How to execute a command when an entity is a certain number of blocks away from another entity
I am creating a gun in vanilla Minecraft and I need it so when an armor stand is within a certain amount of blocks away from another entity, it performs a command.
Does anyone know how I can do this?
Best Answer
Try using an execute command to use the range selectors relative to one of the entities:
/execute @e[name=ENTITY1] ~ ~ ~ /execute @e[name=ENTITY2,r=X,rm=X] ~ ~ ~ /COMMAND
Replace name=ENTITY2 with however you're identifying the entity you want to perform the command, name=ENTITY1 with however you're identifying the other entity, COMMAND with whatever command you want to run, and r=X,rm=X with the range you want it to run at (rm is the minimum, so should be smaller than or equal to r).
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