VelocityWelcome Overview

VelocityWelcome is a comprehensive Minecraft server welcome system that works across both Velocity proxy and Bukkit/Spigot servers. It provides customizable, colorful welcome messages while eliminating the default vanilla join and quit messages for a cleaner, more professional server experience.

Features

Custom Welcome Messages: Display personalized, randomized welcome messages when players join your network

Player Join Counter: Show players their unique join number (e.g., "#42") to create a sense of community and history

No Vanilla Messages: Automatically suppresses the default Minecraft join/quit messages

Network-Wide Support: Works seamlessly between Velocity proxy and all connected Bukkit/Spigot servers

Fully Customizable: Change colors, message formats, and welcome text through a simple configuration

Persistent Player Data: Maintains player join rankings across server restarts

Why Choose VelocityWelcome?

Clean Server Experience

VelocityWelcome completely eliminates the standard Minecraft join and quit notifications that can clutter your chat, especially on busy servers. Only your custom welcome messages will be displayed, giving your server a professional and polished feel.

Enhanced First Impressions

First impressions matter. When new players join your server, they'll be greeted with a colorful, personalized welcome message that stands out from the standard Minecraft experience. This small touch can significantly improve how players perceive your server's quality.

Community Building

The unique join counter feature shows players their position in your server's history (e.g., "Welcome PlayerName! (#137)"). This creates a sense of belonging and community, making players feel like they're part of something established and significant.

Network Efficiency

VelocityWelcome is designed specifically for proxy-based server networks. It efficiently communicates between your Velocity proxy and backend servers to ensure consistent behavior and prevent duplicate welcome messages when players move between servers in your network.

Technical Excellence

VelocityWelcome is built with performance in mind:

Lightweight with minimal resource usage

Uses efficient plugin messaging channels

Thread-safe concurrent collections for player tracking

Early-priority event handling to prevent conflicts with other plugins

Setup and Installation

Prerequisites

Velocity proxy server (latest version recommended) BUNGEE TOO OLD NOT SUPPORTED!

Bukkit/Spigot/Paper servers (latest version recommended)

Installation Steps

Download the Plugin Files

VelocityWelcome.jar (for Velocity proxy)

VelocityWelcomeBukkit.jar (for each Bukkit/Spigot server)

Both from here.

Install on Velocity

Place VelocityWelcome.jar in your Velocity plugins folder

Restart your proxy server

A default configuration will be generated

Install on Backend Servers

Place VelocityWelcomeBukkit.jar in the plugins folder of each backend server

Restart each server

No additional configuration needed on backend servers

** Configuration (Optional)**

Edit the config.json file in the VelocityWelcome folder

Customize welcome messages, colors, and other options

Save changes and use /velocity reload to apply