
PlayerEmotes
A datapack that adds emotes to your game. No resource pack required!
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About this Mod
🎭 Player Emotes Datapack
The Player Emotes Datapack adds fun, animated emotes to your Minecraft world—no mods needed! Players can express themselves with visual effects, particles and actions using simple commands.
✨ Features:
🔹 Custom Emotes like: happy, sad, angry, cry, and more.
🌟 Emotes trigger particles, animations, and messages.
💬 Optional emote activation messages, e.g. "Your Happy emote is activated!"
🧍 Works in multiplayer – each player can run their own emotes!
🏷 Supports emote tags for organizing by emotion, decoration, or type.
⚙️ Easily extensible – you can add your own emotes with custom effects!
📜 Usage:
Run /function emotes:
Example: /function emotes:happy
You can clear your current emote by
/function emotes:clear
💡 Example Emotes:
Happy: Shows happy face on your head
Angry: Shows angry face on your head
Sad: Shows sad face on your head
Cry: Shows falling water particle at your eyes
and it has more emotes
🔧 Requirements:
Minecraft Java Edition 1.20+ (1.21+ support soon)
Datapack installation in the /datapacks folder
🐛 Bugs:
If you found a bug, please contact the owner in discord
my discord username is .7catta
Available Versions
How to Install PlayerEmotes on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.4).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "PlayerEmotes". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.2 (+2 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
PlayerEmotes server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is PlayerEmotes compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
PlayerEmotes officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.2. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with PlayerEmotes – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if PlayerEmotes consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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