Player#getTargetEntity returns null for 1.21.10 mannequin
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Description
Expected behavior
var result = player.getTargetEntity(100, true);
// Result is null when aiming at mannequin entity
Observed/Actual behavior
It just returns null
Steps/models to reproduce
spawn a mannequin with code (/summon seems to work)
Plugin and Datapack List
Paper version
This server is running Paper version 1.21.10-115-main@af06383 (2025-11-21T23:42:01Z) (Implementing API version 1.21.10-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
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Download the new version at: https://papermc.io/downloads/paper
Edit: the 2 version updates available did not fix the issue
Other
for some reason, the /summon seems to work but spawned with code does not show, even tho in F3 it says that there is the entity.
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Research direction
Use player.getTargetEntity(100, true) as the entry point and reproduce the issue with a mannequin summoned by command and one spawned with code on Paper 1.21.10-115-main. Done means the call returns the mannequin instead of null for the code-spawned entity.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100