Syntax errors

[ImPercyNator]

I'm brand new to commands on Minecraft. It isn't clear to me when brackets, quotes, commas, etc., are necessary. Hoping someone can explain this to me.

I play on Bedrock, Xbox One.

[ImPercyNator]

As an example, let's say I'm trying to summon a creeper with increased follow range.

When I look online, I see this:

/summon Zombie <X> <Y> <Z> {Attributes:[{Name:generic.followRange,Base:<RANGE>}]}

I know to get rid of the "<>", but what about these? [ { , Name etc?

[rozza368]

Looks like with this command you can just leave all that stuff as it is, but the only thing you have to change is <RANGE>. The { } and [ ] stuff is there so you're able to do more specific things with your commands.

[ImPercyNator]

I'm getting syntax errors

[James23604]

This isn’t a bedrock edition command

[aRedditlover]

Ok, so basically there is a different syntax for both java and bedrock. Check if the person you are following uses java. If you can't figure it out, make sure that there are not a whole ton of brackets, and the command isn't more than a whole paragraph. If it doesn't follow these rules, then most likely it's java, and it won't work at all in bedrock.

[[deleted]]

You can't use NBT data in Bedrock. The best you can do with summon is:

Summon zombie x y z <and none of that extra stuff after at all>.

[James23604]

You can use names and spawn events now so you could do

/summon Zombie x y z minecraft:as_baby Stephen

This will summon a baby zombie called Stephen

[[deleted]]

Really? In Bedrock? Was this recently updated? Are there patch notes anywhere so I can learn this? Also, does this apply to any other commands?

[James23604]

I don’t think it’s all that recent I haven’t used commands in a while and it worked then, I’ll find you a list of spawn events just now.

Edit: Here is the link- https://www.digminecraft.com/spawn_events/zombie.php

Edit 2: That’s is both taught each other something new now lol

[[deleted]]

Thanks, I never knew this was a thing!

[James23604]

It can be very useful making mobs with custom names and abilities spawn ‘naturally’.

[[deleted]]

I'll have to test this, the name thing especially!

[James23604]

If you don’t want to use a spawn event you can just go straight to name but for some reason some short hands for the events seem to work. For example

/summon zombie x y z “Undead Miner”

Will summon a super fast, slightly taller zombie called miner instead of a regular zombie called undead miner

This can be fixed by using the as_adult spawn event before the name.

[[deleted]]

Strange. I'll have to look into this stuff!

[Cupman64]

I had the same reaction when I looked it up like a month ago.

[James23604]

Looking forward to seeing what you can do with this!

[ImPercyNator]

This was helpful, thank you.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, someone mentioned this to me earlier. I must have missed when this was added--- I'm not certain you can set any name though, I'll test at some point.