Entity Selectors

Entity selectors are used to reference and create entities according to provided conditions and values.

Defining

Entity selectors can be defined with

@NAME = @FULL_SELECTOR

or

@NAME : @FULL_SELECTOR

where @NAME represents an @ followed by a valid id, and @FULL_SELECTOR is a valid Minecraft entity selector. Previously defined NetherScript selectors can be used in place of @FULL_SELECTOR.

Example

@ExplodingCow : @e[type=cow,tag=exploding_cow]

Referencing

Entity selectors can be referenced by their name.

Example

@ExplodingCow

Defining with create

Optionally, entity selectors can also be defined using a define/create/end codeblock, which functions similar to a constructor in other languages.

define @NAME : @FULL_SELECTOR
    create {NBT_VALUES}
end

where @NAME and @FULL_SELECTOR are the same, with key-value pairs for valid Minecraft NBT data.

Example

define @TacoCat : @e[type=cat,tag=tacocat]
    create {CustomName: "tacocat"}
end

Referencing with create

Entity selectors can then be referenced using create to summon them into the world.

create @NAME

Example

define @TacoCat : @e[type=cat,tag=tacocat]
    create {CustomName: "tacocat"}
end

create @TacoCat