SmoothMount

# SmoothMount (NeoForge Port)

**Unofficial NeoForge 1.21.1 port of SmoothMount by Ender_Fake.**
Original mod: **https://github.com/Ender-Fake/SmoothMount**

All the original animation work is Ender_Fake’s. Please report problems with this port here, not to the original author.

In vanilla Minecraft you teleport onto a mount’s back. SmoothMount plays the climb instead: your character pulls themselves into the saddle, lowers themselves back down when getting off, and the camera follows the movement instead of snapping to the new position.

## What gets animated

| Mount | Original mod | This port |
| — | — | — |
| Horses, donkeys, mules | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pigs | ✔ | ✔ |
| Camels (both seats) | ✘ | ✔ |
| Striders | ✘ | ✔ |
| Boats and minecarts | ✘ | ✔ |

Camels, striders, boats and minecarts can each be turned off in the config.

## What the port adds

– **Camels and striders.** Two seats on a camel no longer make the rider who stays seated replay the animation when the other one gets on or off. The same fix applies to boats.
– **Boats and minecarts.** The original mod ships a vehicle animation but never uses it. Here it plays when getting in and when getting out.
– **Smoother camera.** Every camera move eases in and out, so there is no jolt at the start and no hard stop at the end.
– **The camera follows your body** while it climbs (third person only by default).
– **Mount and dismount sounds.** Vanilla has none. You can change them or turn them off.
– **Config file** at `config/smoothmount-client.toml`: animation durations, camera arc height, camera following, sounds, and which mounts are animated.

## Compatibility

– **Client-side only.** Not needed on the server, and works on any server.
– **Entity Model Features (EMF):** optional. Supported the same way as in the original, which describes the support as partial. Animations can look a little jittery with EMF.
– **Entity Texture Features (ETF):** no conflicts.
– Uses the same mod id as the original (`smoothmount`), so the two cannot be installed together.

## Source code and licence

LGPL-3.0, the same licence as the original. The full source code is attached to every release as an additional file (`-sources.jar`). It includes `PORTING-NOTES.md`, which lists every change made to the original.

## Credits

– **Original mod, animations and idea:** Ender_Fake — [github.com/Ender-Fake/SmoothMount](https://github.com/Ender-Fake/SmoothMount)
If you enjoy this mod, please go and star the original project.