Predicate that is true if a entity is exactly 16 coordinates away

[gray jungle]

Hello!

I have a marker at the middle of a chunk and I want to test if the player moved to another chunks middle by measuring how far away they are from the marker.

I have been running this command to test for the distance:
/execute if entity @e[type=marker,limit=1,predicate=biosphere:16_blocks_away,name="chunkmarker"]

Using this predicate:
{ "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties", "entity": "this", "predicate": { "distance": { "horizontal": { "min": 16, "max": 17 } } } }
What am I doing wrong?

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[dapper fractal]

ok, wait

[dapper fractal]

well, the predicate works, but it doesn't seem to be what you need. you need to take the player's position, subtract the marker position from it, take the remainder of the division by 16, and if the values on the X and Z axes are 8, then the player is in the center of the chunk

[gray jungle]

I see, I just hoped I could do a simple predicate without having to do scoreboard stuff. Basically I'm making a datapack that is inspired by Tileman, basically you start on one chunk in the void and you can unlock other chunks around you for a fee. I hoped for an easy implementation, I don't know if there is a simple way to do such

[dapper fractal]

hmm

[dapper fractal]

do you need to check only 8 adjacent chunks or the center of any chunk?

[gray jungle]

The best would be if only adjacent ones could be unlocked

[dapper fractal]

is your chunk center 4 blocks or one in the positive direction?

[gray jungle]

I was thinking of 4 blocks but probably a marker shifted by 0.5, 0.5 so it's right in the middle

[dapper fractal]

well, just a predicate or a simple check is impossible. either math or 8 commands for each chunk

[gray jungle]

Oh well, I'll think more about it then

Thanbks for the help!