which means that the slimes are imposible to kill
#i was trying to make slimes spawn bigger, but when killed they still spawning big,
oak plank
valid summit
You are using a tick function to change all slimes size, right?
valid summit
Do you want variety with spawned slime sizes?
oak plank
Do you want variety with spawned slime sizes?
yes pls
like size 15-24
version (1.20.1)
valid summit
Well i dont know if slimes carry over all nbt data after splitting or just the custom name
But if they do, you can just check for slime sizes 0-2 and change it to your desired ones and tag that slime so it wont be selected again
oak plank
@valid summit there is a way to just modify the size once?
soft tide
yes, when you change the size, also add a tag to the slime, and only change the size of slimes that don't already have that tag
oak plank
but how do i add that tag to the slimes that got killed?
soft tide
i'm fairly certain tags are carried over when the slime splits (as kq already mentioned) so that takes care of itself
oak plank
like this ?
execute as @e[type=ghast,tag=!modified] run data merge entity @s {Size:20}
tag @e[type=ghast] add modified
soft tide
generally it'll be better to do something like execute as @e[tag=!modified] run function ns:modify where ns:modify looks like:
tag @s add modified```but that's the basic idea, yes. though i assume you didnt mean to have ghasts as your target there now
soft tide
looks good. does it work?
oak plank
i will try
give me a minute
well, it works because the slimes are spawning in size 20, but when killed, they split into 2 slimes with the same size, and they are supposed get smaller after killed
valid summit
ouch. that means slimes dont carry nbt sadly
oak plank
ouch. that means slimes dont carry nbt sadly
so, what can i do?
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shrewd radish
so, what can i do?
Which slimes should spawn bigger? naturally spawning slimes?
shrewd radish
ouch. that means slimes dont carry nbt sadly
They actually do carry on their parent nbt. something else is going on here.
@oak plank the provided solution to tag the slimes should work.
Tick function should look like:
execute as @e[type=slime,tag=!ns.modified] run ns:function
where this function would perform the following:
data modify entity @s Size set value <your_number>
followed by:
tag @s add ns.modified
Slimes that are killed should retain the tags of their "parent" I used ns.modified here to avoid conflicts with other datapacks you can also pick a more simple name.
shrewd radish
in short, if a slime does not have your tag, grow it and grant it the tag.
shrewd radish
a size 15 slime will split into size 7 which will split into size 3 (vanilla large slime)
if you don't want to change the way the slime splits, just its size, you would need attributes
oak plank
if you don't want to change the way the slime splits, just its size, you would n...
how i do that?
what attributes i need
shrewd radish
do you actually want this?
normal slimes go:
3 to 1 to 0
15 to 7 to 3 to 1 to 0 is what you get if you change the Size of a slime
do you want to grow all slimes or only bigger slimes?
oak plank
normal slimes go:
3 to 1 to 0
15 to 7 to 3 to 1 to 0 is what you get if you chan...
is exactly what i want
shrewd radish
you want them to split 5 times? then you dont need attributes
oak plank
i want 15-7-3-1
shrewd radish
small slime = 0
oak plank
but all of them spawning with size 15
shrewd radish
1 is medium
oak plank
but when killed i want them to split into smaller slimes
but when i kill them, they split into 2 slimes with size 15
even after did what you said
shrewd radish
that is highly unlikely, have you checked the output for any issues and done a reload after making the changes?
also, which version are you on? please share your functions in full if you can
oak plank
that is highly unlikely, have you checked the output for any issues and done a r...
of course
my version is (1.20.1)
tick.mcfunction
shrewd radish
alright my hunch is that this is not documented properly on the minecraft wiki. The correct behavior for the slimes retaining tags was added somewhere in 1.21 but the wiki does not list the exact java version (it does list a bedrock 1.21 version)
oak plank
damm
shrewd radish
i was testing in 1.21.5
oak plank
well, there is a way to make what i want in 1.20.1?
shrewd radish
without being able to use the tags it is definitely harder to do
as I can imagine you dont want it to matter who or what killed the slime
in which case a tag would've been very convenient
oak plank
as I can imagine you dont want it to matter who or what killed the slime
correct
so we are not able to add a tag to the slime?
shrewd radish
you can but if it is not retained it wont matter
shrewd radish
if the game doesn't do it for you, no there is not
you can't distinguish naturally spawned and spawned from killed slimes
shrewd radish
Depends, it could be that some other things are retained, a custom_name from a nametag for instance.
I am booting up 1.20.1 to see what I can find
shrewd radish
I will first try the method with the tags, just in case it does work and I missed something.
oak plank
okay
oak plank
did you try with the custom name?
oak plank
You can use CustomName
great
shrewd radish
it is probably not that good for performance
it also allows cheating it by renaming a small slime
which would then grow to size 15 again 😄
oak plank
which would then grow to size 15 again 😄
JAJAJJAJAJAJA lol
but it´s okay
it is better than nothing
but how do i add the custom name to make that?
well i know how
but just adding it next to data modify entity @s Size set value 15?
shrewd radish
example:
data modify entity @s CustomName set value '{"text":"Slime"}'
Filtering would be:
execute as @e[type=minecraft:slime,name=!Slime] ...
in this case the name of the slimes is Slime
You can make the name look a lot fancier using text component tools but I am not sure how the selector would resolve it
wait.... im having some trouble lol
the execute as is doing some weird stuff
you can do name=! without a name behind it to select a nameless slime
this way renaming won't do anything either
nevermind
oak plank
what happened?
shrewd radish
above selector is fine, I am not sure what I just did lol
oak plank
above selector is fine, I am not sure what I just did lol
lol
shrewd radish
so you do !<your_name>
colors are ignored
so you can do fancy colors in the slime name
make it green or rainbow colored
shrewd radish
remove the tag, you wont need it unless you update your pack to 1.21 and can use the tag
yes this should work
oak plank
remove the tag, you wont need it unless you update your pack to 1.21 and can use...
done
shrewd radish
you can make the name green like:
data modify entity @s CustomName set value '{"text":"Slime","color":"green"}'
this does not change or break the other stuff
shrewd radish
hmmm
oak plank
and this is tick.mcfunction
i think it is because of this
shrewd radish
I see, it is not updating the custom name
strange
I have the same issue now, but I can't tell why exactly
It could be that the function run as the slime can't modify the name of the slime