[SBW] Automatic Air Defence

SBW Air Defence mod

SBW Air Defense expands Superb Warfare with dedicated air-defense systems, starting with the Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS.
The Phalanx is designed as a fully autonomous close-in defense system capable of detecting, tracking and engaging airborne threats. It can intercept aircraft, helicopters, drones, missiles, rockets, bombs, artillery shells and mortar rounds while ignoring ordinary ground targets and small-caliber projectiles.

Current Features:

Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS
Autonomous target detection and tracking
Missile, rocket and bomb interception
Interception of heavy artillery and mortar projectiles
Support for airborne vehicles and flying mobs
Support for compatible Superb Warfare addon vehicles and projectiles
Configurable target filters
Player and team IFF system
Persistent vehicle ownership / IFF identification
Protection for owner and team vehicles
Protection for owner and team projectiles
Detection of stolen friendly vehicles
Player whitelist
Team whitelist
Per-Phalanx configuration GUI
Persistent settings across world and server restarts
Custom muzzle flash and firing effects
Custom Phalanx firing sound
Automatic wreck filtering
Improved target acquisition and early-fire behavior
Dedicated projectile interception logic
Each Phalanx can be configured individually, allowing different installations to protect against different types of threats.
IFF & Whitelist System
The Phalanx includes an Identification Friend or Foe system.
Depending on its configuration, it can protect:
The Phalanx owner
Members of the owner's team
Friendly aircraft and helicopters
Friendly missiles and other projectiles
Individually whitelisted players
Whitelisted scoreboard teams
Vehicle ownership is stored persistently on the server and is not lost when the player disconnects, the chunk unloads or the server restarts.
A friendly vehicle that is stolen by a hostile player can optionally be treated as hostile while that player is controlling it.

Addon Support:

SBW Air Defense is designed to recognize many compatible Superb Warfare addon vehicles and projectiles automatically through SBW's existing vehicle/projectile classes and additional entity tags.
This allows addon aircraft, helicopters, drones, missiles, rockets and other supported threats to work with the Phalanx without requiring individual hardcoded entries in many cases.
Important Compatibility Information

Required Version

New: 

the mod is now for SBW 0.8.9 and 0.8.9.1 out !

this is the last version of this mod for SBW 0.8.9, its the final code.

I’ll handle this the same way I do with all my add-ons: newer content will arrive with newer SBW versions. The version for SBW 0.8.9.1 will be out soon, and I’ll continue development there. Important: I will not be porting this mod to 1.21.

This mod currently works ONLY with:
Superb Warfare 0.8.9 for Minecraft 1.20.1
Other Superb Warfare versions are currently not supported and may cause crashes, broken targeting, incorrect rendering or other unexpected behavior.

Known Incompatibility:

SBW Air Defense is NOT compatible with:
[SBW] komodo rendern accelerator mod
Do not use both mods together.
The rendering changes made by the Komodo accelerator conflict with systems used by SBW Air Defense and can cause rendering or functionality problems.

Requirements:

Minecraft 1.20.1
Minecraft Forge
Superb Warfare 0.8.9/0.8.9.1

Development:

SBW Air Defense is still under active development.
The Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS is the first air-defense system included in the mod, with additional defense systems planned for future versions.

Feedback, bug reports and compatibility reports are welcome.