Stats system

[gleaming mesa]

I want to make a datapack where players level = their stats. But I don't really understand how I should detect when a player levels up (it's for a map that I will surely never make, I just want to learn)

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[gleaming mesa]

From what I have been told, I think I have to create 2 scoreboards, 1 that store the player's xp, and another that store the xp during the next tick

and compare them ?

[brittle owl]

yep correct

[gleaming mesa]

Ok, but the thing I struggle at rn, is storing the xp value

I think I have to use the xp query @s levels command

but how do I put it in a scoreboard ?

[tough thunder]

execute store result score ... run xp query @s levels

[gleaming mesa]

ok great, thx you !

[gleaming mesa]

what are the 3 dots for ?

[brittle owl]

the score name

[tough thunder]

Replace that with your scoreboard and a fake player

[brittle owl]

dam you're fast Sila

[tough thunder]

So like score .current_levels some_scoreboard

[gleaming mesa]

Thx you, also, how can I make it so there is a 1 tick delay between the time the 2 scoreboards pick up the xp value ?

The tick function runs every tick, so if I put them inside the tick function, won't they basically run at the same time ?

[tough thunder]

You need to, in each tick, run a function as all players which does this:

• store the current_level
• check if it is higher than the previous_level and if it is then do something
• set previous_level to current_level

Do this in a separate function then in the tick function run that function as @a

[gleaming mesa]

ok I understand !

tysm !

[tough thunder]

Np

[gleaming mesa]

what's the issue here

I don't get it

[slow minnow]

you didn't specify that it is a score. you only gave it the score properties.

that's how it has to look

{"score":{"objective":"my_objective","name":"@s"}}

[gleaming mesa]

Thx you !

[gleaming mesa]

Rn, what I have is
-I detect when a player levels up
-I increase his stats depending on his level

Now, I want to make something in the chat so that when he levels up, he gets a point he can use to increase one of his stats

what I chose to do this

• I have a scoreboard that makes all the stats the level of the player
• I have a scoreboard with multiple "variables" that would increase when the player click a button in the chat in exchange of the points he got
• I add the values of the 2 scoreboards and this would be the real stats of the player

but the thing is, is there a way to do the second point without creating a new function for each "variable" ?

It's very possible that I'm not clear at all or I probably forgot to tell some informations that I don't know that are important to get help

Stats system

[tough thunder]

Firstly, you can't use /function in chat UIs anyway - only OPed players will be able to click the buttons.

I suggest you create a /trigger command - this way, the button can run the command /trigger spend_point set <value> and you can detect what <value> is and change a scoreboard based on it

So for example, Button 1 would run /trigger spend_point set 1, etc. Then you can can do execute if score @s spend_point matches 1 run function ... execute if score @s spend_point matches 2 run function ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5t8C1o12Rcw

[gleaming mesa]

Really ? I played a CTM named Final Paradox where you could unlock abilities by spending a "perk point" by clicking a button in the chat

I wanted to do something similar :(

[tough thunder]

Yes - /trigger fixes this

Any player can run /trigger

But only players with op can run /function

[gleaming mesa]

Ok tysm, I'm going to learn how to do that now

[tough thunder]

All /trigger does is it lets a player set their own score on a scoreboard

[tough thunder]

Then you can detect the change in that scoreboard and do something, like this

[gleaming mesa]

so, I'd have to constantly check the scoreboard value in tick.mcfunction ?

[tough thunder]

yea

[gleaming mesa]

oh I get it

that's smart

depending on the button, a scoreboard will take a specific value which will trigger a specific function ?

right ? or am I dumb ?

[gleaming mesa]

oh that's legitimoose, this guy saved me with scoreboards x)

[tough thunder]

yea - the button runs a trigger command which will set the score on the player's scoreboard to a specific value, and then you can check what value that is and run a function

[gleaming mesa]

yeah ok I get it ! :)

thank you so much

[tough thunder]

You also need to check that the player actually has point(s) to spend when they click the button

[gleaming mesa]

I have a system in mind for that

[tough thunder]

So you will need a scoreboard to track how many points a player has available to spend - each time they click a button, subtract 1 from that scoreboard, and if they try to click a button when they have no points available then dont let them

[gleaming mesa]

each time he levels up, it adds +1 to a scoreboard, and I check if the scoreboard value is >=1

[tough thunder]

yea

[gleaming mesa]

and then, I remove 1 from the value

[tough thunder]

thatll do it

[gleaming mesa]

nice !

I have another question about scoreboards

[tough thunder]

yea

[gleaming mesa]

from what I understand, I can create as many fake players I want in a scoreboard and track the value associated to these fake players

can't I do everything with a single scoreboard then ?

or am I misunderstanding something very fundamental ?

