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Expose lastKnownSpeed, lastKnownPosition and getKnownSpeed() in Entity

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem?

for a long time, if you want to get a player's speed, you have to do calcs like what in nms(location subtractions), after exposing these, you can get rid of scheduler speed calculation since nms already provided that

Describe the solution you'd like.

Expose these

Describe alternatives you've considered.

No

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Research direction

Start by locating the Entity API and the NMS-provided lastKnownSpeed and lastKnownPosition values mentioned in the issue. Determine how getKnownSpeed() and those values should be exposed, then verify that callers can use them without scheduler-based speed calculations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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