This release we had additional contributions from con_man180, and SecretAgent12. Many thanks for those!

Fixes

• A few bugs relating to the particle muzzle flash system, and changed default positions
• Added missing particle textures used in muzzle flash system to gh
• Major icon crash in creative tab from missing icons.
• Mecha rendering crash
• Players in SetPlayerInvis driveables not appearing after their driveable dies
• Fancy melee animation crash

Features

• New explosion configuration options for driveable deaths: DeathFireRadius/ExplosionPower/ExplosionRadius/ExplosionBreaksBlocks/ExplosionDamageVs..
• Made fields public to allow for integration with other forge mods (rel. damage sources)
• Readded recipe for paintjob table
• Melee w/(fancy swords) can no longer hit people through blocks
• Grenades no longer bounce off tall grass
• Fuel tank size less than 0 fuel means the vehicle does not need fuel, and will ignore engine start time.

• Optional improved flight physics, by con_man. This is not enabled by default, as it requires extra configuration: Main features:

  MaxThrust replaces MaxThrottle

  New, realistic mass&lift physics

  Supersonic modelling at 2blocks/tick w/Mach-Tuck effect for non supersonic aircraft.

  Takeoff speed

  Better shootdown/control loss physics and effects (Port from LabJac) Better taxi controls

  See documentation for more information.

• Set render weighting of driveables to max.
• Small hitboxes for driveables now removes the hitbox completely
• New airframe part for improved physics mode
• ContentManager system, which can load Flans packs as mods - supporting dependencies and proper versioning (see documentation)
• Kill message weapon icon now shows paintjob of weapon
• Bullet speed multiplier applies to driveables and passenger guns, not just handheld guns
• Passenger seat collisions now cause damage to the vehicle when hit, like collision points.
• Improvement of player-bullet hit detection for unstable ping. There are still known issues with jumping and moving sideways.
• Hitmarker crosshair now uses server side hit detection, reducing false positives/negatives, but may mean higher latency in the crosshair apppearing
• Hitmarker crosshair now shows yellow for explosion damage
• Improved vehicle fall speed via gravity and max fall speed - feedback on vehicle handling is welcome with respect to falling.
• Removed unused logging

New Documentation:

• Muzzle flash system: https://github.com/Unknown025/Flans-Mod-Plus/wiki/Muzzle-Flash
• Content mod system: https://github.com/Unknown025/Flans-Mod-Plus/wiki/Creating-a-Content-Mod
• Improved flight model: https://github.com/Unknown025/Flans-Mod-Plus/wiki/New-Flight-Model

Misc

• Added gradle.properties to the repository, so version number does not have to be manually changed anymore.
• Deobf jars will be distributed for use in dev environments, that is now part of our build.gradle tasks
• Created pull request template
• Check out pixelrider2000's experimental bukit/spigot integration: https://github.com/pixelrider2000/Flans-API
• Slight unborking of the API
• All Flans packs in the repo have been converted to content mods.

Plans for the next release(s):

• Selectable reloading (Started by SecretAgent)
• Better documentation + testing of recoil and spread
• Hit crosshair for vehicle guns
• Custom render system + documentation/examples
• Content pack folder improvements (allow 'ammo' in place of bullets, and recursive file search for better organisation)