Spawn Animations
Hostile mobs dig out of the ground or poof into existence when they spawn!
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Spawn Animations
Tschipcraft's Spawn Animations
> A server-side data pack/mod for 1.14x-26.1x
Features
Hostile mobs dig out of the ground or poof into existence when they spawn.
Works with: Zombies, Husks, Drowned, Skeletons, Strays, Bogged, Wither Skeletons, Spiders, Cave Spiders, Creepers, Endermen, Slimes, Magma Cubes, Zombified Piglins, Striders and Giants.
This data pack/mod is designed to be as unintrusive as possible. Hidden entities including their worn armor and tools will only be invisible and silent.
Spawn Animations is completely server-side!
-> For available settings and customization, take a look at the wiki <-
More sophisticated animations with Animated Java are planned for v2.0!
Installation
Install either as:
* Mod [Mod] ➜ Place `.zip` in your world's `datapacks` folder * Mod [Mod] ➜ Drop into your `mods` folder and optionally install Mod [Mod] for a global config file and UI
For hiding entities with emissive layers in 1.20.4 or below, and generally smoother animations, you may additionally install Pehkui.
To manage settings, reset, or uninstall the pack, use the command `/trigger tschipcraft.menu` or `/function #tschipcraft:menu`.
Demo GIFs
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Compatibility
Forge is only natively supported until Minecraft 1.21.5.
For Minecraft 1.14, 1.15 or 1.16, you can use a legacy version.
For mod support, check out Spawn Animations Compats by Fyoncle.
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Partner Offers
Want to buy Hytale or upgrade your edition? Use creator code `Tschipcraft` upon checkout for me to receive a commission! (The price for you stays the same)