1.19 Block Entity Ticking Range

[FoxBox]

Is it normal that my BlockEntity keeps ticking even if it is on a chunk that is out of the player's view? (even if I teleport more than 10000 blocks away, the entity will continue to process ticks (at least from the server side. I also get true when calling Level#isLoadedChunk)).

 

I'm not sure if I should look for any problems in the code until I'm convinced that this is incorrect behavior.

Edited March 28, 2023 by FoxBox

[warjort]

If the block is in the server's spawn chunks then yes.

Those are the chunks where the player initially spawns in the overworld and are always loaded.

 

Otherwise, you are maybe force loading chunks somehow. e.g. using Level.getBlockState() without first checking Level.isLoaded(BlockPos) ?

[FoxBox]

47 minutes ago, warjort said:

If the block is in the server's spawn chunks then yes.

Those are the chunks where the player initially spawns in the overworld and are always loaded.

 

Otherwise, you are maybe force loading chunks somehow. e.g. using Level.getBlockState() without first checking Level.isLoaded(BlockPos) ?

Trying to get BlockState or BlockEntity from Level force chunks to be loaded? I didn't know it, thanks.