Installation

1. Install DzusillCore

dNicks depends on DzusillCore 1.1.0+. Put DzusillCore-x.y.z.jar in plugins/ first.

2. Drop in dNicks

Place dNicks-x.y.z.jar into plugins/ and restart. On first start it creates:

plugins/dNicks/
├── config.yml        # surfaces, nick rules, formats, nametag, integrations
├── messages.yml      # generated from the language file (do not edit directly)
├── lang/en-US.yml    # every player-facing string
└── players/          # one <uuid>.yml per player with a nick

3. (Optional) install integrations

• PlaceholderAPI — drop the jar in plugins/; dNicks auto-registers %dnicks_name% and friends.
• EssentialsX / TAB — already on your server? See Integrations for the one or two settings that make dNicks the single source of truth.

4. Grant color permissions

Plain nicks work for everyone out of the box (dnicks.nick.self is on by default). Colors and gradients are gated so you can sell them as a perk. To let a rank use them:

/lp group vip permission set dnicks.gradient true
/lp group vip permission set dnicks.color.* true
/lp group vip permission set dnicks.color.hex true
/lp group vip permission set dnicks.format true

See Commands & Permissions.

5. Verify

/nick <gradient:#ff5fa2:#a18fff>YourName</gradient>

The gradient should appear in chat, in the tab list and on the floating nametag above your head. Edit config.yml / lang/en-US.yml, then apply with:

/dnicks reload

Next: the Quick Start.