Ray Trace Entity Testing Script

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Overview

This script uses an entity's ray-trace direction to then check for another entity along the ray-trace path. This script can work for both players and entities so long as the trigger supports the procedure dependencies listed below.

Procedure Dependencies

The following required dependencies are needed for the script.

• Entity
• World

Variables

Variables used in the script.

Scope	Type	Name	Description
Local	Entity	targetEntity	A variable to store the nearest entity to compact the code,
Local	Number	distance	A variable to keep track of the distance along the ray trace line.
Local	Number	rayX	X position for the ray trace location.
Local	Number	rayY	Y position for the ray trace location.
Local	Number	rayZ	Z position for the ray trace location/
Local	Number	checkSize	Size for testing the nearest entity.

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Version	Download
V1	Download ZIP

Changes

V1 | April 11th, 2024 | MCreator 2023.4

• Added distance, checkSize, rayX, rayY, rayZ and targetEntity local variables.
• Added default checkSize of a cube size of 3 which is 3x3x3 along the path of the ray tracing position.
• Added the default full distance of 32 blocks away which is controlled from the repeat times procedure block.
• Added a variable to keep track of the distance which increases each time the repeat block cycles.
• Added ray trace position variables to compact the code and keep track of the ray trace location.
• Added targetEntity local variable to compact the code and keep track of the nearest entity for later script.
• Added a default event to make the other entity glow for 3 seconds while the entity running the script looks at the ray trace entity.
• Added a break-out block to make the script end after the first entity is found. This can be removed to run for all entities along the repeat distance.