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/pathfind command: causes mobs to pathfind/travel to a specific location

 

This command causes a mob to attempt to move to a specified coordinate or location of another entity.

The syntax could be "/pathfind set <entity> <x> <y> <z> [speedModifier]" or "/pathfind set <entity> <targetEntity> [speedModifier]". In the latter case, the target would be restricted to a single entity, similar to /data.

There would also be a "/pathfind clear <entity>" option, which temporarily clears a mob's path (until it starts moving around randomly on it's own).

This can be used to create effects where mobs appear to be walking towards a location (e.g. a secret pathway) for no reason, or a "trigger" effect where doing something causes mobs to pathfind to your current location, causing them to eventually see you and attack.

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    THIS

     

     

    Except get rid of [SpeedModifier]; it's redundant, unnecessary, and confusing.

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    Was just about to post about this, did we have the same brainwave?

    Though I think it would be better as a NBT tag, like the PatrolTarget[X, Y, Z] NBT tag on raider mobs

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    Yes, although it'd also be okay if we could just change an nbt tag like {Brain:{memories:{"minecraft:walking_target":{value:{pos:[I;x,y,z],speed:value}}}}} to something just for them to walk somewhere
    I remember villagers having a brain:memory thing like this, but I'm sure other mobs do not.

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    I love this! You could use it to force mobs to do exactly what you want and as you want it! I can imagine so many uses for this, such as movies or cutscenes, and it would allow for us to express creativity even more by allowing us to use mobs directly in our command builds!