Change the knockdown

A pose and a line for a logged-in player put down by combat damage.

The default threshold is below 25 HP, and the server can change it.

You need director mode.

NPCs, private duels and environmental damage such as falls, lava, water and crushing do not use this downed state.

In the menus: ESC → Direct → Scene → KNOCKDOWN

Set the pose and the line

Fill in either field or both, then select APPLY.

An empty field means the default, so a message with no pose gives you the vanilla knockdown with your new line over it.

Emote

Emote: takes an emote name or a raw animation name.

PICK opens the shared emote list and only offers names the game already knows, where typing also reaches the animation names.

Message

Message: takes up to 128 bytes of text and shows on its own line, with the recovery countdown underneath it.

CLEAR wipes both and closes the panel, with no confirmation step.

Try it on yourself

PREVIEW saves the form, then puts your own character down for 10 seconds.

Recover and help a downed player covers the wait, restored health and helping another player up.

Prefer the console?

message takes the same form, up to 128 bytes of text, and none clears either field.