Since my previous "useful tricks with portalgun checkpoints" tutorial went over like a lead balloon, I thought I'd try another one.
If you weren't already aware, you can customize the player head item to different player skins. This is a useful tool when you want to put a credits room into your map, make players on your server uncomfortable because you watch them constantly, disguising yourself as someone else, or making a creepy stalkeresque tribute room for your favorite players. *edit* You can also use this trick to sort of sneak custom looking blocks into your world (assuming you and/or a friend are willing to use strange head textures).
This works with vanilla minecraft, but you will need to download NBTexplorer Here.
So here is how you do it.
1) Load up your minecraft world.
2) clear your inventory (to make finding items in NBT explorer easy)
3) Give yourself several player skulls using either NEI or the creative inventory. Spread them over multiple inventory slots.
4) Load up NBTExplorer and browse to your save game directory.
5) open up your player/world data
7) Add a compound tag:
11) Save the File.
12) Load your world.
13) You skull should now be named after the person you chose.
14) Use the skull:
Image 1: NBTexplorer with colorful MS Paint circles.
Image 2: Custom slowpoke101, Vaht, LexManos, and ridgedog heads in game.
If you are more visually inclined you can check out a video that ridgedog made Here . However, NBT edit doesn't work with the current versions of minecraft so you will still have to use NBTexplorer.
If you weren't already aware, you can customize the player head item to different player skins. This is a useful tool when you want to put a credits room into your map, make players on your server uncomfortable because you watch them constantly, disguising yourself as someone else, or making a creepy stalkeresque tribute room for your favorite players. *edit* You can also use this trick to sort of sneak custom looking blocks into your world (assuming you and/or a friend are willing to use strange head textures).
This works with vanilla minecraft, but you will need to download NBTexplorer Here.
So here is how you do it.
1) Load up your minecraft world.
2) clear your inventory (to make finding items in NBT explorer easy)
3) Give yourself several player skulls using either NEI or the creative inventory. Spread them over multiple inventory slots.
4) Load up NBTExplorer and browse to your save game directory.
5) open up your player/world data
a1) If you're on SSP open up "level.dat"
a2) In NBTexplorer browse to Data\Player\Inventory
b1) If your using a server open up yourplayername.dat under "players"
b2) In NBTexplorer browse to playername\inventory
6) You should a number of items called "4 entries". Select one of them. For an example look at the blue circle in Image 1. *edit2* Umm, that entry is actually a fencepost. Pretend it says "id: 397" and "damage: 3"7) Add a compound tag:
a) Click "Add Compound Tag" (black circle in Image 1)
b) Name the tag "tag". This is case sensitive.
8) Add a string tag to your new compound tag:a) Click the new "tag" tag
b) Click "Add String Tag" (red circle in Image 1)
c) Name it "SkullOwner". This is case sensitive.
9) Add a player name to your "SkullOwner" tag:a) Double click "SkullOwner" or use "Edit Tag Value" (Green circle Image 1)
b) Type in the name of the person you want. This is case sensitive.
10) Your item should now look like the item circled in yellow in Image 1. Especially if you use slowpoke101.11) Save the File.
12) Load your world.
13) You skull should now be named after the person you chose.
14) Use the skull:
a) You can place it.
b) Wearing it will change your the inner layer of your head texture (but not the outer one).
Image 1: NBTexplorer with colorful MS Paint circles.
Image 2: Custom slowpoke101, Vaht, LexManos, and ridgedog heads in game.
If you are more visually inclined you can check out a video that ridgedog made Here . However, NBT edit doesn't work with the current versions of minecraft so you will still have to use NBTexplorer.
