spawn an entity in front of another entity

[magic_man]

i'm trying to make lightning spawn in front of my entity in a row as a sort of attack but don't know how to make it actually detect what the front is and how you move it from there.

 

i also have a second question, i want my entity to have multiple attacks, but currently it only prioritizes one and never does the other one.

[Luis_ST]

16 minutes ago, magic_man said:

i'm trying to make lightning spawn in front of my entity in a row as a sort of attack but don't know how to make it actually detect what the front is and how you move it from there.

Could you please describe where the front actually is? since there are several interpretations of front.

17 minutes ago, magic_man said:

i also have a second question, i want my entity to have multiple attacks, but currently it only prioritizes one and never does the other one.

Show the code you are using to summon the Entities.

[magic_man]

9 minutes ago, Luis_ST said:

Could you please describe where the front actually is? since there are several interpretations of front.

the way the entity is facing

 

9 minutes ago, Luis_ST said:

Show the code you are using to summon the Entities.

	@Override
	public void performRangedAttack(LivingEntity p_33317_, float p_33318_) {
		if (this.distanceToSqr(p_33317_) >=10) {
		LightningBolt lightningbolt = new LightningBolt(EntityType.LIGHTNING_BOLT, this.level);
		//get the front of the entity
		//set the pos to (for example) 2 blocks in front of it
	      this.level.addFreshEntity(lightningbolt);

(the 'if distancetosqr' was an attempt to try alternate between attacks)

Edited August 11, 2022 by magic_man

[warjort]

Entity.getViewVector() tells you the direction it is looking.

Entity.getPosition() or Entity.getEyePosition() tells you where they are.

Then its just vector arithmetic.