Player Heads
Ever PVP someone or PVE a mob and get no good loot? Feel like you deserve a trophy for your victory? Want a simpler alternative to bigger plugins that implement everything but the kitchen sink? Then PlayerHeads is right for you! You can now lop off enemies heads in battle, and mount it on a pole for all to fear, wear your opponent's face as a mask like camouflage, or just collect all of the mob heads.
Installation
Place PlayerHeads.jar in your plugins folder, on server start the configuration will be generated. Remember to remove any outdated playerheads jars when adding the new one.
If you can't be bothered to read the rest of this page, then just watch this video by Awesome_Soul:
Portuguese (Português) video: http://youtu.be/OqhI_oIGPWo
German (Deutsch) video: http://youtu.be/ijEws5yjo6Y
Try It
Server: aztecmc.org (rare drops are enabled for mob and player-heads)
Website: aztecmc.org
Documentation
Notes
- PlayerHeads is now translatable! Edit "lang.properties" to whatever phrases you desire.
- lang files will change between releases, when updating be sure to delete the old file if you haven't edited it.
- If you've given people the * permission node, they will get 100% drop rates. If you don't want this to happen, deny (or add negative) nodes for the following: playerheads.alwaysbehead and playerheads.alwaysbeheadmob
- If you want to disable head drops in a specific world, use your permission plugin to deny (or add negative) nodes for the following in that world: playerheads.canbehead and playerheads.canbeheadmob
- If you have any problem using "lang_[language]_[country]_[variant].properties" for any reason, just use the file name "lang.properties" to override messages.
- Spawn mob heads with the following names: #creeper #zombie #skeleton #wither #spider #enderman #enderdragon ... (any many more!)
Known issues
- Renamed heads (with an anvil) don't stay renamed after placing, mining, dropping them.
- If for any reason your mob heads loose their name, you can get it back by placing and mining it.
- If you use the plugin on a 1.8-1.12.2 server, you should read about some notes here as well.
- If you use the BountyHunters plugin and you have enabled head drops for bounties as well as player head drops from PlayerHeads, both will be dropped - for now, you should disable one or the other. Alternative solutions are being looked at.
Dev Builds
Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration servers. These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff. Use them at your own risk.
https://ci.meme.tips/job/PlayerHeads (upstream)/ (selected major changes only)
https://ci.meme.tips/job/PlayerHeads-5.x/ (rapid changes and work-in-progress)
Sourcecode / API documentation
We've included the entire sourcecode via github:
https://github.com/meiskam/PlayerHeads
Third-party plugin-developers can view the PlayerHeads API documentation at the following link: https://crashdemons.github.io/PlayerHeads/
Server Support
Current versions of the plugin have been tested as compatible on the following server environments:
- Spigot 1.8-1.12.2
- Spigot 1.13-1.13.2
- Spigot 1.14-1.15.1 (with v4.9.4 or higher)
- Paper 1.8-1.12.2
- Paper 1.13-1.13.2
- Paper 1.14-1.15.1 (with v4.9.4 or higher)
Server environments that are known to be incompatible:
- Glowstone 1.12 (only partial support is available)
Support should exist for any modern bukkit server with access to authlib which is needed to set textures.
Legacy version notes:
- 5.x drops support for older usernamed-based mobheads (3.x), fixing some longstanding issues with spawn commands; uses vanilla and texured heads exclusively (4.x)
- 4.x introduces new, more reliable support for head textures, more configuration options, updated mobs, and more consistent permission behavior and will continue to receive updates in the future - some older configurations may be incompatible (see the changelog and Configuration page). This version automatically upgrades 3.x heads to 4.x when breaking or dropping heads.
- 3.x maintains the original behavior of the plugin with username-based mobheads, but head skins may be less reliable over time and support has been discontinued.
Legacy version documentation: changelog, configuration, permissions.
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Posted Mar 28, 2020what is the default drop rate for both players and mobs?
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Posted Mar 25, 2020Hey! nice plugin, can you tell me how to go about making players drop their head when they get killed and to not drop mob heads but just wither?
