

how on earth do you make these? theres not a single guide online that i can find (probably because the most ive done is a single google search)

ive made a guide but it's outdated, can't get to updating it, also splish was gonna make one but it seems like he doesn't have the time

I asked Playbonk about this.
He stated that, to his knowledge, he can't make the charging handle move without Blt, since the vanilla M4A1 anim does not involve the charging handle.

@RJC9000 maybe mw2019 animations for car-4 then? is doesnt involve charging handle iirc

You are free to send Playbonk $10 for that animation comission for MW2019 AR15 anims, or $200 at splish for a full set of custom anims.
:P
I wasn't involved in the animation work, I just threw money at Playbonk and told him that I wanted a recreation of the XM4's empty reload.
As for that MW2019 animation style that involves swapping out the old magazine while holding the new magazine, I am not sure it is possible with vanilla weapons due to most vanilla weapons only having one magazine object.
You'd have to ask Playbonk for more details.

dammit man why'd you have to make me choose between this, your funny reload and classic reloads
The AMR-16 one doesn't work properly presumably because there aren't any hooks with these files? The animation becomes blended with the vanilla animation and looks whack. Your other anim mods have files that these do not, notably the hooks.
it doesn't need a hook since it's a simple overrides, my newest mods most of the time work the same way even with hooks
if you have an issue of magazine moving in desync, see if you have any other mods that alter AMR-16's base model (wpn_fps_ass_m16.model)
@playbonk the closest thing is the vanilla mod pack which has a file called
wpn_fps_ass_m16_s_op.model
there's no other mod I have that contains
wpn_fps_ass_m16.model
unless you mean within a mods XML file in which case I have many that contain "wpn_fps_ass_m16"
also I was wrong about it blending with the vanilla animation. its not the vanilla animation. I'm not sure what it is
@playbonk ok I figured it out. The Hera Arms Vertical Grip is changing its reload animation to a custom one. Going to try and fix it now