Locator Heads

Locator Heads

Locator Heads is a client-side Minecraft mod that displays nearby players as heads on your XP bar, making it easy to track their location and direction at a glance.

Customize colors, borders, player filtering, names, and more. You can also add a compass overlay to make navigating multiplayer worlds even easier.

⚙️ Features & Configuration

General

• Enable/Disable Mod
  Toggle Locator Heads on or off.
• Render Heads
  Choose whether player heads are rendered. This can be disabled if you only want to display player names.
• Always Show XP Bar
  Keep the XP bar visible while Locator Heads is active.
• Head Size
  Change the size of the player heads displayed on the locator bar.

Player Names

Choose when player names should appear on the locator bar.

• Never (Default)
  No player names are displayed.
• Always
  Names are permanently visible above all player heads.
• Looking At
  Names appear only when you look within 30° of the player’s direction.
• Player List
  Names are displayed while the in-game player list is open.

🧭 Compass

• Show Compass
  Toggle the compass overlay on or off.
• Compass Colour
  Customize the color of the compass direction letters using the hex color picker.
• Compass Shadow
  Toggle a black outline around the compass letters for improved visibility.

Head Borders

• Enable Border
  Toggle borders around player heads.
• Border Thickness
  Choose how many pixels thick the border should be.
• Border Style
  Choose between TEAM_COLOUR and STATIC_COLOUR.
• Static Border Colour
  Choose the color used when STATIC_COLOUR is selected.

👥 Player Filtering

Choose which players appear on your locator bar:

• All Players (Default)
  Shows everyone.
• Include Only
  Displays only the players listed in your filter.
• Exclude Only
  Hides the players listed in your filter while showing everyone else.

Filter Syntax

Separate player names using commas (,), semicolons (;), colons (:), or periods (.).

Example:

Jeb_, Dinnerbone; LadyAgnes

🔗 Dependencies & Compatibility

Required

None.

Optional / Recommended

Locator Heads supports additional integrations with compatible mods.

Compatibility

Flashback
Automatically hides the locator bar and compass while viewing replays.

Gnetum
Integrates with Gnetum’s Info Bar to prevent HUD overlap.

👥 Credits

Original Head Rendering Concept & Code — MCRcortex

🔧 Update Help

• 1.21.9 — Lemonszz
• 1.21.10 — aport73

💡 Feature Requests

• Always Show XP Bar — TechPro424
• Static Border — Starrider37
• Compass — xisumavoid and Zedaph