Volo Volare - Soaring Glider for Minecraft

Embark on an exciting aerial adventure with the Volo Volare modification, which adds a fully customizable toy glider to the game!

Main Features

Enjoy the freedom of flight with various functions:

Air Acceleration: Use gunpowder or blaze powder for instant speed boosts during flight. (item tag: volare:thrust_source)

Thermal Currents: Extend your flight by flying through updrafts from campfires, fire, magma, and lava. (block tag: volare:thermal_source)

Customization

Wingtip Particles: Customize visual effects using the volare:glider/particles component:

/give @s volare:glider[volare:glider/particles=[{type:"minecraft:electric_spark"}, {type:"minecraft:heart"}]]

Initial Momentum: Set the glider's starting speed with the volare:glider/frozen_motion component:

/give @s volare:glider[volare:glider/frozen_motion=[0.0f, 0.0f, 0.8f]]

Configuration

Client Settings: Configure first-person and third-person rotation through the config/volare.json5 file or built-in settings menu.

Server Settings: Configure thermal currents and boost through <world_path>/serverconfig/volare-server.json5 or in-game menu. Server settings are automatically synchronized with clients.

Creating Custom Textures

Create a unique appearance for your glider:

1. Place a texture at the path assets/<namespace>/textures/entity/glider/<texture_name>.png
2. Create a translation for the key entity.volare.glider.variant.<namespace>.entity.glider.<texture_name> in the file assets/<namespace>/lang/en_us.json
3. Create a glider with the new texture using the command:

   /give @s volare:glider[volare:glider/variant="<namespace>:entity/glider/<texture_name>"]

Adding to Creative Tab

Custom gliders can be added to the Volo Volare creative tab by creating a JSON file in the resource pack at assets/volare/volare_item_groups/main.json

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "volare:glider",
      "components": {
        "volare:glider/variant": "<namespace>:entity/glider/<texture_name>"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Area Lib Integration

Anti-Aircraft Defense: Configure zones that will shoot down gliders using the command /volare area flak.

Thermal Zones: Create areas with updrafts or downdrafts using the command /volare area thermal.