FAQ

General

The following questions are valid for both FancyNpcs and FancyHolograms.

How to use colors?

• All fancy plugins do primary support MiniMessages

• Official documentation: https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/format.html

• Web-Viewer: https://webui.advntr.dev/

Is ViaVersion / ViaBackwards supported?

• No ViaVersion and ViaBackwards are not supported

• FancyPlugins only supports the scenario, where the player client version is the server version

• Additionally, display entities and other features don't even exist on older Minecraft versions

• (generally ViaVersion / ViaBackwards should work, try to always use the latest version)

Is bedrock edition / geyser supported?

• No, only Minecraft Java edition is supported

• The plugin may not work properly with Geyser as it is not officially supported

• Additionally, display entities and other features don't even exist on Bedrock Edition

Is Spigot supported?

• No only Paper and Folia (a fork of Paper) is supported

• Paper has generally a better performance and gives us developers a better experience developing plugins

I get a "UnsupportedClassVersionError" exception when starting the server

• All fancy plugins require Java 21 or newer

• Make sure your server is running Java 21 or newer

The plugin is not loading

• Make sure to use the latest version of the plugin

• Make sure to use the latest build of Paper / Folia

• Make sure the Minecraft version is supported by the plugin

Are there converters to convert npcs / holograms from other popular plugins?

• Converters are currently not available for fancy plugins.

• You will need to manually convert your data

FancyNpcs

Official download pages and docs:

• Documentation: https://fancyplugins.de/docs/fancynpcs.html

• GitHub: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyNpcs

• Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/plugin/fancynpcs

• Hangar: https://hangar.papermc.io/Oliver/FancyNpcs

Can npcs have multiple lines as displayname?

• See here on how to make an NPC name have multiple lines.

Does FancyNpcs support Shopkeepers?

• There is no official integration or addon for Shopkeepers

• But you can use the "/shopkeeper remote" as console_command actions

• Example /npc action MY_NPC any_click add console_command shopkeeper remote SHOPKEEPER_ID {player}

• SHOPKEEPER_ID: the display name of the shopkeeper

FancyHolograms

Official download pages and docs:

• Documentation: https://fancyplugins.de/docs/fancyholograms.html

• GitHub: https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyHolograms

• Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/plugin/fancyholograms

• Hangar: https://hangar.papermc.io/Oliver/FancyHolograms

How to modify each line in a hologram?

• Per-line settings (such as scale or background) are not supported in FancyHolograms due to a limitation with display entities

• A separate hologram will need to be created for each line

How to add a blank line?

• To add a blank line in a hologram, use <r> on a new line.

How to make holograms clickable?

• Holograms currently aren't clickable themselves, but here's a workaround

How to make the hologram not to rotate?

• To make a hologram not rotate, the billboarding must be set to FIXED

• Example: /holo edit <hologram> billboard FIXED

• Once complete, you must set the hologram's rotation with the rotate and rotatepitch commands

How to edit the holograms via the data file?

1. Run /fancyholograms save

2. Back up the holograms.yml file in case something goes wrong

3. Edit your holograms.yml file as desired

4. Run /fancyholograms reload after saving the file