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Format & Colors

Information about what formats DecentHologram offers

DecentHologram allows to display more than just text. Using a specific pattern, one can display a floating item, item as a head of a (small) armor stand or even entities.

example

Placeholders

Internal placeholders and placeholders from PlaceholderAPI can be used in text lines but also the other line types.
As an example: Instead of a player name can you use {player} to display the head of who is looking at the hologram.

Text Line

This is the default line type used by DecentHolograms. Only when the Line follows a specific pattern (Shown below) will the displayed content not be a floating text.

<text>

&aThis is a normal &f&lText Line&a!

#ICON: <item>

Displays a floating item in the Hologram.
Do keep in mind that the item will spin around, which can't be disabled by the plugin. If you want non-moving items, use the #HEAD or #SMALLHEAD Line Type.

#ICON: <item>[:<data>] [options]
  • [:<data>] only works on versions before 1.13 where <data> is the data value for the item to use. Note that the [] are not required.
  • [options] can be replaced with any of the following options (They can all be used together!):
    • (<value>) where <value> is any of the options listed in the Player Heads section of this page. The () are required!
    • {<nbt>} where <nbt> is any valid NBT data (i.e. CustomModelData:1). The {} are required!
/// Red Wool (Only works on versions before 1.13)
#ICON: WOOL:14

/// Light Blue Leather Chestplate
#ICON: LEATHER_CHESTPLATE {display:{color:3847130}}

/// Player Head of d0by (Use SKULL_ITEM on versions before 1.13)
#ICON: PLAYER_HEAD (d0by)

Displays the item/block as an armor stand's Head gear.
Items displayed this way won't rotate, but may have a visible offset to the Hologram's center.

#HEAD: <item>[:<data>] [options]
  • [:<data>] only works on versions before 1.13 where <data> is the data value for the item to use. Note that the [] are not required.
  • [options] can be replaced with any of the following options (They can all be used together!):
    • (<value>) where <value> is any of the options listed in the Player Heads section of this page. The () are required!
    • {<nbt>} where <nbt> is any valid NBT data (i.e. CustomModelData:1). The {} are required!
/// Player Head of d0by (Use SKULL_ITEM on versions before 1.13)
#HEAD: PLAYER_HEAD (d0by)

/// Grass Block
#HEAD: GRASS_BLOCK

#SMALLHEAD: <item>

Displays the item/block as a small armor stand's Head gear.
Items displayed this way won't rotate, but may have a visible offset to the Hologram's center.

#SMALLHEAD: <item>[:<data>] [options]
  • [:<data>] only works on versions before 1.13 where <data> is the data value for the item to use. Note that the [] are not required.
  • [options] can be replaced with any of the following options (They can all be used together!):
    • (<value>) where <value> is any of the options listed in the Player Heads section of this page. The () are required!
    • {<nbt>} where <nbt> is any valid NBT data (i.e. CustomModelData:1). The {} are required!
/// Player Head of d0by (Use SKULL_ITEM on versions before 1.13)
#SMALLHEAD: PLAYER_HEAD (d0by)

/// Grass Block
#SMALLHEAD: GRASS_BLOCK

#ENTITY: <entity>

Displays an entity. A list of all available entities can be found here.

Notes

  • The entity will be displayed in a sitting position, if it has one. This can't be changed.
  • Certain Entity types can not be used in the Hologram. A list can be seen here (Last updated: April 27th, 2024).
#ENTITY: <entity>

#ENTITY: PIG
#ENTITY: AXOLOTL

Additional Information

Version-specific items/entities

You can only use items and entities that actually exist for the Server's Minecraft Version. In addition can the names be different for the same item/entity, if Mojang changed them in-between versions.
As an example, the GRASS item was renamed to SHORT_GRASS in 1.20.4, meaning that on any version before it, you use GRASS while on 1.20.4 and newer you use SHORT_GRASS.

Player Head Textures

The following options can be set for the <value> in (<value>):

  • Player name (i.e. d0by).
  • Placeholder resolving to a Player name such as {player}. This will result in the player seeing their own head in the hologram.
  • A Base64-encoded Texture String. You can find those on sites such as https://minecraft-heads.com and are usually refered to as "value".
  • HEADDATABASE_<id> where <id> is a number from https://minecraft-heads.com (Requires the plugin HeadDatabase).