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# Ent's Armor Trim Expanded

Make your own animated armor trims with a data pack and a resource pack, no code.

![logo](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/1f3801e32d45af631da7e75d57699bac944cd47f.png)

**Ent's Armor Trim Expanded** lets any pack add armor trims that move. There are two things a pack can animate, and they are independent:

* **Animated trim materials.** The trim's **colour** shimmers, pulses, or cross-fades (for example a glowing sculk trim). Works on 1.21.1, 26.2, and 26.3.
* **Animated trim designs.** The trim's **shape** (the pattern itself) plays through frames, like a moving inlay. New in mod 2.0.x (26.3). Older versions are planned.

Everything is data driven. You register a material or a pattern with a data pack, supply the colours or the shapes with a resource pack, and this mod plays the animation. No Java required.

## Pick your path

| I want to...                              | Go to                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Understand the pieces first               | [Concepts and versions](/entatexpanded/concepts.md)                           |
| Animate a trim's colour                   | [Animated Trim Materials](/entatexpanded/animated-trim-materials/overview.md) |
| Animate a trim's shape                    | [Animated Trim Designs](/entatexpanded/animated-trim-designs/overview.md)     |
| Add a smithing template item for a design | [Smithing Templates](/entatexpanded/smithing-templates/soul-template.md)      |
| Fix something that is not working         | [Troubleshooting](/entatexpanded/reference/troubleshooting.md)                |
| Generate all the files automatically      | [Generator tool](/entatexpanded/reference/generator.md)                       |

## Example pack

A ready to clone example that adds the **Raw Copper** animated material:

```
git clone https://github.com/TheFlyingEnt/EntArmorTrimExpanded-Example
```

It contains a complete data pack and resource pack you can copy from or drop straight into a world.

## Good to know

* An animation only plays while **Ent's Armor Trim Expanded** is installed. Without the mod, the material or pattern still exists and renders as a normal static trim.
* The **colours and shapes are always a resource pack** (client side). The **material or pattern registration is a data pack** (server side). You need both.