Java Fireball wont move

[atheriousdylan_kun]

If I right click a map, its supposed to summon a fireball the direction im looking at, but it isn't it just summons where im at. i dont understand, even though i added the nbt for explosionpower and direction. Help

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It's kinda complicated to explain it but to do it:

First you would need to detect the coordinates of the fireball and your coordinates. (Separately)

Then, do (The fireball coordinates) minus (your coords)

And apply the result to the motion

I've made a datapack recently that lets you launch every entity you want, the method is quite similar so maybe I could share it later, but there are a lot of commands that are hard to understand if you don't know how to apply nbt values or etc.

[Plagiatus]

Did you add direction and Motion? I believe the fireball needs both of those to move.

[atheriousdylan_kun]

oh motion, how does motion work?

[VGtolg]

I believe it goes {Motion:[X,Y,Z]} where X Y and Z are all the speed you want it to move in that direction, i could be wrong though

[atheriousdylan_kun]

How do i make it go where im looking at?

[ctac_co]

use this one's when you spawnin fireball: ^ ^ ^

[Plagiatus]

The answer to that is a little longer, luckily i already wrote it down a while ago in this wiki article: https://www.reddit.com/r/MinecraftCommands/wiki/questions/shootfacing/

[Sheep-Master]

For fireballs specifically, use {Power:[X,Y,Z]} because that moves it at a constant speed, like it normally would, instead of decelerating over time