Minecraft Commands – Understanding SuccessCount in Version 1.11

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I am working on my map and I really want to know WHY the SuccessCount tag doesn't work anymore in 1.11?
I got at this conclusion when I tried to test if there are 2 players in a certain area. I read all the commands again in again, place and replaced back the command blocks (the command blocks can bug sometimes) and even brought a second account in that area to be sure.

1 – execute @e[type=armor_stand,name=lobby] ~ ~ ~ testfor @a[r=10,c=2]

2 – /testforblock ~1 ~ ~ minecraft:repeating_command_block -1 {SuccessCount:2}

3 – say test

Can someone help me with this? I tried so many solutions, but it kinda gets tidious to do anymore. I would like an explanation or maybe other solution.

Best Answer

It is working correctly; you are receiving the success count from the /execute command, not the /testfor command. If there is only 1 armor stand running the /testfor command, then the success count is going to be 1 if that /testfor command succeeds (causing /execute to succeed the 1 time).

You will need to rely on other methods to track total, such as removing /execute and using hard-coded coordinates:

/testfor @a[x=10,y=64,z=10,r=10,c=2]

Or scores to track the number of players (and detect that score instead of the SuccessCount value):

/scoreboard players set #NearLobby OBJ 0
/execute @e[type=armor_stand,name=lobby] ~ ~ ~ /execute @a[r=10,c=2] ~ ~ ~ /scoreboard players add #NearLobby OBJ 1
/scoreboard players test #NearLobby OBJ 2 *

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/execute @p[rm=6] ~ ~ ~ /say The command worked
/execute @p[r=5] ~ ~ ~ /say The command did not work

(both after the /spreadplayers command). The only problem with that is that it will still act as if the command didn't work if a player gets positioned inside the 5 Blocks radius.

EDIT: It is now completely possible with the CommandStat Data Tag:

/blockdataCommand Block Coordinates{CommandStats:{SuccessCountName:"Fake Player Name / Entity / whatever you're gonna use",SuccessCountObjective:"Scoreboard Objective Name"}}

Basically, you can make the SuccessCount output to a scoreboard. See the video below for more info!

EDIT 2: Maybe I should mention that you can then do some sort of execute on the entity if it has a score of at least 1. Also, you should set the score back to 0 at the end of every tick (/cycle of the clock).

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For simplicity and speed, I'd do it something like this:

The unconditional blocks outlined in red can be left blank, and are just there to continue on the chain. The next block still depends conditionally on the previous conditional block.

Alternatively, for one less command block, you can do:

In which the blue outlined block has the command:

/testforblock ~1 ~ ~ chain_command_block -1 {SuccessCount:1}

Replacing ~1 ~ ~ with the offset for the previous block in the chain.

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