#Detecting the location of a block through advancements

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eager sequoia
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Is it possible to dynamically detect the location of a block when it has been used? for example, if i open a barrel, can i know its coordinates and run a command on that location?

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young jacinth
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can't you just take the player who opened it and get the block he's looking at?

eager sequoia
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no i want to be able to modify the block when the player opens it

uncut condor
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no, there is currently no way to do that directly and 100% accurately, you always either need to raycast to check where the player is looking at or check every single block in the area if you know what block was placed/opened

eager sequoia
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ah i see

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i was wondering if i could change my already laggy raycast to advancements

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guess i'll have to deal with it

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and i don't suppose its possible to copy data from an entity to a player by using advancements?

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wait can you use advancements to detect looking at an entity?

uncut condor
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not really, no

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there is a looking at predicate for players but that behaves unintuitively

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and you still need to go through all entities in the area

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so its not faster than a raycast most of the time

eager sequoia
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oh

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do you have suggestions on you best the distance for a raycast to travel

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i have it set to .06 blocks every tick rn

uncut condor
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I always use a step distance of 0.1 and then go a little over 6 blocks in range

eager sequoia
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thanks :D

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Is it possible to dynamically detect the location of a block when it has been used? for example, if i open a barrel, can i know its coordinates and run a command on that location?

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