DropHeads

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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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PirateLemon
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Posted May 31, 2019
Very 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, 2019
In 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 Jun 5, 2019
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[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, 2019
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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, 2019
In 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 May 7, 2019
Hello,

Great plugin, but would it be possible to have a setting for how much armour each head gives you? Like a normal piece of armour iron has +3 and diamond +5. Would be great if I could set a Zombie head to have +1 armour, or a Dragon head to have +10, etc.

Thanks.

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Posted May 7, 2019
In reply to V1ceC1ty85363:

Yeah that sounds possible.

Since most people (probably) aren't interested in that feature, I don't think it should be a built into the plugin, but I'd be happy to make an add-on for that feature (along with a config for how many armor points each type of head gives).

just PM me or reply to this post

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Posted Apr 12, 2019
there is no dropheads folder on plugin directory, after server restart the file.jar have 0 bytes

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Posted Apr 15, 2019
In reply to comonier85084:

Hmm there's very strange. I've been testing to try recreate this, but it seems to be

working for me. I've gone ahead and added the next update, maybe that'll fix it for you :)

If not, message me and I can try and help you fix it asap (I'm online most days)

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Posted Jan 30, 2019
kinda wish the head codes file was in the config folder

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Posted Feb 1, 2019
In reply to CaszGamerMD95666:

You know, that's a fair point.

I've gone ahead and moved hidden config files (texture codes & spawn-cause modifiers) to the main config folder so they can be easily accessed. I've uploaded the updated version and it should be ready to go!

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Posted Dec 16, 2018
For example if My head was a sheep and someone killed me would they get a sheep head?

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Posted Dec 17, 2018
In reply to twitchuserpoop:

Not exactly -- if your head looks like a sheep head, they would get a head with your name that looks like a sheep head.

There's an option in the config that lets you choose whether head textures should update after a player changes their skin or not; so in theory, players could use this to keep changing their skin to get "fake" heads for all the different mobs.

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Posted Nov 28, 2018
Just wanted to say, you've really got something here. I just got this set up on my sister's clan's server, and this is probably the Bukkit plugin that is the easiest to use and, I believe, adds the most amount of whimsy per server resources. ;)

I did bump up the shears multiplier to 50. It made too much sense to not do it.

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Posted Nov 30, 2018
In reply to AssistingJarl:

Thank you so much for the positive feedback!

I'm glad to hear there are people enjoying this plugin, and feel free to reach out w if you have any questions setting it up, see something that could be improved, or find anything that needs fixing!

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Posted Nov 25, 2018
does this work for 1.13.2? doesnt appear to be dropping heads at all

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Posted Nov 26, 2018
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@missycheshire666 hmm I think I found an issue with the posted 1.13 builds.. sorry about that and thanks for giving me a heads up!

I've uploaded version 3.2.4, which should be compatible with 1.13+, but sadly won't work for 1.12 and below.

I haven't fully tested it, but everything seems to be working well.

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Posted Aug 10, 2018
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hey and thanks for an awesome mod. I have raised chance on wither skeleton to 10 and im sure im using the right item. but still no head is dropping. can it be cause i have enchanted sword ?

it is a 1.13 craftbukkit server.

and we killed aprox 200 withers without a single head.

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Posted Aug 10, 2018
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@MezcalBomb

Hmm that doesn't sounds right at all, I'm going to jump over to a 1.13 craftbukkit test server and see what's up.

UPDATE:

It seems to work for me. When you say 10 do you mean 0.10 or actually 10? Because the scale goes from 0 to 1 (so 1 is 100% and anything above that is, well undefined)

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Posted Aug 12, 2018
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i tried on 1, and i also tried to update the modifier on diamondsword to 3. still didnt work. after that i raised to 10.

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