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I made this modpack because I wanted a direct, easy way of getting started in making videos in Minecraft, but it takes some time to find useful and compatible stuff, or they have much more stuff than I need and probably won’t use. So, I thought of sharing it with other people.

Sadly, I don’t have much time to work on it. That’s why the project will be mostly community-driven with your suggestions.

• Use the Actors script to use fake players as actors.
• Use Emotecraft for custom animations.
• You can disable the shaders while playing/recording to give you a performance boost, then you can enable them again before rendering the video.
• While in the Flashback Replay Editor, achieve instant cuts by changing the keyframe interpolation to Hold (or export separate videos).
• You can change your or fake players’ skins thanks to skin overrides. Read the Skin section to see how.
• Spawn fake players by using Carpet‘s command /player PLAYER_NAME spawn. _MAKE SURE TO USE AN EXISTING PLAYER NAME OR YOU’LL BE KICKED OUT OF THE GAME._
• Carpet allows you to do many things, so I recommend you check its documentation if you want to do very specific things.
• If you want to make light without a visible block, use the special Light Block in Minecraft. It isn’t available in the Creative Inventory, so you have to give it to yourself with /give minecraft:light{BlockStateTag: {level:””}} (the level goes from 0 to 15).
• You can equip items to fake players with Minecraft’s command /item replace

Resolutions (width x height)

• 720p = 1280×720
• 1080p = 1920×1080
• 2K/QHD/1440p = 2560×1440
• 4K/UHD = 3840×2160

Frames Per Second

• 24 (the “cinematic standard”)
• 25
• 29.97
• 30
• 50
• 59.94
• 60
• 120
• 144
• 240

I made a Scarpet script to allow players to use Carpet‘s fake players as actors.

REMEMBER to load it with the command /script load actors

Paths

They are the core of the script.

• Create a path with /actors path create
• By default, a path does nothing. You have to add at least 1 point with /actors path add
• Points are the positions the entities will go to when started with /actors path start
• There are a few more useful commands related to paths. The game will guide you with suggestions.

Scenes

Basically, they allow you to run multiple paths at the same time.

• The commands are similar to the path commands.
• Add as many “takes” as you want with /actors scene add . Those entities will follow the path with that name when the scene is started.
• Start the scene (all the takes will be run at the same time) with /actors scene start

Extras

• You can customize the script with /actors settings
• Use /actors look to make entities look at you. You can even use it before starting a path/scene to make them look at you while following a path.
• /actors follow will make entities follow you.
• Many other commands to make entities jump, mount another entity, set them on fire, etc.

IMPORTANT

• Don’t expect something big or an advanced AI.
• Not properly tested (multiplayer not tested at all).
• Feel free to modify the code however you want. It’d be nice if you shared your modifications/ideas with the rest of the community!

In order to change your or anyone’s skin (including fake players):

1. Go to the Change Overrides menu within the game.
2. Type any _existing_ player name in the input field at the top.
3. Press the + button.
4. Select the player in the list and press the Open File button or drag and drop the skin image.

_HAVE IN MIND that, even if a you already made a recording, overriding the skin for a player that appears in that old recording will change it in all recordings._

_This is both good and bad. On one hand, you can change a player’s skin even after recording, which might be helpful in certain situations. On the other hand, if you reuse the same name for a fake player for another recording, overriding it will change the skin in both (or if you or a person you recorded with change their skin). You can prevent this by making sure to use different names for the fake players, which might be a little tedious to keep track of._

You can download emotes from their Discord community or from this page, or take a look at this guide to see how to create custom emotes.

None, though I haven’t done much testing. Please let me know if you run into any issues.