement sound

Also how you do the correct hotbat position?

Random guess of translation or something idk

[white bobcat]

lol true, have not added the sounds yet

[white bobcat]

oh I did not, the one in the middle is the custom one

to do it I deffo need the extra bone, wont do it

[neat summit]

I need to make door block

Will be 2 blocks

[white bobcat]

I will soon make a template for it

probably after re-doing it with just one bone as well lol

[neat summit]

Let me do it, please.

[zinc trout]

so i need to setblock a block that is hidden but when i set the menu_category to none it doesn't appear, i tried setting it to construction and adding the is_hidden_in_commands but it showed up in the creative menu

what should i set it to then?

[vestal marsh]

Set it to commands for menu category iirc

[zinc trout]

it says the value is invalid

or do i have to remove the is_hidden_in_commands?

oh, it works, it just shows an error for some reason

[shut pebble]

How to fix it?

Texture

[zinc wyvern]

Could someone help me with this block code, because for some reason, when I click on it with my hand it releases the loot but also the block itself.

I would greatly appreciate your help on this.

[white bobcat]

sure

Do you have fences?

My fences work just like vanilla fences, but there is a content log bug that makes them show a content log error for no issue 😔

I’m wondering if there are any fences out there without that issue

[white bobcat]

That is not a valid file

[zinc wyvern]

Forget it I solved it, I added mechanics that the original creator can't add, it literally took me like 3 days to make it work hahaha, but I did it in the end.

[white bobcat]

glad to hear!

[main pond]

.

[main pond]

Does on_player_destroyed out of Exp mode yet?

[white bobcat]

I don’t think so, no

[wooden whale]

no - none of the block events are out of experimental

[zinc wyvern]

Anyone know how to make a custom chest? As far as I can tell only entities can have inventory. Do I need to spawn an entity when the chest is placed? This is what I am trying to do, but because of collision this approach is not working. The entity gets moved on summon in order not to collide with the block

[glossy depot]

Is making a breathable but solid block like vanilla ice impossible?

[white bobcat]

You was answered that question already

The answer have not changed.

[west rover]

does this code work as a block event? "setblock ~~~ example:custom_block [\"ex:rotation\"=\"2\"]?

and does it only work 1.20+?

[main pond]

😭

[main pond]

Also, on_player_destroyed doesn't seem to trigger if player are in gamemode 1

[white bobcat]

Why in the world does vanilla trapdoors uses two geometries

North and South trapdoors use X geometry while East and West trapdoors uses Y

That makes no sense.

[celest grail]

why did they cut the geometry of the block 😐😢 I just can’t make the sleepers into 1 block, because they are 34 cubes wide 🤯

sleepers be like😢

[glossy depot]

This. . . is the answer? #1067876948858118185 message

😐

But its fine. I conclude that the answer is no.

[white bobcat]

This is the answer #1067876948858118185 message

and as ihategravel added, they removed the only component that made that

[red sky]

You looking at the Java files? It basically liek that for all those blocks.

[white bobcat]

All by eye haha, not looking at the Java files

[red sky]

I've used Java vanilla block models and converted them to bedrock before

For more complicated stuff like campfire

[white bobcat]

That sounds like a good practice! For now I have just recreated the models in BB though

[white bobcat]

after retexturing the snow layer, it seems to be totally random

I first thought it was based on player facing location, but nope

[white bobcat]

any ideas on making the rotation faster?

[balmy moss]

If you're just trying to get the textures to randomly rotate you can set their isotropic property to true in blocks.json

[balmy moss]

Set render method to alpha_test

With blend the ray tracing renderer automatically assumes any transparent pixels are solid geometry and transmits light through them according to the pixel colour

[white bobcat]

oop true, forgot about that

Thanks!

[celest grail]

he made a block that is 5 by 5 and is version independent. there used to be a bug on 1.16.100+ like . later this bug was fixed

[celest grail]

I need this feature for my mod too

[fickle escarp]

hello, is it possible to make block appear or be invisible when a player or entity nearby is holding something? like barrier blocks or structure void?

[white bobcat]

That question is the same you asked in your post. Please be patient and wait for an answer, avoid crossposting since that is not allowed. Thanks!

