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VPB Hand Animation Compatibility Layer

by Swiyss

VPB Hand Animation Compatibility Layer lets Vic's Point Blank gun animations take priority over Hold Items first-person hand renders, and keeps Punchy from interfering with Point Blank items.

FabricClient-side onlyAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.21.11

What it does

The mod is a client-side compatibility layer for Vic's Point Blank, which is required. When a Point Blank gun is held in the main hand, its first-person animation takes precedence over the render redirects that Hold Items applies, and the action-pose hands that Hold Items would draw for that item are suppressed. Items that are not Point Blank guns continue to use Hold Items and Punchy as before.

Punchy can stand down for Point Blank items through its own item-blacklist path, so the two mods do not fight over the same hand. Point Blank content-pack guns, including those from the Blue Archive pack, are covered by the normal pointblank namespace allowlist. Its scope is deliberately limited: weapon damage, firing, reloading, recoil, ammunition input, collisions and anything running on the server stay untouched.

Vic's Point Blank is required. Hold Items and Punchy are optional; the layer is aimed at setups where one or both are installed. The file is client-only, so singleplayer and multiplayer clients need it, while servers do not. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Files are published for 1.20.1, 1.21, 1.21.1 and 1.21.11, and the latest Fabric file is 1.0.0+mc1.21.11 for 1.21.11, dated 2026-07-04.

Key features

  1. Point Blank gun priority

    VPB gun animations are given priority over Hold Items first-person render redirects while a Point Blank gun is held.

  2. Action-pose hand suppression

    Hold Items action-pose hands are hidden for items that the Point Blank gun owns in the main hand.

  3. Punchy item blacklist

    Punchy stands down for Point Blank items through its own item-blacklist path, leaving other items untouched.

  4. Config toggles and debug logs

    A config file holds a compatibility toggle for each installed mod, plus bypassItemIds and optional debugLogging, heldItemLogging and mixinLogging switches.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.0.0+mc1.21.11
1.21.11.0.0+mc1.21-1.21.1
1.211.0.0+mc1.21-1.21.1
1.20.11.0.0+mc1.20.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Vic's Point BlankHigh quality gun mod focused on streamlined design and community contributions
Required

Optional 2

Punchy!A mod that adds various first person animations and visible hands with held items!
Optional
Hold My ItemsMake your hands visible in first person!
Optional

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players and modpack builders who run Vic's Point Blank with Hold Items, Punchy or both on Fabric, and want the gun first-person animations to stay in control of the main hand.

Questions

Does VPB Hand Animation Compatibility Layer need Vic's Point Blank?

Yes. Vic's Point Blank is listed as a required dependency, and the layer exists to adjust its first-person hand behavior.

Must the mod be installed on servers?

No. Servers do not need it; each player installs it for their own game.

Can the behavior be tuned for a specific item?

Yes. The config file accepts bypassItemIds, for example pointblank:ba ariusar, and debugLogging, heldItemLogging and mixinLogging can be enabled temporarily to collect diagnostics.

In the catalog

VPB Hand Animation Compatibility Layer is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,930 Management mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Management mods8,016Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

VPB Hand Animation Compatibility Layer is a client-side Fabric compatibility mod for Vic's Point Blank, Hold My Items, and Punchy. It keeps Point Blank and Point Blank content-pack guns in control of their own first-person hand animations while leaving normal items to Hold My Items and Punchy. The mod is…
Swiyss, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Swiyss
Published
2026-05-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-04
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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