[tough thunder]

I mean, if you want, yeah. I often just have a big scoreboard which I use for all the internal values I need to store

But in this case, you need to store a value per player so you will need multiple scoreboards

A trigger command also needs to be its own scoreboard

[gleaming mesa]

oh yeah, that was the fundamental thing I was misunderstanding

so I will have 1 scoreboard for each stat then ?

one for strength, another one for health, etc etc ?

[tough thunder]

In your case, you will need

• the trigger scoreboard
• one scoreboard to track how many points the player has available
• one scoreboard per stat (yes)

[gleaming mesa]

that's a nightmare

because since all stats change depending on the level of the player, I need an intermediate scoreboard where it's just the stats related to the level

another one which is related to the spent points

and another one which is the total

(for just 1 stat)

[tough thunder]

wdym?

[gleaming mesa]

For example, the player will get 1 HP for each level he has

and he will have 1 HP for each spent point in this stat

I need 2 scoreboards to track that

and another one which is going to be the "effective stat" which is basically the sum

[tough thunder]

so hp = xp levels + points in a specific stat?

[gleaming mesa]

yeah

[tough thunder]

then yeah you will

[gleaming mesa]

:(

[ebon torrent]

It's not too hard tho:```ansi
# Get player's xp level
execute store result score .hp some_objective run xp query @s levels

# Add stats point
scoreboard players operation .hp some_objective += @s <stat scoreboard>

[tough thunder]

If you're doing a lot of maths, I'd recommend doing it in a slower loop (like every second or half a second) so it doesn't lag as much

[gleaming mesa]

oh yeah that's true :/

I wanted to do the math each time the player levels up or click in the chat, but the second half isn't possible anymore

[gleaming mesa]

I don't really know how to do this tho

a tick function that works every 20 ticks or something ?

[tough thunder]

in your load function, run the function you want to run on a slow loop, then in that function, just put schedule function <this function> 1s so it schedules it to run the next second

the next time it gets run, it will schedule itself again, and so on

[gleaming mesa]

so, I'll also have to run this function in load.mcfunction to start the cycle right ?

[tough thunder]

yeah just to set it going

[gleaming mesa]

yeah ok, perfect !

thx you so much

[tough thunder]

np

[gleaming mesa]

I'm struggling with something that might be simple
I want to do a /execute that only works if a score from a scoreboard >=1

but I can't get it to work ?

nvm I think I got it working

I don't know why it worked when I typed
execute if score @s points matches 1.. run say yes
but it doesn't work when I try to use the >= symbol tho

[fathom rain]

is that in your tick function?

if it is, i know your issue

[gleaming mesa]

it's not

[fathom rain]

alright where is it being run?

[gleaming mesa]

in a random function I created to check if the player is allowed to get 1 stat point

I'm new, it's my first datapack, so maybe I can't provide the right information for you

if so, you could tell me what I should tell you x)

it's there

[fathom rain]

and do you run stats.mcfunction in chat?

[gleaming mesa]

I didn't try that, I just typed the command manually in chat

[fathom rain]

hm

[gleaming mesa]

the game isn't happy

and here, it's happy

I don't understand why tho

[tough thunder]

= is used for comparing two scoreboards

You just want to check if it is more than 1, so use matches 1..

[gleaming mesa]

ok, thx you for the explanation ! :)

[tough thunder]

matches is for a fixed value

no

problem

:)

[gleaming mesa]

or an interval ?

[tough thunder]

yea

[fathom rain]

Yeah I had that thought in my mind, but I dont know too much about scoreboard operations

[tough thunder]

well fixed value being the range of numbers in this case

[gleaming mesa]

yeah since it's not continuous ig ?

idk, I'm on holidays x)

f math rn

[tough thunder]

I probably used the wrong term

matches is used for when you know what you want to compare it to

The other operators are for comparing two scoreboard values

[gleaming mesa]

It made perfect sense

thx you so much :)

now, I just need to figure out how to make clickable text

[modern bridge]

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[tough thunder]

This has a good tellraw editor for that

[gleaming mesa]

I want to learn how to do it tho

that's the whole point, my datapack will never be used, I just want to learn

I'm sure there are people who already made what I'm doing 10000 times better

[tough thunder]

That’s fair, though in reality, advanced datapack developers just use the editor for convenience

But basically lemme explain

[gleaming mesa]

Yeah, from what I learned, it's annoying json stuff. I just want to understand the tool before using it

[tough thunder]

The JSON text in /tellraw can have a click_event field, like so: ```ansi
/tellraw @s {"text":"click me!!","click_event":{"action":"run_command","value":"/whatever_command"}}

The action can be a variety of things, such as run_command, suggest_command (which autofills the command in chat but doesn’t run it unless the player hits send), and copy_text

[gleaming mesa]

Ok, and how can I make a part of a tellraw message use the run_command action for example, and another part of the message use no action, etc ?

