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silver pagoda Jun 13, 2025, 11:35 AM

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Hello fellow datapackers, I was wondering if there are any alternatives to selecting a specific player to run a function on and the only way I know right now is scoreboards. I have realised many issues because i want to select the player that pressed a button to activate the command block that activates the function but when i add the score to the player who presses the button i use @p but if there is someone closer to the command block it will select them and i do not want that. Another problem I have is writing execute as @a if score… because my entire function just wants to run on that player once and only that player who has the score but i find it very annoying to having to paste in the first half of the command every time i want to run a command on that player. I am looking for a potentially better/less laggy solution to this and I was wondering if i could use predicates or execute store but i have absolutely no experience in these 2 things and i need help please.

I apologise if my post is hard to read because i am not great at english and i am sleepy right now.

left ledgeBOT Jun 13, 2025, 11:35 AM

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silver pagoda Hello fellow datapackers, I was wondering if there are any alternatives to selec...

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rose spire Jun 13, 2025, 11:36 AM

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For the button you can use interactions

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 11:36 AM

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or even better, advancements that check for default use

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that way you also immediately get rid of the player selection problem

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because advancements when they run a function as reward, always run it as and at the player who got the advancement.

rose spire Jun 13, 2025, 11:39 AM

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gentle needle or even better, advancements that check for default use

How would you check which button was used?

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 11:40 AM

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conditions

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you could hide a specific block 10 blocks below the button and check for that.

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there are multiple ways to do it though

lament raptor Jun 13, 2025, 12:12 PM

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How about scoreboard objectives add used_button minecraft.used:minecraft.stone_button

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An advancement would be better, since this may cause some amount of lag by checking every tick

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 12:15 PM

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this is exactly like the advancement but with extra steps on top for no additional perks

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 12:16 PM

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lament raptor An advancement would be better, since this may cause some amount of lag by check...

the lag will be pretty much non existent but it's just more work to do for the same result.

half anvil Jun 13, 2025, 12:47 PM

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The easiest method is a sign if you don't want to change or add any code

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The player who clicked the sign is @s in the command it runs. As fast as advancements

rose spire Jun 13, 2025, 1:07 PM

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half anvil The player who clicked the sign is @s in the command it runs. As fast as advance...

And you don't even need a data pack

rose spire Jun 13, 2025, 1:08 PM

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lament raptor How about scoreboard objectives add used_button minecraft.used:minecraft.stone_b...

You can't find out which button was used with this

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:09 PM

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I preseted a solution for that a few messages above

lament raptor Jun 13, 2025, 1:09 PM

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rose spire You can't find out which button was used with this

Distance=..5

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:09 PM

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...

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:09 PM

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lament raptor Distance=..5

the player is the source of the command, so they will always be in that range

lament raptor Jun 13, 2025, 1:09 PM

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gentle needle the player is the source of the command, so they will always be in that range

As, not at

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:10 PM

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gentle needle because advancements when they run a function as reward, always run it as and at...

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lament raptor Jun 13, 2025, 1:10 PM

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I meant the scoreboard

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:10 PM

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We already told that this is a worse option

lament raptor Jun 13, 2025, 1:10 PM

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Yes, but I'm explaining how it could potentially work 🙂

gentle needle Jun 13, 2025, 1:11 PM

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no, no you're not

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you just add unnecessary confusion and text

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 1:35 AM

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oh wow i just slept

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anyways i think the advancement way would be better and easier but how would i make the condition of that achievement activate when that specific button is pressed?

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 6:14 AM

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can someone check if this is right?

{
"display": {
"icon": {
"id": "minecraft:acacia_button"
},
"title": "button",
"description": "button",
"frame": "task",
"show_toast": false,
"announce_to_chat": false,
"hidden": true
},
"criteria": {
"root": {
"trigger": "minecraft:any_block_use",
"conditions": {
"player": [
{
"condition": "minecraft:location_check",
"predicate": {
"position": {
"x": {
"min": -245,
"max": -245
},
"y": {
"min": 23,
"max": 23
},
"z": {
"min": 94,
"max": 94
}
}
}
}
]
}
}
},
"requirements": []
}

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 6:17 AM

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I think this would check the location of the player

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 6:18 AM

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oh

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wait let me try again

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 6:21 AM

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I'm not completely sure, but I think this would work:

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{
  "display": {
    "icon": {
      "id": "minecraft:acacia_button"
    },
    "title": "",
    "description": "",
    "hidden": true
  },
  "criteria": {
    "button_used": {
      "trigger": "minecraft:default_block_use",
      "conditions": {
        "location": [
          {
            "condition": "minecraft:block_state_property",
            "block": "minecraft:acacia_button"
          },
          {
            "condition": "minecraft:location_check",
            "predicate": {
              "position": {
                "x": 123,
                "y": 456,
                "z": 789
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 6:23 AM

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does that only work for a acacia button or any button?

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 6:28 AM

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Only acacia

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Wait ill change it

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{
  "criteria": {
    "block_used": {
      "trigger": "minecraft:default_block_use",
      "conditions": {
        "location": [
          {
            "condition": "minecraft:location_check",
            "predicate": {
              "position": {
                "x": 123,
                "y": 456,
                "z": 789
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "rewards": {
    "function": "your:function"
  }
}

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Now it works for any block at that position

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 6:35 AM

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ok i will test now

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 6:40 AM

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Oh and you dont need the requirements
But it should work with them as well

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 7:03 AM

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it didnt run the function when i pressed the button but it did run the function when i used commands to give the advancement

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 7:10 AM

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Did you replace the position with the actual block position?

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 11:53 AM

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i inputed the position of the myself because i was standing on the button

rose spire Jun 14, 2025, 11:53 AM

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Can you send the advancement u use rn?

silver pagoda Jun 14, 2025, 10:59 PM

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{
"criteria": {
"block_used": {
"trigger": "minecraft:default_block_use",
"conditions": {
"location": [
{
"condition": "minecraft:location_check",
"predicate": {
"position": {
"x": 0,
"y": -60,
"z": 0
}
}
}
]
}
}
},
"rewards": {
"function": "hfbd:test"
}
}

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i made a root advancement for it

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but i cant access the datapack right now because im on a different laptop but ill send you a screenshot of the advancement and the root when i do

left ledgeBOT Jun 20, 2025, 10:05 PM

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