How to make your own emote

Make an animation in Blockbench — or take your own emote from Emotecraft — and upload it to NLauncher. The launcher converts the file, shows the emote on your skin, and once it’s reviewed it goes into your wheel. Moderators publish the best ones to the “From players” catalog — with your name on them.

Blockbench or Emotecraft → .json / .emotecraft file → Launcher → Mine → review → wheel and catalog
1

Make the animation

The easiest way is Blockbench with the GeckoLib Animation Utils plugin (File → Plugins) and the Emotecraft player model — Emotecraft’s guide: Creating Emotes With Blockbench.

  • Animate the head, torso, right_arm, left_arm, right_leg, left_leg bones; the body bone moves the whole model (jumps, flips, crouches).
  • Elbows and knees: the right_arm_bend… bones or the bend value — NLauncher keeps the bend and the mod draws it in game.
  • Save the animation as .json (Animation → Export). A ready Emotecraft emote works too — a .json or .emotecraft from the emotes folder.
2

Upload it in the launcher

NLauncher → Appearance → Emotes → Mine → “Upload your own (Emotecraft / Blockbench)”. The launcher converts the file and plays the emote on the model on the left right away — that’s how others will see it in game. If something can’t be carried over (an item in hand, say), the launcher tells you.

Name the emote, pick a section and, if you want to share it, tick “Suggest it for the From players catalog”.

File uploaded: the emote is already playing on the model — name it and send it
File uploaded: the emote is already playing on the model — name it and send it
3

Wait for the review

A moderator checks the emote — usually within a day. Until then only you can see it. The status is right there in “My uploads”: under review, approved (private — only yours), in the From players catalog or rejected with a reason. You get a notification with the answer.

“My uploads”: moderation statuses
“My uploads”: moderation statuses
4

Play

An approved emote is in “Mine”: drag it to a wheel slot and hold B in game. Every player with the NLauncher mod on the same server sees it. Anyone can take emotes from the “From players” catalog for free — the author’s name is shown on them.

An Emotecraft emote after import into NLauncher: moments of the animation from two sides
An Emotecraft emote after import into NLauncher: moments of the animation from two sides

Good to know

  • Up to 30 seconds, file up to 256 KB; up to 5 uploads a day and up to 3 under review at once.
  • Parts: head, torso, arms, legs and the whole model, plus elbow and knee bends. Items in hand and per-part scale aren’t carried over; a torso bend becomes a lean.
  • Emotecraft easings (sine, quad, cubic, expo, back, elastic, bounce…) are carried over within a fraction of a degree; MoLang expressions aren’t supported — numbers only.
  • Upload only your own emotes or ones you have the author’s permission for. Other people’s packs (SPEmotes, for example), obscene moves and ads in the name are rejected.
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