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Mods / Flying Machine
- Tags:
- Author:
- Granlurken
- Side:
- Both
- Created:
- Oct 1st at 5:44 PM
- Last modified:
- Oct 1st at 5:52 PM
- Downloads:
- 429
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Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.22.0 - 1.22.7):
flyingmachine_0.1.0.zip 1-click install
🚨 DISCLAIMER 🚨
This mod was made with the help of AI (Claude Code).
I hope you'll give it a try anyway. If that's not for you, no hard feelings.
Flying Machine!
This mod adds a homebuilt, wood-and-linen biplane inspired by the flying machines of the early 1900s. It's rickety, loud, and held together with glue, rope and hope.
When can I build it?
Mid game to early late game. You'll need iron (or meteoric iron/steel) for the engine parts, plus flax/linen, copper, lead, sulfur, resin or beeswax, rendered fat, glue, rusty gears and a good pile of planks. Every component has its own recipe: grid, anvil smithing, or both. A full guide is in the in-game handbook (search "Flying Machine").
Building it
Craft a set of trestles and place them on flat ground with room to spare (9×9 and 5 blocks of open air). Then add the parts step by step, the same way you'd build a vanilla sailboat: frame, wheels, wings, engine, propeller, instrument panel, seats. Finally, roll it out.
Fuel
The engine runs on Aqua Vitae (double-distilled spirits). Right-click the engine with a bucket, jug or bottle to open the fuel window. The tank holds 10 litres and burns about 1 litre per minute at full throttle, which is roughly 12 000 blocks per tank. Run dry and you glide, so plan your landings.
Features
- Simple flight model: throttle, pitch, banking turns, stalls, a takeoff run and landings
- Working instrument panel: airspeed, altimeter, compass, fuel gauge, variometer, plus stall and low-fuel lamps
- Pilot and passenger seat, and a cargo slot for a chest or basket
- Engine sounds, exhaust smoke, spinning propeller and wheels
- Disassemble it with a wrench (hold Shift + right-click) to get your parts back, then rebuild it somewhere else
- Only the builder (or players with access to the land claim) can take it apart
- You can't jump out in mid-air, at least not without ground close below you
Controls
W/S = throttle · Space = nose up · Ctrl = nose down · A/D = turn · Shift = get out (on the ground)
Multiplayer
Tested on a local dedicated server. It hasn't been tested on servers with real-world ping yet, so please report rubber-banding or other issues.
Source code (MIT): https://github.com/Granlurken/vs-flying-machine
| Mod Version | Mod Identifier | For Game version | Downloads | Released | Changelog | Download | 1-click mod install* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | flyingmachine | 429 | Oct 1st at 5:52 PM | Empty | flyingmachine_0.1.0.zip | 1-click install |
Hey I absolutely love this mod and even made a runway with lights and a hanger while gathering resources to make the plane.
The one bug I ran into was while flying and turning from a mountain that loaded in front of me, the plane dissapeared yet my velocity and heading stuck and I couldnt move or steer. Besides this I can't give enough praise on making it feel like something grounded flying mcahine wise.
On one hand, very impressive. On the other hand, no loop-de-loops?
You might consider adding the "Source" link to the top (click edit on the mod, there is a field for it) :)
I made some contributions on GitHub, FYI
cool!
Hi Granlurken, this mod looks awesome and has a lot of potential! Just a suggestion, but have you considered adding different variants of planes? IE more expensive models with better speeds or higher ceilings or more storage slots? I am working on adding an aluminum production process to Improved Metallurgy and a couple of aluminum alloys with the idea that they might be useful to your mod.
Also, a more pertient suggestion, but would it be possible to add some sort of braking system when landing? As it stands landing requires a ridiculous amount of space compared to takeoff.
Best of luck and fantastic mod!
Played around with this and it's super impressive! I'd love to see damage when crashing/landing too hard!
I'm thinking make so it if you "crash" the plane takes damage, and damage means you have to use say, rusty gears and a wrench, to repair it.
I also think we should encourage the building of airstrips/runways, so I think a little bit of damage should be done when landing on dirt/grass/sand/gravel.
Any way you can add compatibility for https://mods.vintagestory.at/hexsmech
They have oil and petrochemicals in that mod
yoo, this looks sick!