/summon is meant to summon any entity, however cannot summon lightning bolt.
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Lightning is an entity, it just need to be mapped in the entity list class file. They should really maap this entity, I want to use it!
Let me rephrase then. Lightning isn't a TRUE entity. Like I said, its coded into the lighting engine and thus isn't an entity in the same sense as items so summoning using the summon command won't work. When mod makers make Lightning work they normally force the "engine" to creating it with a little bit of extra behind the scenes.
lightning isn't an entity... or so I thought. It's hard coded (no files relating to it in the assest/jar)
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Lightning
"Lightning, unlike other weather, does not have an image file associated with it. Thus, it is coded directly into the game engine, allowing for dynamic, realistic lightning."