How to check if there are more mobs in one area than the other?
So, let's say I have an area (defined by x, z) from 0, 0 to 5, 5 and another area from 7, 0 to 12, 5.
I now want to check if there are more chicken, sheeps, ect. in area 1 than on area 2 and tell this the player. Is there a way to achieve that?
(If this isn't possible it would be also okay to just print out the count of area 1 and area 2.)
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Use a /testfor command block for each area and each type of mob. Using comparators, you can detect the amount of mobs in the area in the form of redstone strength (upto 15). you can then use more comparators to determine which output is stronger.
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I don't think it is possible with one command but what you can do is setup one command block for each block, and each command block tests for an entity then adds it to a scoreboard. This way obviously is not practical because it used allot of command blocks but if your areas are small it's doable.
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