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Mob category for "type":target selector argument

Hello everyone! Here is a suggestion for commands. Mob categories for the "type"argument in target selector.

 

What I mean by that is, let's say you want to teleport every peaceful mob to a location. To do that, we would have to use a new command for every mob type we want.

Like

tp @e[type=cow] ~ ~ ~ tp @e[type=sheep] ~ ~ ~

And we would have to do for every mob that we want, which could get a little tiring.

So instead, my idea is that we could have Mob types in the type argument.

Like tp @e[type=peaceful] ~ ~ ~

Or

execute as @e[type=hostile] run say Hi! I am a hostile mob!

Categories could be 'peaceful', 'hostile', 'neutral', 'ambient', 'water' and more.

This feature would be useful for making maps, or testing out farms(as in checking which type of mobs are spawning), and might help in a few other cases.

Thank you!

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  • March 19, 2021 17:44
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  I think that what you have asked for in your post is possible already through different methods depending on which Minecraft Edition you are playing on:

  Bedrock Edition

  This is possible using the target selector argument family. This will select targets that are part of a specific entity family, defined in a behaviour pack. Many families exist for different types of mobs. Try stuff like inanimate, undead, and see what happens! For a complete list of all possible values, download the default behaviour pack.

  Example usage:

  @e[family=undead]

  Java Edition

  Java Edition of Minecraft uses data pack tags to get this done. Data pack tags are a listing of types that group entities, blocks, items, even functions! You can set up your own to choose which entity types are part of your tag, then apply it.

  Then, when you want to use it, do something like this:

  @e[type=#namespace:tag]