Users could create a suggestion with images, and I'm sure jamie can figure out how to make a script to easily import them. It doesn't have to be a big work load, and the amount of heads people could use would be small at the beginning, but it could expand to be a sizeable database in time. And once they're in there it won't need any changing.

Hell, if you really want to go full-efficient mode. You could write a webpage where people can submit images to be reviewed and added by admins with a click of a button. With some basic features to detect if an image already exists or not. The workload would be reduced to "is it inappropriate? If yes, deny. if not, accept." (This is a heavily simplified example, I'm sure there would be 1 or 2 more steps to it, but you get the idea.)

 

1. Create a small plugin that can give heads with custom textures (i.e., NBT data) to players.
2. Create new kits with custom textured heads, then sell them like star tools at /warp starshop (via [kit] signs).
3. I wasn't sure whether it would work, but considering the fact that a lot of things are already being done with this method... it should work pretty well.

 

Sounds reasonable enough, probably no need to "go full-efficient mode" :)

So if I understand correctly we're still talking "custom textured heads" where "custom" means "customizable by staff" and not "customizable by users", am I right?

 

Yes. One can mean the other, though. Staff can add user suggestions, as kuke said.

 

Ok so basically we would have a head catalog on the forum (or somewhere at spawn) where you can see the shortcut names of all available heads, and users would just type /head <headname> and, upon being charged some ECD amount, receive that head in their inventory? Or would that only work with kit signs?
If it can be done via command, I have another question/proposal: could one replace a head? I mean, let's say I have the "camera" head and I don't need it anymore, I want to replace it with the "apple" head: could that be done via some command like /head replace <apple> (while holding the camera head, or upon being prompted to punch a head already in place)? If I understand correctly, they would be basically the same head, just with a different embedded texture. It would be nice if it was possible to recycle them.

 

+1 Useful for decorators. I have seen this in many different servers and worlds, and custom player heads allow for a great level of detail to be attained when decorating a house!

 

The more realistic result of this is to have something like /decohead and passing in a filtered argument list. Somewhat how /buyfeature worked.

I can look into it, but I do have to deal with more important things like the stupid trade sign issues.

 

/sell hand > hamburger heads

 

Of course trade signs have much greater priority than this, but glad that you consider this doable :)

[EDIT] and /sell

 

+!

 

omg

 

omg

 

I'm all for this idea! +1