Minecraft – Item Appearances in the Hotbar

minecraft-java-edition

I am making a map and I have needed a clock system for my map for a while now, and I stumbled across one on YouTube that I think is really cool. It is a clock that is in the player's hotbar, and uses heads to display numbers. This is how it looks in his video:

enter image description here

His video can be found on YouTube, here. In his hotbar slots 2 through 9, what you can see are custom Minecraft heads that fill up the entire inventory slot. When I tried replicating this in my world, this is what I got:

enter image description here

I am wondering if this is just a bug because he was running back in 1.8.8, while I am always working in the latest snapshot (currently 16w05b). If this is not a bug then how do you get the numbers (player heads) to take up the full inventory slot like the first picture? It would make a timer easier to read and more visually appealing to the player.

Best Answer

the heads show up as a 3d block in the hotbar while items don't. try making a recource pack where you change the texture of items that you dont use to those numbers, or anything you want. then use the items instead of blocks. items should display just fine as they are displayed in 2d.