Datapack for Cobblemon

[compact breach]

Hi, I’m trying to make a datapack for Cobblemon where wild Pokémon get cleared when the world changes from day to night and night to day. The function I created works perfectly, but only when I run it manually. I need it to happen automatically.

I already tried setting up tick.json and load.json and made a system to detect the time change, but it’s still not working properly. It just won’t trigger on its own.

If anyone can help me figure out what I might be doing wrong, I’d really appreciate it.

[sonic skiff]

can you show your work?

[compact breach]

here

[sonic skiff]

you should put your tags in data/minecraft/tags/function (assuming you're in 1.21+)

[compact breach]

yeah

[sonic skiff]

also why does your load function contain hs?

same with your tick function

[compact breach]

I'm a total noob at this and I was using GPT to help me, so it might be an error on their end.

[sonic skiff]

yea don't use AI for making datapacks or even just learning code. You're better off actually searching on google

[sonic skiff]

anyways you just need a way to detect the time right?

[compact breach]

yes

[sonic skiff]

let's start by removing the hs in those files :P

[compact breach]

and to have the function executed at a specific time.

[sonic skiff]

yea, here is what you should do:

1. create a new scoreboard in your load function using scoreboard objectives add... The score will be used to store a value. https://minecraft.wiki/w/Commands/scoreboard
2. query the time using the /time command and store this in a fake player score holder using execute store result.... https://minecraft.wiki/w/Commands/execute#storescore
3. check if the score matches the right time using execute if score... https://minecraft.wiki/w/Commands/execute#(if|unless)_score

You should be able to find everything you need on the wiki pages refrenced.

A fake player is a name with a special character in front. This character is usually there since so no real player name could ever match that value. For example: #this_is_a_fake_player is a fake player score holder. Using # in front actually makes the commands more performant and doesn't make them show when you show your scoreboard in your sidebar

[compact breach]

scoreboard objectives add time dummy; something this?

[stone kestrel]

You can use predicates for time_check

[sonic skiff]

ooh yea right

uum whoops

[sonic skiff]

I'm sorry I gave you a significantly over complicated solution (maybe I shouldn't have helped you at 11PM :P) Here is a new and better solution:

1. Create a predicate that checks for the right time. You'll need the condition time_check. Here is a nice generator: https://misode.github.io/predicate/
2. check if the predicate is true to detect your right time using execute if predicate and run your function https://minecraft.wiki/w/Commands/execute#ifunlesspredicate

Again, you should be able to find everything you need on the wiki pages referenced.