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🏹 [HMI] Bow's Animation
A configurable first-person bow animation add-on for Hold My Items.
Draw your bow while sneaking to get a smoother, more immersive pose with optional motion physics.
Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.5–1.21.11 · Fabric · Client-side
📦 Dependencies
| Project | Status | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Hold My Items | Required | Provides the visible first-person hands and resource-pack animation system used by this pack. |
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Respackopts | Optional | Adds an in-game configuration menu for the animation. |
| LibJF | Required with Respackopts | Library required by current Respackopts versions. |
Important: download the Hold My Items build matching your exact Minecraft version.
Respackopts and LibJF are only needed for the optional settings menu.
✨ Features
- Smooth first-person bow pose while using a bow and sneaking
- Animated transition into and out of the aiming pose
- Separate main-hand and off-hand support
- Optional start delay and animation speed controls
- Adjustable inertia, centering force, damping and micro-movement
- First-version mode for the original animation behavior
- Works with or without Respackopts
- English and Russian configuration translations
- Fully client-side — nothing needs to be installed on the server
⚙️ Resource Pack Options
With Respackopts installed, a configuration button appears next to the pack in the Resource Packs menu.
Available settings include:
- Enable or disable the configurable animation
- Require sneaking
- Start delay
- Main animation speed
- Secondary phase speed
- Inertia strength
- Centering force
- Damping
- Micro-movement strength
- First-version mode
First-version mode
When First-version mode is enabled, the pack uses the original animation logic and ignores all other configurable values.
When it is disabled, the settings from the Respackopts menu are used.
Without Respackopts, the pack automatically uses its built-in default values.
📥 Installation
- Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
- Install the matching version of Hold My Items.
- Place this pack's
.zipfile into:.minecraft/resourcepacks - Enable the pack in Options → Resource Packs.
- Start using a bow while holding Shift / Sneak.
For the configuration menu, also install:
- Respackopts
- LibJF
Then open the Resource Packs screen and click the configuration button next to this pack.
🧩 Compatibility
| Minecraft version | Status |
|---|---|
| 1.21.5 | Experimental build (working) |
| 1.21.6–1.21.8 | Supported |
| 1.21.9–1.21.11 | Supported with the matching HMI branch |
Always download the file made for your exact Minecraft version.
The pack changes only the Hold My Items bow animation. It does not replace the vanilla bow texture by itself.
❓ Troubleshooting
The animation does not appear
Check that:
- Hold My Items is installed and enabled
- The HMI version matches your Minecraft version
- This resource pack is enabled
- You are actively using a bow
- Sneaking is enabled in the pack settings, or you are holding Shift
- Another HMI animation resource pack is not overriding the same files
The configuration button is missing
Install both Respackopts and LibJF, then reload the resource packs.
The sliders do nothing
Disable First-version mode. Other settings are intentionally ignored while that mode is enabled.
💜 Credits
- Hold My Items — created by the Hold My Items team
- Respackopts and LibJF — created by JFronny
- [HMI] Bow's Animation — created by KREKER_BUBA
This project is an independent resource-pack add-on and is not an official part of Hold My Items.
Found a problem? Please include your:
- Minecraft version
- Hold My Items version
- Pack version
latest.log
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