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CurseForge · Minecraft mod

Name Pain

Vanilla-friendly health-based nameplate coloring, better villager & pet name visibility, many configs. tags: nametags pets QoL lightweight client-sided clientsided tweaks tames quality of life combat cosmetics colors players disable forge fabric quilt

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Updated 1 year ago
Latest stable file namepain-1.5.0 forge-1.20.6
Game version 1.20.6
Loader Forge

Name Pain namepain-1.5.0 forge-1.20.6 targets 1.20.6 with Forge. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the client. The project page does not say whether it belongs on the dedicated server. All 1 required mods have matching files.

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What else does Name Pain namepain-1.5.0 forge-1.20.6 need?

namepain-1.5.0 forge-1.20.6. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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About this project

What does Name Pain add?

Name Pain

Recolor the nameplates of players & mobs for combat or cosmetic purposes. Color and opacity are configurable. Now you can see how your friends are doing and keep a better eye on your villagers and pets without extra visual clutter like scoreboards. All features are optional.

See the names of your tamed pets without looking directly at them,
and see the names of nearby mobs once they've been hit:
Tames Always Named + Injured Always Named

Villager names can be seen from all angles too, pairing nicely
with Village Names and Villager Names (Forge/Fabric):
Villagers Always Named

1.4.0 Configuration overview (requires Cloth Config and, for Fabric: Mod Menu):
Configs

If you just want to change nameplate coloring without health-based change, set all Min Health RGBA values equal to their corresponding Max Health RGBA values. If you want to hide nameplates from your screen, set each Alpha all the way down to 0.

Check your server's rules, if any, before using this mod in multiplayer. For example, Hypixel's rules are against player health indicators.

Download Notes:
Only clients need this mod. Servers will ignore it.
Fabric Fabric available for MC 1.14.x - 1.21.8
Forge Forge available for MC 1.7.10 - 1.12.x, 1.14.x - 1.20.6
NeoForge NeoForge available for MC 1.20.2 - 1.20.5
Fabric releases are marked as Beta for browser users under Recent Files.
Only Alpha downloads should be considered unfinished/untested.

Version Notes:
• MC 1.13 is no longer supported.
• MC 1.14+: overrides vanilla's Accessibility Settings > Text Background: Everywhere.
• MC Fabric 1.14+ & Forge 1.15+ support hiding item frame nameplates.
• MC 1.15+: MC-162693 is an ugly vanilla nameplate bug caused by sneaking. Please vote for priority!
• MC 1.16 & 1.16.1 are no longer supported.
• MC 1.19.4+: can no longer look up the owners of horses and similar beasts.
• MC 1.21.9+ is not supported. MC changed quite a lot under the hood where Name Pain was involved, so it seemed like a good time to retire this mod.

Fabric versions are incompatible with the Feather Client launcher.

Visit the Issues page for known issues or to add your own. Other feedback is always welcome in comments, on the forum, or by PM.

Many, many animals were harmed in the making of this mod. Check out modpacks with this mod.

Project description from CurseForge.

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