I don't think I'm clear x)

I hope you understand, if not I can try to rephrase it x)

[tough thunder]

Use an array of JSON text components

[gleaming mesa]

ok I'm going to look into it

[gleaming mesa]

Maybe I did something wrong, but I typed
/tellraw @s {"text":"click me!!","click_event":{"action":"run_command","value":"/kill @p"}} (your command but I just put a command instead of nothing)
and it doesn't do anything ?

did I do something wrong ?

I get the message in the chat !

but when I click on it, nothing happens

[tough thunder]

Gimme a sec

[gleaming mesa]

yeah sure !

[tough thunder]

Mb it's clickEvent and not click_event

[gleaming mesa]

So from what I understand,
/tellraw @s [{...},{...},...] ?

[gleaming mesa]

Ok thx you :)

[tough thunder]

Yeah basically

[gleaming mesa]

it worked ! :)

[tough thunder]

Bear in mind that all the items in the array will inherit styles from the first item, so it can be handy to set the first item to be blank:```
/tellraw @s ["",{...},{...}]

[gleaming mesa]

why is it a thing tho ? x)

but ty for the tips, I know I would've pulled all my hair out because of this x)

[tough thunder]

Idk lol

Sometimes it's handy

[gleaming mesa]

yeah I understand why it could be handy, in cases where you want to apply the same style for everything I guess

but it's still weird imo x)

[gleaming mesa]

so I have this that generates a message that gives set the value of a scoreboard named selector to 1 (it works)

and then, every second, it does this function

that's the reset function

and for some reason, it doesn't work ?

[gleaming mesa]

and this part just doesn't work ?

And I really don't understand why, it doesn't seem to get the function working even tho I run it in the load function

[gleaming mesa]

this one is better (but still broken)

when i manually start the function, it does nothing

[tough thunder]

What if points is more than 1?

[gleaming mesa]

it doesn't do anything...

I have to replace ..1 by 1.. ?

[tough thunder]

..1 means one or less

1.. means one or more

[gleaming mesa]

x)

I'm that dumb

crazy

[tough thunder]

nah dw, it's always confusing

[gleaming mesa]

I mean

with the next execute

I shoul've seen that something was wrong x)

one was for {1, 2, ..., +inf}, and the other one {0, 1, 2, ..., +inf}

I mean, not inf 27something or whatever x)

[gleaming mesa]

it still doesn't seem to work ?

the function does work when I level up (when I level up, I call for the stats function)

which means the issue is either in the schedule fnction stats:stats 1s

or I'm completely lost

[tough thunder]

Oh yeah I see

You don't run the stats function as a player

You need to, in the stats function, run the function with the current code as @a

[gleaming mesa]

schedule function stats:stats as @a 1s ?

vscode doesn't seem happy with it

[tough thunder]

No

[gleaming mesa]

and also, I noticed another issue that I don't know how to tackle at all, when I /reload, I lose all the stats I got thanks too the points :/

[tough thunder]

Just in the stats function, run a execute as @a run function <something>

And in that function, you can do the scoreboard stuff

[gleaming mesa]

wait I'm having a hard time understanding this

[tough thunder]

Stats function itself needs to run a different function, because /schedule can't execute a function as a player

[gleaming mesa]

so I have to create a loop between 2 function ?

Function A stats function B which starts function A ?

[tough thunder]

So you need to schedule a function to run every second (stats.mcfunction), which should just

• schedule itself to run in 1s
• run a function B as all players

In function B, you put all the code you have currently in stats function (excluding the schedule command)

This is because the stats function will be executed as the server and not as a player, so you cant use @s

[gleaming mesa]

ok I understand this

[tough thunder]

Nice

[gleaming mesa]

and about this ?

[tough thunder]

What's in your load function?

[gleaming mesa]

the last line was to start the loop

I have to change it

[tough thunder]

Line 7 doesn't do anything but that's not the issue

[gleaming mesa]

Really ? What would be the default value if I don't set it up ?

nothing I would guess

[tough thunder]

The issue is the same as the issue before - this function is executed as the server, so @s doesnt exist

Also what's in the tick function?

