Minecraft /PARTICLE Command Tutorial [1.19]

“the particle command spawns a particle  whereever you tell it to end of tutorial”-   is what I THOUGHT this video was going to be.  Turns out there is a lot more to the particle   command than you might think. Today we’re  gonna be covering it all! First we’ll cover  

The very basics, how to make particles appear  where you want them, wiggle around, and look good,   but then I’ll show you the ADVANCED STUFF that  Mojang really seems to want to hide from you. By the way, if you find this video helpful and  want to see more, make sure you’re subscribed!

The particle command is a great way to spruce  up your creations. It pretty much does what   it says on the tin: it spawns particles.  It’s not too complicated except for the   fact that is has about 40 BILLION arguments! (some of which aren’t even listed in game)

Don’t worry though, all we need  to start out is a Name, and a Pos.  In fact, the particle command can actually  be run as just /particle . Let’s try   it! After I type /particle, I get a list of  every particle effect in the game! You can pick  

Whichever one you want. I’ll do /particle flame.  This spawns a flame particle right at my feet,   it’s kind of stuck in the ground actually.  Let’s run it in a command block. (place,   paste, button press) Where is  it? It’s in the command block.

Let’s move it upwards a bit by saying ~ ~1 ~.  I’m sure you know how relative coordinates work,   but if not, these tildes mean relative  to the place the command is run.   So, this means spawn the particle one  block above where the command is run.

But legitimoose this is still really  lame!!1!!1! Ok, well that’s what the next   40 billion arguments are for! After the first set  of coordinates, it looks like you should just be   able to enter another set of coordinates  but DO NOT BE FOOLED. This is the delta,  

Not regular coordinates! In mathematics the word  “delta” usually means something like “difference”.   This defines how spread out the particles will  be. I’ll set it to 0 0 0 for now, because once   we add the delta, we need to also specify the  speed and count. Speed is usually pretty simple,  

It just means how fast the particles are  moving (in any random direction). I’ll leave   it at 0 for now. Our final argument is count.  This is how many particles we want to spawn.   I’ll set it to something really high like 1000,  for demonstration purposes. Now if we run our  

Command, that’s 1000 flame particles in one place!  Not very impressive. However, we can use the delta   to spread them out. If we want our flame  particles to spread out one block up and   down, you’d think we could set the Y of our delta  coordinate to 1. That is definitely not one block.  

According to the wiki, these delta coordinates  are multiplied by “about eight”, but they aren’t   evenly distributed across the shape, instead  using a gaussian distribution. And with that,   we are thoroughly out of my depth. This just means  it uses a fancy function so that there are more  

Particles at the center, and less at the edges. Ok, so the “multiplied by eight” thing is probably   done to balance out the fact that there’s  less particles towards the edges. If we   wanted a sphere of particles that was actually one  block wide, then we should set our delta to .125  

Or 1/8th of a block, in each direction. Then  if we spawn a TON of particles, it should look   like a sphere. Yep, that looks about right! Finally, at the end of your particle command,   you have the option of choosing what mode  you want these particles to be displayed in.  

“Force” or “normal” normal is the default,  and means particles will be hidden if players   have their particles turned off. Use this for any  purely aesthetic particles, so people with slower   computers can save some frames. “Force” makes your  particles show up even if players have particles  

Disabled. This should only (and always) be used  when particles are an important part of gameplay!   For example, if you can tell what team  someone is on based on a particle effect,   or see an invisible player with a particle effect,  you should “force” the particles so people playing  

With particles off aren’t at a disadvantage. But what can this all be used for? Well,   if you put this in a repeating command block,  you can get some great ambient effects! Here I used the warped_spore particle around this  frog. I think it looks like flies buzzing around!  

This is a great example of using particles  creatively to add life to your builds.   Another effect I did in this build,   just some ambient sparkles. I think  it makes the place feel more magical. The particles that play when you use a totem of  undying are a very popular choice for mapmakers.  

Personally, I think they look like confetti,  so since this was made for a gameshow I did   a while ago, I made a lever here that dumps  confetti onto the teams for when they win. Another gameshow feature I did, was use the  “flash” particles (which usually goes with  

Fireworks) to look like crazy camera  flashes. Obviously the contestants   on this gameshow were going to get  swarmed by paparazzi periodically. Here’s a fancy example of  a particle trail. It uses   2 different particles, and only runs  when you’re standing on the ground! This one is a classic. The ol’ dripping sink.  

You’ll want to run this one on a clock  though, so there’s not too much water. This one is similar, but uses a  different particle to look like a   shower! Lot’s of room for creativity here! There’s actually one more thing you can do  with particles. When using the particles  

Entity_effect or ambient_entity_effect, setting  the count to zero let’s you change the color of   the particles! The delta and speed parameters  stop being delta and speed, and become RGB   color and brightness! Each coordinate is the  amount of red, green, or blue on a scale from 0  

To 1. You can mix these to create any color you  want! The speed works as brightness exponent,   with the default being 128. That’s what the wiki  says at least. There was certainly some strange   behavior, but with some tweaking you’ll  be able to get whatever color you like. 

Setting the count to 0 has a cool effect on  other particles too! It makes the delta act   not as a spread, but as direction for the  speed! For example, setting the delta to   1 0 0 and the speed to 0.2, means the particle  will move at a speed of 0.2 towards positive X!

… Is that it, are we done? Oh WAIT, theres ALSO, the dust particle!  (Bet you’d never here someone so excited   about a dust particle huh?) This particle  has the same RGB abilities as entity_effect,   except this one takes 4 extra arguments  instead of using delta and speed! Why?  

I have no idea! It’s not documented anywhere  in game, you just have to know. Anyway,   the first 3 values are RGB, and the 4th  is size. After that everything is normal.   Because making the size of the dust smaller makes  it disappear faster, and the fact that it doesn’t  

Move around like entity_effect does, makes it  suitable for FULL COLOR RGB DISPLAYS. Creative   people on the internet have been doing this for  ages, but it would be a crime not to mention it!   There are various generators and softwares people  have made to convert images, 3d models, and even  

VIDEOS to Minecraft dust particle animations.  🎵Royalty Free Never Gonna Give You Up🎵  I’m not going to cover making that stuff  in this tutorial, buuuut if you subscribe   and it sounds like there’s interest, I just  might make another particle tutorial soon.

There! Now you know everything there is to know  about the particle command! Do you feel powerful?   You should. There’s nothing left for me to-  wait actually did you know you can change the   color of the note particle by setting the count  to zero and using the speed as an rgb slider- 

Thanks for watching, click here to see some  more relevant tutorials that I think will go   well after you watch this one! If I make a  tutorial on those fancy particle generators   you can be sure the link will be right here!  Thanks for watching all the way to the end,  

It’s pronounced legit-i-moose not legit  moose, and I’ll see you in the next one 😉 [captions by me :)]