Hotbar Animation by November_Fir

An Epic Fight add-on that plays any of your weapon's attack animations directly with the number keys 1-9, built for machinima and animation recording rather than combat.

Hotbar Animation

Press 1–9 to play any attack animation of your current weapon on demand — an Epic Fight add-on built for animation filming, screenshots and weapon showcases.

Important — what this mod is for: this add-on is designed for machinima, animation recording, screenshots and showing off weapon animations, not for actual combat. It hands you direct, on-demand control over animation playback, which deliberately bypasses Epic Fight's normal combo flow, hit timing and stamina economy. If you install it expecting a combat upgrade, you will not get one — use it to shoot scenes, and fight with the vanilla Epic Fight moveset instead.

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Requirements

How it works

The mod adds one passive skill, Hotbar Animation. Learn it in Epic Fight like any other skill (it needs 10 experience levels), then equip the weapon whose animations you want to use.

Pressing 1 through 9 plays that numbered entry from your weapon's attack animation list, immediately and on its own — no need to start a combo, land a hit, or work through the previous steps of the chain. You can fire the 5th swing of a combo by itself, replay a single swing as many times as you like, or cut straight to a finisher.

Your item selection is unaffected: the hotbar slot you had selected is restored right after the key press, so you never actually switch items.

What you get while filming

  • On-screen animation list — while the skill is active, the left side of the screen lists every number key and the animation it will play (for example 3 -> greatsword_combo3). The one currently playing is highlighted in green, so you always know which shot you are rolling.
  • Animations follow where you look — the movement baked into an attack animation is redirected along your line of sight instead of the original fixed direction. Point the camera where you want the character to travel and the animation carries them there, which makes it far easier to frame a shot.
  • Keep moving mid-animation — WASD still steers your character while an animation plays, at reduced speed during movement-locked moments, so you can reposition a step without dropping the shot.
  • Repeatable takes — because playback is not tied to landing hits, a miss does not change the outcome. Every take looks the same, which is exactly what you want when you are recording multiple angles of the same move.
  • Works with any Epic Fight weapon — every weapon capability exposes its own animation list, so the nine keys adapt to whatever you are holding, including weapons added by other Epic Fight add-ons.

Stamina and the game rule

By default the skill spends stamina, so it still interacts with Epic Fight's resources. Two things soften that for production work:

  • Creative mode costs nothing — switch to creative and animations are free, which is usually what you want while filming.
  • Game rule doHotbarAnimationCostStamina (default true) — set it to false with /gamerule doHotbarAnimationCostStamina false and stamina is never consumed in that world.

When the cost is on, consecutive plays cost progressively more stamina, and the penalty decays back to normal while you are not performing an animation.

Installation

  1. Install Forge for 1.20.1 and Epic Fight 20.9.6 or newer.
  2. Drop this mod's jar into the mods folder on both client and server.
  3. In game, learn the Hotbar Animation passive skill (10 levels), hold a weapon, and press 1–9.
  4. For a clean recording session: switch to creative mode, or run /gamerule doHotbarAnimationCostStamina false.

Limitations

  • Version 1.0.0 — a single-feature release. There is no configuration GUI, no key remapping and no per-weapon options yet.
  • Keys with no animation behind them do nothing: if your weapon only has four attack animations, only 1–4 respond.
  • Some animation entries are designed to be chained; playing them out of order can look different from an in-combo performance.

Credits

  • Author: Aulbilaister | November_Fir
  • Built for Epic Fight by Yesman

License

All Rights Reserved. Do not re-upload or redistribute modified versions of this mod.

简体中文说明

按 1–9 直接播放当前武器的任意一段攻击动画——一个为动画摄影、截图与武器展示而做的 Epic Fight 附属。

重要——本模组的用途：它是为动画摄制（machinima）、图片截图、展示武器动作而设计的，不推荐用于实战。它让你随心所欲地播放动画，这会绕过 Epic Fight 正常的连招节奏、命中判定与耐力经济；本模组也没有针对实战做平衡调校。如果你想打的，请继续用原版的战斗手感；如果你想拍，它就是为你准备的。

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安装要求

工作方式

本模组新增一个被动技能快捷栏动画（Hotbar Animation）。像其他技能一样在 Epic Fight 中学习（需要 10 级经验等级），然后手持你想展示的武器即可。

按下 1 到 9 就会直接播放当前武器攻击动画列表中对应序号的那一段——不需要起手连招、不需要打中目标、也不需要按顺序一段段接下去。你可以单独放连招的第 5 段，可以反复同一一击，也可以直接跳到终结技。

物品栏选择不受影响：按键后会立即恢复你原本选中的柱位，所以你并没有真的切换物品。

拍摄时能得到什么

  • 屏幕动画清单：技能生效时屏幕左侧会列出每个数字键对应的动画名（如 3 -> greatsword_combo3），当前播放的那一条会绿色高亮，你永远知道自己正在放哪一条。
  • 动画跟着视线走：攻击动画自带的位移会被重新导向你视线的方向，而不是固定的原始方向。把镜头指到你想让角色移动的地方，动画就会把人带过去——构图会容易很多。
  • 动画中仍可移动：播放期间 WASD 依然能控制角色，受限的时候速度会降低，可以边放边微调位置。
  • 可重复的条数：播放不依赖于攻击命中，所以失手不会改变结果。每一条都长得一样，这正是多机位拷摄同一个动作时最需要的。
  • 适用任何 Epic Fight 武器：每种武器都有自己的动画列表，九个按键会随手上武器自动变化，包括其他 Epic Fight 附属添加的武器。

耐力与游戏规则

默认情况下技能会消耗耐力。为了方便制作，有两种关掉方式：

  • 创造模式不消耗：切到创造即免费，通常是拍摄时的最佳选择。
  • 游戏规则 doHotbarAnimationCostStamina（默认 true）：执行 /gamerule doHotbarAnimationCostStamina false 后该世界不再扣耐力。

开启消耗时，连续播放会逐次提高耐力开销，停下来不放动画的时候会慢慢恢复。

安装步骤

  1. 安装 1.20.1 的 Forge 与 Epic Fight 20.9.6 及以上版本；
  2. 把本模组放入客户端与服务端的 mods 文件夹；
  3. 游戏内学习被动技能快捷栏动画（10 级），手持武器后按 1–9 即可；
  4. 开始录制前建议切到创造模式，或执行 /gamerule doHotbarAnimationCostStamina false。

已知局限

  • 1.0.0 版本为单一功能的首个版本：暂无配置界面、按键无法自定义、也没有按武器分别设置。
  • 没有对应动画的按键不会响应：例如某把武器只有 4 段攻击动画，那就只有 1–4 有效。
  • 部分动画本来是为连招设计的，跳出顺序单独播放时视觉可能与连招中不完全一致。

鸣谢与许可

  • 作者：Aulbilaister | November_Fir，为 Yesman 的 Epic Fight 而制作
  • All Rights Reserved，请勿二次上传或重新分发修改版本

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