Sand Storm

Introduction

Want to throw some sand around? Make a small sand storm in this tutorial. You will learn to place a block of sand at a position and then use random positions to make sand appear anywhere near you.

Step 1: Add sand

Add code to place a sand block (SAND) at 10 blocks above your position (0, 10, 0).

# @highlight
blocks.place(SAND, pos(0, 10, 0))

Step 2: Use your new command!

Run the program and look to see what happens in Minecraft. You should see a block at your position.

Step 3: Random positions

Create a random position and store it in a variable named p.

# @highlight
p = randpos(pos(0, 0, 0), pos(0, 0, 0))
blocks.place(SAND, pos(0, 10, 0))

Step 4: From here to there

Edit the positions so that blocks are generated randomly in an area around the player, from (-10, 10, -10) to (10, 10, 10).

# @highlight
p = randpos(pos(-10, 10, -10), pos(10, 10, 10))
blocks.place(SAND, pos(0, 0, 0))

Step 5: Use your variable

Use the variable p in to place a block at the random position.

p = randpos(pos(-10, 10, -10), pos(10, 10, 10))
# @highlight
blocks.place(SAND, p)

Step 6: Use your sandstorm command!

Run your program again. You should see a block of sand fall from the sky.

Step 7: Repeat

Put the code inside a for loop to repeat it 100 times.

# @highlight
for i in range(100):
    p = randpos(pos(-10, 10, -10), pos(10, 10, 10))
    blocks.place(SAND, p)

Step 8

Run your program as to see what will happen in Minecraft. Watch out for sand!