do scripts work on realms?

[ashen owl]

I'm just wondering cause I'm thinking of making a script for a friend's realm

[icy horizon]

they do.

[ashen owl]

Thank you

What would /reload do? Like ik reload the script, but would you do it if something is messing up, or...?

[icy horizon]

restart the realm

sadly.

[ashen owl]

Alr lol

Just getting into scripts, so sorry for any obvious questions

[icy horizon]

lol dude, atleast you are not asking people to write entire scripts.

[ashen owl]

I mean I kinda wanna learn how to do it. The biggest issue is idk how to do Javascript at all

And just asking for it won't really help me learn

[icy horizon]

learn.

[ashen owl]

Lol yeah

That's a issue in itself, on my end, cause I don't do well learning online lol

But I'll do it

[icy horizon]

there's alot of helpful sources, and when it comes to scripting people are usually more helpful than documents when starting out imo

[ashen owl]

Someone sent me a link to codeacademy yesterday

Hopefully that'll help

[icy horizon]

examples were a big thing for me when I started

I never took any js courses

im bad at javascript lol

[ashen owl]

Also I think another annoying problem I have is I try to memorize everything when I try to learn stuff

[icy horizon]

I just know how to work with the api

this is what happens when you invest in the api rather than js itself

lol

[ashen owl]

Lol, I wanna do js for possible future uses, but I could start with api

How long did it take you guys to learn it?

[icy horizon]

noooo, dont be like me

start with js first

[ashen owl]

Lol ok

[icy horizon]

lmao

[ashen owl]

I'll learn Javascript, then api lol

[icy horizon]

or do both

that wont hurt

[ashen owl]

Dang. I'm currently working on a project for a friend's realm

I've done a lot with command blocks. But there's some things you can't do with only commands lol

I started 5 months ago

I'm not a pro, but I'm definitely advanced

[ashen owl]

Command blocks I mean

[icy horizon]

ive been doing this for awhile now

its been on and off though

[ashen owl]

Tbh I got bored one day and decided to do commands

And now I'm slightly bored again and wanna do something more

Lmao

[thorny spruce]

Bro "reload" in realm? Not testing in solo world?

[icy horizon]

that would be smarter ngl

[icy horizon]

do this

[ashen owl]

are you doing your code in visual studio?

[icy horizon]

I personally use bridge

[ashen owl]

oh

im having a hard time getting the output to actually show lol

i have both tho

although idk how to use bridge

for javascript

[icy horizon]

bridge sets everything up for you

you just need to select the "beta apis" toggle so its sets the project up with the NPM stuff
you can toggle it off after if you dont want to use beta apis

[ashen owl]

maybe, but last time i tried using a behavior pack i did on there it wouldnt work

[icy horizon]

no it does, like I said, I use bridge lol

[ashen owl]

i meant for me lol

ik i did something wrong but idk what

i couldnt find what was wrong

[icy horizon]

you install it, connect it to your com.mojang folder and boom

its all set

are you on PC?

[ashen owl]

i think it is but idk

yes

[icy horizon]

you will know once your addons show up ingame and updates overtime without you needing to import them

[ashen owl]

looking in my devleopment behavior packs files shows the new project i just made on bridge so it has to be connected

[icy horizon]

okay so whats the problem again?

[ashen owl]

the last behavior pack didnt show up

ive since deleted it bc it was a week ago and it didnt do much, i was just trying it out

[icy horizon]

did you try restarting the game and/or restarting watch time?

[ashen owl]

the game, yes

[icy horizon]

idk then

was this like a one time thing you just did and never touched it ever again? lol

because maybe something was just wrong with that project

[ashen owl]

pretty much. thats why i said i probably did something wrong

Oh hey it worked this time

[icy horizon]

lol

[icy horizon]

hes saying why are you not testing in a solo world first so you can reload, instead of testing in the realm.

because logically, it makes no sense to close the realm each time when you make a change.

[ripe basalt]

BDS do, but realms don't. Goofy.

I mean, to use development packs on BDS correctly, you have to remotely access the host files- and I can get why mojang would not want that on realms, as it could be a security issue.

honestly sounds like a skill issue with bad code

Understandable, I suffered through the same stuff myself.

[icy horizon]

what?

making a new pack each time? why?

why though

[ripe basalt]

Have you tried https://discord.com/channels/523663022053392405/1213209788402638928

[icy horizon]

n o, but why do you have to make a new pack?

just update it.

[ripe basalt]

You don't need a new pack, just to update the version

[icy horizon]

does he mean re-import?

oh

okay

[ripe basalt]

Just keep in mind that making new packs (new UUIDs) will erase dynamic properties

[icy horizon]

pretty sure getting rid the of the pack on the world/realm and putting it back on will erase them too

am I wrong? I think ive read that.

[ripe basalt]

Only if you join the world between the removal & the re-addition

If you download the world, remove the packs, update them and then re-add them & upload it to realms, then it will not delete them

[icy horizon]

dont you need to restart the realm anyway to remove stuff, idk how someone would join

[ripe basalt]

It restarts, but does not close

so someone could join

[icy horizon]

I dont mess with realms so i didnt know lol

so it does still save them for worlds? after disabling and enabling?

[ripe basalt]

I messed with them for two years, and can safely say that BDS is much much better

[ripe basalt]

If nobody (the host) joins between the pack removal & the pack re-addition

[icy horizon]

im asking for non-realms

[ripe basalt]

That's for local world, ye

[icy horizon]

ah...

[ripe basalt]

The dynamic properties will only be cleared if the world is loaded without the pack containing the properties applied

[icy horizon]

BDS is free right

because its just on your computer

[ripe basalt]

You can self-host, yes

Third-party hosts exist, like java server hosters as well.

Bedrock runs more CPU & less RAM, Java runs more RAM & less CPU.

[icy horizon]

ive hosted java edition before with hamachi

so I can host just like that for bedrock

[ripe basalt]

yeap

[icy horizon]

can you explain how they are better besides its free?

[ripe basalt]

No 10-player limit, reload works & you can edit the packs in real-time, more configuration options than realms

[icy horizon]

👀

edit the packs in real time?

[ripe basalt]

Yep

[icy horizon]

like, json?

[ripe basalt]

Not json- that requires a server restart. But scripts & function files can be edited while in-game

[icy horizon]

oh so reload

you said AND you can edit the packs in real time, so I thought you meant json files

mb

[ripe basalt]

I mean you can but the effects won't be seen until the server is restarted

[icy horizon]

that isnt real time

anyway I just misunderstood

[ripe basalt]

gotcha 👍

[icy horizon]

still cool though

[ashen owl]

What hosting site thing would you recommend?

[ripe basalt]

I was with Shockbyte for a bit- didn’t particularly like it, so I switched to bisect and have had a much better time.

[ashen owl]

Alr ty, I'll keep that in mind