DropHeads
People were asking me to share this plugin from a private server, so I decided to make it public :)
DropHeads
Features
- Heads of any player or mob (ex: pink sheep, brown horse, angry wolf)
- Heads stack properly, and mob head textures refresh whenever dropped or mined.
- Textures are stable (not bound to a player skin)
- Fully configurable (see below)
Commands
- /gethead <name>
Configuration Options
The defaults are designed to work well for most any server, but if you want to change them, here's a sample of what you can do:
- Only drop player heads
- Only drop heads when killed by a player
- Adjust head drop rates (per mob)
- Adjust looting drop rate modifier
- Adjust drop rates when using specific tools or weapons
- Require use of specific weapon(s) to get heads (ex: gold axe)
- Adjust drop rates based on spawn conditions (eg: give mobs from spawners a lower head-drop rate)
- Change any of the head textures
- Automatic updates, bringing new textures and features (enabled by default)
- Enable charged creeper head drops (configure per mob)
- ...And more. Check out the config files over in the source repository
FAQ
Q: Can I edit the head textures (i.e., for a resource pack)?
A: Yes! Look into the head-list.txt file
Q: How do I modify mobs' head drop rates based on spawn reason?
A: Edit the spawn-cause modifiers.txt in the config folder
Q: Lag?
A: Virtually none
Q: I'm moving from a different heads plugin?
A: DropHeads is a drag-n-drop replacement for all plugins I've tested, but if you have any issues let me know!
Q: My server runs on a different version of Minecraft?
A: Sorry, DropHeads is not backwards compatible. You can download older versions of DropHeads from under the Files tab, or use a different plugin with built-in support for multiple versions such as PlayerHeads.
In the works...
- DropHeads as an API add-on to PlayerHeads, so you can get the cross-version support of PlayerHeads but the configuration features and additional textures from DropHeads!
- Tropical Fish CCP head-generator
- More config options!
Issues
- Currently, there are no good heads for the following mobs:
- Giant (just looks like zombie)
- PolarBear (exists, but texture is kind of ugly)
- Tropical Fish (3104 head varieties--need to find an automated way to generate them all)
If you find a bug or can help with the missing heads, please let me know! :-)
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Posted Sep 1, 2019I just installed DropHeads for my survival server, I havent touched anything in the config files except for changing the drop chance of naturally spawning mobs. I killed about 5 chickens (naturally spawned) and they each dropped a head. I went on to killing other mobs, and even changing the drop chance to 0.0, but mobs always seem to drop the head no matter what. I took a look at the console and it says :
[12:01:26] [DropHeads] Head dropped!
Drop chance before tool modifiers: 1.0
Drop chance after tool modifiers: 1.0
Mob killed: CHICKEN
This makes me think that the settings in the files either do not update to the console, or dont work in general.
Any help is greatly appreciated
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Posted Sep 2, 2019In reply to EliPlayz32:
Hmm, perhaps it's caused by the line of code:
killer.hasPermission("dropheads.alwaysbehead").
Also I didn't realize that debug message was still being printed, but I might as well make it more useful (and add a debug=False option to the config to toggle it and similar messages)
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Posted Aug 21, 2019For some reason, all heads from all mob types keep dropping 100% of the time, even though all the config and txt files are set to the default still-
Can't find any information, been trying to solve the issue for several days. Is there a solution to this?
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Posted Aug 22, 2019In reply to valyrii:
Sounds very unusual, does it happen for you with a clean download (no config changes)?
If not, could you send me your config?
A common issue is putting e.g. "90" instead of "0.90" when editing rates
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Posted Aug 4, 2019Is the specific tool modifier (Gold Axe increases chances x3) enabled by default or do I need to change something to get it working? Also how do I make it so a player head is dropped every time they are killed?
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Posted Aug 5, 2019In reply to CallMeHisMajesty:
It should be enabled by default.
The easiest way to make player heads drop at 100% is probably to open plugins/DropHeads/head-drop-rates.txt and change the value for players to 1.0 :)
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Posted Jul 17, 2019Hey, we've got a 1.14.3 server which we tried to install.
