Animated Shields

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): AnimatedShieldsFabric did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/network/protocol/common/custom/CustomPacketPayload; AnimatedShieldsFabricClient did not start: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Animated Shields platform has been installed yet.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• com.mojang.blaze3d.platform.NativeImage
• io.netty.buffer.Unpooled
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommandRegistrationCallback
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommands
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientLifecycleEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientLifecycleEvents.ClientStarted
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents.Disconnect
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents.Join
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking.Context
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PayloadTypeRegistry
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents.Disconnect
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents.Join
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.Context
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking.PlayPayloadHandler
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.AbstractWidget
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button.CreateNarration
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button.OnPress
• net.minecraft.client.input.MouseButtonEvent
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.SubmitNodeCollector
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.rendertype.RenderType
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.rendertype.RenderTypes
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.DynamicTexture
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureManager
• net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf
• net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.Type
• net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload.TypeAndCodec
• net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer
• net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl
• net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.Resource
• net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.ResourceManager
• net.minecraft.server.players.PlayerList
• net.minecraft.util.Unit
• and 20 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Bring your shield to life with your own animated GIF. Pick an image from a simple in-game gallery, adjust the speed, and show it off in singleplayer or with friends.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file AnimatedShields-26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.