Dragon Egg Datapack

[brisk summit]

this is the thing ive done so far

[brisk summit]

it shows up in data pack list but doesnt do anything

[stark glen]

[brisk summit]

what can i start with

[stark glen]

The notice isn't there just to look fancy

[brisk summit]

i understand that and i didnt know that you cant send zip files here

i just joined the server

[stark glen]

the contents of the relevant files

(as the notice already says)

I won't download a random file from a stranger

[brisk summit]

mb dont have to be so harsh about it tho

[stark glen]

yea sorry

It's a bit annoying since we added the notice just to prevent this from happening

But I get that if you're new you might not notice it

[brisk summit]

i dont really understand with which file to start with so ill reply to the files with the things inside of them and from there it could be possible to break down if the issue is in them or if even there is actual function to begin with

am i good to send them?

[brisk summit]

execute in minecraft:overworld positioned 0 80 0 run summon item ~ ~ ~ {Item:{id:"minecraft:dragon_egg",Count:1b}}
tellraw @a {"text":"The Dragon Egg has abandoned the player and seeks a new owner!","color":"light_purple"}```

[brisk summit]

function dragon:spawn_egg
tellraw @a {"text":"The Dragon Egg has abandoned the player and seeks a new owner!","color":"light_purple"}```

[brisk summit]

execute in minecraft:overworld positioned 0 80 0 run summon item ~ ~ ~ {Item:{id:"minecraft:dragon_egg",Count:1b}}

[brisk summit]

execute as @a[nbt={Inventory:[{id:"minecraft:dragon_egg"}]}] run function dragon:check_egg

dont flame me i tried to use ai at start because i didnt know what to start with

😭

never made datapacks because i never really needed them

really no clue how they work

[summer island]

I notice that you specify "1" as the quantity for the /clear and /summon commands; just so you know, if the number isn't specified, it defaults to 1 automatically. It’s really a matter of preference: personally, I leave it out in those cases to keep the code cleaner.

[brisk summit]

i guess but its still not working

tried rejoining

and still had the egg

nor it respawned the egg too

[summer island]

It looks like practically the same function, I don't understand what you're getting at.

[brisk summit]

thats why i said i used ai mostly 😭 i really didnt know what to start with since ive never made datapacks

usually i found them

but this one was not so lucky for me

[summer island]

Yes, because unless I am mistaken, you never detect the player's disconnection.

[brisk summit]

whats needed to detect that?

[summer island]

What is your main objective ? What do you ultimately want to achieve with this once the project is finished? Is it simply to ensure that if a player disconnects while carrying the dragon_egg, it appears at coordinates 0 y 0 in the overworld?

[brisk summit]

i want to keep the egg in cycle since it gives buffs to the player who carries the egg if a player would log off with the egg there would be no egg to chase after then

so removing it from player and respawning is what im trying to achive here

[summer island]

I know there is one, but I don't remember what it's made of.

[summer island]

Ah, okay, I see.

You can therefore run a looping function that checks if the player has a dragon_egg in their inventory, if they do and they disconnect, remove the dragon_egg and spawn a new one. To detect the player disconnecting, you can use the custom scoreboard variable custom:leave_game.

[brisk summit]

ill try something but i believe i will fail because this made 0 sense to me ill be honest 😭

i would try paper as i know somewhat on skript but im forced to use fabric right now

[summer island]

What do you mean, Fabric? Fabric is for mods, isn't it?

[brisk summit]

paper is paper it has skript plugin thingy

fabric doesnt

[summer island]

I could give you the code if you like it wouldn't take me much more than ten minutes but the goal is for you to understand what you are doing, so that you can code without help later on.

I code using Visual Studio.

[brisk summit]

i mean i dont really want to waste your time 😭

[summer island]

If I am trying to help you, it is because I have the time, in reality, I will spend more time explaining it to you than actually performing the technical work itself. I often ask for help, and when someone steps in to assist me, they do so of their own free will just as I am doing now.

[brisk summit]

sure
it would help i often check other files for examples and hope i get somewhere with them

sometimes it helps

[summer island]

Basically, to detect a player disconnecting, you do so within a function that runs in a loop :

execute if score @s leave_game matches 1 run clear @s dragon_egg
execute if score @s leave_game matches 1 run function namespace:spawn_dragon_egg
execute if score @s leave_game matches 1 run scoreboard players reset @s

[summer island]

Yes, that's how I started.

[brisk summit]

this goes in check_egg function am i right?

[summer island]

And in a function that runs when the mod starts up, you create the scoreboard, because it doesn't exist until then. Since leave_game is just a scoreboard name (a variable), you need to create that variable first so it gets recognized.

What does check_egg do?

[brisk summit]

i guess this one but as you said it doesnt really do much 😭

or thats what i understood

[summer island]

Yes, if you wish, my code can be set up to run in a loop (though you will need to configure this yourself, as a standard function only runs when manually triggered; you must specify which functions start when the world loads and which ones run every tick).

Each line checks if the player has a leave_game score of 1 (since a player's leave_game score increases by 1 when they leave the game).

The code first removes the egg from the player, then executes the function you configured (such as the one for spawning in the overworld), and finally resets the score so it is ready to detect the player's next disconnection.

[summer island]

No, the function here would be different the function triggered would be check_egg instead of spawn_dragon_egg but since check_egg already removes the egg from the player, you should remove the /clear command from the spawn_dragon_egg function.

[brisk summit]

on configuring im good somehow

[summer island]

Great 👍

[brisk summit]

is there any docs that also explain more about datapacks how to make them and stuff?

[summer island]

You can find lots of useful tutorials on YouTube.

[brisk summit]

thank you!

[summer island]

No problem

[brisk summit]

im lost ill be honest

[summer island]

Ahhh

[brisk summit]

sorry man 😭

[summer island]

No problem

[brisk summit]

the ai isnt helping kinda or im just stupid likely that

[brisk summit]

im not asking it to make me the datapack directly @stark glen what im asking it is what and how is supposed to be done

[stark glen]

Can you explain what exactly you want to accomplish and how far you got again rq?

[brisk summit]

not very far because im still lost and im likely not doing something correctly

[stark glen]

So what is your goal?

[brisk summit]

seek help on how to make the datapack thats why im here in general

[stark glen]

BuT wHaT eXaCtLy To YoU wAnT tO dO

[brisk summit]

ight bro if you dont want to help you didnt have to reply to this thread i just sense you are here to clown on me or something

all i did was join and seek for help and you here seem to have a hard time with it so far interactions with you havent been the nicest

[stark glen]

sorry, idk why I was so rude at first, but I really just want to help you

[brisk summit]

im new to datapacks no clue how or what is going on with them i practically know nothing about them

used ai to make the dragon egg respawn datapack (not dircetly) i was just asking what i need to do

but of course it is ai making the datapack and i didnt know that ai cant do that

[stark glen]

So you tried using AI and it didn't work

[brisk summit]

but it was my first idea to go to

[stark glen]

and now you want to make it yourself?

That's a cool mindset

lemme read the post description rq

[brisk summit]

cant really do that i dont know anything about datapacks how they act and what sort of code they go with

[stark glen]

Here's a simple guide to get started

[stark glen]

Try to understand the basics

and come back then