We have installed the plugin correctly without errors and the .jar file matches the repository.
Do we have to change the dependencies or the server type to install the plugin, since the DropHeads plugin is not working on our server?
New to plugins, any help appreciated ^^.
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Posted Jul 24, 2019In reply to WireUreadingthis:
For DropHeads to work, you will need a bukkit/spigot/paper server (or one of their derivatives), not the vanilla server .jar from mojang's website.
Put DropHeads.jar in your ./plugins/ folder, and check to see if it shows up in the logs when starting your server.
There are other tutorials roundabouts online, but you can PM me if you are still having trouble :)
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Posted Jul 17, 2019i get an error im on bukkit 1.14.3
[Server] Server thread/ERROR Error occurred while enabling DropHeads v3.2.9 (Is it up to date?)
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Posted Jul 17, 2019In reply to coolmanaman123:
Hey sorry I uploaded the wrong jar last night...
Hopefully the new jar I just uploaded works!
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Posted Jul 17, 2019In reply to evmodder:
when are you gonna upload the new jar file
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Posted Jul 18, 2019In reply to coolmanaman123:
Just uploaded; waiting for plugin jar approve process to go through...
Should be publicly visible soon.
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Posted May 31, 2019Very useful plugin, but I have a problem.
Everytime I restart/close the server, the plugin will no longer work, and I need to delete it from filezilla then add it again, any fixes for this?
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Posted Jun 2, 2019In reply to PirateLemon:
I've been testing, but haven't been able to recreate this issue. could you provide any more details? i.e., if you're using other plugins that might be affecting it?
(@readers, If anyone else also has this problem, please let me know)
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Posted Jul 13, 2019In reply to evmodder:
I've encountered this as well. It seems the plugin becomes corrupted upon reloading. (Haven't tested restart much as it's a live server).
I noticed this when the size dropped from 115 KB to 0 KB as seen here: http://prntscr.com/oepfj7
Heads also don't drop from ranged weapons such as bows or dying from an event like a fire tick. Unsure if this is intentional.
Thanks!
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Posted Jul 15, 2019In reply to Jadictions:
o.O
Thanks for the heads up; I'm working on a fix for the reload issue, and not tracking player bow shots, fire tick, etc was intentional at the time of writing the code, but in retrospect there should really be a config options for those (probably TRUE by default).
I'll upload the a new .jar later today after a bit of testing!
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Posted Jun 5, 2019In reply to evmodder:
[12:31:51 ERROR]: Could not load 'plugins\DropHeads.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:158) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:133) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_12_R1.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:296) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_12_R1.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:188) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_12_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:521) [craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_211]
Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: zip file is empty
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:146) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-9a1fc1e]
... 5 more
here you go
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Posted Jun 5, 2019In reply to AcceL_LE_RatoR:
Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: zip file is empty
Not the author but,
Your server thinks the plugin JAR is empty. (its not)
Try verifying that your download of the plugin was not corrupt (redownload it) and that the server has proper permissions to read the file.
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Posted Jun 5, 2019In reply to AcceL_LE_RatoR:
I suspect crashdemon's comment has the answer.
Make sure the plugin download is completed and that the .jar you upload to your server isn't empty. If the problem continues happening, we can dig a little deeper.
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Posted Jul 12, 2019In reply to evmodder:
I have also been having the issue where the plugin will not load after being loaded fro the first time. I noticed something that was not included in the Error message in the previous comments. It it says:
[04:18:19] [Server thread/WARN]: Plugin PlayerHeads v1.4 does not specify an api-version.
However many of my other plugins also say that, but they still load.
then is is followed by what I believe is the exact same error message:
[04:18:19] [Server thread/ERROR]: Could not load 'plugins\DropHeads.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException: org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:82) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:333) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:252) [server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_14_R1.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:347) [server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_14_R1.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:194) [server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at net.minecraft.server.v1_14_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:764) [server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_211]
Caused by: org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:168) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:80) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: zip file is empty
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_211]
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:156) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:80) ~[server.jar:git-Spigot-595711b-c699792]
... 6 more