Better Spectate Player Highlighting

Better Spectate Player Highlighting

A small mod that lets you highlight players separately per team.

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About this Mod

Better Spectate Player Highlighting 🌟

A small mod that lets you highlight players separately per team.

Image showing players highlighted while playing a mingame.

Features ⌨️

Better Spectate Player Highlighting improves upon the vanilla "Highlight Players" keybind. The vanilla key highlights all players and works exclusively in spectator mode. With this mod you can instead separately apply glowing to each outline color, swap between toggle/hold mode, and see glowing/invisibility on highlighted players through a brighter or darker color. This mod's highlighting also works at any time the player has creative flight, instead of only when they are in spectator mode.

Warning ⚠️

This mod should only be used with permission of the server owner as its functionality is considered a hack. Using this mod is your own responsibility and server owners are within their rights to ban or block you for using it.

Available Versions

Better Spectate Player Highlighting 1.0.1release
MC 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric
April 21, 2026
Better Spectate Player Highlighting 1.0.0release
MC 1.21.11fabric
December 28, 2025

How to Install Better Spectate Player Highlighting on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Better Spectate Player Highlighting". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+1 more)

Server-side

Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Better Spectate Player Highlighting server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Better Spectate Player Highlighting compatible with fabric?

Better Spectate Player Highlighting officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Better Spectate Player Highlighting – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Better Spectate Player Highlighting consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

26.1.226.1.126.11.21.11