Solved Snowball range

Hi, I'm making a bullet projectile that has a range. Here's my base class:

Code:

public class EntityBullet extends EntitySnowball {
    private double blockRange = 10D;

    public EntityBullet(World world) {
        super(world);
    }

    public EntityBullet(World world, EntityLiving livingEntity) {
        super(world, livingEntity);
    }

    public EntityBullet(World world, double x, double y, double z) {
        super(world, x, y, z);
    }

    public EntityBullet setRange(double range) {
        this.blockRange = range;
        return this;
    }
}

The 'blockRange' is the maximum number of blocks the projectile can travel. What would be the best, most efficient way of removing the entity after this range? I don't really want to be calling 'location.distanceSquared()' every tick, but I do want the maximum number of blocks (double) to be pretty accurate. This is why I don't want to track every projectile and create a repeated scheduler that loops through the map, comparing the distance traveled per tick, unless I absolutely must.

Thanks in advance!

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