The bug
Despite the fact that MC-111473 was fixed, when a player kills another player using a firework (either from a crossbow or from a normally placed firework), the death message will never be <Player 1> went off with a bang whilst fighting <Player 2>, despite the fact that this message exists in the translation strings.
To reproduce
Kill another player with a firework, either by using a crossbow, or by placing it so that it explodes next to them.
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[media]Linked issues
relates to 3
MC-177771
"death.attack.fireworks.item" displays raw translation string (is untranslated)
Resolved
MC-260289
"<Player 1> was squashed by a falling anvil whilst fighting <Player 2>" never appears (without /damage)
Open
MC-181265
Message “player went off with a bang whilst trying to escape mob” is impossible to get (nevermind)
Resolved
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Comments 12
Confirmed for 1.16-pre2.
@unknown, I'm unable to get it even hitting the player with a firework. Could you give repro steps?
This death message doesn't exist anymore. The %2$s (<Player 2>) variable is now in the death.attack.fireworks death message, even though it isn't included in the vanilla translation.
The "whilst fighting <mob>" variants of normal death messages only exist for environmental damage types. "fireworks" used to be an environmental damage type, so it had this death message. However, since 1.16, it has been changed to a damage type directly from players or mobs, which don't have "whilst fighting" variants. It now has the "<player> went off with a bang due to a firework rocket fired from <item> by <player/mob>" variant (the renamed item variant for short) just like every other direct player/mob damage type.
This death message appears when the player is hurt by a player or mob then killed by a firework. It isn't how you describe it.