Scoreboard Class

Contains objectives and participants for the scoreboard.

Methods

• addObjective
• clearObjectiveAtDisplaySlot
• getObjective
• getObjectiveAtDisplaySlot
• getObjectives
• getParticipants
• removeObjective
• setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot

addObjective

addObjective(objectiveId: string, displayName?: string): ScoreboardObjective

Adds a new objective to the scoreboard.

Parameters

• objectiveId: string
• displayName?: string = null

Returns ScoreboardObjective

Notes:

• This function can't be called in read-only mode.
• This function can throw errors.

Examples

updateScoreboard.ts

import { world, DisplaySlotId, ObjectiveSortOrder, DimensionLocation } from "@minecraft/server";

function updateScoreboard(log: (message: string, status?: number) => void, targetLocation: DimensionLocation) {
  const scoreboardObjectiveId = "scoreboard_demo_objective";
  const scoreboardObjectiveDisplayName = "Demo Objective";

  const players = world.getPlayers();

  // Ensure a new objective.
  let objective = world.scoreboard.getObjective(scoreboardObjectiveId);

  if (!objective) {
    objective = world.scoreboard.addObjective(scoreboardObjectiveId, scoreboardObjectiveDisplayName);
  }

  // get the scoreboard identity for player 0
  const player0Identity = players[0].scoreboardIdentity;

  if (player0Identity === undefined) {
    log("Could not get a scoreboard identity for player 0.");
    return -1;
  }

  // initialize player score to 100;
  objective.setScore(player0Identity, 100);

  world.scoreboard.setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot(DisplaySlotId.Sidebar, {
    objective: objective,
    sortOrder: ObjectiveSortOrder.Descending,
  });

  const playerScore = objective.getScore(player0Identity) ?? 0;

  // score should now be 110.
  objective.setScore(player0Identity, playerScore + 10);
}

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clearObjectiveAtDisplaySlot

clearObjectiveAtDisplaySlot(displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId): ScoreboardObjective | undefined

Clears the objective that occupies a display slot.

Parameters

• displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId

Returns ScoreboardObjective | undefined

Notes:

• This function can't be called in read-only mode.

getObjective

getObjective(objectiveId: string): ScoreboardObjective | undefined

Returns a specific objective (by id).

Parameters

• objectiveId: string

  Identifier of the objective.

Returns ScoreboardObjective | undefined

getObjectiveAtDisplaySlot

getObjectiveAtDisplaySlot(displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId): ScoreboardObjectiveDisplayOptions | undefined

Returns an objective that occupies the specified display slot.

Parameters

• displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId

Returns ScoreboardObjectiveDisplayOptions | undefined

getObjectives

getObjectives(): ScoreboardObjective[]

Returns all defined objectives.

Returns ScoreboardObjective[]

getParticipants

getParticipants(): ScoreboardIdentity[]

Returns all defined scoreboard identities.

Returns ScoreboardIdentity[]

removeObjective

removeObjective(objectiveId: ScoreboardObjective | string): boolean

Removes an objective from the scoreboard.

Parameters

• objectiveId: ScoreboardObjective | string

Returns boolean

Notes:

• This function can't be called in read-only mode.
• This function can throw errors.

setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot

setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot(displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId, objectiveDisplaySetting: ScoreboardObjectiveDisplayOptions): ScoreboardObjective | undefined

Sets an objective into a display slot with specified additional display settings.

Parameters

• displaySlotId: DisplaySlotId
• objectiveDisplaySetting: ScoreboardObjectiveDisplayOptions

Returns ScoreboardObjective | undefined - Returns the previous ScoreboardObjective set at the display slot, if no objective was previously set it returns undefined.

Notes:

• This function can't be called in read-only mode.
• This function can throw errors.

Examples

updateScoreboard.ts

import { world, DisplaySlotId, ObjectiveSortOrder, DimensionLocation } from "@minecraft/server";

function updateScoreboard(log: (message: string, status?: number) => void, targetLocation: DimensionLocation) {
  const scoreboardObjectiveId = "scoreboard_demo_objective";
  const scoreboardObjectiveDisplayName = "Demo Objective";

  const players = world.getPlayers();

  // Ensure a new objective.
  let objective = world.scoreboard.getObjective(scoreboardObjectiveId);

  if (!objective) {
    objective = world.scoreboard.addObjective(scoreboardObjectiveId, scoreboardObjectiveDisplayName);
  }

  // get the scoreboard identity for player 0
  const player0Identity = players[0].scoreboardIdentity;

  if (player0Identity === undefined) {
    log("Could not get a scoreboard identity for player 0.");
    return -1;
  }

  // initialize player score to 100;
  objective.setScore(player0Identity, 100);

  world.scoreboard.setObjectiveAtDisplaySlot(DisplaySlotId.Sidebar, {
    objective: objective,
    sortOrder: ObjectiveSortOrder.Descending,
  });

  const playerScore = objective.getScore(player0Identity) ?? 0;

  // score should now be 110.
  objective.setScore(player0Identity, playerScore + 10);
}

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