Spawning entities after something happened

[polar hazel]

How would i code something to happen after a event occurs, i.e, after a fireball explodes, a aoe cloud spawns.

[ocean sonnet]

there is no one solution for every event

but you can use different ways for each

for ace, (area cloud effect), you can use execute if entity @e[type=area_cloud_effect,nbt={whatever}] run stuff

fireballs...well...you can just execute as @e[type=fireballs] unless block ~ ~-0.5 ~ air run stuff

[polar hazel]

so would this command make it so after a fireball explodes a ace would spawn in next to it?

[ocean sonnet]

no but you can use my example cmd to do so

just add run summon area_cloud_effect with the nbt attached after that

[polar hazel]

ah ok

what would I put for the NBT?

[ocean sonnet]

look it up on the wiki

[polar hazel]

I'm pretty new to datapacking

ok

the minecraft wiki right?

[ocean sonnet]

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Lingering_Potion#:~:text=entity.area_effect_cloud.name-,Entity data,-See also%3A

here

[polar hazel]

thank you

how would i summon the fireball to a specific area?

is there a certain way to do that?

[ocean sonnet]

add a at @s after the as statment before the run statment

[polar hazel]

ahh ok

[ocean sonnet]

execute as @e[type=fireballs] at @s unless block ~ ~-0.5 ~ air run summon area_cloud_effect

[polar hazel]

tysm

one more question, what if i wanted multiple ace's that are like spaced out

[ocean sonnet]

you can

just summon multiple

at a different location

[polar hazel]

how would that work with the fireball?

[ocean sonnet]

put all the summon cmds into a function

and in the fireball cmd run the function

in the function

summon area_cloud_effect ~ ~ ~

summon area_cloud_effect ~1 ~ ~

summon area_cloud_effect ~-1 ~ ~

for example, on the x axis

[polar hazel]

ah ok

[ocean sonnet]

by 1 block

[polar hazel]

thanks for all the help

[ocean sonnet]

ur welcome

[austere pike]

Btw, it's area_effect_cloud, area_cloud_effect won't work

[polar hazel]

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