Trying to make a syringe with a delay before applying the effect

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[sour matrix]

tick.mcfunction

load.mcfunction

checkforclick1.mcfunction

checkforsyringe.mcfunction

usesiryinge.mcfunction

[sour matrix]

it seems that this one doesnt works

[sour matrix]

I tried to add something to the checkforclick1.mcfunction file of the original custom wand and now the effect function and the cooldown scoreboard doesnt work aswell 💀

I remove the line I added but it still doesnt work

Idk why this is happening

[waxen hare]

make sure that you have a score of 0 in syringe_cooldown, it doesnt look like you set it anywhere. having no score, and having a score of 0 are different. if thats not the case you can put a say or tellraw in each function with a different text to see which one is not firing, and catch what the problem is

[sick hare]

Yes, to me it looks like that’s the issue, a value that is not set isn’t equal to 0

It’s not equal to anything, not even itself (in Minecraft)

[sour matrix]

I need to do scoreboard players set syringe_cooldown 0, but where? in usesiryinge.mcfunction?

[waxen hare]

It depends on what you are doing, but in this case I would use the tick advancement to give players the score when they first join the game and never again

[frosty sun]

You can also add 0 at any point

[sour matrix]

like that?

idk if it should be @a or @s

[frosty sun]

That works perfect

[sour matrix]

k

it doesnt do anything

It should happen something to this scoreboard i think

when i right click

oh wait

i didnt save lol

1 sec

yessss

it works

[sour matrix]

I want to add now like a cooldown but in this case, a cooldown that when it ends, it applies the effect

The idea would be that the player takes a little while to apply the syringe and then it would disappear (I already added the latter)

[pearl fossil]

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[stiff hollow]

ooh ok so

how i would do it is:

• in the function that triggers when you use the item, give the player a tag and /schedule function namespace:using_syringe 1t replace (sending the full command because schedule can be convoluted, but this sets a function to run in 1 tick and if the function is already scheduled, it gets rid of the old schedule)
• in the scheduled function, run another function as @a with the tag for using a syringe
• in the function that runs as all syringe-using players, add 1 to the syringe “cooldown” scoreboard, and unless the scoreboard exceeds some amount reschedule the last function for next tick, if the scoreboard DOES exceed the amount you set, instead remove the tag from the player and do not reschedule the function

hopefully thats somewhat legible im on mobile in a hurry rn :P

more features could be added like progress bar, slowness while using and swapping item cancelling but those can come after base functionality

[sour matrix]

yea Im gonna test it later

I was thinking on give slowness to when Im using the syringe too

[sour matrix]

how does the give tag command looks?

I honestly dont know it

[charred snow]

📜 /tag

tag <targets> add <name>

Adds a tag to the targets.

tag <targets> list

Lists all tags on the targets.

tag <targets> remove <name>

Removes a tag from the targets.

[sour matrix]

ty

it should be a @s, not an @a right?

[sour matrix]

"in the scheduled function, run another function as @a with the tag for using a syringe"
this is an execute line?

[stiff hollow]

yes

[sour matrix]

k

[stiff hollow]

yep

[sour matrix]

execute as @a run....?

[stiff hollow]

the execute as @a run function … would go under the scheduled function

(usesyringe)

[sour matrix]

oh k

but which function it should run?

bcs usesyringe its the one that gives the effect

[stiff hollow]

ok so

you need to make a new function or two

[sour matrix]

ye

[stiff hollow]

im a little preoccupied so i cant look through everything youve done rn but

[sour matrix]

oh k srry

[stiff hollow]

goal is

1. schedule a function that literally just executes another function as the players in question (because you can’t schedule a function and save the executor)
2. reschedule the function if players with the special tag still exists

the “another function” would be the timer for each player, which would run the actual effects of the syringe when enough time has passed

rather than simply delaying when the effect happens we’re making a timer so that we can do things like a progress bar and have individual people have their own use timers (just delaying the effect with a tag alone would mess up if 2 people used it at once and would let us add less features)