[fickle escarp]

anyways, i got it, sorry for reposting it again. Will update the question post.

[shut pebble]

Can you give an example?

Please

[solid matrix]

hi
is use_on broken or why does my item trigger the event for any type of block?

"minecraft:use_on": {
  "blocks": [
    "jukebox"
  ],
  "on_use": {
    "event": "play",
    "target": "self"
  }
}

[main pond]

I cant get minecraft:transformation to work

Any example pack for that?

[white bobcat]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/reference/content/blockreference/examples/blockcomponents/minecraftblock_transformation

[white bobcat]

Any workarounds for "brightness_gamma"?

[white bobcat]

And why is isotropic not working on blocks.json?

"wiki:snow_layer_template": {
        "brightness_gamma": 0.450,
        "isotropic": true,
        "sound": "snow",
        "textures": "*"
}

oop nevermind, forgot to get rid of the material instances

huh... geometry is no longer working

[jagged lily]

what does isotropic mean

also, i not sure if block.json allows custom geo

[white bobcat]

it makes the texture rotate randomly

[white bobcat]

Doesn't seems like it does yeah... it's a shame, trying to recreate snow layers which use isotropic and custom geo.

[tawny hemlock]

Does anyone know how I would replicate the behavior of glow berry vines? I want to make a hanging vine that grows every once in a while that you don't necessarily have to climb on

These are the vines I am trying to bring over to Bedrock

[white bobcat]

minecraft:random_ticking and execute if block to detect if the block is an air block in random periods of time, if true place the same block below.

The climbing behavior cannot be recreated. People tend to give the levitation effect when a player is inside them to somewhat replicate it.

[desert vector]

you can test if the player is holding jump with scripts

and apply levitation then

[white bobcat]

That too 👆

Use minecraft:on_interact to include the berries in the block. Custom material instances in your berries bones in the geometry

Include q.is_item_name_any to detect the item in player's mainhand.

[tawny hemlock]

Ah these don't have any berries! I'll use that knowledge to let you place vines though, thank you!

[novel kindle]

how to check if the block is powered with the redstone with the molang (Queries)

[sturdy parcel]

How I fix this

[shut pebble]

3d Block?

Download texture pack geometry fix

[sturdy parcel]

hm

[sturdy parcel]

is it non experimental

[shut pebble]

No

[sturdy parcel]

it didnt work

[white bobcat]

Your texture size in geomtry is wrong

Anyway to have isotropic texture with custom geo?

[jagged lily]

i think you can make texture randomise in terrain texture file, maybe make it pick from 4 randomly rotated textures?

[white bobcat]

That doesn’t seems too efficient, nor faster than rotating the block on placed

[white bobcat]

This was what I did before but is too slow

[desert vector]

can't you use on_player_placing?

[white bobcat]

Is there a difference in speed between that and on_placed?

[desert vector]

on_player_placing is run before the block is visible

[white bobcat]

Perfect then, it’s a shame the texture won’t rotate if placed with commands

Thank you!

[sturdy parcel]

How is it wrong when it looks perfect in block bench

it does not work

It does not recognize that its a texture that should be applied to the model itself, not all faces

[white bobcat]

First of all, notice how you are setting X texture in blockblench which works properly, while in-game you are setting Y texture. You do not need to upscale the texture since you made it be 16x16 in the model, by making your texture bigger that type of issues will happen.

If you want to set a different texture for each face, which by looking that next to the ‘broken block’ you have the same model with the texture properly set I assume is what you want to do, use minecraft:material_instance to do so.

[white bobcat]

How can I make my block use the texture from the one below it in an automatical way?

Many permutations will be painful...

[sterile eagle]

custom blocks with flipbook textures are weird

[white bobcat]

They have got that render issue for a while now

[sterile eagle]

:<

[desert vector]

did you also define the texture in terrain texture.json?

[sterile eagle]

Nope because why would i lol

[desert vector]

textures don't animate when viewed from a distance or indirectly. the terrain textures entry is used instead

[sterile eagle]

but wouldn’t it use the whole texture as a block texture when viewed from far away?

[desert vector]

it only displays the first frame

[sterile eagle]

hmm, interesting

thanks!

