17

Follow

Predicate for keystrokes (Java)

There is currently no way to detect if a player has a key pressed. A predicate to detect if a player is pressing a key would be a complete gamechanger for mapmakers and allow for an unbelievable amount of mechanics that are currently impossible.

Here's an example of how it could work:

{

     "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties",

     "entity": "this",

     "predicate": {

          "keys": {

               "jump": true

          }

     }

}

NOTE: THIS IS DETECTING THE KEYBIND, NOT DETECTING WHICH KEY IS PRESSED. I am not detecting if "space" was pressed, I'm detecting if the key (regardless of what it is) that is mapped to the jump action was pressed. This should prevent any privacy issues related to receiving keystrokes, as we are not querying what character they are pressing and have no way of determining that, we are just querying the keystroke mapped to an in-game event.

Registered User shared this idea

• February 11, 2021 00:25
• Edited
• Report a Concern

Please sign in to leave a comment.

• 0

  Registered User commented

  Comment actions Permalink

  • May 17, 2021 13:05
  • Report a Concern
  • Comment actions Permalink

  I would imagine that existing, and I would do this if it was added!

  data/diejump/predicates/jump:

  {
  
       "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties",
  
       "entity": "this",
  
       "predicate": {
  
            "keys": {
  
                 "jump": true
  
            }
  
       }
  
  }

  data/diejump/functions/tick:

  kill @a[predicate=diejump:jump]

  A data-pack where if the player jumps, the entity dies!

• 0

  Registered User commented

  Comment actions Permalink

  • October 25, 2021 02:09
  • Report a Concern
  • Comment actions Permalink

  Just think about how useful it would be to detect clicks
without a carrot on a stick
{
  "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties",
  "entity": "this",
  "predicate": {
    "keys": {
      "use": true
    }
  }
}