Overscroll
Summary
Overscroll is a lightweight but unique plugin designed to bring an RPG-esque element to vanilla Minecraft. With this plugin, each player will receive a scroll above their head. The scroll (which looks like an extra nametag) will display the player's chat messages across it. Each message will move across the scroll at a predefined speed until it reaches the end.
Overscroll supports two hologram APIs:
- For MC 1.8+ ... Holographic Displays v2.1.2
- For MC 1.7 ... HoloAPI v1.2.3
By default, Overscroll will hook on to Holographic Displays if it is found in the plugin directory. If not, it will look for HoloAPI. If neither are found, then the plugin will not work!
Commands
None!
Permissions
All permissions are true by default and apply to all players
overscroll.scroll | Creates a scroll for the player upon login (critical) |
overscroll.chat | Displays the player's chat messages on their scroll |
Configuration
Click here to see the default elements of the configuration. Each option is annotated with a description.
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Note
Credit: The original credit for the idea goes to mbaxter and hawkfalcon as they are the original creators of Scroll, the plugin of which this was based off of. Overscroll is simply a continuation and 'beautifies' their plugin by using holograms rather than player names.
Metrics: This plugin utilises Hidendra's plugin metrics system, which means that the following information is collected and sent to mcstats.org:
- A unique identifier
- The server's version of Java
- Whether the server is in offline or online mode
- The plugin's version
- The server's version
- The OS version/name and architecture
- The core count for the CPU
- The number of players online
- The Metrics version
Opting out of this service can be done by editing plugins/Plugin Metrics/config.yml and changing opt-out to true or by setting "metrics" in the plugin config to false.
You planning to update to Spigot 1.8.7?
@nullschritt
Hi nullschritt. What Bukkit/Spigot build are using, and are you using this with HoloAPI or HolographicDisplays? For me, it seems to work perfectly fine with the latest HolographicDisplays and the Spigot 1.8 build.
Okay, so, I can see the holographic bar where the text should scroll across, but no text moves across it, even with all proper permissions.
I am not going to make this dependent on HolographicDisplays, because I honestly don't like their protocol. Sure, it's vastly more popular, but I tried it and didn't really like it. The plugin simply isn't as immersive as HoloAPI is.
With that being said, this will not work with the 1.7.10 protocol hack because HoloAPI hasn't officially updated to support it. Their recent builds are still very buggy, but in due time, I hope this will be resolved.
@samus1221
Thanks! v1.0.1 will be out shortly after I iron out some kinks.
EDIT: v1.0.1 is awaiting approval from the Bukkit team!
Nice job :)