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Mining & Placing Animations

Adds customizable animations to blocks when mining and placing! (Mining Quakes successor)

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Updated 3 months ago
Latest stable file Mining & Placing Animations 2.0.0
Game version 1.21.11
Loader NeoForge

Mining & Placing Animations 2.0.0 targets 1.21.11 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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What else does Mining & Placing Animations 2.0.0 need?

Mining & Placing Animations 2.0.0. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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About this project

What does Mining & Placing Animations add?

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Animated Blocks

Blocks will now have an animation when mined and placed!

Mining Animation Placing Animation (only in 2.0.0+)
Mining Animation Placing Animation

Customization

The animations are fully customizable via resource packs.
Here is an example:

Resource Pack Tree

animations_config.json:

{
  "global": {                 // all the blocks will have these animations by default
    "mining_animation": "mining_and_placing_animations:animations/global_mining_animation",
    "placing_animation": "mining_and_placing_animations:animations/global_placing_animation"
  },
  "specific": [               // you can set a specific animation for certain block(s)
    {
      "blocks": [
        "minecraft:dirt",
        "minecraft:stone",
        "#minecraft:slabs"    // you can use tags
      ],
      "mining_animation": "mining_and_placing_animations:animations/dirt_mining_animation",
      "placing_animation": "mining_and_placing_animations:animations/dirt_placing_animation"
    },
    {
      "blocks": [
        "minecraft:cobblestone"
      ],
      "mining_animation": "mining_and_placing_animations:animations/cobblestone"  // if you don't put a 'placing_animation', it will take the global placing animation, same for the mining animation
    }
  ],
  "mining_blacklist": [
    "#minecraft:beds",        // you can use tags
    "#minecraft:doors",
    "minecraft:oak_planks",
  ],
  "placing_blacklist": [
    "#minecraft:pressure_plates",
    "minecraft:rail",
    "minecraft:snow_block"
  ]
}

The animation files have to be under the directory 'animations'.

dirt_mining_animation.json (example of a possible mining animation, same for the placing animation):

{
  "duration": 0.15,           // length of the animation in seconds
  "pivot_point": [0.5, 1.0, 0.5],
  "keyframes": [
    {
      "time": 0.0,
      "translation": [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
      "rotation": [-22.5, 0.0, 45.0],
      "scale": [0.5, 0.5, 0.5]
    },
    {
      "time": 0.05,
      "translation": [20.0, 0.0, -20.0],
      "rotation": [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
      "scale": [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
    },
    {
      "time": 0.10,
      "translation": [0.0, -15.0, 0.0],
      "rotation": [0.0, -90.0, 0.0],
      "scale": [1.5, 1.5, 1.5]
    },
    {
      "time": 0.15,
      "translation": [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
      "rotation": [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
      "scale": [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
    }
  ]
}

You can have as many animations as you want!

Project description from CurseForge.

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