Command Block Help Please!

Tedk1

WaterOwl13

Tedk1You have an extra bracket ] in your second command. This will make it an incorrect player format and cause the problem you're having. Other than that I cannot see other mistakes.


Edit: The command feedback you stated with the quotes is not vanila. You are most likely using a plugin alias that doesn't recognize target selectors. Try using the vanila alias /minecraft:tp in place of /tp

Alright here's every variation I tried.
1. The one I already posted /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692
2. Removing the extra bracket. /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]965 120 692
3. Using /minecraft:tp /minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692
4. Changing both /minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] 965 120 692

All variations gave the exact same message of

[@: You must specify the player you wish to preform this action on.]

Which is the same as before/the first one.

Each one of your 8 commands has something wrong with it.
Commands 1, 3, 5, and 7 don't do anything, it teleports the player to nowhere, there is no destination or player. Essentially you're typing /tp [Player]
Command 2 has the extra bracket, as I said before.
Command 4, where you erased the second bracket, is missing a space between the end bracket and the first coordinate.
Command 6 you brought back the extra bracket again.
Command 8 seems to be the only command that should work. I'm not familiar with the distanceY tag used, and replaced it with a radius instead which I find easier. Try using these two commands:
/minecraft:tp @a[name=arrowfire,x=967,y=120,z=697,r=1] 965 120 692
/minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,x=967,y=120,z=697,r=1] 965 120 692

Those two work! Thank you! I also figured out why my previous one didn't work.
I did one command block with
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692
instead of two command blocks. one with /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
and the other with /tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] 965 120 692 That's also why I had the second bracket in there.

Lexxer

WaterOwl13
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't have time to test this until now. This is what it's saying "You must specify which player you wish to perform this action on.]"

This is what I put, substitutions and all. I did take the numbers off my friend's name in this post but the correct numbers are there in my command block
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692

Since this command should work perfectly fine, i assume you messed up with the coordinates, so again
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,x=X,y=Y,z=Z,dy=0] X1 Y1 Z1
(X/Y/Z) are again, the coordinates where your pressure plate is,
(X1/Y1/Z1) are the coordinates you wish to get teleported to.

WaterOwl13/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]

This can't work since it misses the destination, it should be:
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] X Y Z

Alright I figured it out. I tried doing both my friend and I in one command block

I did one command block with /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692

Instead of two command blocks where one said /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] and the other said /tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] 965 120 692

WaterOwl13

Tedk1You have an extra bracket ] in your second command. This will make it an incorrect player format and cause the problem you're having. Other than that I cannot see other mistakes.


Edit: The command feedback you stated with the quotes is not vanila. You are most likely using a plugin alias that doesn't recognize target selectors. Try using the vanila alias /minecraft:tp in place of /tp

Alright here's every variation I tried.
1. The one I already posted /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692
2. Removing the extra bracket. /tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]965 120 692
3. Using /minecraft:tp /minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692
4. Changing both /minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] 965 120 692

All variations gave the exact same message of

[@: You must specify the player you wish to preform this action on.]

Which is the same as before/the first one.

Each one of your 8 commands has something wrong with it.
Commands 1, 3, 5, and 7 don't do anything, it teleports the player to nowhere, there is no destination or player. Essentially you're typing /tp [Player]
Command 2 has the extra bracket, as I said before.
Command 4, where you erased the second bracket, is missing a space between the end bracket and the first coordinate.
Command 6 you brought back the extra bracket again.
Command 8 seems to be the only command that should work. I'm not familiar with the distanceY tag used, and replaced it with a radius instead which I find easier. Try using these two commands:
/minecraft:tp @a[name=arrowfire,x=967,y=120,z=697,r=1] 965 120 692
/minecraft:tp @a[name=WaterOwl,x=967,y=120,z=697,r=1] 965 120 692

WaterOwl13
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't have time to test this until now. This is what it's saying "You must specify which player you wish to perform this action on.]"

This is what I put, substitutions and all. I did take the numbers off my friend's name in this post but the correct numbers are there in my command block
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]
/tp @a[name=arrowfire,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]] 965 120 692

Since this command should work perfectly fine, i assume you messed up with the coordinates, so again
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,x=X,y=Y,z=Z,dy=0] X1 Y1 Z1
(X/Y/Z) are again, the coordinates where your pressure plate is,
(X1/Y1/Z1) are the coordinates you wish to get teleported to.

