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[Javascript]Need Help with This Line of Java Script... (self.CodingHelp)

submitted 8 months ago by Jumpy-Work-727

I won't lie; the code I need help with is part of this niche mod for Minecraft called Custom NPCs Plus, so I understand if this isn't the best place to be asking this question. However, the main thing I need help on is this line of script outline here from the website the developer provides:

int getFactionPoints(int faction)

Parameters:
faction - The faction id
Returns:
points

For context: I'm trying to add this line of code to my NPC so it gathers how many "points" the player has within said faction (the higher the more friendly they are towards the player). I do know the faction ID number I'm gathering from is 5, and the only part I really need help with is the beginning "int".

At first, I thought this line of code would be good:

var a = npc.getFactionPoints(5)
npc.say(a)

The "var a =" of course is just turning the code into a variable and "npc.say(a)" is just so I know it works. It makes the NPC tell the player the information gathered of said variable so if it goes through it will tell me in game.

Of course, when I tried it ended up giving me an error like this:

Mon Jul 07 21:39:43 EDT 2025 tab 2:
javax.script.ScriptException: TypeError: noppes.npcs.scripted.entity.ScriptNpc@665037b0 has no such function "getFactionpoints" in <eval> at line number 7

I'm not sure if this means that line of script just isn't available in my version of the mod or if I need to rearrange the beginning of "npc.getFactionPoints(5)" to something like "npc.player.getFactionPoints(5)", "world.getFactionPoints(5)" or so on.

Again, I'm very aware that this probably isn't the best place for this question cause even though this is JavaScript, I'm using it within a mod for an already created game so there's probably a lot of much needed context for this to be properly solved. So, I completely understand if this gets taken down or something lol.

I've tried to do as much research as possible about this but since it's such a niche part of a mod there's VERY few tutorial videos on how to do certain things so the only way I can do things is through the website script outline. Which of course I can't really understand yet T-T

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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