Rotatable Blocks
experimental
TIP
This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of blocks and Blockbench. Ensure to check out the blocks guide before starting this tutorial
First Steps
Make sure you have the Holiday Creator Features toggle turned on. This will allow us to utilize the 1.16.100 components.
The Model
Minecraft uses the default pivot points of [0,0,0]. This means that if your model consists of specific pivot points, your model will look detached in-game. In order to combat this, we can use the blockbench plugin called "Bedrock Pivot Fix 2". This will align your elements to the default pivot point without moving your elements.
Regular Rotation
Permutations
Rotating blocks make use of the permutations that were introduced in 1.16.100. Each permutation contains the minecraft:rotation component, and when the condition is true, the component within the respective permutation will activate and rotate the block to that direction. The 2, 3, 4, and 5 values are used here because the query we'll be using in our event will return those numbers and we'll be storing them to our property.
{
"permutations": [
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 2",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 0, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 3",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 180, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 4",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 90, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 5",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 270, 0]
}
}
]
}
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Event
In order to make the block rotate the way the player is facing, we have to use some simple molang to query which way the player is facing.
{
"events": {
"wiki:set_rotation": {
"set_block_property": {
"wiki:rotation": "(query.cardinal_facing_2d)"
}
}
}
}
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This event is called upon by using the minecraft:on_player_placing component.
{
"minecraft:on_player_placing": {
"event": "wiki:set_rotation"
}
}
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JSON Part
The Block Code
{
"format_version": "1.16.100",
"minecraft:block": {
"description": {
"identifier": "wiki:cabinet",
"properties": {
"wiki:rotation": [2, 3, 4, 5]
}
},
"events": {
"wiki:set_rotation": {
"set_block_property": {
"wiki:rotation": "(query.cardinal_facing_2d)"
}
}
},
"components": {
"minecraft:material_instances": {
"*": {
"texture": "cabinet",
"render_method": "alpha_test"
}
},
"minecraft:pick_collision": {
"origin": [-8, 0, -8],
"size": [16, 16, 16]
},
"minecraft:entity_collision": {
"origin": [-8, 0, -8],
"size": [16, 16, 16]
},
"minecraft:geometry": "geometry.cabinet",
"minecraft:block_light_absorption": 0,
"minecraft:destroy_time": 3,
"minecraft:on_player_placing": {
"event": "wiki:set_rotation"
}
},
"permutations": [
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 2",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 0, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 3",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 180, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 4",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 90, 0]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:rotation') == 5",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [0, 270, 0]
}
}
]
}
}
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Log Rotation
Block Rotation identical to how vanilla logs rotate.
Permutations
Rotating blocks make use of the permutations that were introduced in 1.16.100. Each permutation contains the minecraft:rotation component, and when the condition is true, the component within the respective permutation will activate and rotate the block to that direction.
"permutations": [
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 0",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [
0,
0,
0
]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 1",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [
90,
0,
0
]
}
},
{
"condition": "query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 2",
"components": {
"minecraft:rotation": [
0,
0,
90
]
}
}
]
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Event
In order to make the block rotate the way a vanilla log would, we need to use a molang expression that uses a query to get what face of a block we're placing our block on and convert it to 0, 1, or 2.
"wiki:update_rotation": {
"set_block_property": {
"wiki:block_rotation": "math.floor(query.block_face/2)"
}
}
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This event is called upon by using the minecraft:on_player_placing component.
{
"minecraft:on_player_placing": {
"event": "wiki:update_rotation"
}
}
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Block Property
"properties": {
"wiki:block_rotation": [
0,
1,
2
]
}
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JSON Part
The Block Code
{
"format_version":"1.16.100",
"minecraft:block":{
"description":{
"identifier":"wiki:custom_log",
"properties":{
"wiki:block_rotation":[
0,
1,
2
]
}
},
"components":{
"minecraft:destroy_time":1.5,
"minecraft:explosion_resistance":2,
"minecraft:friction":1,
"minecraft:block_light_absorption":0,
"minecraft:material_instances":{
"*":{
"texture":"log_side",
"render_method":"opaque",
"ambient_occlusion":false,
"face_dimming":true
},
"up":{
"texture":"log_top",
"render_method":"opaque",
"ambient_occlusion":false,
"face_dimming":true
},
"down":{
"texture":"log_top",
"render_method":"opaque",
"ambient_occlusion":false,
"face_dimming":true
}
},
"minecraft:unit_cube":{},
"minecraft:on_player_placing":{
"event":"wiki:update_rotation"
}
},
"permutations":[
{
"condition":"query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 0",
"components":{
"minecraft:rotation":[
0,
0,
0
]
}
},
{
"condition":"query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 1",
"components":{
"minecraft:rotation":[
90,
0,
0
]
}
},
{
"condition":"query.block_property('wiki:block_rotation') == 2",
"components":{
"minecraft:rotation":[
0,
0,
90
]
}
}
],
"events":{
"wiki:update_rotation":{
"set_block_property":{
"wiki:block_rotation":"math.floor(query.block_face/2)"
}
}
}
}
}
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