Animated Bow

Create a custom bow with pulling animation stages. The bow texture changes as the player draws it back.

Item Type: Bow Plugins: ItemsAdder, Nexo, CraftEngine Min MC Version: 1.20+

ItemsAdder


info:
  namespace: my_namespace
 
items:
  flame_bow:
    display_name: "&c&lFlame Bow"
    permission: my_namespace.flame_bow
    resource:
      material: BOW
      generate: false
      model_path: my_namespace/flame_bow
      textures:
        - my_namespace/flame_bow_standby
    specific_properties:
      bow:
        display_frame:
          - 0.65
          - 0.9

Note: Upload 4 textures: flame_bow_standby.png, flame_bow_pulling_0.png, flame_bow_pulling_1.png, flame_bow_pulling_2.png. LK Creator will automatically set up the pulling animation stages.

Nexo


flame_bow:
  itemname: "<red><bold>Flame Bow"
  material: BOW
  Pack:
    generate_model: false
    model: my_namespace/flame_bow
    pulling_textures:
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_0
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_1
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_2

CraftEngine


flame_bow:
  item-name: "<red><bold>Flame Bow"
  data:
    material: BOW
    generate-model: false
    model: my_namespace/flame_bow
    pulling-textures:
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_0
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_1
      - my_namespace/flame_bow_pulling_2

Required Assets

File	Dimensions	Description
`flame_bow_standby.png`	16x16	Default bow texture (not drawn)
`flame_bow_pulling_0.png`	16x16	First pulling stage (~33% drawn)
`flame_bow_pulling_1.png`	16x16	Second pulling stage (~66% drawn)
`flame_bow_pulling_2.png`	16x16	Fully drawn stage (100%)
`flame_bow.json`	-	Bow model (optional, if using custom 3D model)

Notes

The pulling thresholds (0.65, 0.9 for ItemsAdder) define when each animation stage triggers
All pulling textures should follow the same art style with progressive draw-back visuals
Crossbow animation works similarly — see the Weapons documentation