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Improved Movement

by Shikaru

Improved Movement is a client-side Fabric mod that changes how WASD input is handled during strafing and direction changes.

FabricClient-side onlyCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.01.21.11

What it does

The mod targets snap tap, a technique where a player releases one movement key and presses the opposite one almost at once. Improved Movement cancels the earlier key press at sub-tick precision, and it buffers input so direction changes register faster. A small packet optimization is included to shorten position updates. Only the client needs it; servers run without it.

Each part of the mod can be switched on or off through a configuration file named with the BM FEATURE pattern. The author marks the project as work in progress, so behavior may still change between builds. The mod is published for 1.21.11 only, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, and it is not open source.

Key features

  1. Snap tap input cancelling

    Opposite WASD presses cancel each other at sub-tick timing, so strafing reverses without a delay.

  2. Input buffering

    Direction changes are queued so a key press made just before a movement update still takes effect.

  3. Toggleable features

    Each feature can be turned off in a JSON config file, including the strafe direction handling.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.21.111.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Tenbees crystal optimizer is a Fabric client mod with MIT License terms, not open source, for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11. W-tap_Mod is a Fabric client mod under the BSD 3-Clause License, open source, built for 1.21.9. SOCD is a Fabric and Quilt client mod under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, open source, for 1.21 – 1.21.8.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Improved MovementFabric1.21.11Client-side only2026-03-21
Tenbees crystal optimizerFabric1.21.1 – 1.21.11Client-side only2026-08-22
W-tap_ModFabric1.21.9Client-side only2025-11-08
SOCDFabric and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.8Client-side only2025-07-25

Questions

Does Improved Movement need to be installed on the server?

No. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing.

In the catalog

Improved Movement is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Note: If you have my Essential PVP Utilities mod, please use /cStrafe to disable that feature. A client-side Fabric mod that enhances movement through snap tap [WASD cancelling], sub-tick input buffering [Still WIP], and small packet optimization [faster position updates on strafe direction changes, also WIP].
Shikaru, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Shikaru
Published
2026-03-21
Updated on Modrinth
2026-03-21
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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