[MC-47080] Spectators count as "players" for purposes of sleeping in SMP

Basically, if there's someone in spectator mode in the Overworld, sleeping is not possible, as it counts them as a player who's not in bed. It would make more sense if it counted like players in the Nether or End.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 6

MC-53967 Can't sleep while someone is on spectator mode Resolved

MC-59829 Other Players are Unable to Sleep While Another is Spectating Resolved

MC-65199 If a spectator is online you can not goto daytime by sleeping Resolved

MC-68311 Spectator Mode Resolved

MC-82614 Spectators and Sleeping Mechanics Resolved

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MC-88095 Nights don't get skipped when the last player is set to specator mode Resolved

Comments 17

Deleted account 2014-04-03T10:38:01Z

Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 14w11b or later? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. - bot

Itouch2 2014-05-05T17:59:04Z

Confirmed for 14w17a.

Jimmy Henderson 2014-07-24T01:09:36Z

Confirmed for 14w26c on SMP server

qmagnet 2014-08-03T13:28:35Z

This isn't really a problem. You don't need to sleep to set your spawn. You just need to lie in the bed.

See - http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Bed
"If all sleeping requirements are met and the player enters a bed, the player will be positioned in the bed, in multiplayer you will be seen above the sheets, and the screen will slowly fade to black. During this time, the player can leave the bed by clicking the Leave Bed button. Once the player has entered the bed, the spawn point is set near the bed."

Mustek 2014-08-03T13:42:09Z

It is a bug, as spectators should not influence any aspect of the game.

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qmagnet 2014-08-09T15:22:12Z

Spectators are still present in the world. You cannot change night to day unless all players are in a bed. Changing this would alter what the spectator is trying to do - if he or she did not want time to be changed.

See dev comment on MCPE-263 - and please don't say that because it's PE.

Jimmy Henderson 2014-08-09T16:41:01Z

The issue I have with it is, say you're running Hardcore, and you're using the in-game mechanic of passing the night to prevent mob spawns near you, but any spectators present prevent that. (Granted, that's better for the spectator, hehe) Or you want to pass a thunderstorm/rainstorm through the night, you cannot because of spectators. These are in-game features, not exploits. Spectators are not players, and should not impact gameplay.

qmagnet 2014-08-09T16:45:08Z

The same can be said for players who refuse to jump in a bed who are regular survival players.

Spectators are players. They can be detected with testfor @a. I don't play hardcore, would there be spectators in that mode? I thought when you died, it was over.

Jimmy Henderson 2014-08-09T16:57:56Z

Spectators don't have to be former players of the map. They can be assigned Spectators before logging on to a server. I'm okay with actual players refusing to sleep the night away, that's part of being on a server with other people playing - not everyone has the same goal in mind to rid the night and/or rain. I understand that all the valid player checks indicate spectators as players... however, they are not intended to influence the gameplay in anyway, regardless if regular players can do it, too. It'd be like saying, well, regular players can attack other players, so what's wrong when a spectator does it?

qmagnet 2014-08-09T17:02:28Z

Well maybe Mojang will put something in the code to prevent this issue, but I doubt they will. Doesn't seem like a bug to me based on the devs previous comment.

ItsMartin 2014-09-17T09:56:19Z

Confirmed that this is still an issue in the 1.8 release. This should be considered a bug, since spectator gamemode is designed to prevent all interference with gameplay.

Aaron Eichhorst 2015-01-26T19:00:27Z

Issue is still present in 1.8.2-pre4

KingSupernova 2015-01-26T20:59:22Z

The fact that players in other dimensions will still allow players in the overworld to sleep proves that this is indeed a bug.

Winston Weinert 2015-03-30T04:12:25Z

Any possibility for a bug fix? Confirmed in version 1.8.3 release.

tim Biesenbeek 2015-07-30T15:04:51Z

BUMP
Still not fixed in the snapshots for 1.9

EDIT:
15w39b fix confirmd

user-f2760 2015-07-30T15:07:29Z

pre-release? what pre-release?

Anomie X 2015-08-12T20:41:49Z

Possibly fixed in 15w33a? I see changed code that looks like it might have to do with this, but I'm not in a position to test it myself at the moment.