Much Better Emotes

More emotes and a sign you can draw on, rebuilt for v81.

Features

• Emotes Middle Finger, Clap, Shy, The Griddy, Twerk, Salute, Prisyadka, Sign, Thumbs Up, Wave and 6 7
• Press/choose Middle Finger or Clap emote again for double version
• Emotes config toggle
• Emote wheel on [ V ] or gamepad [ Select ]
• Direct keys for every emote, unbound by default
• Sign emote opens UI to draw on it, color wheel, hex input, eyedropper, 8 color presets, text tool, brush sizes with 3 presets, eraser, fill bucket, undo, redo and clear
  • 8 save slots for drawings, load back onto the sign, save over a slot and deleting saved drawings
  • Scroll changes the brush size, Ctrl+Z undoes, Ctrl+Y redoes, Clear needs a second press within 2 seconds
  • Last drawing is remembered between sessions and lobbies
• Compatible with TooManyEmotes and First-Person View

Configuration

1. Emotes

• Middle Finger / Clap / Shy / Twerk / Salute / The Griddy / Prisyadka / Sign / Thumbs Up / Wave / 6 7 - Toggle emotes
• Move While Emoting - Walk during emotes
• Hide Held Item - Hides held item while player emotes

2. Movement

• Griddy Speed - Walk speed during the Griddy. REQUIRES 'The Griddy' SET TO TRUE
• Prisyadka Speed - Walk speed during Prisyadka. REQUIRES 'Prisyadka' SET TO TRUE

3. Wheel

• Stop Outside Slots - Releasing outside of slots stops your emote
• Controller Deadzone - How far the right stick must tilt to pick a slot, 0.25 by default and 0 to 0.9, also the left stick deadzone when drawing with a gamepad

4. Sign

• Show Other Players Drawings - If false, keeps other players signs empty for you
• Show While Drawing - Other players see each line you draw. They see your drawing only when you show the sign
• Remember Drawing - Saves your drawing between sessions and lobbies

Emote Wheel

Default Key V

Animations

Middle Finger	Clap

Shy	The Griddy

Twerk	Salute

Prisyadka	Sign

Wave	Thumbs Up

6 7

Credits

• Developed by seeya
• Based on BetterEmotes by KlutzyBubbles, which is a modification of More Emotes by Sligili
• Animations and props [ sign, legs, wheel ] come from More Emotes and BetterEmotes, Thumbs Up, Wave and 6 7 are new in MuchBetterEmotes
• Drawing on the sign is inspired from DrawableWhiteboard by mr hat

License

Distributed under the GPL v3 License. Code from BetterEmotes is MIT.

💖 Support

If you enjoy my work, consider supporting me. Donations are optional but greatly appreciated.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] - 2026-10-15

Added

• Support for v81
• Ability to draw on the sign
• Save slots for drawing
• Show Other Players Drawings option
• Remember Drawing option
• Show While Drawing option
• Move While Emoting option
• Hide Held Item option
• Thumbs Up, Wave and 6 7 emotes

Changed

• Direct emote keys start unbound

Removed

• Runtime Netcode Patcher dependency

Fixed

• Other mods player animations being overwritten every frame (BetterEmotes #51, #55)
• Animations added by game updates break (BetterEmotes #29, #34, #42)
• Ladder, lever, item charging and terminal animations looking wrong to other players (BetterEmotes #56)
• Emotes only working for the host on v80 (BetterEmotes #59)
• Getting stuck in the sign editor after joining a lobby (BetterEmotes #58)
• Other small stuff