To get a more accurate result you’d need to make your own ray trace that scans smaller distances to make sure it doesn’t “miss” any entities and to check whether the player is truly looking directly at the entity. The more precise you want it to be the more resources/time it will take. Check to see if this method is precise enough for you.
How to select entities by name in Minecraft?
There is currently no way to target an entity with a multi-word name using a target selector directly. What you can do is rename your dog, e.g. “JackS.Eye” or “Jack_S._Eye”, but that’s a weird workaround, and you might not want to do that. But there’s a better way. Tag your dog with something other than a name.
How are selectors used to select players in Minecraft?
Minecraft selectors work on some very strange principles. @a, @p, and @r used to be the only way to select players, while now they are just a shorthand. Using the count selector, we can select up to n entities in order of range. Because of this, @p is equivalent to @a [c=1]. We can use the same principle to target the nearest entity using @e [c=1].
How to test for the nearest entity in Minecraft?
testfor the nearest entity. The @e selector finds entities of any type. The c= argument selects a certain count. If this number is positive, it will select these in order from closest to furthest. c=1 will select the nearest entity. The rm= argument selects only entities outside of a radius.
How does the nearest player work in Minecraft?
The nearest player will always be the player closest to the location where the command is run. If a command block has executed the command, the nearest player to the command block will be targeted. If you run a command from the Chat window, the player running the command will be the nearest player.
When to use the @ s selector in Minecraft?
The @s target selector is used to target the entity that is executing the command. This is often referred to as “yourself” in the Minecraft help. For example, you can use the @s selector with the /give command to give the player who is running the command 64 tnt: /give @s tnt 64
