Super Soft Hardcore

A soft-hardcore, highly configurable Minecraft mod that gives each player a limited number of lives. Once players run out of lives, they are temporarily banned for a configurable amount of time. Players can drop life hearts to give other players back lives, creating a cooperative survival experience.

The mod also provides some minor UI reworks, lives and armor information now appear on top of nameplates and the number of lives reminaing on a player while checking the scoreboard, compatable with teams, alongside a couple of other minor scoreboard enhancements.

✨ Features

– Limited Lives System: Each player starts with a configurable number of lives
– Temporary Bans: Players are temporarily banned when they run out of lives
– Life Hearts: Players can drop life hearts to restore lives to others
– Automatic Life Regeneration: Lives can regenerate over time (configurable)
– Team-Based Mechanics: Support for team-based heart dropping
– Scoreboard Integration: Lives are displayed on the player list
– HUD Overlay: Shows remaining lives in-game
– Admin Commands: Full administrative control over player lives
– Highly Configurable: Extensive configuration options for all aspects

⚙️ Configuration

See our github for more information

🎮 Commands

See our github for more information

🎯 Gameplay Mechanics

Life System
– Players start with a configurable number of lives (default: 2)
– Each death reduces lives by 1
– When lives reach 0, the player is temporarily banned
– Lives are displayed on the player list and in-game HUD

Life Hearts
– Life hearts are special items that can restore lives
– Players drop life hearts when they die (based on heart drop mode)
– Right-click to consume a life heart and gain lives
– Life hearts can be given to other players or used on yourself

Ban System
– When a player runs out of lives, they are temporarily banned
– Ban duration is configurable
– Players can rejoin after the ban expires
– Returning players get a configurable number of lives back

Life Regeneration
– Lives can automatically regenerate over time
– Regeneration cooldown is configurable (default: 24 hours)
– Players must wait the full cooldown period between regenerations
– Players can only regenerate lives up to the regeneration ceiling (configurable)

🎭 Heart Drop Modes

The mod supports different modes for when life hearts are dropped:

PASSIVE
– Description: Drop hearts only on natural deaths (not player kills)
– Use Case: PvE-focused servers where PvP is discouraged
– Example: Dying to mobs drops hearts, but PvP deaths don’t

NEUTRAL (Default)
– Description: Drop hearts on any death
– Use Case: Balanced gameplay where all deaths matter equally
– Example: All deaths drop hearts regardless of cause

TEAM
– Description: Drop hearts on natural deaths + when killed by different team players
– Use Case: Team-based gameplay with friendly fire disabled
– Example: Natural deaths and enemy team kills drop hearts, same team kills don’t

COMPETITIVE
– Description: Drop hearts ONLY when killed by different team players
– Use Case: Competitive team-based gameplay
– Example: Only enemy team kills drop hearts, natural deaths don’t

VENGEFUL
– Description: Drop hearts ONLY when killed by another player (any player, regardless of team)
– Use Case: PvP-focused gameplay where only player kills matter
– Example: Any player kill drops hearts, natural deaths don’t (team doesn’t matter)

NEVER
– Description: Never drop hearts
– Use Case: Admin-controlled lives or special game modes
– Example: No hearts are ever dropped, lives must be managed by admins

🎨 Visual Features

Nametag Overlay
– Custom nametag display above player heads showing lives and armor
– Red heart icon followed by the number of remaining lives
– Blue droplet/diamond icon followed by armor points
– Real-time updates as lives and armor change
– Only visible to other players (not yourself)

Scoreboard Integration
– Lives are displayed next to player names in the player list
– Shows lives for all players (including dead/banned players)
– Configurable maximum number of players shown

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👥 Credits

– Neskech – Lead Developer
– AlternateFire – Co-Developer

🔗 Links

GitHub Repository (https://github.com/neskech/Soft-Hardcore)