Mob with HumanoidMobRenderer - how to render attack arm swing? [1.18.2]

[bradsk88]

I have a mob that uses the HumanoidMobRenderer. It is meant to look like another player.

public class VisitorMobRenderer extends HumanoidMobRenderer<VisitorMobEntity, PlayerModel<VisitorMobEntity>> {

I have basically no custom rendering code. Just some logic for loading custom skins.

https://github.com/bradsk88/Questown/blob/0d913c9bf06bb6b2de981717d2a38e182d9669ca/src/main/java/ca/bradj/questown/mobs/visitor/VisitorMobRenderer.java#L14

I've tried to call the "swing" method from the server side, which should publish a message to the client side. But I'm not seeing any animation.

((LivingEntity)mcExtra.entity()).swing(InteractionHand.MAIN_HAND);

https://github.com/bradsk88/Questown/blob/0770d0d161a92d69f0749832552671b781360a64/src/main/java/ca/bradj/questown/jobs/declarative/RealtimeWorldInteraction.java#L284

 

Any suggestions to get my mob's arm swinging?