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danse - serverside gestures / emotes

by tomalbrc · for Minecraft

Server-side player gestures using a resourcepack. Dynamic player textures! No client-side mods required!

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About danse - serverside gestures / emotes

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Server-side player gestures using a resourcepack. Dynamic player textures! No client-side mods required!

danse (dance)

> player gestures/emotes for fabric servers using 1.21.4+ item models Handstand

There are 9 gestures at the moment;

  • bits
  • fall
  • grow
  • helicopter
  • handstand
  • wave
  • zombie
  • dab
  • facepalm
  • fold
  • ascend

More are in the works...!

Using item models!\ Compatible with Sodium, Iris, and everything else!

Clients don't have to install any mods, they can connect with a vanilla client!

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Commands:

/gesture bits
/gesture fall
/gesture grow
/gesture helicopter
/gesture handstand
/gesture wave
/gesture zombie
/gesture dab
/gesture facepalm
/gesture fold
/gesture ascend

Models

Persistent player models can be spawned like this:

/summon danse:player_model ~ ~ ~ {Player:Steve,Animation:wave}

Animation can be player by modifying the "Animation" NBT string:

/data modify entity @e[...] Animation set value wave

Changing the skin:

/data modify entity @e[...] Player set value Alex

Dialog

The config has an option to add a quick action dialog for the gestures.

Dialog

To override existing icons or add icons for your own animations, place 256x256 png images in config/danse/<animation-name>_icon.png, for example the zombie animation would use this icon: config/danse/zombie_icon.png

Permissions

Permission checks can be enabled in the config.

The command requires: danse.animation

For the individual animations: danse.animation.<animation-name>


Checkout the discord for more info


How?

The mod uses the new 1.21.4 item models and custom_model_data to dynamically display the skins.


Adding custom animations

Put your .bbmodel or .ajblueprint files into the config/danse/ folder. You get can templates here

The name of the animation will be used in-game.

License

Versions before 2.0.0 are LPGL-3.0 licensed. 2.0 and later use AGPL

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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 22 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Cosmetics, visuals & audio

Skins, textures, shaders, models and sound — how the game looks and sounds.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists danse - serverside gestures / emotes as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Fabric
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 21 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authortomalbrc, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyFree

danse - serverside gestures / emotes, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install danse - serverside gestures / emotes?

Modrinth lists danse - serverside gestures / emotes as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric.

Is it free?

Yes. danse - serverside gestures / emotes is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is AGPL-3.0-only.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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