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A gamerule that gives you control of mobs while in spectator

so, when we left click a mob in spectator mode, we have the ability to see what that mob sees, that is cool and all, but how interesting would be if there was a gamerule that allowed you to control the mob while possessing it in spectator? I think it would be a nice little addition, make for some fun minigames and just seems like general fun, it would also be cool if you could use the mobs abilities.

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    The whole point of spectator mode is to not interact with the world at all - to be kind of like a ghost. So your idea is not really good as it is right now.

    However, for things like minigames, I agree that it would sometimes be very cool to be in control of mobs. So I think a better idea would be either to introduce another gamemode that allowed it, or to add a gamerule (like /mobcontrol) that does. What do you think?

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    Good idea and I agree with macchu that it should be a gamerule

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    @Macchu I agree, the whole purpose of spectator mode is to be ghost-like, a gamerule that gives you the option to take control of mobs whilst in spectator mode would be cool and I do not think it would take away from the minecrafty aspect either.

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    instead of having a gamerule for this a gamemode should be in instead

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    Then it would not be spectator mode, Cause spectator mode is for Spectating

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    yes a gamemode

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    Okay. Lets do it.

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    Maybe change this from being a gamerule, into it being an entity-tag?

    So you can only control entities with the "ControlableInSpectator" tag :D

    But maybe also add some permissions or so to stop some players from doing this in servers where you would only want admins or OP's to be able to do this.

     

    For the rest, nice and fun idea! :)

    Although it might be pretty hard to add :(

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    !natural wonders
    !gaia
    those 2 would work, it doesn't have to be in spec mode as well

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    I agree with this, as long as it stays as a toggle-able gamerule.

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    Perhaps a new mode like ghost mode were its like spectator but instead you can interact with some parts of the world, such as controlling mobs.

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    This would make it easy to mprph plsyers!

     

    Pretty good idea!

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    great idea

     

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    This would be so cool to use on servers, with many custom mini games.

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    I feel the best thing for this likely would be a separate game mode. Ever since I discovered mob viewpoint, I have wanted to be able to take control of them. Any way it could be implemented would be fine.

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    I think like a ghost mode for that, but u could also appear transparent, not invisible, and control players

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    Ya, in pocket addition it would be great

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    I agree with this because even though in spectator you can not interact with the world it would be cool as a gamerule, this would be great for messing with your friends

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    Maybe like this? /gamerule spectatorcontrolmobs Then take control?

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    There Is A Datapack That Does That. https://www.planetminecraft.com/data-pack/control-mobs-5466090/ 

    Type /execute as PLAYERNAME run function mctrlmobs:mob_controller To Use, Then Type /execute as PLAYERNAME run function mctrlmobs:normal_player To Go Back To Normal. Enjoy!

    (a.k.a, replace PLAYERNAME with the player's username.)