[MC-63988] Score tag in books doesn't work with cheats off/ as non-op

The bug

The score-tag in a book does not work, if you /give it to someone who is not an operator or, in a singleplayer world, if cheats are disabled. Video demonstrating the issue: http://youtu.be/QTfumET7Apo

How to reproduce

Start a world with cheats off
Open the world in LAN and and set 'allow cheats' to ON
/give yourself a command block and insert the command below
Reopen your world
Activate the command block. You should now get a book that shows the JSON-text instead of the score.

Alternatively, you can test it on a server if you deop yourself after you entered the following command

/give @a written_book{
	title:"Test",
	author:"Test",
	pages:
	[
		"{
			\"text\":\"\",
			\"bold\":true,
			\"extra\":
			[
				{
					\"score\":
					{
						\"name\":\"@p\",
						\"objective\":\"Test\"
					}
				}
			]
		}"
	]
}

Linked issues

is duplicated by 7

MC-73054 Written Book Raw JSON Bug With Cheats Off / Not opped players Resolved

MC-73839 Books showing json when non op and using score:{} Resolved

MC-74156 Using target in book gived to player brokes content Resolved

MC-78066 JSON code showing for non-ops (1.8.3) Resolved

MC-78534 Books not working as intended Resolved

2 more links

relates to 1

MC-103171 Selectors in written books require player to be operator to work Reopened

Attachments

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Comments 32

NeunEinser 2014-07-27T15:58:32Z

Just updated the post, because I have reproduced the bug.

Anon Ymus 2014-07-27T16:16:08Z

You can't use single quotes in valid JSON.

NeunEinser 2014-07-27T16:31:04Z

Eeehmm, if I've use " before, it's like \", or? And because of what works the command upto reload the world again, if I just rightclick the command block and press "finish" without change anything?
And because of what does it only not work with the score tag? This works fantastic:

/give @a written_book 1 0 
{
  title:"Test",
  author:"Test",
  pages:
  [
    "{
      text:'',
      bold:true,
      extra:
      [
        {
          text:'Hello world!'
        }
      ]
    }"
  ]
}

btw: For this it's the same:

/give @a written_book 1 0 
{
  title:"Test",
  author:"Test",
  pages:
  [
    "{
      text:\"\",
      bold:true,
      extra:
      [
        {
          score:
            {
              name:\"@p\",
              objective:\"Test\"
            }
        }
      ]
    }"
  ]
}

Ezekiel 2014-07-27T17:13:25Z

/give @a written_book 1 0 {pages:["{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"score\":{\"name\":\"@p\",\"objective\":\"Test\"}}]}"],title:Book,author:TellrawGenerator}

NeunEinser 2014-07-27T17:17:53Z

Well, if i write this in a command block and reload the world, it doesn't work as well... It doesn't work, because it's a bug! What's so complicated? Just try it out and don't forget to reload the world before activating the command block...

22 more comments

Ezekiel 2014-07-27T20:09:09Z

Please explain what I am doing wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1NLRdssCk0

Anon Ymus 2014-07-27T20:21:10Z

Hmm, strange. Try relogging, giving yourself the book again, opening it, closing it, setting your score to something else, and then reopening the book. For me it remains at whatever the original value was.

NeunEinser 2014-07-28T09:13:45Z

Okay, sorry about that, but the bug comes at another time than I thought...

1. Your world have to be with disabled cheats.
2. You can use "Open the world in Lan" to allow cheats during build the command block and input the command
3. Quit to title and Open the world again, so it isn't open in Lan anymore and commands are disabled again.
4. Now the command doesnt' work. It doesn't work, if commands are disabled. A book, that was created when commands are allowed works all time, a book, that was created when commands are disabled doesn't work all the time...

Im going to update description...

NeunEinser 2014-07-28T10:27:52Z

Okay, I've created a video, too which shows the bug: http://youtu.be/QTfumET7Apo

Anon Ymus 2014-07-29T00:23:38Z

It's not necessary to have a cheats-off world.

NeunEinser 2014-07-29T12:53:05Z

Can you explain this?

marcono1234 2014-07-29T13:16:10Z

You should maybe change the title to something like: "Score and selector tag in books doesn't work with cheats off"
or something like this
Also it is happening with the selector tag in 14w30c but the game just leaves the space then blank instead of showing the command

NeunEinser 2014-07-29T14:07:45Z

I have changed it again... I have had another title, but I think a Mod has changed it for any reason...

NeunEinser 2014-07-29T14:40:52Z

@ Mod Anon Ymus: I've detected a little mistake in the JSON from the commands I posted here. Now it should work with cheats on, and only not if cheats off... Try again 😉

Naor Volkovich 2014-09-22T21:05:36Z

This bug is still happens in 1.8
Please update it and add to the title "Score and Selector tag..."
Most likely caused by the fix of MC-43984

Cameron Bess 2014-09-22T23:17:21Z

I can confirm this, I tried listing all the players in the game. OP's could see it, Non-Ops couldn't.

Samuel Shank 2015-10-22T03:17:45Z

15w43a

gerrybrano 2016-06-11T18:19:24Z

Confirmed for 1.10

Both score and selector tags do not work in books. However, with the score tag, If you use a UUID for the name it will work for non-ops as well.

NeunEinser 2016-11-03T21:15:06Z

Oh dear, this is old. I couldn't even speak English properly back then...
I updated this issue a little bit, should be less painful to read now.

Bytenka 2016-12-21T17:05:19Z

Still in 1.11, 1.11.1 and 1.11.2

CreeperMagnet_ 2018-07-05T17:19:20Z

Confirmed for 1.13-pre6. Please update the description command to

/give @a written_book{
	title:"Test",
	author:"Test",
	pages:
	[
		"{
			\"text\":\"\",
			\"bold\":true,
			\"extra\":
			[
				{
					\"score\":
					{
						\"name\":\"@p\",
						\"objective\":\"Test\"
					}
				}
			]
		}"
	]
}

Matt Parkes 2018-08-26T08:02:22Z

Issue persists in 1.13 & 1.13.1 full releases.
Both in singleplayer without cheats enabled and on a server where the player is non-OP.

Book is resolved with raw JSON rather than being rendered correctly.

Pete Frisky 2018-10-09T07:12:11Z

And I thought I was doing something wrong. Good to know it's only a bug.

Question: is this the same bug that affects opening a book in the off-hand that ignores selectors?

mlakuss 2019-02-25T13:14:19Z

Bug is still here in latest snapshot (19w08b)

Matt Parkes 2019-04-24T18:30:08Z

Still present in release 1.14

silentwisperer 2019-07-09T05:39:16Z

Still affects 1.14.3

akoimeexx 2019-07-24T16:03:38Z

Present in 1.14.4 as well.

blindprophet 2019-12-14T19:24:35Z

Still present in 1.15

leo 2021-11-30T15:59:45Z

Still in 1.17 and 1.18

SlimyRedstone 2022-07-12T15:33:59Z

Still in 1.19

user-f2760 2022-07-12T17:34:09Z

Both score and selector tags do not work in books. However, with the score tag, If you use a UUID for the name it will work for non-ops as well.

(Older comment), so this is just selectors not working, right? Then I'm convinced this and MC-103171 are the same issue (non-OPs cannot resolve selectors in written books).

Nils23 2023-08-07T14:29:23Z

Still in 1.20.1