EDIT: I am sorry i just saw mob drop rates donw below in the config, however, I am having another issue, wither skeletons seem to be dropping 100% of the time with looting 5, it even just dropped 2 heads to me, the rate for wither skeletons in my config is 0.0000000001
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Posted Mar 25, 2020In reply to lelesape12:
heads drop 100% at any chance if you are Opped or have playerheads.* or playerheads.alwaysbeheadmob permissions.
you would need to deop, and/or deny those permissions specifically (as mentioned in FAQ entry #9) using your permissions plugin or permissions.yml (if you have other permission that included them)
Changing witherskeletonbehavior to vanilla or block (or setting witherskeletondroprate to -1) will also prevent PH from creating drops entirely. The ignore setting rarely allows for duplicate drops, but this is more noticable when you have permissions to always get drops. If you choose vanilla, Minecraft itself will manage the drops at a rate of 2.5%.
PS: Choosing replace disables vanilla drops and only allows PH drops with configurable rates (although you would still need to fix your permissions to prevent 100% drops).
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Posted Mar 26, 2020In reply to crashdemons:
You are so right, thank you for helping me out and sorry if i wasted your time, love your plugin!
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Posted Mar 24, 2020This plugin is very cool, but he's not doing what I'm looking for (or I haven't found out yet, if so, my bad).
There's 2 things I'd like to be able to do right now:
1) Being able to add selectors to commands
For instance: I wanna use a command block that can give the head of a player without having to change the name of that player in the command block everytime.
It would look something like:
In this exemple, the command would give me the head of every player with a red dye in their inventory.
2) Actually placing the head of the player on the ground (as a block) instead of giving it to the player who made the kill.
For this one no need to add details, I just want the head of the player to be placed on the ground, where the player died, not as an item but as a block.
If these things are already possible with this plugin and I just missed them, please tell me!
And if anyone knows of a plugin already existing that would resolve my issues, please let me now!!
Disregarding these two things that i'm looking for, this plugin is very well made! kudos to dev team!
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Posted Mar 24, 2020In reply to FlipperWolf26:
#1 - Because of changes to Minecraft and Spigot (I think in 1.13), plugin commands no longer support selectors by default. Each plugin would need to implement all of the selectors themself to do this. There are a few plugins that add rough replacement support, but none of them are perfect.
If anyone wants to implement a dirty workaround with full selector support I can imagine being able to send / capture a vanilla tellraw command's resolved selector recipients - but there are some obvious drawbacks to the approach. There may be also an NMS method for resolving selectors, but that introduces version dependence.
Until there's a good answer for this issue, I don't see this being easy to add.
Ref: SPIGOT-4295, manual selection, NMS selection, plugin to add basic support, another plugin.
#2 - This is more feasible, but it is not a feature yet (#59) although some work needs to be done to make sure the profile information (texture, owner) of the head can be set properly on the block in all versions. there also wasn't much development on this feature because it's not requested very often... If I manage to get time I can look at how difficult this is to add, but it may be a while.
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Posted Mar 24, 2020In reply to crashdemons:
Thank you for the quick and detailed answer!
It's a real shame they went back on supporting selectors, it was really useful in some cases.
For the second topic, while I'm still searching for another solution, I'll watch your plugin closely for future updates :)
Thanks.
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Posted Mar 25, 2020In reply to FlipperWolf26:
A follow up to Crashdemon's response, for #1 that is indeed a pity (although perhaps one day a developer here on bukkit will write a plugin/library that supports selectors--My vision is something with different .jars for whichever version of mojang's selectors you want, i.e. '@p[r=5]' vs '@p[distance=..5]', or a config option to choose version, or support multiple at once, etc etc... it would be nice as an API, or even just something like "/subselector <selector> <command>", e.g., "/subselector @p[sort=furthest,gamemode=adventure] ph spawn $1")
As for #2, if you don't want to wait for PH to add something so specific, or if you care about details like how the head is placed (eg: WorldGuard areas, head rotation, block-overwriting when player/mob isn't standing in air, etc) that PH doesn't end up providing configuration for, you could try submitting a plugin request at https://bukkit.org/forums/plugin-requests.96/ (developers can hook into the PH api to get the head and then place it as a block)
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Posted Mar 26, 2020In reply to evmodder:
For #1, well, ok so now I'll just hope it'll happen someday, it would actually be really helpful for a lot of things :/
For #2, I'll look into that! Thanks for the suggestion!