[gleaming mesa]

oh yeah you are right

[tough thunder]

What's in the levelup detection function? :P

[gleaming mesa]

and that's the levelup_annoucement

[tough thunder]

It looks fine to me

[gleaming mesa]

yeah but

when I use a point to increase a stat

I lose it

and when I first start my stats function

it starts by setting up my hp, etc at the same value as my level

I think I should make another scoreboard (that I already made, I didn't use it)

to track the hp I get through the points

and make my real hp the hp + hp_p

would this work ?

[tough thunder]

Is the issue definitely caused by reloading? Can you set the points scoreboard to show on the sidebar and then /reload and see if it resets?

[gleaming mesa]

yeah sure, but I think it shouldn't

[tough thunder]

I don't understand

[tough thunder]

You said that reloading resets the scores

[gleaming mesa]

I'm probably not clear at all, I'm sorry

[gleaming mesa]

let me rephrase it, I think I got confused somewhere in my explanation

so, what happens is, let's say I hate 1 point

I use it, to increase health

hp = hp + 1

I lose the point

and when I first load stats.mcfunction, I have no point, so it doesn't increase my stat or anything

and it sets my hp to be the same as my level

[tough thunder]

Hmm

[gleaming mesa]

I think that's what happens and the reason why I lose a part of the progress

[tough thunder]

So HP needs to equal the player's level + however many points they spent on HP?

[gleaming mesa]

yeah

[tough thunder]

Okay

[gleaming mesa]

but I'm not too sure how to fix it, my guess would be that using a scoreboard that increases with the spent point

and make a sum with it and the hp I got with the level

[tough thunder]

You still only really need the one scoreboard just to track how many points have been spent on HP

[gleaming mesa]

yeah

[tough thunder]

That scoreboard should only ever increase when the player spends a point on it

Don't set it to level

Instead, set something else (like a temporary fake player) to the xp level, then add the points spent to that temporary score, then set the player's actual health to that score

[gleaming mesa]

I don't know how to make temporary fake player

even worse if there are multiple players using the datapack

[tough thunder]

I wrote a guide on that a couple of hours ago, lemme find it

[gleaming mesa]

oh nice ! :)

I would love it

[tough thunder]

That's not an issue - the function is ran once per person, not at the same time

[gleaming mesa]

ok :)

[tough thunder]

https://silabear-dev.datapack-wiki.pages.dev/wiki/nbt-scoreboards/scoreboards

[gleaming mesa]

thank you very much ! :)

you are helping me a lot

[tough thunder]

The page is very in-dev and I'm not technically meant to share it yet but I make the rules so oh well

[gleaming mesa]

x)

[tough thunder]

So basically just exactly how you would do anything with normal players but instead of a selector just put #temp or smth

[gleaming mesa]

I'll have to do some research x)

I don't know what a selector is

[tough thunder]

@s and @a are selectors

They select players or entities

Hence the name

[gleaming mesa]

I should've guessed that

[gleaming mesa]

I get it now !

thx you so much

I want to give a shot to my 2 scoreboards solution too

and i'm going to try to learn the method you talked about

[tough thunder]

It will work but I don't think it will be any easier

You don't need a scoreboard to track the players level because you can access it at any time with the xp command

[gleaming mesa]

I don't want to track the players level, I want to track the number of points spent in each stat

[gleaming mesa]

using more scoreboard*

[tough thunder]

Assuming that the HP scoreboard tracks how many points have been spent on the HP stat, this should work:```
execute store result score #temp HP run xp query @s levels
scoreboard players operation #temp HP += @s HP

[gleaming mesa]

yeah this is just better :/

you are right

[tough thunder]

Basically just try and minimise all the scoreboard you use otherwise it'll get confusing real quick

[gleaming mesa]

you are right !

this is 1000x better

[gleaming mesa]

it works perfectly ! :)

thx you so much

[gleaming mesa]

Is there a way to disable the output from the /trigger option, because the only option I find is disabling a gamerule (but it also disables other commands feedbacks)

[twin horizon]

Just the gamerule

You can enable it again after if you want

[gleaming mesa]

ok

also

this stays even after disabling the gamerule

is there a way not to have it ?

[twin horizon]

No, even with the gamerule disabled, any failed commands still send failure messages

If you want you could remove it with a resource pack, by overwriting the lang file

But frankly I wouldn't call it a big deal for must usecases

[gleaming mesa]

ok ty ! :)

[gleaming mesa]

is there a way to modify a player attribute accordingly to the value of a scoreboard ? I have found nothing about it ?

[gleaming mesa]

I found something, apparently I have to learn macros !

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[tough thunder]

I recommend closing it until you have a different problem

[gleaming mesa]

ok sorry

[tough thunder]

This threads getting very long and it's easier to just ask each time you have a specific issue :P

[gleaming mesa]

you are right, I apologize

I'm closing it rn

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