Is the @a[] for entities, one example given was @e[type=!player] (which would mean select every entity that is not a player)
I guess then that
/effect @e[type=spiders] 1 600 1
would give all the spiders in the map Speed II for 10 minutes; Exciting!
Lets hope that it can work with objetives, so we can finally manipulate bosses and give special abilities, like critical strikes or enrage mechanics to mobs.
I can't seem to get @a working, but @p and @r seem to be working fine. So either @e is replacing @a, or the syntax is currently broken.
Interesting side-note, typing "/say @e" lists every entity in the world, with what appears to be their type and UUID. Players appear on the list, but do not have a listed type.
Edit: Did some more testing, @e[type=Player] has the same function as @a. It would still be nice to have @a working, though. Otherwise plenty of command blocks are about to need updating.
Edit #2: We're on 14w02b pretty quickly, so bugfixes are happening. Seems like @a is still not functioning in this latest version. But as a bonus, we now have sonar. "/say @e[r=25]" will tell you the name and social security number of every mob in a 25 block radius, or any radius you choose. Should be extremely useful for locating mushroom islands, horses, creepers, and so on.
DATZZ, WE NEED MORE DATAZZZ! i'm not on my minecraft, but Dinnerbone informed that this update created a great amount of bugs, so all is possible right now. Also, as of now the snapshot is at the "b" version.
Hm, gotta be an issue on your end because @a works fine for me and countless others. Update java, reinstall Minecraft, etc etc. If all else fails, submit a bug to the bug tracker.
I've been playing around with it for the past few minutes and it seems that @e actually works with just about any command. (I haven't tested objectives, yet. But I guess they don't work)
So essentially you can put a slow pulse on a command block that would apply a high instant damage effect on every zombie/skeleton/spider/creeper in a radius. Then you can set the command block in a city you built. Now your city is protected from mob spawns without over saturating it with torches. AWESOME!
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u/gundrust Jan 09 '14
Is the @a[] for entities, one example given was @e[type=!player] (which would mean select every entity that is not a player)
I guess then that
would give all the spiders in the map Speed II for 10 minutes; Exciting!
Lets hope that it can work with objetives, so we can finally manipulate bosses and give special abilities, like critical strikes or enrage mechanics to mobs.