MH Warfare — Changelog

3.0.0 Release 3

Release 3 expands MH Warfare with crewed aircraft, ground vehicles, refuelling, modular equipment and field fortifications.

This release introduces the L-39C, Mi-8MSB-V, HMMWV M1151 and Military Fuel Tanker 8×8, alongside aircraft weapons, component damage, pilot survival equipment and a shared vehicle servicing system. It also adds modular body armour, helmets, clothing, backpacks, mines, camouflage nets and new weapon optics.

Rendering, cameras, vehicle movement and contextual controls have received numerous fixes and optimizations.

L-39C Aircraft

• Added the L-39C, with two cockpits, animated controls and working flight instruments.
• Added flight dynamics covering engine operation, fuel consumption, landing gear, flaps, airbrakes and aerodynamic forces.
• Added aircraft mass and balance changes from fuel and installed stores.
• Added cockpit and external camera options, free look and visible pilot bodies.
• Added G-load effects, progressive impairment of pilot control and structural buffet effects under demanding flight conditions.
• Added animated canopy operation and ejection seats for both cockpit positions.
• Added independent armament operation from either cockpit without requiring flight-control priority.
• Improved ground handling, wheel contact, braking, placement and recovery.
• Improved flight interpolation, cockpit animation and high-altitude aircraft lighting.
• Addressed cockpit flashing, camera-transition artifacts and visual rotation discontinuities.

Aircraft Weapons and Stores

• Added FAB-100 M54 bombs for the L-39C.
• Added R-3S air-to-air missiles, with a heat-seeking acquisition system, search and lock feedback, and first- and third-person targeting indicators.
• R-3S targeting supports eligible aircraft, helicopters and drones according to their heat signature and acquisition conditions.
• Added UB-16-57U rocket pods and S-5M rockets for the L-39C.
• Added B-8V20A rocket pods and S-8DF rockets for the Mi-8MSB-V, with four available mounting positions.
• Added highlighted mounting previews, installation, removal and ammunition loading for supported stores.
• Remaining rocket ammunition is reflected in pod geometry and preserved when partially loaded pods are removed.
• Added a shared Caps Lock rocket-launch binding: tap for one rocket or hold for repeated S-5/S-8 launches, alternating available pods.
• R-3S launch remains a separate single-press action.
• Added projectile flight simulation, swept collision detection and explosion damage to players and vehicles.
• Added a terrain-aware predicted rocket impact marker with XYZ coordinates when terrain data is available.
• Added launch effects, white smoke trails and distant explosion presentation.
• Updated R-3S trails to use MH Warfare's shared white missile smoke.

Mi-8MSB-V Helicopter

• Added the Mi-8MSB-V, with animated cockpit controls, instruments, doors and rear cargo doors.
• Added helicopter flight dynamics with fuel, crew and payload mass affecting handling.
• Added two pilot positions, shared control, individual control priority and the ability for a pilot to relinquish flight control.
• Added passenger seating and a walkable cabin with movement support during flight.
• Improved cabin entrances, exits, internal clearances and collision handling.
• Improved movement synchronization for standing passengers and reduced unwanted position corrections.
• Added wheel brakes and a separate main- and tail-rotor brake.
• Added rotor blade droop and speed-dependent blade positioning, landing-gear compression and restrained rotor-wash dust effects.
• Added helicopter engine and rotor audio, with improvements to onboard sound positioning.
• Added flares and chaff, with countermeasure effects and targeting interactions.
• Added separate flare and chaff supply crates, each containing 48 charges.
• Countermeasures can be loaded individually or continuously at 6 charges per second, with remaining supply shown visually.
• Added component damage indicators, detachable components and individual main- and tail-rotor blade damage.
• Added repair, jerrycan refuelling and tanker-hose support.

HMMWV M1151

• Added the HMMWV M1151, with four cabin seats and an additional gunner position when equipped with the M2HB.
• Added a vehicle modification menu for installing and removing an existing Browning M2HB.
• The vehicle switches between closed and armed configurations according to its installed equipment.
• Added a rotating turret with a full 360-degree horizontal traverse and damageable protective armour.
• Added animated steering, suspension, doors, instruments and vehicle lighting.
• Added dedicated engine sounds and fuel consumption.
• Added component damage, detachable wheels, repairs and refuelling.
• Improved gunner arm positioning and movement while aiming.

Military Fuel Tanker 8×8

• Added a Military Fuel Tanker 8×8, an original vehicle concept inspired by the Tatra military refueller family.
• Added an 18,000-litre cargo tank and a separate diesel tank for the truck's engine.
• The tanker spawns with an empty cargo tank and fuel available for its own engine.
• Added handling influenced by fuel load, vehicle mass, suspension and braking.
• Added doors, steering, instruments, headlights, high beams, indicators, hazard lights and wipers.
• Added animated cargo-tank hatches and a visible liquid level that changes with the amount of fuel carried.
• Added fuel valves, gradual tank draining and separate HUD readings for engine fuel and cargo fuel.
• Added a deployable refuelling hose with a 35-metre maximum length.
• Added hose connection, disconnection and return-to-tanker interactions.
• Added a climbable ladder and model-based vehicle collision.
• Refined loaded-tanker explosion and fire effects.

