Arkif's Hoverboard Mod

Carbon Fibre Blocks 

This mod uses carbon fibre for most of the recipes, and includes a few blocks for decoration purposes. These include carbon fibre blocks, stairs, slabs and fences. All of the above have been made easy to make and hopefully they will be useful to create futuristic bunkers etc. 

Hoverboard Builder 

The hoverboard builder does exactly what you’d expect - it allows you to create the hoverboard. This provides the 4x4 crafting grid required to make the hoverboard and its components. The hoverboard builder can also be used to make the upgrades, and all recipes that include carbon fibre (apart from itself). To craft, the builder requires 48 RF/T and each recipe has a set amount of time to craft.

The hoverboard builder on the right of the above image shows which sides you can connect power sources to. The output slot can be extracted from the sides and power can be pushed in through the bottom of the block. 

Hoverboard Loader / Unloader 

The hoverboard loader allows items inside the block to be transported to the hoverboard. The hoverboard must be directly above the loader for it to work. This is shown when the loader's colour and the hoverboard's colour matches. The unloader functions the same but will take items out of the hoverboard. These blocks do not require RF, but stores the owner of the block. This prevents them from interfering with hoverboard that have private stations. These blocks are intended to be used with mods that can transport items from and to them, such as BuildCraft as shown in the picture. 

Hoverboard Charger 

The hoverboard charger allows manipulation of the RF in surrounding hoverboards. This block can search for hoverboards within a radius of 4 and can give or take RF. The hoverboards must not have private stations for this to work, or you must be the owner of both the block and hoverboard. The owner has their name displayed in the top right of the GUI. Click the buttons inside the GUI to change the direction of the power transfer. This block can interact with power transfer from all sides apart from the top, shown above. 

Melt Spinner 

The melt spinner is a machine used in the creation of carbon fibre. It requires 64 RF/T and takes 200 ticks to complete a cycle. Experience is also rewarded when an item is converted. If you have any more ideas for recipes, drop a comment below. This machine can receive power from the back or the bottom, and items can be pumped into the top and extracted from the bottom.

Solar Panel 

The solar panel is the source of power from this mod. The solar panel produces RF during the day and will automatically point towards the sun. The amount of RF generated depends on the time of day, with the most being at midday and least in the mornings / evenings. Output is also reduced during rain or thunderstorms. A chargeable item may be placed inside to begin charging. This block will output power to the bottom if a cable is connected. 

Hoverboard 

(Unpowered Hoverbaord at back left, powered at the back right, fully upgrades at front left)

The hoverboard has 30 hearts of health, can store up to 1048576 RF, 50000 heat and 25 items (+1 power item). Once the hoverboard has been crafted, the next player to place it will become the owner. The owner has full control over the hoverboard, allowing them to pilot and access it and cannot be changed.

When unpowered the hoverboard will be completely useless – not even the lights work. If the hoverboard overheats, the vents on the sides will open to cool down and it will not be able to fly. Most of the functionality will disappear when overheated, and will come back once cooled down to half the max temperature.

The hoverboard will display increased heat particles as it reaches higher temperatures and smoke particles when low on health. The hoverboard cannot fly higher than Y-level 256 and will not automatically regenerate health.

To fly the hoverboard, use the W, A, S, D keys to move around similar to controlling the player. The jump key ascends the hoverboard and the sneak key will cause it to descend. These controls can be changed in the config and in game key settings if desired.

To power the hoverboard, place an energy compatible item (such as a battery) into the energy slot of the GUI or charge the hoverboard in item form. Clicking the “Info…” button will display most of the hoverboard stats on page one and the second page will display the upgrades installed. The “Options…” button displays a list of checkboxes that can turn on or off features.

Most of these features will be inaccessible until the corresponding upgrades have been installed. The “Hover Mode” option will enable the hoverboard to stay powered and remain in the air when not being ridden. Keep in mind this will consume power and generate a small amount of heat, and also prevent the hoverboard from cooling down. The particles option will disable particles for the selected hoverboard only.

The “Owner Options” section includes three options to do with accessing the hoverboard. The “Private Storage” option allows you to open the hoverboard’s storage to be accessed by other players when unchecked. Unchecking “Private Pilot” will enable other players to pilot the hoverboard. Unchecking the “Private Stations” option will enable machines such as the charger, loader and unloader to interfere with the hoverboard even if the owners are different. 

Main Items 

Wrench

The wrench is constructed in the hoverboard builder and can allow the hoverboards to be picked up. Right clicking the hoverboard as the owner will drop the hoverboard into item form. You can then use the item to place the hoverboard again, and it will keep the items inside the inventory and its other stats. The wrench is also required when repairing the hoverboard. It has 256 uses before breaking, and each interaction will consume one.

Repair Kit 

The repair kit is the only way to repair the hoverboard. It will restore 10 health (5 hearts) when used on a hoverboard. The user must also have a hoverboard wrench in their inventory to perform the repair. The repair kit has 48 uses, and will spawn green particles once the repair is done.

Config 

The config file allows you to adjust the settings of the mod. This includes disabling some of the hoverboard options as well as crafting recipes integrated with other mods.