entity go to unloaded chunk

[fringe glacier]

I was thinking of entities going to specific locations to do something (find structures or blocks), I was wondering if this is possible? I heard entities unload and stay at a position when far away.

Is it also possible to access entity from unloaded chunks?

[wary rock]

No, but you could track its location and then load the chunk that the entity is in to use it. You would just keep a lot of entities in the world.

[left root]

you can have something called tick entities but that means that chunk is loaded 24/7

[fringe glacier]

elaborate more pls

show docs

[left root]

ive never made one but im pretty sure its just an entity with the tick component

[unkempt falcon]

is there is quite a few entities it can be really performance heavey

[gilded current]

I think the minecraft:persistent:{} component that might prevent unloading

[unkempt falcon]

will the entity still have its behaviour ?

[gilded current]

yes

[gilded current]

You should check the docs for it

[regal sand]

On this topic of loading chunks what is the best method to "pre-load" chunks currently?

Currently trying to dynamically assign and remove ticking areas to remain under the built-in 10 ticking area limit while also not overwriting player defined ticking areas.

Also saw there is TickingAreaManager but this is in Beta currently so waiting for it to go full stable

[boreal sedge]

Oh yes, forgot about tickingAreaManager it got added in late preview. It is really useful

[unkempt falcon]

ig there can only be 10 or something amount ticking area u can have

idk it said sth when i used to use /tickingarea

[wary rock]

Yes tickingAreaManager will fix some of the issues with /tickingarea but right now making your own system that manages tickingareas just with /tickingarea or using an entity with the tick_world component are your best options.