[MCPE-16732] /kill <playername> gives wrong message if player in creative mode or player should die in creative mode Created: 30/Aug/16  Updated: 20/Sep/22  Resolved: 20/Sep/22

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: 0.15.90.0, 0.15.90.1, 0.15.90.2, 0.15.90.7, 0.16.1, 0.16.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.5.13, 1.1.0.9, 1.0.9.1, 1.1.2.50, 1.1.3.1, 1.1.4.51, 1.2.0.2, 1.1.5.0, 1.2.0.9, 1.2.6.2, 1.2.5.52, 1.2.14.3
Fix Version/s: 1.19.30.22 Preview, 1.19.30

Type: Bug
Reporter: rplatham
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 7
Labels: /kill, command

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MCPE-17044 Command Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-17725 /kill doesn't affect creative mode pl... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-19596 /kill command Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-23204 /kill in creative mode Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-23907 Can't /kill yourself in creative Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-29113 Non-functional command Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-42798 Unable to /kill players in creative mode Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-52174 The kill command can't target creativ... Resolved
is duplicated by MCPE-91434 /kill @s command didn't work Resolved
Relates
relates to MCPE-41425 Kill Command Affects Creative Resolved
Game Mode: Creative
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Platform: Multiple
CHK:
ADO: 771731, 771738

 Description   

Tested on MCPE 0.15.90.1 (0.16.0 Beta build 1 with Aug 29 update) in single player creative.

What happens:
If the player is in creative mode, using the kill command on that player give the message "Killed <player>" but nothing happens to the player.

What I expected to happen:
Either the message should be changed to identify that creative mode players cannot be killed, or the player should die the same as survival



 Comments   
Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 26/Apr/22 ]

Reopened for review.

Comment by Owen Noe McKinley [ 25/Mar/22 ]

I've had a similar issue in 1.18.12 (I know that this report is kinda old) however, it doesn't give the death message. It says "no target matched selector". This bug is only able to be replicated in MCPE as I have tried to replicate it on the switch edition. I experimented a bit more (on pe, of course) and this also works when the person is in survival. I hope that this helps a bit more.

Comment by [Mod] tryashtar [ 04/Apr/18 ]

Does the "won't fix" resolution here mean "won't fix the issue that /kill doesn't work on creative mode players," or "won't fix the error message, because eventually /kill is going to be fixed to work on creative mode players"?

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 03/Apr/18 ]

Thank you for your report!
However, this issue has been closed as Won't Fix.

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Comment by [MCPE Helper] Dylan K. Taylor [ 19/Jan/17 ]

In PC IIRC you die when using /kill in creative. In MCPE you don't. It's quite annoying at times actually.

Comment by Zeb [ 30/Dec/16 ]

Confirmed to affect 1.0.0.

Comment by gatharian [ 08/Oct/16 ]

Does anyone know if it's a bug when you kill yourself in creative using /kill but not die and you still get the chat message "Killed [username]" ?

Comment by rplatham [ 02/Sep/16 ]

I've updated the ticket a bit. The target player's playermode must be survival for the /kill command to cause the player to die. Thus the bug is better described as the message being wrong when player is in creative mode.

Comment by M [ 30/Aug/16 ]

Can confirm, same thing happens. I'll mention that my nick is Maxaxik, I'm in a single player world and I'm not signed in to Xbox Live.

Comment by [Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay Wells) [ 30/Aug/16 ]

Just for reference, the /kill commands works with other players' names.

Comment by gatharian [ 30/Aug/16 ]

/kill however works though

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