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Drones

Make a full working drones , drone controler and some weapons, drone mining tools to attach it. And easy crafting recipes for these.

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fabricClient1.20.1mod

Drones mod notes

  • Added a placeable Drone Frame item that spawns a hovering drone companion. Right-click a block to deploy; it links to the player who placed it and stays persistent.
  • Added a Drone Controller that cycles drone modes (Follow → Guard → Mine). Right-click to broadcast the chosen mode to your drones within ~32 blocks; right-click a drone directly or empty-hand it to change a single drone. Sneak + empty hand strips attachments.
  • Drones accept attachments: Drone Blaster (fast shots), Siege Cannon (heavier hits), and a Mining Rig. Right-click the drone with the item to install; old parts are dropped if replaced.
  • Behaviors: Follow keeps close to the owner; Guard targets nearby hostile mobs when armed or retaliates when hit; Mine searches a short radius for mineable blocks when a rig is installed, breaks them, and collects drops automatically.
  • Easy recipes are provided for all items using common materials (iron, copper, redstone, quartz, blaze rod, dispenser, pickaxe, etc.), and items show up in the Tools/Combat/spawn tabs for quick access.
  • Rendering uses the drone item as a small spinning model; no extra textures required. Attachments are preserved and drop if the drone is destroyed.

Known limits and tips

  • Mining looks for nearby mineable blocks around the owner/drone; it is intentionally short-ranged and skips unbreakable or very hard blocks.
  • Guard firepower scales with the installed weapon but currently uses simple arrow-like projectiles; there is no ammo requirement.