Frame Animation

Animations are written as scripts in a .fa file, placed in the .minecraft/animations folder. A script opens with a header that names the animation, which is the label shown in the in-game GUI menu, and sets its default key to G. Each frame is declared with its own block, and the commands inside a frame describe what happens while that frame plays, with float values for things like arm positions. Frames run in order and render on the player. Spaces before the instructions inside each frame are recommended, since they make longer scripts easier to read.

The header can also mark an animation as interruptible, so walking cancels it. A resetarms rule clears the idle arm frames before a declaration applies, and an animation can be set to affect the whole body regardless of where it is declared. Scripts use a concept kept deliberately simple: an example in the author text is a hands-up animation that lasts five seconds.

Frame Animation works in multiplayer. The mod is installed on the server so that other players can see the animations. It is published for Babric and Ornithe, only for Minecraft b1.7.3, and the project is open source under the MIT License.