chat() didn't work

[XingYuan55]

When I use the bot.chat("123") function and pass in arguments, it reports an error saying: bot._client.chat() is not a function. But when I don't pass in any arguments, it asks for them again. I don't know what's going on, but it's been bugging me for a long time. How can I get chat to work I'm having problems doing this in python as well as this. Error message:

d:\py_proj\test\node_modules\mineflayer\lib\plugins\chat.js:177
        bot._client.chat(smallMsg)
                    ^

TypeError: bot._client.chat is not a function
    at d:\py_proj\test\node_modules\mineflayer\lib\plugins\chat.js:177:21
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at chatWithHeader (d:\py_proj\test\node_modules\mineflayer\lib\plugins\chat.js:171:25)      
    at EventEmitter.bot.chat (d:\py_proj\test\node_modules\mineflayer\lib\plugins\chat.js:207:5)
    at Object.<anonymous> (d:\py_proj\test\b.js:12:5)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1165:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1219:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1043:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:878:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)  

Source code: (I made a simple test program because it's my first time using it)

const mineflayers = require("mineflayer")

const bot = mineflayers.createBot({
    "host": '***', 
    "username": '**', 
    "port": ****,               
    "version": "1.16.5",  
})
bot.chat("a")

Also, may I ask, does mineflayer support offline login for bots?

[frej4189]

Update your node-minecraft-protocol

[XingYuan55]

Update your node-minecraft-protocol

How can I update it?

[amoraschi]

How can I update it?

npm update node-minecraft-protocol

Also, wait for the bot to spawn with the "spawn" event

[extremeheat]

Update dependencies with

npm update --depth 9999

This will update all the sub dependencies and make sure everything is in sync, as this is how it will appear in fresh install / our CI.

[XingYuan55]

Ok, I'll try it, and continue to follow the post if necessary

[XingYuan55]

Update dependencies with

npm update --depth 9999

This will update all the sub dependencies and make sure everything is in sync, as this is how it will appear in fresh install / our CI.

Also, may I ask, does mineflayer support offline login for bots?

[XingYuan55]

But, annoyingly, after I update it, it still reports this error

[extremeheat]

You did not update it correctly then. Try the command above again or install to a new folder

[XingYuan55]

您当时没有正确更新它。再次尝试上述命令或安装到新文件夹

Let me try

[XingYuan55]

Oh no! After I moved to the new folder and re-executed the install command with the update command, I ran the code and it still reported the same error. I don't know if it's a problem with Node.js or my computer 😟

[extremeheat]

Likely you installed mineflayer globally, or there is another node_module folder taking precedence. You can try on a different machine or use an environment like Gitpod.

[XingYuan55]

可能是您全局安装了 mineflayer，或者有另一个优先node_module文件夹。您可以在其他计算机上尝试或使用 Gitpod 等环境。

Yes, you are right. I had installed mineflayer globally. so, I uninstall the global one and it will work? Let me try it.

[XingYuan55]

I don't have any other node_modules folder, and I uninstalled the global installation of mineflayer, but the error is still there.

[Zn10plays]

1. As previously stated the reason you are unable to use .chat() is because you have to wait for the bot to spawn before firing the event. example listed bellow.

bot.once('spawn', () => { bot.chat("Hello!") })

2. If this issue is complete, please close it.

[XingYuan55]

哦！谢谢你！成功了！！！！ OH!! Thank You!!!! It's OK!