[sour matrix]

right

[stiff hollow]

im assuming you want it to cancel if you stop holding the syringe, thats the main thing i mean by “extra features”

otherwise you could just drop the syringe to duplicate the effect lol

[sour matrix]

ye thats more advanced

[sour matrix]

oh right LOL

[sour matrix]

if u want we can deal with that later

first im gonna work on the first stuff

[stiff hollow]

yeah ofc, just trying to give you a method thatd work cleanly both for now and adding things later :P

gtg now but gl

[sour matrix]

ye np man :)

ty for help

Trying to make a syringe with a delay before applying the effect

idk what I did but when i hold the item in my hand it dissapears and it gives me the effect. Kinda funny 😅

[sour matrix]

I made something similar to what you said and I have two problems:
-I put a sound so that when I get the effect a sound is heard but sometimes it bugs and the sound is not heard
-Also add to the side for now and just to test, to show me the time until it gives me the effect. The problem is that I don't know how to get it out when he gives it to me WITHOUT removing the objective.

tick.mcfunction

Ik this is sooo confusing but yea, i tried my best

[sour matrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPBSOqvbr_s

[sour matrix]

@stiff hollow can you help me rn?

[stiff hollow]

1 sec lemme read through

ahh im confused

[stiff hollow]

when does each function get called?

which one is the scheduled one, which one is the advancement one

[sour matrix]

I dont have an advancement and I didnt scheduled a function lmao

I did it using execute and scoreboards

[stiff hollow]

oh sorry i meant scoreboard

which one is triggered from right clicking :P

checkforclick1?

[sour matrix]

yep

[stiff hollow]

ok so

you dont want to be executing as @a from there because youre already executing from the player who right clicked

so that should be @s

oh wait no

now i get what youre doing mb

yes thats good

the @a in checkforsyringe should be @s though

[sour matrix]

oh ok

[stiff hollow]

ok so

lets see

first off

the syringe_cooldown is 1.55 seconds long :P

idk if you meant for that to be longer or not

since its in ticks

[sour matrix]

ye ik i was just doing it for test

[sour matrix]

yup

[stiff hollow]

tbh it does kinda check out at first glance

what exactly is going wrong again?

[stiff hollow]

nvm found it

[stiff hollow]

first off the sound is not executing at @s so its playing from 0 0 0

thats why you can only hear it sometimes

second off, to get rid of the sidebar, you literally just set the sidebar to nothing :P

so
scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar

[sour matrix]

💀

[stiff hollow]

lol

[sour matrix]

oh k

[stiff hollow]

also just so yk

your current method works fine without schedule commands :) you did a good job putting it together

the reason i wanted you to use /schedule was optimization but tbh it doesnt matter all that much so this is fine

[sour matrix]

oh ty! First time I made something using my knowledge

[sour matrix]

oh k

[stiff hollow]

ayy lol

[stiff hollow]

yeah ima be honest i usually dont bother with /schedule for this kinda thing either the effect is rly minimal in a pack that isnt using a billion timers

[sour matrix]

k so now how do I give slowness when the time is running and how do I prevent someone to just drop the item and then pick it up to "dupe" the effect

[stiff hollow]

it just makes it easier to do the progress bar (and item hold detection)

so basically

[sour matrix]

ye im doing some other stuff that makes a lil lag but it should be ok

[stiff hollow]

you need to run like 3 more commands under tick but

you should start by consolidating all commands that use @a in tick to 1 function

[sour matrix]

k

[stiff hollow]

because if you just make them all in 1 function you only need to run 1 @a and the rest can be @s

which is just a lot less laggy

[sour matrix]

oh k

my tick function is this rn

[stiff hollow]

tbh i still cant be here too long rn :P mind if i just give you homework again?

ill try to make my instructions legible

[sour matrix]

lol yep

[stiff hollow]

1. in case you dont understand how target selectors and “execute as” works, if you were to run a function as @a it would run a seperate version from every player’s point of view, as if they ran it in chat, meaning “@s” under a function as @a would actually run as @a, which im just telling you as a tip since you have a lot of stacked “@a”s that would also be applying random things to everyone on the map lol
2. you would need to run a function as everyone who has the timer equal to or greater than 2, which

