Animated Java is a plugin for Blockbench that allows you to create custom animations and models for Vanilla Minecraft. It uses the power of Java Edition's Data Pack and Resource Pack systems to bring your creations to life!
And much more!
Follow our guide here for detailed instructions on how to install the latest release of Animated Java.
Check out the Getting Started page of our documentation to learn how to use Animated Java.
We welcome contributions to Animated Java! If you're interested in contributing, please make sure to run your ideas by us in our Discord server before starting work on them. So that we can ensure that your contributions align with the goals of the project.
Things you'll need installed before you can setup the development environment
yarn install
to install dependencies.types/blockbench-types.d.ts
and replace the content of the file with the following:
/// <reference types="blockbench-types"/>
yarn dev
to start the development environment, which will watch for changes and recompile the plugin.File > Plugins > Load Plugin From File
and select the animated_java.js
file from your local repo (dist/pluginPackage/animated-java.js
).[!NOTE] Note that whenever you make changes, you must reload Blockbench as a whole for the changes to function as expected.
You can useCtrl + Shift + R
to reload Blockbench.
src/lang/en.yml
and rename it to match the language you're translating to. (e.g. fr.yml
for French)