On mouse over a block event, block:hover

[golden seal]

I need a way to highlight a block that the player has the mouse cursor (touch input) over. Something that you may know from CSS block:hover. I've seen that in some maps showcased on Twitter previously, but I haven't yet figured out, how that works. How is it done? Thank you for the answer in advance.

[glad nova]

It is default in minecraft

You meant like this right?

[golden seal]

Yes, I don't necessarily need to edit the vanilla effect, but I would like to add a more visible effect to it.

[glad nova]

Its abt resource pack

[chrome folio]

can you show pics of what you saw

[elder crypt]

that could be client side event

script is server sided

[chrome folio]

we can do it on detect hover tho

[golden seal]

cannot find it rn, I prolly did not give it a like

[golden seal]

how? 👀

[chrome folio]

every tick get a block from view
perfom task and save block to a varible dont run variable

on next tick if new block is same as current one then dont perform task

lastblock = null

tick()
  block = fromPlayerView()
  if (lastblock  == block ) return
  lastblock = block

  //doStuff```

[golden seal]

Mhm, I see and how do I give it the highlighted effect, by replacing the block or something?

[chrome folio]

u can summon entity or particle

particle is easy and better

create a block like particle

[elder crypt]

bruh thats not same

[chrome folio]

ye

[elder crypt]

what about mobile players xd

we have no hover event

bc its client side

[chrome folio]

ye

[elder crypt]

ok, just this msg is little wrong

[golden seal]

hmmhm, do you have client side solution for this then?

[chrome folio]

not possible

without editung

[elder crypt]

ya not possible without EDITUNG

[glad nova]

Oh no sry

[golden seal]

Okay, I understand that it is not possible without EDITUNG of the vanilla effect, correct? Not sure how to edit the vanilla one tho.

[glad nova]

BTW - do you want to run event on block hover?

[golden seal]

Yeah.

[glad nova]

Eh

[glad nova]

.
This method will suit your need (if your a pc player)

[golden seal]

I see, but what about the mobile players?

[glad nova]

You can't but some events you can use are

ItemUseOn
entityHit
But not so effective

[golden seal]

Imagine a board game like chess, I need to highlight the block, where the player is looking at + on right click make the move.

[elder crypt]

what that does is it finds first block in the view of player

[glad nova]

😎

[elder crypt]

so when mobile hover other block like on the left then its different block

[glad nova]

But again not hover

[golden seal]

which first block?

[elder crypt]

that in the view of the player

[golden seal]

Besides that I also need to highlight the path the piece can go.

[glad nova]

Imagine the player not using split control

[elder crypt]

xd

[golden seal]

I have never used it on my phone. xd

[elder crypt]

how

bruh

i have learned on it

[glad nova]

Its first controls

Like when u start

[golden seal]

without it you can click everywhere, so much control...

[elder crypt]

but then i must overlearn agaion

[glad nova]

Oh i wasn't talking abt split controls
I was talking abt

!split_controls

[golden seal]

aha

Okay, then no split controls on mobile for me either. xd

[golden seal]

In the code, I keep track of the positions, so I know the coordinates, where the piece can go. I have control over this though the API - server side. That's why I would love to highlight the blocks through it.

I mean I can replace the blocks to highlight the path, but that does not look that good.

I need something more interactive with animations.

[elder crypt]

u can use custom particles and spawn them on the top of the block

[golden seal]

mhm, that could work, I kind of imagined it to be solid without spaces in between each particle, but it could work anyway.

So, I use the code above to highlight the confirm move location?

Which lang is this btw, is it TS? No semicolons? ```lastblock = null

tick()
block = fromPlayerView()
if (lastblock == block ) return
lastblock = block

//doStuff```

[glad nova]

Its explanation

😂

[golden seal]

pseudocode is it then, okay

and fromPlayerView() is a real function in the API?

[glad nova]

No

[golden seal]

How am I supposed to implement it then?

[glad nova]

Use ur brain
And thats it

If you need help BAO on the service sir

xD

[elder crypt]

There is method called getBlockFromViewDirection on player class so just call this and if block is same as behore then player is hovering same block as before-> nothing change

and if change the just run ur code

[golden seal]

Great, thanks!

[golden seal]

And this is entity?