• checks if theyre holding the syringe in either hand and resets their timer (to 0) if not
• clears the slowness effect if theyre not holding the syringe

3. give the player 2 seconds of slowness in the initial function when they use the syringe (the same one that sets the timer) with no particle effects, and clear the player of slowness when the syringe applies the absorption and such. if you dont care about it possibly clearing slowness from a person with an actual slowness potion or other slowness effect active, you can leave it there, otherwise you can make the clear commands only affect the player if they match a predicate check for whether they DONT have slowness WITH particles (sounds kinda like a lot but predicates arent actually all that bad to learn, i or someone else could help later)

thats probably longer than i needed but uh

tl;dr /effect give and /effect clear are gonna be your friends lol

[sour matrix]

lol ye ik that i have a lot of @a

[stiff hollow]

sorry i dont mean to keep talking about that but it would get messy if you had multiple people online, like it would give everyone absorption 💀

[sour matrix]

I have ALOT of recipes that in the /give mcfunction it says /give @a so yea...

I need to fix all that

[sour matrix]

ik

[stiff hollow]

icic

excuse me then sorry

gl lol

[sour matrix]

im just working on a custom world based in some stuff like the game "the forest" but with some original stuff I want to create

For now im just doing it for a single player

[stiff hollow]

ah, fun

[sour matrix]

but maybe in future for a multi

[stiff hollow]

yeah prob best to plan ahead just in case

[sour matrix]

😭 🔫

[charred snow]

📜 /effect

effect clear [<targets>] [<effect>]

Removes an effect.

effect give <targets> <effect> [<seconds>] [<amplifier>] [<hideParticles>]

Gives an effect.

effect give <targets> <effect> infinite [<amplifier>] [<hideParticles>]

Gives an effect with infinite duration, which displays as ∞ in the GUI.

[sour matrix]

k ty

Im gonna read all your homework tips and gonna try to do my best

[stiff hollow]

hideParticles is a boolean btw so if you put 1, 0, true, or false there that would make it work

and cool, gl :)

oh also last thing

amplifier is how many levels it is above the base effect

so like amplifier of 1 would actually make it slowness 2

because why not ig

[sour matrix]

yup

[stiff hollow]

wait

you did /effect for absorption already 😭

mb lmao

just later, gl

[sour matrix]

oh btw so the point of this is when you hold the item it gives the effect and you need to hold it for <seconds/ticks> and when that time ends, it gives you the effect and the item dissapears?

just this for the last thing im gonna ask u bcs i just want to know what my goal is

[stiff hollow]

yep

[sour matrix]

k perfect

ty

wait. Sorry for interrupt your game but idk how to detect when im holding the item

[sour matrix]

Before, while I was trying to figure out how to do what you said, at one point, I accidentally made it so that when I selected the object it would disappear and automatically give me the effect. But I don't remember how I did that because now I could easily fit everything in thanks to what I did.

[stiff hollow]

oh uh

[stiff hollow]

you can just use the SelectedItem nbt you used in this

a predicate would be easier to work offhand into but

for now you can just try getting mainhand to work :P

[sour matrix]

k

So i should chaange that execute and put it in another place?

bcs if i put mainhand where the SelectedItem thing is, it shows an error

[stiff hollow]

you dont put mainhand there

you literally copy the nbt 1 for 1

SelectedItem means mainhand

[sour matrix]

oh k

[sour matrix]

Ok I made all but I have only ONE issue...

when I select the item, I get the effect, the scoreboard sets to 30 but if i keep holding the item the scoreboard still sets in 30

Ofc ik why that happens

bcs its works like a tick function and is having an epic fight against the actual tick.mcfunction that is constantly removing 1 point from the scoreboard (kinda funny)

So idk where do I need to set the timer so its not constantly setting that

I was thinking of a line that runs the timer at 30 if another function acts or something like that, but I have NO IDEA how to do that

Im gonna send A video of demostration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDqIXc5zis
@stiff hollow