Better Party

# Better Party **Turn Minecraft multiplayer into a true MMORPG-style party experience.** Better Party adds a complete and polished party system to Minecraft. Find other players, create public or private groups, assign roles, share experience, protect your teammates, communicate through party chat, locate party members, and keep track of your entire group with a fully customizable live HUD. Whether you are exploring, building, trading, fighting bosses, completing dungeons, or playing PvP, Better Party makes playing together easier, more organized, and more enjoyable. ## ✦ Find the Right Party Browse all currently active parties through a clean and scrollable party finder. * Search by party name or leader * Filter by available slots, category, and access type * Choose between **Public**, **Invite Only**, or **Password Protected** * Select a category: **Adventure**, **Building**, **PvP**, **Trading**, or **Other** * Give your party a unique custom name * Set a party size from **2 to 10 players** * Show or hide your party from the public list * Invite online players directly * Invite players manually by entering their name * Press **Enter** to send an invitation from the player name field Access descriptions explain how each party type works before the settings are saved. Password-protected parties only request the password when someone attempts to join. ## ✦ Powerful Party Management Better Party provides the management tools expected from a real MMORPG group system. * Three roles: **Leader**, **Officer**, and **Member** * Separate officer permissions for inviting and removing players * Promote and demote party members * Transfer leadership through a dedicated action * Confirmation screens for important actions * Join and leave notifications * Scrollable member lists for parties with up to ten players * Player portraits in invitation and member lists * Party-colored borders around member portraits * Automatic handling of long player names * Automatic leadership transfer * Automatic removal of inactive parties If the party leader remains offline or leaves the party, leadership is transferred to an eligible member. Online officers are prioritized before regular members. Long player names are automatically shortened or repositioned so that names, portraits, and the leader crown remain clearly visible. Duplicate party names are not permitted, ensuring that every party can be identified correctly. ## ✦ Reliable Party Invitations Invitations reserve an available party slot for their entire duration. * Active invitations count toward the party capacity * No more invitations can be sent than there are available slots * Players joining through the public party browser cannot occupy reserved slots * Players are marked as unavailable when every slot is occupied or reserved * Invited players receive a green checkmark next to their name * Invitation entries update when an invitation is accepted, declined, expires, or becomes invalid * Removed party members can immediately be invited again * Invitation windows close automatically when their timer expires * A short cooldown prevents repeated invitation spam after a decline * Clear messages explain when another invitation cannot yet be sent Each invitation includes a visible **30-second countdown**. ## ✦ Vanilla Team Integration Better Party can connect its parties to Minecraft’s vanilla scoreboard team system. A corresponding vanilla team is automatically managed for every Better Party. Party members are added to this team, allowing other mods and systems that recognize vanilla teams to identify Better Party groups. * Party names and visible vanilla team names remain synchronized * Renaming a Better Party also updates its vanilla team * Supported vanilla team changes are synchronized with Better Party * Party friendly fire and vanilla team friendly fire remain synchronized * Disbanding a party removes its corresponding vanilla team * `/team leave` also removes the player from their Better Party * Moving into another Better Party-managed team also changes the player’s party * Team changes are rejected when the target party has no available slot * The party HUD updates immediately after external team changes * Leadership is transferred when a leader leaves their managed team Better Party only manages vanilla teams that belong to Better Party. Teams created by administrators, other mods, command blocks, or external systems are not overwritten. Players who are already assigned to an unrelated vanilla team remain in that team. Vanilla team integration is enabled by default and can be disabled through the server configuration. ## ✦ Party Member Locator The party member locator helps players find teammates who are completely hidden behind blocks. The party leader can enable or disable the locator for the entire party. Each party member can then choose their preferred disp