How to Create Holograms with DecentHolograms on your Minecraft Server

Holograms/floating text have become one of the most popular ways to mark locations, give players direction, or provide information boards on many Spigot/Bukkit Minecraft servers. Although there are a few different options to choose from when it comes to picking a plugin that provides hologram support, the most popular, and most compatible plugin is DecentHolograms.

Thanks to DecentHolograms, server owners can easily create any amount of holograms with the use of a few commands.

# Installing DecentHolograms

Before you can install the DecentHolograms plugin, make sure your server is running a server type that supports Bukkit plugins. Spigot, Bukkit, and Paper are examples of server types which support plugins.

1. Download the Decent Holograms plugin.

You can find the plugin's SpigotMC page by clicking here.

2. Access your control panel and Shut Down your server.
3. Navigate to the Files Tab
4. Open the plugins folder.
5. Upload the DecentHolograms jarfile that you downloaded in Step 1.
6. Start your server.

# Creating your First Hologram

There are plenty of variations in holograms that can be created. For this example, we make a simple text-based hologram. We highly recommend you visit the DecentHolograms wiki for more information regarding the types of holograms that you can create.

After the DecentHolograms plugin loads on the server, you will be able to use in-game commands to create holograms if you have the required permissions or are an opped player.

1. In-game, position yourself where you'd like to create the hologram, then type /dh create (name).
2. Enter "/dh line help" to see how you can edit your new hologram.
3. Enter the command "/dh line set (name) (page) (line) (text)" to override a specific line of text on your new hologram.
4. To add another line, you can type "/dh line add (name) (page) (text)".

# Configuring DecentHolograms

If you would like to change common settings like the space between text lines, you can do so in the config.yml file. For more information about configuring the Holographic Displays plugin, please refer to this wiki page.

1. Access your control panel and Shut Down your server.
2. Navigate to the Files Tab
3. Navigate to the plugins/DecentHolograms folder.
4. Click on config.yml to edit the file.
5. Configure the plugin to your preferences.
6. Click Save and Start your server.

That's it! You've learned just about all there is to learn about DecentHolograms. For further information, we recommend consulting the wiki linked above.