Entity Documentation - minecraft:entity_sensor

A component that owns multiple subsensors, each one firing an event when a set of conditions are met by other entities within the defined range.

Entity Sensor Properties

Name	Default Value	Type	Description	Example Values
find_players_only	false	Boolean true/false	Limits the search to Players only for all subsensors.
relative_range	true	Boolean true/false	If true the subsensors' range is additive on top of the entity's size.
subsensors	not set	Array of Subsensors items	The list of subsensors which sense for entities and emit events when all their conditions are met.	Parrot: [{"event":"minecraft:on_riding_player","event_filters":{"all_of":[{"test":"is_riding","operator":"equals","subject":"self","value":true},{"test":"has_component","operator":"equals","subject":"self","value":"minecraft:behavior.look_at_player"}]},"range":[2,2]}], [{"event":"minecraft:on_not_riding_player","event_filters":{"all_of":[{"test":"is_riding","operator":"equals","subject":"self","value":false},{"test":"has_component","operator":"not","subject":"self","value":"minecraft:behavior.look_at_player"}]},"range":[2,2]}]

Subsensors

The list of subsensors which sense for entities and emit events when all their conditions are met.

Subsensors Properties

JSON path: subsensors

Name	Default Value	Type	Description
cooldown	-1	Decimal number	How many seconds should elapse before the subsensor can once again sense for entities.
event	not set	Minecraft Event Trigger	Event to fire when the conditions are met.
event_filters	not set	Minecraft filter	The set of conditions that must be satisfied to fire the event.
maximum_count	-1	Integer number	The maximum number of entities that must pass the filter conditions for the event to send.
minimum_count	1	Integer number	The minimum number of entities that must pass the filter conditions for the event to send.
range	[10, 10]	a, b coordinate array	The maximum horizontal and vertical distance another entity can be from this and have the filters checked against it.
require_all	false	Boolean true/false	If true requires all nearby entities to pass the filter conditions for the events to send.
y_offset	0	Decimal number	Vertical offset applied to the entity's position when computing the distance from other entities.

cooldown

How many seconds should elapse before the subsensor can once again sense for entities. The cooldown is applied on top of the base 1 tick (0.05 seconds) delay. Negative values will result in no cooldown being used.

Samples

Parrot

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:parrot_not_riding_player/minecraft:entity_sensor/:

"minecraft:entity_sensor": {
  "relative_range": false,
  "subsensors": [
    {
      "event": "minecraft:on_riding_player",
      "event_filters": {
        "all_of": [
          {
            "test": "is_riding",
            "operator": "equals",
            "subject": "self",
            "value": true
          },
          {
            "test": "has_component",
            "operator": "equals",
            "subject": "self",
            "value": "minecraft:behavior.look_at_player"
          }
        ]
      },
      "range": [
        2,
        2
      ]
    }
  ]
}

At /minecraft:entity/component_groups/minecraft:parrot_riding_player/minecraft:entity_sensor/:

"minecraft:entity_sensor": {
  "relative_range": false,
  "subsensors": [
    {
      "event": "minecraft:on_not_riding_player",
      "event_filters": {
        "all_of": [
          {
            "test": "is_riding",
            "operator": "equals",
            "subject": "self",
            "value": false
          },
          {
            "test": "has_component",
            "operator": "not",
            "subject": "self",
            "value": "minecraft:behavior.look_at_player"
          }
        ]
      },
      "range": [
        2,
        2
      ]
    }
  ]
}