**MessagesOnHead** is a **Paper (1.19.4+)** plugin that shows messages above players' heads for a little time when they send messages to the chat.\ The plugin's functionality is based on the [Text Display](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Display#Text_Displays) entity. **[IMPORTANT]** The plugin **might not work correctly** in Minecraft versions **1.20.2 to 1.21.5**. You may notice unusually large gaps between messages. Unfortunately, this issue cannot be fixed because of version-specific changes in these Minecraft versions. If you have any issues/bugs, you may leave them [here](https://github.com/MrQuackDuck/MessagesOnHead/issues). ### 👀 Preview

### 🌠 Key features - **Limit per line**: you can configure the symbols limit for each line in the `symbolsPerLine` field. - **Max symbols limit**: you can configure the max amount of symbols per message in the `symbolsLimit` field (_'...' will be appended if the limit is reached_). - **Timer**: you can enable/disable the timer at the end of the message that shows how much time is left until the message is gone. - **Time scaling**: you can make longer messages exist for more time. - **Colors and style**: you can choose the color of the text, its background, whether the text is shadowed and the color for the timer. - **Rotation**: you may configure how a text display will rotate in the `pivotAxis` field. - **Visibility**: you may hide messages from their sender via the `visibleToSender` field as well as choose whose messages will be shown globally using the `messagesonhead.show` permission. - **Adjustable gaps**: you may configure gaps between messages and above player's head in `gapBetweenMessages` and `gapAboveHead` fields. - **PlaceholderAPI support**: you can configure a placeholder that will color your text displays. ### 🔞 Permissions - `messagesonhead.show` _(**true** by default)_ — Whether messages will appear above player's head. - `messagesonhead.admin` _(for **operators** by default)_ — Allows to use the `/moh` command. ### 💻 Commands - `/moh info` — shows commands info. - `/moh reload` — reloads the config and makes a cleanup by removing all entities related to the plugin. - `/moh say ` — says a message on behalf of the player. Aliases: `/messagesonhead`. ### 📄 Default config ```yaml symbolsPerLine: 30 # If the limit is reached, the three dots will be added at the end. -1 means there's no limit symbolsLimit: -1 # Initial amount of seconds for the message to exist timeToExist: 2 # Whether a message will be visible to its sender visibleToSender: true # Whether a longer message will exist for more time scalingEnabled: true # Scaling coefficient per symbol in seconds. For example, a message with 50 symbols # will exist for extra 5 seconds if the coefficient is set to 0.1 (because 0.1 * 50 = 5) scalingCoefficient: 0.05 # Distances between messages / above player's head gapBetweenMessages: 0.3 gapAboveHead: 0.4 textColor: "#FFFFFF" timerEnabled: true # Minimum message length threshold for the timer to be displayed minSymbolsForTimer: 0 timerFormat: " (%.1f)" timerColor: "#F4CA16" backgroundEnabled: true backgroundColor: "#000000" # Range: [0, 100] backgroundTransparencyPercentage: 100 # Whether a text will have a shadow isShadowed: true # How a text display can pivot: # VERTICAL - Can pivot around vertical axis # HORIZONTAL - Can pivot around horizontal axis # CENTER - Can pivot around center point # FIXED - No rotation pivotAxis: "VERTICAL" # You may enable this if you use a plugin for per-player chat color customization (e.g., EZColors, ChatColor etc.) placeholderApiIntegration: false # Name of a placeholder that will be put before each text line colorPlaceholder: "%ezcolors_color%" # Format for text lines if `placeholderApiIntegration` is true lineFormat: "&[defaultColor]&[colorPlaceholder][message]" messages: "prefix": "&#F4CA16[MessagesOnHead]" "info-content": " &#D9E6EDCommands list: \n &f/moh reload - &#D9E6EDReloads the config and makes a cleanup by removing all entities related to the plugin. \n &f/moh say - &#D9E6EDSay a message on behalf of the player." "reloaded": " &#D9E6EDReloaded!" "player-not-found": " Player not found." "command-not-found": " &cCommand not found." "error-during-reload": " &cAn error occurred during reload! Check console for details." ``` ### 🚀 Installation guide **[IMPORTANT]** Before getting started, make sure that the plugin's version is **compatible** with your server version. 1. Download the latest version of the plugin from the Releases tab. 1. Put the downloaded `.jar` into the `/plugins` folder of your server. 1. Restart your server or enter the `/reload` command.

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MessagesOnHead

Release 1.6

MrQuackDuck released MessagesOnHead version 1.6 on Yesterday 10:22 PM

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