{"id":68340,"date":"2026-06-04T00:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fake-players\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:36:12","slug":"fake-players","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fake-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># Fake Players Mod<\/p>\n<p>## A Forge\/Fabric mod aimed at adding fake players to the game.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"curseforge\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/@intergrav\/devins-badges@3\/assets\/cozy\/available\/curseforge_vector.svg\"> <!-- SVG version --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"modrinth\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/@intergrav\/devins-badges@3\/assets\/cozy\/available\/modrinth_vector.svg\"> <!-- SVG version --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"fabric\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/@intergrav\/devins-badges@3\/assets\/cozy\/supported\/fabric_vector.svg\"> <!-- SVG version --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"forge\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/@intergrav\/devins-badges@3\/assets\/cozy\/supported\/forge_vector.svg\"> <!-- SVG version --><\/p>\n<p>## Features<br \/>\n### Fake Player Mob<br \/>\nThese mobs look exactly like regular players.<\/p>\n<p>#### What can they do?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Send chat messages<br \/>\n&#8211; Change skin<br \/>\n&#8211; Wander around<br \/>\n&#8211; Attack when hurt<br \/>\n&#8211; Change username from name tag<br \/>\n&#8211; Wear armour<br \/>\n&#8211; Hold items<br \/>\n&#8211; Utilise inventory space<\/p>\n<p>And much more!<\/p>\n<p>#### Interactions<\/p>\n<p>*An interaction is when the player right clicks the mob with an item*<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Chest**: Open the management GUI (see below)<br \/>\n&#8211; **Shift + Right-click** *(any item)*: Also opens the management GUI<br \/>\n&#8211; **Observer**: Toggle the fake player&#8217;s AI<br \/>\n&#8211; **Name Tag**: Change the fake player&#8217;s name + skin<br \/>\n&#8211; **Stairs**: Make the fake player sit<br \/>\n&#8211; **Beds**: Make the fake player sleep<br \/>\n&#8211; **Slabs**: Toggle slim skin<br \/>\n&#8211; **Eye of Ender**: Toggle name tag visibility<br \/>\n&#8211; **Paper**: Send a chat message<\/p>\n<p>#### Management GUI<\/p>\n<p>Right-click a fake player with a chest, or shift + right-click them with anything, to open a full management screen.<\/p>\n<p>**Inventory** *(left and bottom)*<\/p>\n<p>The screen mirrors the vanilla player layout:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 4 armor slots top-left (helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots) \u2014 accept matching armor only<br \/>\n&#8211; 1 offhand slot at the vanilla offhand position<br \/>\n&#8211; 27-slot main storage (3 rows of 9)<br \/>\n&#8211; 9 hotbar slots \u2014 the **first** hotbar slot is bound to the fake player&#8217;s main-hand item; the other 8 are extra storage<br \/>\n&#8211; The player&#8217;s own inventory sits below for shift-click transfers<\/p>\n<p>The 27 storage slots and 8 extra hotbar slots are saved on the entity and **drop when it&#8217;s killed**. Armor and held items follow vanilla equipment-drop rules.<\/p>\n<p>**Controls** *(top-right panel)*<\/p>\n<p>| Control | Effect |<br \/>\n|&#8212;|&#8212;|<br \/>\n| Name edit box | Live-updates the fake player&#8217;s display name. Skin is **not** touched until you press Apply Skin. |<br \/>\n| Apply Skin | Re-fetches and applies the skin matching whatever is currently typed. |<br \/>\n| Skin Selector | Opens the trending-skins gallery, where you can also upload a local PNG. |<br \/>\n| Pose | Cycles the fake player&#8217;s pose: standing \u2192 sitting \u2192 laying. |<br \/>\n| AI \/ SL \/ TG toggles | Three small toggle buttons. Green = on, red = off. |<br \/>\n| \u21b3 AI | When off, the fake player stops moving, looking around, and attacking. |<br \/>\n| \u21b3 SL (Slim) | Switches between the slim (Alex) and classic (Steve) model. |<br \/>\n| \u21b3 TG (Tag) | Toggles whether the floating name tag is visible above the entity. |<\/p>\n<p>Hold **Shift** while hovering any control to see a longer description in the tooltip.<\/p>\n<p>#### How do I get one?<br \/>\nYou need to craft a &#8220;`Robot Shell&#8220;` and a &#8220;`Robot AI&#8220;` and combine them in a crafting table<\/p>\n<p>Recipes are on the gallery<\/p>\n<p>### Skin Grabbing!<br \/>\nThis mod is able to get the skin of a player.<br \/>\nThis means that the fake player will always have the correct and matching skin to its given username.<\/p>\n<p>To do this you name the fake player with the username of the player.<\/p>\n<p>Image of this in gallery!<\/p>\n<p>### Skin from URL<\/p>\n<p>You can also set the skin of a fake player to a skin from a URL.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, you run the command &#8220;`\/players url <entity> <url>&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>### Trending Skins<\/p>\n<p>The mod provides a list of trending skins that you can use for your fake players.<\/p>\n<p>Open the management GUI (chest or shift + right-click) and press the **Skin Selector** button to browse them.<\/p>\n<p>### Upload a Local Skin<\/p>\n<p>You can apply a PNG straight from your computer to the targeted fake player.<\/p>\n<p>Open the **Skin Selector** and press **UPLOAD**. A native file picker opens; pick a 64&#215;64 or 64&#215;32 skin PNG up to 32 KB. The skin is sent to the server, persisted under `.\/fakeplayer\/local-skins\/`, and streamed to other clients on demand. By default this is op-only; set `allowLocalSkinUploadOpOnly` to `false` in `config\/players.json` to let everyone upload.<\/p>\n<p>### Slim Skin Support!<br \/>\nThis mod supports both slim skins and regular skins.<\/p>\n<p># Thanks<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jeryn &#8211; for his API and Skin Downloading code.<\/p>\n<p># Why am I crashing on dedicated forge servers?<\/p>\n<p>This is a known issue and is being worked on.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s because forge *( nightmare modloader of doom and despair )* by default tries to load client-only code in server.<\/p>\n<p>Try setting advertiseDedicatedServerToLan to false in your server config.<\/p>\n<p># Handy Dandy Links<br \/>\n### Showcase<br \/>\n### Curseforge<br \/>\n### Modrinth<br \/>\n### Discord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adds fake player entities with auto-updating skins and item functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":68341,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"fake-players","_minecraft_project_id":"1RSY6DQH","_minecraft_author":"duzos","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":53475,"_minecraft_follows":139,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"fake-players.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":15892645,"_minecraft_version_count":87,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T07:45:28.413678Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-03-11T20:28:03.300185Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-08T15:59:37.251174Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/fake-players","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":68341,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-03T21:36:12+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"ef0dfb25f6bcce0ef9e208906ca0d396","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[43,156,97,104,137,158],"mod_loader":[99,106,160],"minecraft_version":[56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,101,37,41,38,78,81],"class_list":["post-68340","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-cursed","mod_category-decoration","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-neoforge","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-forge","mod_loader-neoforge","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-8"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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