Shaded War 3.0

BETA

For Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge). The mod is in beta and may contain bugs. Please back up your worlds.

Overview

Shaded War adds drones to Minecraft: FPV quads with real acro flight physics, long-range strike drones and cruise missiles with their launchers, interceptor drones and signal jamming. Signal strength, battery, OSD and synthesized motor sound are all simulated.

Arsenal

FPV drones

• 7" FPV: a standard long-range FPV quad.
• 7" Strike FPV: carries an explosive warhead and detonates on impact.
• 10" Rocket Tube FPV: a heavy quad with a rocket tube slung under the frame. Fire it in flight; the empty tube drops away.
• Tiny Whoop: a small, light quad for flying indoors.
• Dart-1 Interceptor: a very fast bullet-shaped drone that hunts other drones and missiles and detonates next to them. It has its own OSD.

FPV drones come in 1x / 2x / 4x signal versions for longer range.

Strike drones and missiles

• Corvid-36: a propeller-driven delta-wing strike drone, launched from the Corvid Launcher.
• Corvid-38: the jet-powered version, in white and black.
• Corvid-5: a jet attack drone.
• Egret-5: a cruise missile, fired from the Egret-5 Launcher.

Equipment

• FPV Controller: links to a drone and flies it.
• FPV Goggles: the pilot's view, with OSD and analog video interference.
• FPV Configurator: tune rates and flight settings in game.
• Thermal Camera: fit it to an FPV drone to see in white-hot thermal. Living things, running engines and motors, rocket exhaust and the ground around explosions glow.
• Monitor: an operator station with a camera feed from Corvid drones.
• ECM Emitter + ECM Battery: a jammer that cuts control links and brings down drones nearby.

Flight physics

Every FPV drone flies on its own simulated airframe:

• Thrust from its motors and props, so a heavy drone needs more throttle to hover.
• Motor spool-up, so throttle response is not instant.
• Inertia: bigger drones turn slower and carry momentum.
• Battery sag: voltage drops under load and as the pack drains.
• Drag that depends on the frame and whatever it carries.

How to fly FPV

1. Put on the FPV Goggles.
2. Right-click the drone with the FPV Controller to link and take control.
   • Shift + right-click the drone: link only.
   • Shift + right-click in the air: clear the link.
3. Press V to arm, hold Space for throttle and steer with the mouse.
4. To pick a drone up: Shift + right-click it with an empty hand (it must be disarmed).

Mouse and keyboard (default)

FPV is flown mainly with the mouse; the keyboard adds throttle, yaw and arming.

Gamepad and RC transmitter support 🎮

You can fly with a gamepad or a real RC transmitter connected as a joystick. A built-in calibration wizard helps you set it up:

• Device selection: choose which controller to use.
• Stick wizard: map and calibrate the sticks.
• Arm switch: assign any switch or button to arm.
• Rates: RC Rate / Super Rate / Expo, as on real FPV flight controllers.

The wizard opens when a new controller is detected. You can also open it with the "Open Controller Calibration" key; set it under Options → Controls → Shaded War.

Signal and battery

• The signal weakens with distance and obstacles; you'll see video noise before you lose the link.
• ECM jammers cut the link inside their range.
• The battery drains with current draw. Keep an eye on voltage and mAh on the OSD.

Monitor controls (Corvid drones)

Requires GeckoLib.