why are the epic fight animation not working?

there is also a config option that makes the animations play even when you are not in combat mode

press r

No mod version, mod loader version, mc version, if on server or multiplayer, modlist, crash log, log, i'm not omniscent to know whats happening

did you try entering combat mode

how do i enter combat mode

what

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