[MC-80060] Skeletons with Bows don't shoot if they used to use a sword

I was working on a little command block device to make Skeletons better in combat. It basically had skeletons switch to a sword if the player got within 5 blocks range. Everything seemed to be fine at first, until I found the Skeleton does not switch it's AI back to archer mode if it switches from sword back to bow after having been using a sword

I attatched my world file so you can try it. Just spawn a skeleton, go into survival and go into range of it. Once it switches to sword, run away and see how it keeps chasing you even after it gets a bow.

Attachments

Redstone Testing Map.zip

Comments 1

marcono1234 2015-05-06T19:38:07Z

~~Partwise confirmed for~~

~~1.8.4~~

~~The Skeleton shoots actually, but for whatever reason, it comes really close to you to shoot (so close that your mechanic will switch its weapon back to the sword)~~

Invalid

You made a mistake with one command:

execute @e[type=Skeleton,score_AttackMode=1] ~ ~ ~ execute @p[rm=6] ~ ~ ~ entitydata @e[type=Skeleton,score_AttackMode=2,rm=6] {Equipment:[{id:"minecraft:bow"}]}

This gets also activated if the score of AttackMode is 0, you need *score_AttackMode_min=1* to do this operation only for entities with the score of exactly 1.

And I think you might consider the execute command one the player as first command instead:

/execute @a ~ ~ ~ entitydata @e[type=Skeleton,score_AttackMode=2,rm=6] {Equipment:[{id:"minecraft:bow"}]}

Sketch:
S1 S2 P1

S1 = Skeleton 1
S2 = Skeleton 2
P1 = Player 1

Now imagine using your code.
This is a assumed order in which the game runs the commands:

Target S1 -> Target P1 -> Target S1 and S2
Target S2 -> Target P1 -> Target S1 and S2

So it would replace the bow twice in theory.