How to test for time of day with command block in Minecraft
I'm trying to setup something similar to the MindCrack team's current server set up for my single player world so that the world border expands slowly as I play the game. I already know how to work the worldborder command, I just want it to happen at the exact same time every game day.
I know that you can query for the time with time query daytime which gives you the time of the day in ticks. I would set up a comparator to test the output. I just can't seem to get the testfor command to work with this. I figure I'm doing something wrong. I would guess the code would be something like this testfor [time query daytime = 1000] but of course that was wrong.
Anyone know if what I want to do is even possible?
Best Answer
The following steps apply to the 1.13.1 version of Minecraft:
Create a dummy scoreboard. Type the following command into chat;
/scoreboard objectives add timeOfDay dummy "Time of Day (in ticks)"
Show the scoreboard for testing. Use the command below;
/scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar timeOfDay
Summon an Armor Stand and name it "timeOfDay". You could use this command;
/summon armor_stand ~ ~1 ~ {NoGravity:1,CustomName:"{\"text\":\"timeOfDayArmorStand\"}",CustomNameVisible:1b}
Set the value of the time of day (in ticks) as the timeOfDay scoreboard value for the timeOfDayArmorStand. Paste the command in an active repeating command block;
/execute store result score @e[type=armor_stand,name=timeOfDayArmorStand] timeOfDay run time query daytime
To remove the timeOfDay scoreboard in the right side of the screen, type this;
/scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar
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You can quickly and easily find out various time values in Minecraft using the /time command. This command lets you find out the number of days elapsed, the number of game ticks since dawn or the age of the Minecraft world.✔️ Minecraft: How To Change The Time of Day Using Command Blocks - (Command Block School Tutorial)
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Answer 2
Ok I figured it out for what I was doing it was easy I just put a comparator up next to a command block with this command in it:
/time query daytime
Then I had two pieces of redstone going from that comparator to a block with a torch on it going to a command block.
Answer 3
If you are still interested in this, a way you can get around the bug where the time doesn't reset to zero, is test for if the time query is 24000, like with:
/scoreboard players test timeFakePlayer time 23990 24000
Then have the comparator set the time to 0 with /time set 0 since that time of day is equal to zero
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