entity_displace

type: "entity_displace"

Displaces the target entity's model vertices themselves (rendered with the vanilla body material, so lighting/shadows stay normal) - the body tears/glitches, no ghost copy on top.

Fields

Entity effects are targeted with /vfx playentity or the entity_selector field and also accept the shared definition fields (duration, easing, loop, persistent, fade_ticks, sound).

Field	Type	Default	Meaning
amplitude	float	0.1 (fades to 0)	Max displacement in blocks (0..2)
scale	float	4	Field detail: higher = neighbours diverge more (0.5..32)
seed	float	0	Random phase; step it (expr: "floor(t*8)*0.1") for 8x/s snaps, animate for smooth morphing

Targets are set via /vfx playentity <effect> <selector>, via the Java API (see Java API) or via the entity_selector field in the definition (then /vfx play <effect> is enough - the server finds the targets itself). One effect can target up to 16 entities; several effects can hang on one entity. On the first-person hand the local player's own effects are rendered too (through_blocks is ignored there - the hand always draws on top).

Example

{
    "type": "entity_displace",
    "duration": 60,
    "params": { "amplitude": 0.1, "scale": 4, "seed": 0 }
}

/vfx playentity vfxweaver:entity_displace @e[type=zombie,limit=1] {[amplitude:0.2],[scale:6]}

Code

/vfx play vfx_demos:show_entity_displace

Its datapack definition:

{
    "type": "entity_displace",
    "duration": 160,
    "easing": "ease_in_out_cubic",
    "persistent": true,
    "loop": true,
    "fade_ticks": 12,
    "entity_selector": "@e[tag=vfx_showcase,limit=1]",
    "params": {
        "amplitude": {
            "keyframes": [
                {
                    "time": 0,
                    "value": 0.0
                },
                {
                    "time": 80,
                    "value": 0.12
                },
                {
                    "time": 160,
                    "value": 0.0
                }
            ]
        },
        "scale": 4.0,
        "seed": 0.0
    }
}