The bug
The /spreadplayers
command does not work with entity UUIDs, it just prints the error message "Player '%s' cannot be found" (%s
being replaced with the provided UUID).
How to reproduce
Summon an entity with a defined UUID
/summon armor_stand ~ ~ ~ {UUIDLeast:0L,UUIDMost:0L}
Try to use the
/spreadplayers
command/spreadplayers ~ ~ 0 1 false 0-0-0-0-0
→ It prints the error "Player '0-0-0-0-0' cannot be found"
Code analysis
Based on 1.11.2 decompiled using MCP 9.35 rc1
The method net.minecraft.command.CommandSpreadPlayers.execute(MinecraftServer, ICommandSender, String[])
does not use the method net.minecraft.command.CommandBase.getEntityList(MinecraftServer, ICommandSender, String)
to parse the entity UUID / selector / player name. Instead it partwise implements the behavior itself.
Appears to be fixed in 1.13.1.