WaterOwl13/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697]

This can't work since it misses the destination, it should be:
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl,dy=0,x=967,y=120,z=697] X Y Z

Maybe /tp @a[r=3,name=WaterOwl] X Y Z and /tp @a[r=3,name=arrowfire] X Y Z

[@: You must specify the player you wish to preform this action on.] It says this when the last X Y Z coords are missing.

The server's only plugins as of the time I post this are: World Edit, Protocol Lib, Chat Control, World Guard, and Chop Tree3

You have an extra bracket ] in your second command. This will make it an incorrect player format and cause the problem you're having. Other than that I cannot see other mistakes.


Edit: The command feedback you stated with the quotes is not vanila. You are most likely using a plugin alias that doesn't recognize target selectors. Try using the vanila alias /minecraft:tp in place of /tp

You can add 'dy=0' and coordiantes to the parameter:
/tp @a[name=WaterOwl13,dy=0,x=X,y=Y,z=Z]
/tp @a[name=friendsName,dy=0,x=X,y=Y,z=Z]]
This will only teleport you, when you or your friend are on top the pressureplate.
(x/y/z) are the coordiantes and 'dy=0' will make sure you only get teleported, when you are on those coordiantes.

Without knowing too much of your situation I can't give you an optimal solution but perhaps something like this. Please follow along below:

Player (P) anyone basically: This is easy. Just add a pressure plate.
Player A: We'll need to specify this in some way. Either using the 'name', scoreboard or 'tag' parameters as examples. Will get into this soon.
Player B: Following the same principle as the above.
Player O: The command we issue will simply ignore all other players than those specified so no extra stuff needed there.

Okay so (P) and (O) are not neccessary to think about right now because (P) is already possible and (O) won't trigger, which is what you want.

The following would only teleport you (replace 'YOU' with your name)

/tp @p[name=YOU] xyz

Following this you can add a seperate one for your friend:

/tp @p[name=FRIEND] xyz

Alternatively you can add both of your names to a tag. Think of the tag as a folder. Which means that when you testfor a tag you testfor everything included in the tag.

/scoreboard players tag @p[name=YOU] add Selected
/scoreboard players tag @p[name=FRIEND] add Selected

If you run the two above commands you can simply select both you and your friend at the same time with the tag 'Selected'. For example:
/say @a[tag=Selected]
This will say all players' within the 'Selected' tag (folder if you will) names. If you don't use this method you'd need to use seperate command blocks per player due to the fact that you can't test multiple names in one command.

I'm very, very bad at explaining things, I think it's because I have a different kind of thought proccess so what I say might not make sense. If you still need help please let me know what you don't understand and/or the things I misunderstood.

I didn't explain it very well, let me try again.

If a player (P) steps on the pressure plate then the command block will test to see if it's player A (me), player B (my friend) or player O (any other player). If it's player A or B it will teleport that player to the specified coordinates, if it's any player O it does nothing.

Does that make more sense?

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WaterOwl13Even better would be if it could test for 2 players and if its one of them then to tp them, but this may be really hard/impossible so I'm willing to set up 2 things, one for each player

So you mean to pick up one random player from those 2 players?

In that case: First, test for 2players
/scoreboard players tag @a[c=2] add Selected
Now teleport one random player:
/tp @r[c=1,tag=Selected] X Y Z
Finally, remove the tag for all players:
/scoreboard players tag @a remove Selected

First testfor players in a radius of lets say, 5 blocks... So
/testfor @a[r=5] ~ ~ ~

then have a comparator be activated from the testfor command block triggering another command block that contains the teleport command. You make the teleport command teleport a random player to the desired location. so like this:

/tp @r[r=5] (your coords here)

off of the teleport command block have a repeater going off of it to another command block that contains another teleport command. to teleport the other player to the other desired location.

/tp @r[r=5] (your coords here)

So this would be your setup:

/testfor @a[r=5] ~ ~ ~ -> (comparator) -> /tp @r[r=5] (desired coords) -> (repeater) -> /tp @r[r=5] (desired coords)

If you only wanted to teleport one of the players then take away the second teleport command.