Entity json file

[rom1504]

Currently we have that https://github.com/andrewrk/mineflayer/blob/master/lib/plugins/entities.js#L28
A lot of missing data compared to http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Data_values/Entity_IDs

I propose a json like that :

{
 "10": 
   {
      "id": 10,
      "name":"Arrow",
      "type":"Projectile"
   }
}

It would also be possible to have one json file for every type of entity but that would be a lot of files, I think it's probably better to put everything in one file.

[rom1504]

Actually I don't think we need displayName and it's a bit annoying to get.

[Darthfett]

/Darthfett/helperbot I believe would need displayName to lookup blocks and items. It would be good to provide the same API here, if any projects end up needing it for entities. For example, a bot that tells you how many entities are in range (and their names).

[rom1504]

Why would you need the displayName ? Isn't the name enough ?
(5th column vs 6th column of http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Data_values/Entity_IDs)

[rom1504]

isn't this enough https://github.com/PrismarineJS/minecraft-data/blob/master/enums/entities.json ?

[Darthfett]

I'm not even sure the original proposal would work. It looks like the
Wither Skeletons and Skeletons are grouped as one type of entity.
On Apr 1, 2015 11:21 AM, "Romain Beaumont" notifications@github.com wrote:

isn't this enough
https://github.com/PrismarineJS/minecraft-data/blob/master/enums/entities.json
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[rom1504]

Well they have the same id

[rom1504]

I'm not saying this is perfect, but it's still much better than the current mineflayer thing (https://github.com/andrewrk/mineflayer/blob/master/lib/plugins/entities.js#L28)

I don't know how the game knows the difference between Wither Skeletons and Skeletons

[Darthfett]

Sounds like a similar problem as the one we are solving with blocks. Do
entities have metadata too? Maybe we can use a similar solution as the one
we use for blocks.

Well they have the same id

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[rom1504]

Hmm I don't think they have metadata (https://github.com/andrewrk/mineflayer/blob/master/lib/entity.js), maybe it's just the equipment they wear ?

[rom1504]

ok maybe entities have metadata https://github.com/PrismarineJS/node-minecraft-protocol/blob/master/src/protocol.js#L141

the value is not in the wiki though, so I'm going to ignore it for now (at least until we know something about it)

[rom1504]

some info about the metadata http://wiki.vg/Entities#Skeleton

[rom1504]

many kinds of spawn_* https://github.com/PrismarineJS/node-minecraft-protocol/blob/master/src/protocol.js#L156 , what's an "entity" ?

[rom1504]

I added displayName in the end. I think this file is in a decent enough state to be used in mineflayer. Metadata information can be added afterwards (probably when it's done for items and blocks)

[rom1504]

I don't know if we really want to put metadata in that file. There's just the skeleton that has a simple variation.
The rest is all functional metadata that I'm not sure at all should be in that .json (see http://wiki.vg/Entities#Entity_Metadata)

[rom1504]

So yeah indeed, entity metadata is a functional thing. It should be handle case by case in mineflayer code, not in entities.json.

File now integrated in mineflayer !