[sturdy parcel]

the thing is. I did not even upscale the texture. It was created directly from blockbench

I will definitely have to set each face differently in material instances, but that will take so long when I have 100+ blocks to do

[white bobcat]

Blockblench will create a texture in which you can change the texture of each face of your geometry just in the texture png

I am assuming that your geometry is trying to use a 16x16 texture, but you are providing a 64x64 texture

[sturdy parcel]

confusing

I will just make material instances do a texture for each face

[white bobcat]

See, you are asking your geometry to do more than what you allowed it to do

is your texture 64x64?

[sturdy parcel]

wymm

its 16x16

the pixel density is 16x16

but the file itself is 64x64

[white bobcat]

The one here is definitely not 16x16

[sturdy parcel]

yeah i counted

its 16x16

[white bobcat]

No. It's 64x64.

[sturdy parcel]

??

wymm

[desert vector]

you shouldn't use box UV for that block

[sturdy parcel]

what do u mean by box UV

[white bobcat]

You should use per-face UV

What about you try this

With this texture

I do not recommend doing that tho... I would just change the textures for every face directly on the material instances

Bigger textures take more space and can't be easily re-used if needed, like the same oak planks texture are used for slabs, fences, stairs etc

[sturdy parcel]

okkok

i tried it

did not work

it could be a 1.20+ issue though

since im working non experimental

[white bobcat]

are you setting your texture with blocks.json?

that doesn't admit custom geo

[sturdy parcel]

and your model made it worse

[desert vector]

that's better imo

[sturdy parcel]

i set my textures with blocks.json anyway but it doesnt do anything

[white bobcat]

the texture size is 32x32 in my model since I provided you a 32x32 texture.

[sterile eagle]

illegal

[sturdy parcel]

so i change this to 64 and it works

?

[white bobcat]

yea

set your texture with material instances

not blocks.json

[sturdy parcel]

this actually works

dunno why the top bit its offsetted tho

[white bobcat]

Use your 64x64 texture, not my 32x32

[sturdy parcel]

yeah

was just gonna do that

[white bobcat]

if you want to apply a 16x16 texture like you're doing here

[white bobcat]

keep this as 16x16

[sturdy parcel]

i craeted a new texture from the new model still didnt work

[white bobcat]

You can rotate the top of the texture by yourself if that is what you want

[sturdy parcel]

?

well i mean i would like the texture to match the model perfectly

which it wont

two faces are fighting over the same texture on the top

[white bobcat]

what is the size of your png file

32x32?

[sturdy parcel]

64x64

[white bobcat]

and this is set to 64x64?

[sturdy parcel]

yes

and its crazy this is my texture

but its blue all around

[white bobcat]

Send me your texture and your model please

[white bobcat]

Use this.

[sturdy parcel]

what did you change

[white bobcat]

I simply moved the UV's position, so it took the texture from the correct parts of your texture file.

[sturdy parcel]

wait how would i do that

it worked

like it shows it as the correct positition in blockbench

[white bobcat]

Here you can see all the faces of your geometry. Select the one you want to edit, and move it around in that panel.

[sturdy parcel]

okk

so i guess i would have to open the texture from the file into blockbench

show it shows where its actually going in game

[white bobcat]

it uses your same texture

the one you sent me

I just changed the geometry

[sturdy parcel]

okk

whatever

i will figure it out with the other models

I dont like how this lines up

[white bobcat]

I really don’t understand why you have to make a 64x64 texture for that

[tawny hemlock]

Is it possible to make random ticking be deffered by a few ticks every tick or so? The vines work but they grow a bit fast

[white bobcat]

You will want to increase your range

[sturdy parcel]

if i try to use a 16x16 texture for all faces then this happens

the top face breaks

[primal roost]

?

with perface uv u can fix that

[white bobcat]

Your model is the problem

[west rover]

is there a workaround for this? "command": "setblock ~~~ tg:darkstone_base_large_circular_block [\"tao:rotation\"=2]"

the = gives an unexpected error

[white bobcat]

probably because of your manifest min engine version being too low

try : instead of =

[west rover]

ahhh

[west rover]

thankss!

[white bobcat]

No problem

[white bobcat]

Anyway to run relative position based commands upon on_player_placing?

