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Better Expressions
Those beautiful eyes...
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Made possible due to an Amazing collaboration between Just Expressions and Better Animations that brings animated eyes to the Better Animations Model!
Overhaul your Minecraft player animations and bring them to life!
Compatible with almost all animation mods! Including Better Combat, Quark and Emotecraft emotes and Parcool!
Supports both fabric and forge
REQUIRES EMF v2.1.0 or higher for v11.0 or higher of the pack
Download the latest Better_Expressions.zip from the releases tab.
Download the mods from the 
tab.
Place the mods and the resourcepack in the appropriate folder.
Activate the resourcepack in the 'resource packs' tab in-game.
Fabric API: https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api
Entity Model Features: https://modrinth.com/mod/entity-model-features
Entity Texture Features: https://modrinth.com/mod/entitytexturefeatures
MincraftEinstein, Prairies, XyperCode, Mysty, SomeOddBall, Brosiyeah, YaBoiMoh, Quackinsons, Jeanne
FreshLX for the original animations!
Traben for the initial animated eyes!
Ithan and TrasTick for actually making it work easily and adding a bunch of eye types!
Compatibility
Mods/Packs that work flawlessly: playerAnimator, Better Combat, EmoteCraft, Quark, 3d skin layers. Parcool, Not Enough Animations, First-person ModelMods/Packs that DO NOT WORK: Improved Animations, Serious Player Animations, any other cem model mod besides emf+etf
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[34.1] Better_Expressions.zip v34.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Removed redundant swimming animation code to prepare for the next version
[34.0] Better_Expressions.zip v34.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Removed unused and dead variables
Removed dead code from older animations
Fixed Left arm in first person view
Fixed Elytra animations
Fixed swimming and torso when walking
Applied Same fixes to other files
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Further verified that Better Combat and Not Enough Animations work again
This update, v51.0 or v34.0 depending on what pack you are using, is a milestone update representing our ongoing commitment to keeping this compatible with other mods along with keeping it fast and efficient.
The next update will include further fixes and a brand new swimming animation!!
Love ya'll :) Enjoy!!!!
Removed dead code from older animations
Fixed Left arm in first person view
Fixed Elytra animations
Fixed swimming and torso when walking
Applied Same fixes to other files
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Further verified that Better Combat and Not Enough Animations work again
This update, v51.0 or v34.0 depending on what pack you are using, is a milestone update representing our ongoing commitment to keeping this compatible with other mods along with keeping it fast and efficient.
The next update will include further fixes and a brand new swimming animation!!
Love ya'll :) Enjoy!!!!
[33.0] Better_Expressions.zip v33.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated to work on minecraft 26.3 :)
Thank u once again for all the support, i hope u enjoy
Thank u once again for all the support, i hope u enjoy
[32.1] Better_Expressions.zip v32.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Hotfix for headwear moving at twice the rotation as head
[32.0] Better_Expressions.zip v1.2.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated to v1.2.1 of just expressions
[31.1] Better_Expressions.zip v31.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Made the falling animation smoother and squashed some more bugs!
[31.0] Better_Expressions.zip v31.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Added support for minecraft 26.2, fixed code inconsistencies
[30.1] Better_Expressions.zip v30.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Fixed armor when floating in water
Known issues:
Swimming animation legs don't move
Ladder animation armor issues
Crouching in water
Known issues:
Swimming animation legs don't move
Ladder animation armor issues
Crouching in water
[30.0] Better_Expressions.zip v30.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Finally updated to the latest minecraft version and is on par with the latest better animations featureset!
[29.2] Better_Expressions.zip v29.2
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Fixed armour related bugs but some features relating to flying and falling are disabled
[29.1] Better_Expressions.zip v29.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Big bugfix, armour now works with the animations again, thanks to you guys for reporting and to Noxius and Traben for their help and for emf. Creative mode animations have been temporarily disabled.
[29.0] Better_Expressions.zip v29.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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updated and tested on the latest version
[28.1] Better_Expressions.zip v28.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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We heard your reports and any issues regarding the player model in the inventory have been fixed for now.
The flying animation in creative mode is still a wip
The flying animation in creative mode is still a wip
[28.0] Better_Expressions.zip v28.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Basic creative mode flying animation
[27.0] Better_Expressions.zip v27.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Added framework for creative mode flying animation
[26.0] Better_Expressions.zip v26.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Fixed bugs:
Arms no longer play jumping animation when at the edge of a block.
Arms no longer fold into player in the inventory screen.
Thank you all for taking the time to report these bugs, this pack would be nothing without your support!
Arms no longer play jumping animation when at the edge of a block.
Arms no longer fold into player in the inventory screen.
Thank you all for taking the time to report these bugs, this pack would be nothing without your support!
[25.0] Better_Expressions.zip v25.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Fixes first person arm to not be animated when in first person.
[24.1] Better_Expressions.zip v24.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated and test on version 1.21.7
[24.0] Better_Expressions.zip v24.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Added a subtle jumping animation, next update will include any potential improvements to this one along with a creative mode flying animation.
[23.0] Better_Expressions.zip v23.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated to minecraft 1.21.6, Chase the skies!
[22.1] Better_Expressions.zip v22.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Part 2 to the crawling fix
[22.0] Better_Expressions.zip v22.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Part 1 to a bugfix with the player head while crawling.
[21.0] Better_Expressions.zip v21.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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The arms now work with the new falling animations system, due to technical limitations, i can't really test this properly, so please do report all issues on the github page! Enjoy.
[20.1] Better_Expressions.zip v20.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Swapped arm swing direction
[20.0] Better_Expressions.zip v20.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Changes to arm animations to sync with legs, these sub versions will fix arm animations to sync with legs and then move on to sync for fall animation with legs.
[19.2] Better_Expressions.zip v19.2
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Replace /optifine with /emf
[19.1] Better_Expressions.zip v19.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated to 1.21.5
[19.0] Better_Expressions.zip v19.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Rework to the falling animation (again):
Falling animation doesn't activate when flying in creative mode!
Falling animations build up slowly!
Will work on the arms aswell in the next version.
Falling animation doesn't activate when flying in creative mode!
Falling animations build up slowly!
Will work on the arms aswell in the next version.
[18.1] Better_Expressions.zip v18.1
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Hotfix for arm-sleeve alignment, fixes slim arm gaps and wide sleeve alignment.
[18.0] Better_Expressions.zip v18.0
by Unknown on Oct 15, 2026
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Updated hurt animation
