[MC-59052] Cannot add fake players or named entities to scoreboard teams

As of 14w26a/b, you can no longer add fake players to scoreboard teams.

Steps to reproduce:

1. /scoreboard teams add <name>
2. /scoreboard teams join <name> FakePlayer

It will error with 'The entity UUID provided is in an invalid format'.

Just to clarify, you can still add fake players to objectives and modify their score, just like normal. You can also add custom-named entities to teams, though their custom name does not show up if you set the display to 'sidebar'. It reverts to their UUID.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 4

MC-59385 cant add non-player to team Resolved

MC-59796 Cannot add offline player to teams Resolved

MC-61626 Dummy players can't be added to teams Resolved

MC-61929 Scoreboard: Nonexistant or absent players cannot join teams Resolved

relates to 1

MC-48656 /tp something to an entity comes up with "The entity UUID provided is in an invalid format" Resolved

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Piper 2014-06-26T05:22:05Z

Yes, I hope this wasn't intended. I've been working on a mini-game that uses fake players (dummy players? I'm not sure of the correct terminology) to track team scores with names like "RedTeam". In 14w25b and before, I could add these fake players to the team so their name would show up in the sidebar with the team color. But in 14w26a & b, I can no longer add the fake player to the team, so they all show up as white in the sidebar.

Ben 2014-06-26T11:01:42Z

I had the same issue. This RUINS my Minecraft map and I cant see a easy way of what I am trying to do without this feature. I really hope this was not intentional!

Piper 2014-06-28T01:31:05Z

This issue still exists in 14w26c.

Cody Senmori 2014-06-29T21:03:25Z

Simple screenshot showing the error that occurs when a player attempts to add a fake player to a team.
Taken in 14w26c

Cody Senmori 2014-07-02T14:23:50Z

Bug still present in 14w27a.

5 more comments

Skylinerw 2014-07-06T18:19:40Z

Also in 14w27b. For those looking for a workaround, you can still modify the scoreboard.dat file itself to insert players into teams. You'll need an NBT editor such as NBTExplorer.

Ensure you have saved and exited your world. Open NBTExplorer and navigate to "world name -> data -> scoreboard.dat -> data -> Teams" and open the compound holding the team you want to add players to. Within the "Players" list of that team, add a new string tag and provide the name of the player you want to add to the team within the tag value: http://i.imgur.com/I2ajadi.png

Make sure you save the file in the editor first before opening your world again.

Dakotah Intriglia 2014-07-07T07:15:22Z

Can confirm for 14w27b. Please fix this as this is definitely needed for my Labels on my scoreboard. White names make it look terrible.

Piper 2014-07-09T19:43:01Z

This issue still exists in 14w28a.

trazlander 2014-07-09T23:31:22Z

Maybe you people can give me an example as to WHY this would be at ALL useful. It seems pretty pointless to me since you can just add fake player names with color codes in them to objective scores like most of us have been doing since the beginning. You can do MUCH more with this method by adding multiple colors to single fake player names on the scoreboard display.

Like so: http://i.imgur.com/8X4A5h7.png

How would fixing this "bug" add anything at all. This "bug" feels like a feature that Mojang added to prevent the behavior of adding fake player names to teams, and is working as intended.

Skylinerw 2014-07-09T23:48:57Z

@Jeff, the usage of the section symbol is on its way out the door, and alternatives are being set into place (JSON text component, already seen present in signs, books, and chat). Meaning you won't be able to use your method again.
Section symbol removal: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce56mb5?context=3

trazlander 2014-07-10T00:03:20Z

ah true. But dropping the section symbol, and adding this "bug" as a feature would be taking away the feature of adding multiple colors to a fake player name, which I doubt they'll do. They would have to put something else in to replace it. And adding JSON to fake player names doesn't sound too feasible. They would probably create a new way for adding data to the scoreboard display. And I kinda doubt that's going to happen soon, at least not for 1.8.

Skylinerw 2014-07-10T00:12:06Z

In terms of teams, you can set your own custom prefix (and suffix), in which you'd have the ability to enter custom text with formatting of your choice. You could probably end up using that to create a portion of the fake players' name up to the last letter (which you can still apply formatting to at the end of the prefix). Currently the team prefix/suffix appears to still use the section symbol, so that would still need to be watched out for if it becomes limited a single color only.

marcono1234 2014-07-11T23:26:06Z

Relates to:
MC-58808

DeletedUser 2016-01-12T06:13:16Z

15w51b

Skylinerw 2016-01-12T06:29:11Z

@@unknown Your screenshot does not explain this bug resurfacing. I could not reproduce this report in 15w51b. Are you sure you're on the correct report?