(Kindof long description but please stick with it, it should explain itself)
So I am trying to come up with a system for artificially loading chunks to keep entities testable, the theory I came up with so the armor stands don't need to be loaded from spawn are these two commands in some affect:
/execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=south] ~ ~ ~ /spreadplayers ~ ~-8 0 1 false @e[type=ArmorStand,name=southspreaded]
/execute @e[type=ArmorStand,name=north] ~ ~ ~ /spreadplayers ~ ~8 0 1 false @e[type=ArmorStand,name=northspreaded]
I have two chunks, a north and a south chunk I want loaded, and the north chunk contains the "north" armor stand and uses spreadplayers to spread "northspreaded" into the south chunk, and vice versa on south and southspreaded. This is only a theory and in testing, suggest any improvements if you wish.
The problem I am having is that when I go away from the chunks and I see the entities unload, when I reload the entities in my visual range, they have stopped their functionality, and upon using /testfor @e they result in four "That entity cannot be found" messages. Upon leaving and coming back into the world, they then work again and can be detected using /testfor, is this some kind of a glitch? And how can I stop this from happening?