Spawning entity variant with scripts

[flat flare]

Is it possible to spawn an entity variant with scripts and not commands?

[slate canopy]

in the spawnEntity method, there is a SpawnEntityOptions interface

one of the properties is spawnEvent

you can put an event on the entity, and idk for sure but you might be able to get variant that way

[wooden plover]

Yea
Use component groups to store ur variant data and put it in events
After that u can make a script and depending on how u want to execute ur event (player/world, for now i will tell u both)

1. If u want to execute it as player:-
   player.runCommand('event entity @e[type=entity:identifier] your:event')

2. If u want to execute it as world:- world.getDimension("overworld").runCommand('event entity @e[type=entity:identifier] your:event')

This is the most basic

And hybrid combo

[slate canopy]

hm so if you can do that

const myEntity = world.getDimension("overworld").spawnEntity("my:entity", { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 }, { spawnEvent: "your:event" })

surely this would work too

[wooden plover]

Yea

[slate canopy]

oh so i guessed correctly

i was unsure what you could do with events

[wooden plover]

Idk what he really needs it for, so it's kinda difficult to suggest answers

[slate canopy]

trye

[wooden plover]

Mine is executed only if the entity alr exists

And urs spawns the entity variant