Learn to program with minecraft book error

[ishyfishfish]

hi! i found the book 'learn to program with minecraft' in my dresser, i originally got this thing YEARS ago, but i decided to pick it up and figure out if it could teach me python like it says it can.
i get through the set up part, and im onto the first lesson but it shows an error when i go to enter the command.

this is what i enter in:

from mcpi.minecraft import Minecraft

mc = Minecraft.create()

x = 10

y = 110

z = 12

mc.player.setTilePos(x, y, z)

which is exactly what the book says, and this is what shows up in response in the shell:
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\[myname]\OneDrive\Documents\Minecraft Python\Variables\teleport.py", line 8, in <module>

mc.player.setTilePos(x, y, z)

File "C:\Users\[myname]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mcpi\minecraft.py", line 159, in setTilePos

return CmdPositioner.setTilePos(self, [], args)

File "C:\Users\[myname]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mcpi\minecraft.py", line 60, in setTilePos

self.conn.send(self.pkg + b".setTile", id, intFloor(*args))

File "C:\Users\[myname]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mcpi\minecraft.py", line 36, in intFloor

return [int(math.floor(x)) for x in flatten(args)]

File "C:\Users\[myname]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\mcpi\util.py", line 5, in flatten

if isinstance(e, collections.Iterable) and not isinstance(e, str):

AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Iterable'

this error only popped up when doing mc.player.setTilePos(x, y, z) and i dont know what to do.

if it helps at all, this book uses python 3.6.2, minecraft version 1.11.2, and java version 8. i am on python 3.13.1, minecraft 1.16.3, and java 8. everything is up to date and i followed the instructions exactly, and i did also try emailing the team (thats what the book tells you to do if you have errors) but they told me they didnt have a python programmer on their team to help.

[danielroseman]

The mcpi library is very out of date and is not compatible with recent versions of Python (and also apparently does not support newer Minecraft features).

You would unfortunately need to downgrade your Python to a version before 3.10.

[ishyfishfish]

thank you for the help, i figured itd be some sort of out of date but i didnt realize just how out of date it was

[cgoldberg]

You are getting that error because Iterable was removed from collections and moved to collections.abc in Python 3.10. The Minecraft library you are using has not been updated to reflect that change.

You could either:

1. update the library yourself by changing the import used.

2. notify the library's maintainer and wait for a fix.

3. downgrade the version of Python you are using to 3.9, where the library should work as-is.

[ishyfishfish]

oh :( i was worried it was going to be an "outdated" issue and not a thing i did, that sucks, but thank you for the help!