PlayerTrackerPlus

Replace the boring locator-bar dots with each player's skin face.
Built for Minecraft Fabric. Pixel-perfect overlay, friends list, in-game UI.

✨ What it does

Minecraft's locator bar shows colored dots for nearby players, but you can't tell who's who at a glance. PlayerTrackerPlus replaces every dot with the actual skin face of that player, drawn pixel-perfect on top of the vanilla indicator.

🎭 Skin-face overlay on every locator-bar dot, aligned exactly with vanilla's position
👥 Friends list with a "friends only" mode — hide everyone else's face
🪟 In-game UI — button in inventory and pause menu opens a searchable player list
⌨️ Hotkey (default <kbd>F8</kbd>) instantly toggles between "all players" and "friends only"
↕️ Adjustable HUD spacing — lifts the health row a couple pixels so the faces have room to breathe
🌐 100% client-side — no server install required, works on any server

📸 Vanilla vs PlayerTrackerPlus

Before / after comparison

Left: vanilla colored dots. Right: same locator bar with PlayerTrackerPlus enabled.

🎮 How to use

Quick toggle (F8)

Press <kbd>F8</kbd> at any time to flip between show every player's face and show only my friends. A chat message confirms the change. The key is rebindable from Options → Controls → Misc.

F8 keybinding in controls menu

In-game management UI

Open your inventory or the game menu (Esc). A new button labeled PlayerTrackerPlus appears in the bottom-right corner.

PlayerTrackerPlus button in inventory

Clicking the button opens a modal with:

A mode toggle at the top (all players / friends only)
A search field to filter the player list
A scrollable list of every online player — click a row to add/remove from friends. [+] = not a friend yet, [-] = already in your list

Friends management modal

Commands

For keyboard lovers, the /playertrackerplus command does the same things:

/playertrackerplus add <name> — add a player to your friends list
/playertrackerplus remove <name> — remove a player
/playertrackerplus list — show your current friends
/playertrackerplus mode all — show face for every player
/playertrackerplus mode friends — show face only for friends

⚙️ Configuration

All settings live in .minecraft/config/playertrackerplus.json. The file is created on first launch.

{
  "mode": "ALL_PLAYERS",          // or "FRIENDS_ONLY"
  "healthRowYOffset": 2,          // pixels to lift hearts/food/armor (0-40)
  "friends": [
    "vicxelcode",
    "reaperfxx"
  ]
}

Changes apply when you re-enter the world (no full Minecraft restart needed). Editing the JSON by hand is safe; the UI just writes the same file.

📦 Supported versions

Minecraft	Loader	Fabric API	Java
1.21.6	Fabric ≥ 0.16.10	≥ 0.127.0+1.21.6	21+
26.1.2	Fabric ≥ 0.19.2	≥ 0.149.1+26.1.2	25+

Download the JAR matching your Minecraft version and drop it in .minecraft/mods/. Requires Fabric Loader and Fabric API.

❓ FAQ

Does it work on servers I don't own?
Yes. The mod is 100% client-side, no server install needed. Faces show for any player visible on the locator bar.

Does it work for players whose skin hasn't loaded?
If a player's skin isn't loaded yet (rare — usually means they're not on the tab list), the vanilla colored dot stays visible as a fallback.

Will it conflict with other HUD mods?
The mod only touches the locator-bar render and the health-row position. It should coexist with most HUD mods, but report any conflicts as an issue.

Is the friends list shared across servers?
Yes — it's stored in your Minecraft client config, so the same list applies on every server you join.

🌟 In action

Multiple players visible on the locator bar

🛠️ Credits

Built by vicxelcode for the Fabric community.
Issues, suggestions and pull requests welcome on the source repository.

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