Nametags

Velocitab supports formatting the nametags of players (the text displayed above their heads). This can be used to display a player's rank, group, or other information using placeholders. Please note some limitations apply.

Note:

This feature requires sending Update Teams packets. send_scoreboard_packets must be enabled in the config.yml file for this to work. More details...

Customizing nametags

You can configure nametags per-group using the nametag field in tab_groups.yml. Each group must have a nametag format associated with it, which will be applied to all players on servers in that group. Nametags are comprised of a prefix and suffix; the player's username will be displayed in-between.

nametag:
  prefix: '&f%prefix%'
  suffix: '&f%suffix%'

Only players on servers which are part of groups that specify nametag formats will have their nametag formatted. To disable nametag formatting, remove all groups from the nametags section of the config file (leaving it empty).

Disabling nametags

If you don't want Velocitab to format player nametags, set prefix and suffix to an empty string in each tab group (e.g., prefix: ''). You should also set remove_nametags to true in the config.yml file.

remove_nametags: true

Named pets

A feature of the game since Minecraft 1.9 is that pets given a nametag inherit their owner's team prefix/suffix/color. This is an intentional game feature, and not a bug. Since Velocitab uses team prefixes/colors for name tag formatting, pets will have their name formatted using their owner's prefix/suffix. A side effect of this, however, is that setting remove_nametags to true hides nametags on pets.

You can install the PetNameFix plugin if you don't like this bit of Vanilla behaviour.

Formatting limitations

Nametags must adhere to the following restrictions:

• Nametag prefixes and suffixes can contain full RGB formatting, but the color used in the player's name between the two (effectively, their "Scoreboard Team" color) is limited to the set of legacy color codes.
  • Velocitab determines which color to use here based on the last color format used in the configured prefix (displayed before their name), downsampled from RGB if necessary.
  • To control this, simply set the prefix format to end with a valid team color you want to use (e.g. &4 for dark_red in Minedown formatting).
• Nametags cannot contain newlines (must be on a single line).

Bypassing formatting restrictions

UnlimitedNameTags is a spigot plugin that lets you create nametags with unlimited length and lines. You can use rgb colors and gradients in usernames. In order to use this plugin you need to disable the nametag feature in Velocitab by setting remove_nametags to true in the config.yml file and put an empty nametag (empty prefix & suffix) in the tab_groups.yml file. You can find the plugin on BuiltByBit and on SpigotMC.