Pet Zombie?

[south crest]

Hi guys ^^
I feel I'm getting obsolete, so I better just ask it.

Any ideas on how to spawn a ally zombie/any monster?
With ally I mean non-hostile to the player and, instead, hostile to the player enemies.

I also accept ideas that involve resource packs, though I'd prefer some magic dp-only workaround.

[kind oak]

Being in the same team as the zombie makes them non-hostile to you - this works for players and villagers

Making them aggro towards other mobs is more difficult

[regal spruce]

I currently have a system that allows you to summon allied zombies, which are actually invisible wolves with mannequins teleported to them

However, the mechanics of my system are ludicrously complicated and tied into other features of my datapack, so I doubt copying it would work

If that's the route you want to go, I could try to provide some guidance, but I'm sure there's a much simpler way ^^

[scenic pond]

like this? https://modrinth.com/datapack/my-zombie-pet

[south crest]

I thought about the wolf trick too, but then the problem comes with the zombie walking and attacking animation.

Also, I wanted to do the same with skeletons (wolves can't help with that)

[south crest]

I need it for 1.21.1
forgot to mention

[scenic pond]

Well, that datapack does exactly what you wanted... Just look at the code inside