Refuelling, Repairs and Vehicle Damage

• Added a 20-litre jerrycan and 100-litre kerosene, diesel and gasoline buckets.
• Added fuel placement without infinite-source creation.
• Added direct bucket filling for the tanker and held jerrycan refuelling for compatible vehicles.
• Added aircraft fuel-access interactions and animated hatch/cap sequences.
• Added a shared repair wrench for aircraft and ground vehicles.
• Repairs consume iron and can restore damaged or detached components.
• Added repair and refuelling progress feedback.
• Added component-specific damage affecting vehicle handling, propulsion and control.
• Added fuel leaks, fire and damage-dependent smoke effects.
• Improved crash handling and detachable wheel/component motion.
• Reduced excessive damage from minor ground impacts and ordinary small drops.
• Improved recovery of overturned or immobilized vehicles and reduced instability when wheels are missing.

Pilot Equipment and Parachutes

• Added flight suits in Olive, MM14 and Leather variants.
• Added a white pilot helmet and pilot gloves.
• Added a dedicated flight-suit slot that prevents simultaneous use of a separate jacket and trousers.
• Added a pilot rescue parachute equipped through the backpack slot.
• Equipped parachutes deploy automatically following the supported ejection sequence.
• Added canopy inflation, suspension lines, landing and a collapsed ground canopy.
• Landed parachutes can be packed by holding right-click for approximately 4 seconds.
• Holding C for 3 seconds during descent cuts away the parachute.
• Abandoned landed parachutes disappear after 5 minutes; cut-away canopies disappear 1 minute after landing.

Equipment, Armour and Clothing

• Added an equipment hangar interface with equipment, clothing and backpack sections.
• Added the M-Tac Cuirass FAST Elite XL Gen.II plate carrier and FAST High-Cut Ranger Green helmet.
• Added separate front and rear plate pockets with 18 ballistic insert variants, covering different protection classes and materials.
• Added armour coverage, plate condition and penetration interactions with the mod's ballistic systems.
• Added customizable helmet and carrier patches, including support for additional patch resources.
• Added the Mission Pack Elite Hex 25L, with 27 inventory slots and contents preserved when transferred or removed.
• Added MultiCam and MM14 field jackets and trousers, tactical gloves, a Ranger Green buff, and clear/smoke protective goggles.
• Added Winter and Savanna ghillie variants.
• Improved ghillie fit over helmets and plate carriers, with backpacks remaining visible over the suit.
• Added player-controlled prone crawling with low-profile collision and movement restrictions.

Fortifications, Nets and Mines

• Added stackable sandbags for building defensive positions.
• Added connecting barbed-wire sections.
• Added placeable camouflage nets in Green, Winter, Desert and Savanna variants.
• Added flexible net placement using selected attachment points, adjustable tension and recoverable net rolls.
• Added white road-protection netting, with flexible placement for road coverings and other player-built structures.
• Added net deformation, damage and interactions with supported projectiles and explosions.
• Optimized camouflage-net rendering and mesh caching while retaining cloth movement.
• Improved road-net flexibility with bounded simulation and rendering work.
• Added PMN, PMN-2 and PMN-4 mines, a demining tool, mine marker flags and warning signs.

Weapon Optics

• Added a reflex sight and K4i 4×30 optic for supported AK-74M and M2HB configurations.
• Added optic installation and removal through the weapon modification menu.
• Installed optics are preserved when weapons are packed or saved.
• Added animated optic mounting, sight alignment and aiming transitions.
• Improved scope rendering, reticle presentation and weapon positioning.
• Optimized M2HB rendering, including deployed and vehicle-mounted configurations.

Radar, Cameras and Visual Improvements

• Expanded LYS radar classification and presentation for the L-39C, Mi-8MSB-V and supported drones.
• Radar contacts now display a vehicle category and model name, with full labels available on hover.
• Fixed high-altitude target detection being rejected by unnecessary ground-height queries.
• Improved vehicle visibility in supported drone cameras and targeting systems.
• Improved vehicle rendering through smoke and contextual key handling.
• Improved headlight presentation, cockpit visibility and indicator readability.
• Added vehicle-interior weather masking to reduce rain rendering through enclosed cabins.
• Added a High-Altitude View option under Ctrl+H → Video for viewing loaded terrain from above.
• Improved inventory icons and vehicle damage displays.

Performance and Stability

• Optimized vehicle, machine-gun and net geometry rendering through cached meshes and reduced repeated work.
• Improved interpolation of vehicles, cockpit controls and moving components.
• Addressed vehicle spawning too close to or inside the player.
• Improved interactions between boarding, servicing, packing and contextual controls.
• Improved seat exit, passenger state and death/respawn handling.
• Refined vehicle chunk-transition handling and passenger movement synchronization.
• Removed development-only test classes and test structures from release packaging.

Installation Requirements

• Minecraft: Java Edition 1.20.1
• Mod Loader: Forge 47.4.21
• Java: 17
• Required Dependency: GeckoLib 4.8.4+
• Optional Compatibility: Explosion Overhaul for Forge 1.20.1
• Install the same MH Warfare version on the server and all connected clients.
• High-Altitude View operates on available terrain; this release does not include the postponed distant-terrain LOD system.
• Alexa Spatium retains its experimental designation.