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Sleeping Entities

This tutorial will explain how to make entity sleep.

Features

  • Entity sleeps during the night and wakes up at day time
  • Interaction with entity will wake it up and after a while it goes sleeping again
  • If entity is hurt, it wakes up

Behavior Pack

In this section behavior pack components will be discussed.

Components

Let's start with some basic components that you need to add to your entity.

BP/entities/sleeping_entity.json#componentsCopy
json
"minecraft:dweller": {
    "dwelling_type": "village",
    "dweller_role": "inhabitant",
    "can_find_poi": true
}
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Undocumented, needed for entity to be able to sleep.

BP/entities/sleeping_entity.json#componentsCopy
json
"minecraft:environment_sensor": {
    "triggers": [
        {
            "filters": {
                "test": "is_daytime",
                "value": false
            },
            "event": "sleep"
        }
    ]
}
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This component is required for entity understand when to sleep. It runs event if it isn't day time.

WARNING

You need some basic navigation components for your entity be able to move to bed.

Component Groups

Now you need some component groups for your entity with some components.

BP/entities/sleeping_entity.json#component_groupsCopy
json
"sleeping": {
    "minecraft:behavior.sleep": {
        "priority": 0,
        "goal_radius": 1.5,
        "speed_multiplier": 1.25,
        "sleep_collider_height": 0.3,
        "sleep_collider_width": 1,
        "sleep_y_offset": 0.6,
        "timeout_cooldown": 10
    },
    "minecraft:damage_sensor": {
        "triggers": {
            "on_damage": {
                "event": "wake_up"
            }
        }
    },
    "minecraft:environment_sensor": {
        "triggers": [
            {
                "filters": {
                    "test": "is_daytime",
                    "value": true
                },
                "event": "wake_up"
            }
        ]
    },
    "minecraft:interact": {
        "interactions": [
            {
                "on_interact": {
                    "filters": {
                        "all_of": [
                            {
                                "test": "is_family",
                                "subject": "other",
                                "value": "player"
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "event": "woken_up"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}
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  • minecraft:behavior.sleep

Determines sleep details, priority needs to be at 0 (the biggest weight).

  • minecraft:damage_sensor

Add it if you want your entity wake up if it is being attacked.

  • minecraft:environment_sensor

Runs wake_up event when it is day time.

  • minecraft:interact

This makes player to be able wake up entity without hurting it.

BP/entities/sleeping_entity.json#component_groupsCopy
json
"sleep_timer": {
    "minecraft:timer": {
        "time": 15,
        "time_down_event": {
            "event": "sleep_again"
        }
    }
}
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This component group is required because entity will sleep again after delay when woken up.

Events

Here you will find all events that you need. I don't really think it needs explanation.

BP/entities/sleeping_entity.json#eventsCopy
json
"sleep": {
    "add": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleeping"
        ]
    }
},
"wake_up": {
    "remove": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleeping"
        ]
    }
},
"woken_up": {
    "remove": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleeping"
        ]
    },
    "add": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleep_timer"
        ]
    }
},
"sleep_again": {
    "add": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleeping"
        ]
    },
    "remove": {
        "component_groups": [
            "sleep_timer"
        ]
    }
}
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Resource Pack

Don't forget that you need to add sleeping animation and controller for it to your entity!

Animation

Just copy/paste it.

RP/animations/sleeping_entity.animation.jsonCopy
json
{
	"format_version": "1.8.0",
	"animations": {
		"animation.sleeping_entity.sleep": {
			"loop": "hold_on_last_frame",
			"animation_length": 0.5,
			"bones": {
				"body": {
					"rotation": {
						"0.0": [0, 0, 0],
						"0.5": [-90, 0, 0]
					},
					"position": [0, 2, -15]
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
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Animation Controller

Again just copy/paste it if you need.

RP/animations_controllers/ac.sleeping_entity.sleep.jsonCopy
json
{
	"format_version": "1.10.0",
	"animation_controllers": {
		"controller.animation.sleeping_entity.sleep": {
			"initial_state": "default",
			"states": {
				"default": {
					"transitions": [
						{
							"sleep": "query.is_sleeping"
						}
					]
				},
				"sleep": {
					"animations": ["sleeping"],
					"transitions": [
						{
							"default": "!query.is_sleeping"
						}
					]
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
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Note that you will need to define animation in client entity like this:

"sleeping": "animation.sleeping_entity.sleep"

Result

Edit Sleeping Entities on Github.

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