Summon in a relative area around the player (1.21.1)

[azure pine]

How can achieve this?

I'm trying to use the distance argument but as soon as I add a second line of command in the .mcfunction file the game stops identigfying the function.

[vocal stone]

When the game stops identifying the function this usually means that you've made a syntax error.

[strong willow]

are you splitting the same command over 2 lines?

[vocal stone]

anyways here is the best a method:

1. run a random roll command and store this in a storage using execute store do this for each of the axis. X Y and Z
2. create a macro function that uses these values to summon the entity from an offset to the player corresponding to the values stored in the storage
3. run the function with the storage as macro provider

[strong willow]

one thing to add so the entity doesn't spawn in the ground, add the positioned over sub comand in the summon command to let it spawn on the surface.

[vocal stone]

If you want that, it's easier to ommit the Y position, saves you a command

[robust glacier]

If you want them to spawn on the surface, just use the /spreadplayers command

[strong willow]

True, no need to overcomplicate such a simple thing.

[azure pine]

Yeah, was trying to do so

[strong willow]

you can do that only if you end the line in \ or \ I don't remember which way around.

[grim owl]

the first one \ for example: ```ansi
execute if entity @s[tag=test] 
run say hi

[vocal stone]

huh why is it black that's very unreadable

[strong willow]

ansi messup

[azure pine]

spreadplayers worked for me!

So I'm going for spreadplayers ~ ~ 1 15 false @e[tag=scattered_zombie] and then kill th tag so any previously generated zombie can be repositioned

Thanks for the help here

[strong willow]

Small extra thing. If you kill mobs to reposition them, they drop stuff. If that's an issue, you can just teleport them to y -10000

[azure pine]

thx