• The FAQ doesn’t contain a resolution to my issue

Update

see this comment, the issue seems to be a problem with a plugin called SkinsRestorer (from what i’ve gathered from testing), im not sure what the internal problem is for this so i’ll have to leave this to the maintainers to debug as i really have no clue what goes on in any of the chunk handling code

Versions

• mineflayer: 948a27ee0c59b431725f1cde28ec29735042a9df
• server: paper 1.16.3
• node: 14.13.1

Detailed description of a problem

using bot.blockAt(new Vec3(x, y, z)) returns null rather than the block at those coordinates

edit: doesn’t need saying but there is most definetly a block at the provided coordinates

What did you try yet?

really not sure what the problem is internally so im not sure what to try

Your current code

// initalizing bot

// in an event handler, ran a few minutes after the bot successfully logs in
const { Vec3 } = require('vec3');
const block = bot.blockAt(new Vec3(x, y, z));
console.log(block); // null

Expected behavior

the function should return a Block

Additional context

edit: it seems the plugin is mis-handling chunk packets somewhere, i tried on 2 different servers, both paper 1.16.3, and only in one was i successfully able to get a block, the difference between these servers? just a few plugins, ill list them

AntiDisconnectSpam, AuthMe, ChatEx*, LuckPerms, PlaceholderAPI ProtocolLib, SkinsRestorer, TAB, Vault - these are the plugins on the server where blocks are not being returned, now i would imagine PlaceholderAPI or ProtocolLib would be one of the plugins causing this, as none of the other plugins interfear with the world itself, but idk