How to fix Better Mace not showing the wave effect

If you smash a mob and see no wave, work through the checks below, starting with the data pack itself.

Check that the data pack is loaded

1. Open your world and run /datapack list.

2. Look for Better Mace Data Pack under the enabled packs. If it is only under available packs, enable it with /datapack enable and the exact pack name shown in the list.

3. Run /reload so the world picks up the change.

4. If it is missing from both lists, the pack is not in the world's datapacks folder. Put it there, then run /reload.

Check that you are doing a real smash attack

• You must hold a mace and be falling when the hit lands.
• Normal ground hits and weak jump attacks will not trigger the wave.
• The attack must actually hurt the target. A miss, or a hit on something that cannot take damage, produces nothing.

Still nothing?

• Test on a plain mob such as a zombie in an open space, so nothing else interferes.
• On a server, the pack must be enabled in the server's world, not only on your own client. Ask an admin to run the commands above.