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Horse Movement Animations

If horses could move their knees and fetlock, horse’s running and walking would look so unique and cinematic!

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    Yes! I've also wanted horses in Java to have that smoother running animation we see in Bedrock Edition!

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    While I do agree, the horse's animation set could be updated, giving it knees would make it immediately feel out of place. Plus, Minecraft Dungeons, the various official Minecraft cinematics and the three most recently added mobs have all proven, that the they don't need to have elbows or knees to move with a realistic sense of weight to them. All it takes is not treating the shoulder and hip joints as static points and you'll be amazed by how much mobility you can get out of these stiff seeming rigs.

    That's just Minecraft's art style at this point, no joints in the middle of major body sections.