Punchy! 2.6.0 released.

This release expands the base Punchy animation set and ships the new Punchy! x Tiny Takeover support pack.

Punchy! / Adorable Hamster Pets

• Added built-in Adorable Hamster Pets animation support to Punchy's default resource pack.
• Added hamster petting animations.
  • Includes the player petting motion.
  • Keeps the hamster visible in the correct hand/shoulder context during the interaction.
  • Suppresses hand equip flicker while petting feedback is active.
• Added hamster dismount animation support.
• Added hamster throw animation support.
  • Right-shoulder throw charge, release, and abort.
  • Left-shoulder throw charge, release, and abort.
  • Head-position throw charge, release, and abort.
  • Shared throw release timing for all hamster throw sources.
• Added first-person hamster shoulder handling for Adorable Hamster Pets.
  • Supports right shoulder, left shoulder, and head shoulder positions.
  • Adds tuning for adorablehamsterpets:cheese so shoulder/head hamster interactions use the right animations.
• Added default carry tuning for punchy:baby_carry_adorablehamsterpets_hamster.
• Added AHP hamster tuning/animation defaults across all built-in Punchy resource packs.
• Improved hamster state handling so petting, shoulder, and throw interactions keep the correct hamster visual state.
• Improved AHP reflection compatibility so Punchy can work with AHP without requiring a hard dependency.

Punchy! x Tiny Takeover / Punchy Puppies

• Added Punchy! x Tiny Takeover support for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 26.1, and 26.2.
• Added a new carry interaction for supported baby mobs and hamsters.
  • Crouch + right-click with an empty hand to pick them up.
  • Works with supported baby mobs and Adorable Hamster Pets hamsters.
• Added full first-person and third-person rendering while carrying baby mobs or hamsters.
• Added multiplayer visibility so other players can properly see carried pets.
• Added proper inventory, hotbar, and offhand visuals for carried baby mobs and hamsters.
• Added Punchy Tool Tuning support for carried pets.
  • Baby mob and hamster hand positions can now be adjusted through Punchy's F8 tuning menu.
  • Each carry type has its own tuning setup for better positioning.
• Added compatibility with Fresh Animations Player.
  • The carried-pet arm pose now works correctly with the Fresh Animations player resource pack.
• Added compatibility support for EMF player arm models when using Fresh Animations.
• Added carry placeholder handling so the held pet renders as the pet, not as a normal inventory item.
• Added petting carry sync so petting/carry visuals stay visible in multiplayer.
• Added stick throw / fetch packet support used by the Tiny Takeover interaction layer.
• Added whistle call packet support for the Tiny Takeover interaction layer.

Improved

• Improved carried pet animations so baby mobs and hamsters stay still while being held.
• Improved third-person arm posing so the player's arm points forward while holding a baby mob or hamster.
• Improved Punchy tuning fallback behavior for carried pets and hamster-specific carry IDs.
• Improved built-in release metadata for the 2.6.0 Punchy jars and 2.0 Punchy Puppies jars.