function macros

[weak gale]

what should I be doing?

// tick.mcfunction:
function clan:border with entity Ferrarex

// border.mcfunction
$execute as @a at @e[tag=Base] positioned ~ $(Pos[1]) ~ run particle dust{color:[1,0,0],scale:2} ^ ^ ^100 0 0 0 0 100 force @s

the problem is at $(Pos[1]), but what should I be doing?

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[young musk]

you can't target arrays in the passed data

you can only target primitive values

int/float/... /string

[weak gale]

how could I do it then?

could I do:

// tick.mcfunction:
function clan:border with entity Ferrarex Pos[1]

// border.mcfunction
$execute as @a at @e[tag=Base] positioned ~ $() ~ run particle dust{color:[1,0,0],scale:2} ^ ^ ^100 0 0 0 0 100 force @s

but what would I place at $()?

[young musk]

store the y value in a data store in advance, then pass in that data storage

you could simply name the key Y

[weak gale]

not familiar with functions

how do i do such?

[calm wraith]

data modify storage clan:temp Y set from entity @s Pos[1]
function clan:border with storage clan:temp

$execute as @a at @e[tag=Base] positioned ~ $(Y) ~ run particle dust{color:[1,0,0],scale:2} ^ ^ ^100 0 0 0 0 100 force @s

[young musk]

There might be better ways to do this maybe. Running a macro every tick is horrible for performance. It can only cache the last 5 times you passed data

[weak gale]

in what ways could it be done?

[young musk]

idk what you're trying to do. I need a little bit more info on what this is for and what it's supposed to do.

[weak gale]

it's supposed to draw a particle dust at the height of the entity in @s, but 100 distance from the entity at @e[tag=Base]

[weak gale]

and based on that entity's angle too

I was gonna do:
execute as @a run function clan:border with entity @s

[young musk]

I see now it's not like it's in the command and I didn't notice

[weak gale]

you're fine

I'm pretty sure it will need two functions just for that :/

[young musk]

In this case there is really no better way without some crazy complex hacky trickery

[weak gale]

// tick
execute as @a run function clan:border with entity @s

// border
data modify storage clan:temp Y set from entity @s Pos[1]
function clan:drawborder with storage clan:temp

// drawborder
$execute as @e[tag=Base] at @s positioned ~ $(Y) ~ run particle dust{color:[1,0,0],scale:2} ^ ^ ^100 0 0 0 0 10 force @a

got to this, but instead of force @a, i would need the player in "execute as @a" on tick

know how I could do it?

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[young musk]

I do have an idea how you can easily make this without macros

[weak gale]

🧠

how?

[young musk]

I'm testing rq

I don't want to tell wrong things

ok, it did not work as I imagined.
But this will do what you want if you use it instead of the current command:
$execute at @e[tag=Base] ~ $(Y) ~ run particle dust{color:[1,0,0],scale:2} ^ ^ ^100 0 0 0 0 10 force @s

[weak gale]

at @s at @e?

[young musk]

fixed

[weak gale]

ok, get it now

thanks