🏹 [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
	Hold My Items	Required	Provides the visible first-person hands and resource-pack animation system used by this pack.
	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

1. Install Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
2. Install the matching version of Hold My Items.
3. Place this pack's .zip file into:

   .minecraft/resourcepacks
   

4. Enable the pack in Options → Resource Packs.
5. 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

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