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Posted Feb 28, 2020how do i add it to my server
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Posted Feb 28, 2020In reply to king_adam3085:
You need to be running a CraftBukkit, Spigot, or Paper server. then you download the JAR from the "File" page.
Copy the PlayerHeads.jar file into your server's /plugins/ folder.
Restart your server.
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Posted Feb 28, 2020In reply to crashdemons:
where do i get the craftbukkit spigot orpaper server
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Posted Feb 28, 2020In reply to king_adam3085:
You can find Paper at https://papermc.io/ (paper automatically patches into the minecraft server jar)
You can find Spigot at https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/spigot-installation/ (spigot requires building the server jar with BuildTools before use).
CraftBukkit is now maintained internal to Spigot or Paper.
(Note: the reason you can't download the full spigot or paper server directly is for legal restrictions on Minecraft code. Paper is less steps though.)
Background: 'Bukkit plugins' (as found on this website) are not supported by the vanilla minecraft server, but require modifications to the server to allow changes. The benefit of 'Bukkit' servers is they allow users with the vanilla game to connect without mods to a server that easily allows changes.
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Posted Feb 23, 2020Hello, I want to mention that with 1.16 approaching, development has begun to add the Piglin and Hoglin heads on schedule.
However, there is a concerning matter with the update: Zombie Pigmen are changing to Zombified Piglins in the update - aside from the name change, they also have a change in appearance in Minecraft.
While it's completely possible to change the name and texture of the ZombiePigman head, it would break stacking and trades that people rely on from previous versions. Another option is to make a separate head entirely for zombified piglins, but this introduces much of the same problem as well as creating heads only obtainable on older versions.
Currently, for the best compatibility with older versions and older worlds, the plan is to keep the current Zombie Pigman heads as the drop for Zombified Piglins.
Feel free to voice your feedback to these planned changes as a reply. Thank you.
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Posted Feb 13, 2020Hi, I'm Spanish, so forgive any mistake, now my problem is that when I kill a mob or loose its head, it takes another texture called customheads, I don't know what it is.
gameplay 1.15.2
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Posted Feb 13, 2020In reply to leoroll15:
Which version number of PlayerHeads do you use?
My first guess is that the problem is related to a additional plugin that you are using. Do you have a plugin that might be modifying head items or modifying dropped items?
Thank you.
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Posted Feb 1, 2020I use paperMC 1.15.2 build 85.
PlayerHeads 5.2.5
I have not changed my config at all, but since updating to 1.15.2 players keep reporting that they are getting no where near as many mob heads as they were on 1.1.4.X
Please could you advise what the cause of this would be?
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Posted Feb 1, 2020In reply to rangewonk:
I just tested using both the newest spigot 1.15.2 and with paper 85 with a set droprate on a mob and after killing a lot of them I got the expected droprate.
I can't reproduce the issue you report.
You might look into your other plugins which may change behavior with the update - anything that could modify/protect drops or death events could be a concern (enabling antideathchest may help if it is a drop modification). It may be useful also to verify user permissions are correct (playerheads.canbeheadmob) and whether the cause of mob death is unusual / plugin-related.
CraftBukkit version git-Spigot-b9baf71-e82b547 (MC: 1.15.2) (Implementing API version 1.15.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
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Paper version git-Paper-85 (MC: 1.15.2) (Implementing API version 1.15.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
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Posted Jan 17, 2020hi i have a question.
I'm using the default configuration, why is my head drop rate 100%
my version is 1.12.2
plugin version is 5.2.5
console no any error report
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Posted Jan 17, 2020In reply to 1212march:
Ops and players with the playerheads.* permission have playerheads.alwaysbehead and playerheads.alwaysbeheadmob by default regular players will not. If you must have Op and normal drops for ops, then you will need to negate those permissions (see FAQ Entry #9 ).