LocalCape

LocalCape is a minimal, client-only Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2. It loads PNG capes from the current Minecraft instance and lets you select one in-game. The cape is applied locally in single-player; other players cannot see it.

Features

• Discovers PNG files in the capes directory.
• Adds a Local Cape selector to Options > Skin Customization.
• Remembers the selected filename between launches.
• Applies the cape only to the local player in single-player.
• Falls back to the vanilla cape when the file is missing or invalid.
• Reloads the cape with Minecraft's F3+T resource reload.
• Requires Fabric Loader only; Fabric API is not required.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.2
• Fabric Loader 0.19.3 or newer
• Java 25

Installation and usage

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.2.
2. Put the LocalCape JAR in the instance's mods directory.
3. Create a capes directory inside the Minecraft instance directory.
4. Add one or more PNG capes to that directory.
5. Open Options > Skin Customization and use Local Cape to choose a file.

For Prism Launcher, the cape path is normally:

<Prism instance>/.minecraft/capes/

The selector scans the directory whenever Skin Customization opens. Reopen that screen after adding or removing files. If you replace the selected PNG while the game is running, press F3+T to reload it.

The selected filename is stored in config/localcape.txt. If no selection has been saved, LocalCape defaults to cape.png.

Current limitations

• PNG is the only listed image format; WebP is unsupported and JPEG lacks cape transparency.
• The selector displays filenames without previews.
• There is no in-menu option to disable the local cape.
• Capes are never distributed to or displayed by other players.

Credits

LocalCape is a heavily stripped fork of FabricTailor by samo_lego and its contributors. The original project provided the foundation from which the local-only cape implementation was derived.

License

Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE.