NPCs engine

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By Stepan1411 · datapack

⬇ Download Mod Source: Modrinth ↗ 📅 Updated: 4/22/2026 📅 Created: 12/5/2025

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  • 🏆 #1411 of 1805 datapack mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

# NPC Engine **Interactive NPC system with dialogues for Minecraft 1.21.9+** NPC Engine is a data pack for creating NPCs with a dialogue system, response options, and a cinematic camera. --- ## 🎯 Features ### NPCs - **Mannequins** — NPCs based on `minecraft:mannequin` with custom skins - **Other Entities** — Villagers, zombies, skeletons, etc. - **Interactivity** — Clicking on an NPC starts a dialogue - **Visual Editor** — Control via the action bar ### Dialogues - **Typewriter Effect** — Smooth character-by-character typing - **Choice System** — Branching dialogues with multiple answer options - **Navigation** — Shift to skip to the next line - **Text Display** — Text is displayed above the NPC ### Camera - **Cinematic Mode** — Automatically zooms in on the NPC - **Positioning** — The camera is positioned to the side of the NPC - **Smooth Transitions** — Blindness effect at the start/end Dialogue - **Restore** — automatically returns the player to their starting position --- ## 🚀 Installation 1. Place the `npcs-engine` folder in your world's `datapacks` 2. Run `/reload` --- ## 📋 Usage ### Open the Editor ```mcfunction /function _npsc:open ``` ### Editor Controls - **Mouse Wheel** — Navigate the menu - **RMB (carrot on a fishing rod)** — Select an item ### Editor Menu | Item | Description | |-------|----------| | 📝 Create NPC | Create a new NPC | | 📋 List | View all NPCs | | 💬 Dialogues | Dialogue Editor | | 🎬 Dialogue Test | Run a Dialogue Test | | ❌ Exit | Close Editor | ### Interacting with NPCs - Click on the NPC to start a dialogue - **Shift** — next line - The dialogue ends automatically after the last line --- ## 🔧 API for Developers ### Creating an NPC ```mcfunction # Create a mannequin NPC function npcs:npc/create_player # Create an NPC entity function npcs:npc/create_entity ``` ### Dialogue Management ```mcfunction # Add a dialogue line function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"Hello, traveler!"} # Add a choice function npcs:dialog/editor/add_choice {npc_id:1,text:"Where shall we go?",choices:} # Start a dialogue programmatically function npcs:dialog/start_play ``` ### Data Storage - **Storage** `npcs:data` — NPC and dialogue data - **Storage** `npcs:current_dialog` — currently active dialogue --- ## 📋 Requirements - **Minecraft**: 1.21.9+ - **Permissions**: Operator for editor commands --- ## 🎮 Example: Quest NPC ```mcfunction # 1. Create an NPC function npcs:npc/create_player # 2. Add dialogues (npc_id = 1) function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"Greetings, hero!"} function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"I have something for you" task."} function npcs:dialog/editor/add_choice {npc_id:1,text:"Will you accept it?",choices:} ``` --- **Create living worlds with the NPC Engine!** 💬✨

# NPC Engine

Interactive NPC system with dialogues for Minecraft 1. 21. 9+

NPC Engine is a data pack for creating NPCs with a dialogue system, response options, and a cinematic camera.

## 🎯 Features

### NPCs - Mannequins — NPCs based on `minecraft:mannequin` with custom skins - Other Entities — Villagers, zombies, skeletons, etc. - Interactivity — Clicking on an NPC starts a dialogue - Visual Editor — Control via the action bar

### Dialogues - Typewriter Effect — Smooth character-by-character typing - Choice System — Branching dialogues with multiple answer options - Navigation — Shift to skip to the next line - Text Display — Text is displayed above the NPC

### Camera - Cinematic Mode — Automatically zooms in on the NPC - Positioning — The camera is positioned to the side of the NPC - Smooth Transitions — Blindness effect at the start/end Dialogue - Restore — automatically returns the player to their starting position

## 🚀 Installation

1. Place the `npcs-engine` folder in your world's `datapacks` 2. Run `/reload`

## 📋 Usage

### Open the Editor ```mcfunction /function _npsc:open ```

### Editor Controls - Mouse Wheel — Navigate the menu - RMB (carrot on a fishing rod) — Select an item

### Editor Menu | Item | Description | |-------|----------| | 📝 Create NPC | Create a new NPC | | 📋 List | View all NPCs | | 💬 Dialogues | Dialogue Editor | | 🎬 Dialogue Test | Run a Dialogue Test | | ❌ Exit | Close Editor |

### Interacting with NPCs - Click on the NPC to start a dialogue - Shift — next line - The dialogue ends automatically after the last line

## 🔧 API for Developers

### Creating an NPC ```mcfunction # Create a mannequin NPC function npcs:npc/create_player

# Create an NPC entity function npcs:npc/create_entity ```

### Dialogue Management ```mcfunction # Add a dialogue line function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"Hello, traveler!"}

# Add a choice function npcs:dialog/editor/add_choice {npc_id:1,text:"Where shall we go?",choices:["North","South"]}

# Start a dialogue programmatically function npcs:dialog/start_play ```

### Data Storage - Storage `npcs:data` — NPC and dialogue data - Storage `npcs:current_dialog` — currently active dialogue

## 📋 Requirements

  • Minecraft: 1. 21. 9+
  • Permissions: Operator for editor commands

## 🎮 Example: Quest NPC

```mcfunction # 1. Create an NPC function npcs:npc/create_player

# 2. Add dialogues (npc_id = 1) function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"Greetings, hero!"} function npcs:dialog/editor/add_line {npc_id:1,text:"I have something for you" task."} function npcs:dialog/editor/add_choice {npc_id:1,text:"Will you accept it?",choices:["Of course!","Not now"]} ```

Create living worlds with the NPC Engine! 💬✨

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📊 Mod Details

Game
Minecraft Data Packs
Author
Stepan1411
Version
v1
Downloads
5,251
Endorsements
20
Category
datapack
Created
12/5/2025
Updated
4/22/2026
Game Versions
1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1
Tags
library, social, utility

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft Data Packs versions does NPCs engine support?

The author lists 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.

What is the latest version of NPCs engine?

Version v1, published 2026-04-22 with 5,251 downloads recorded at the source.

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