[sturdy parcel]

still dont understand why blockbench will not create a texture for it

I dont even know how to change the uv

it wont let me

[white bobcat]

.

[sturdy parcel]

i cant do that

when i make the texture it looks like this

but when saved to minecraft it breaks

and re-open the model and texture and its broken

aznd its all glitched around

it moved the texture with it

[white bobcat]

Use per-face UV

[sturdy parcel]

im literally doing that

its set as per-face UV

i tried both

they both do not work

[white bobcat]

That makes no sense

you should be able to do what I told you to

[sturdy parcel]

i dont know why only i get this problem

its set as per-face UV

[white bobcat]

and your texture size is 64x64

[sturdy parcel]

its supposed to be 16x16

but i tried 16x16 does the same thing

[white bobcat]

If it's supposed to be 16x16 set it to 16x16

and give it a 16x16 texture like dirt from vanilla packs

?vp

[woven nova]

Vanilla Packs

Downloadable from: https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples/releases

bedrock.dev archive: https://bedrock.dev/packs
GitHub (RP & BP) : https://github.com/bedrock-dot-dev/packs

Example particles: https://aka.ms/MCParticlesPack

[sturdy parcel]

cant give it a texture like dirt

it wont stick

actually ends up like this

[white bobcat]

See the panel I mentioned you

use it to fix the texture

[sturdy parcel]

wym panel

i use a 16x16 texture it dont work

[white bobcat]

.

[sturdy parcel]

that panel doesnt exist anymore when i use a 16x16 texture

o i see its like very zoomed in

[white bobcat]

You are using a 16x16 texture right here, and the panel is also here(?)

[sturdy parcel]

it wasnt there for a moment

super hard to move

[white bobcat]

Can you send me the model

I can do it really quick

[white bobcat]

I just made my own

texture

[sturdy parcel]

no clue how u were able to move it all

[white bobcat]

per face uv and using the panel I told you to use

[sturdy parcel]

i think i have to uninstall blockbench and reinstall it

[white bobcat]

How can I remove default block placing/destroying sounds?

It defaults itself to use stone. If I set it to null it somehow persist being stone

[novel nova]

Is it possible to make a block like shulker box?

[white bobcat]

You can make everything except the container part

[primal roost]

placement filter can detect block properties?

[desert vector]

no, but it can detect tags applied by permutations:

"permutations": [
  {
    "condition": "q.block_property('example:property') == 2",
    "components": {
      "tag:is_cooking": {}
    }
  }
]

"minecraft:placement_filter": {
  "conditions": [
    {
      "block_filter": [
        { "tags": "q.any_tag('is_cooking')" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

[primal roost]

thx bro

[sturdy parcel]

anyone know why the sides texture wont work

up and down works but the sides do not

i copied it exactly from the documentation idk why it wont work

ah i got it to work nevermind

removed north, south, east and west section

i dont know why they have wrong documentation there

[digital crystal]

anyone know how to generate nether ores?? nothing spawns in when i try and i get no error

maybe its the pass? i tried underground pass initially but that didnt work either

there is nothing anywhere on generating things in other dimensions

[novel hedge]

it is possible to make a q block when the player is within a radius the block summons entities

[white bobcat]

minecraft:queued_ticiking > event > run_command

[coarse thicket]

Can permutations alter bone visibility?

[white bobcat]

You can put the geometry component with bone visibility inside a permutation, yeah. You can also just read Molang in bone_visibility.

[coarse thicket]

Ok, thanks

[light geyser]

https://bedrock.dev/docs/1.20.0.0/1.20.0.20/Features#minecraft%3Agrowing_plant_feature

minecraft:growing_plant_feature

[tawny hemlock]

Oh we figured it out actually, thank you though!

[light geyser]

🙂

[tawny hemlock]

This is what it looks like now all put together :D

[light geyser]

Stunning 👀

[red sky]

@white bobcat Something annoying to show you.

Oh nvm

easy fix

[white bobcat]

that looks scary

[thick stratus]

How do I make a working chair?

Like able to sit on it.

[white bobcat]

Entity spawned on_interact with rideable component, /ride to sit the player on it

[thick stratus]

Okay, I'm going to try.

"minecraft:on_interact": {
        "event": "deco:sit"
      }

Like this?