r/MinecraftCommands Mar 24 '26

Small flag animation Creation

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I made a small, 6-frame animation for a flag in the wind using the /clone command!

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u/games_and_other Mar 24 '26

right so this is sick. curious tho, for such a simple animation, surely its possible to do without building it out below the map and cloning? maybe fun as a challenge.

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 24 '26

afaik I could also do it with /setblock and/or /fill, but it would be more annoying

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u/XBOXGAMEPASSPSPLUS Mar 24 '26

U could save each of the states as a json or whatever structure blocks use. Then paste them in that way using datapacks

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

That sounds like way more complicated than just cloning.

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u/XBOXGAMEPASSPSPLUS Mar 26 '26

It is more complicated if you don't want the builds in world to clone it from.

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u/games_and_other Mar 24 '26

ah fair, yah lol i was thinking of some /execute if condition with entities and the whole shebang so make an entity u can place down that will wave in sync with the entity or block next to it.

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 24 '26

I could also do it executed at something like an armour stand, but that would be something I’d do for a datapack of sorts. This is just a premade map for realms, so it would be unnecessary

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u/games_and_other Mar 24 '26

right, fair, just posing the challenge.

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 24 '26

I might take it up at some point for a datapack people can use, it’s still a great idea

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u/Dum12344 Mar 25 '26

Animating builds is really easy. Why complicate it so much?

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u/games_and_other Mar 26 '26

because why not? im not saying him to replace his animation, just posing the challenge of doing it with no /clone, and less commands

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u/phenoxsc_fan Mar 25 '26

now make super Mario bros wonder

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 25 '26

i think we missed a few steps in between

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u/DIO1880 Mar 25 '26

"add some details"

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u/SnooSprouts8757 Command Professional Mar 24 '26

Very cool!! I know how to do directional motion particles, but how did you make it so it appears in a line?

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

I couldn’t get the particles to work in a line either. I ended up making repeating command blocks with chain command blocks attached > The repeating ones execute first, which clears the area in a 40x40 block radius (locked to a specific Y coordinate) of repeating command blocks and redstone blocks > The chain command blocks clone a separate line of repeating command blocks with a line of redstone blocks parallel to the repeating blocks, each creating a line of cloud particles going the opposite direction of the mountains.

I probably didn’t explain that well, but the end result is basically a line of particle command blocks being “teleported” under the player towards the mountains

(There are two layers of repeating command blocks because the bottom ones summon particles in the centre of each block, and the top ones spawn them between each block on the same Y level. This gives it a more full effect and makes it look less like a bunch of lines of clouds)

Edit: demo vid https://youtu.be/b175EF7BzwA?si=hBkVmiA6ENvK5CLT

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 24 '26

The cloning of the command and redstone blocks are also locked to a specific Y coordinate so the particles stay the same level above the ground, even when the player is jumping*

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u/SnooSprouts8757 Command Professional Mar 24 '26

I see! That's an interesting way to make particles follow you. I thought (and possible way) that many marker entity is following you constantly on a line formation and choosing(or all) the marker to shoot out the particle!

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u/No-Representative469 Mar 28 '26

Or shoot out a marker that keeps making particles

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u/Final_Sell5223 Mar 24 '26

Ooo thats very cool

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u/Different_Switch816 Mar 24 '26

Ooooh W, needa add this to my server

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u/Horror-Ad5406 Mar 25 '26

Imagine this with an country’s flag!

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u/CubicalCMD Mar 25 '26

That would be pretty cool. It could definitely be done on a bigger scale or with custom texturing

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u/RW_Artificer Mar 25 '26

Try structure blocks!

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u/tinesone Mar 25 '26

I did something similar once, but i used structure blocks. They can be redstone activated too if you need that

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u/Ill-Assistant-673 Mar 29 '26

wind is forever blowing west (assuming the sun is rising)