Feedback to me in Discord: https://discord.gg/k9FeFYCAmh
This project is a faithful port of EMB4's legendary Minecraft Helicopter mod (MCHeli <-- link) to modern Minecraft.
Military helicopters, jets, tanks, and emplacements; the mod that put a whole army in your Minecraft world is now ported to run on NeoForge 1.21.1, while staying true to the original in as many aspects as possible.
This project exists because of one man: EMB4, who is the original creator of MCHeli. All models, textures, assets, and gameplay mechanics are his original conception. See Credits below.
This is a "drop it in and go flying" build, not a polished product. The core loop of spawning, boarding, flying/driving, shooting, and taking damage is solid and working, but several systems are still in progress (many have been implemented however). Please read Roadmap & Known Limitations before you use this. Bug reports are hugely welcome.
Vehicles are creative-spawn only for now (no survival recipes yet), so play in Creative to try them out.
A content pack is a third-party community made bundle of assets in a format pertaining to MCHeli specifications, adding new features to the game or expanding on preexisting features. Adding content packs to your game is very simple. Go to https://www.planetminecraft.com/mods/tag/mcheli/ or an equivalent website, and you'll find many classic and contemporary content packs. To add a content pack, go to your .minecraft folder or equivalent folder, create a new folder called mcheli if it's not already there, and simply drop the unzipped content pack in!
Right-click a block with a vehicle item to spawn it.
Deferred features, not bugs, just not built yet:
If a combat aircraft feels toothless, that's the missing guidance. Spawn a gunship or a rocket-armed helicopter and you'll have a full fight.
MCHeli was created by EMB4. The vision, the enormous vehicle library, the models and textures, the sounds, the flight feel, the HUD, and the config/add-on format are all EMB4's original work, built over years for Minecraft Forge 1.7.10. This mod would not exist in any form without them.
This project is only the engine-level port: translating EMB4's mod so it runs on the modern NeoForge 1.21.1 platform, while preserving the original content and behavior as faithfully as possible. All the credit for what makes MCHeli special belongs to EMB4.
