Status: Pre-Alpha
Minecraft Version: 1.20.1
Mod ID: hbm_m
⚠️ Warning
This mod is in pre-alpha stage. DO NOT use it in your important worlds! Bugs, crashes, and mod incompatibilities are possible. Report issues at GitHub Issues
About the Mod
A modern reimagining of the legendary HBM's Nuclear Tech Mod for Minecraft 1.20.1. Nuclear technologies, radiation, advanced weaponry, and industrial automation with a rewritten codebase and improved architecture.
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⚡ Key Features
Radiation System: realistic irradiation mechanics with chunk-based spread, player accumulation, and dangerous effects
Nuclear Bombs: advanced raycast crater generation system based on block blast resistance
Industrial Automation: multiblock machines for resource processing and energy production
Advanced Equipment: armor and tools with unique perks and modifiers
Energy System: generation, storage, and transmission of electricity between machines
Hazard System:
includes radioactivity, pyrophoricity, explosiveness, and more
🏭 Industry and Machines
Multiblock Structures
Craft complex industrial machines consisting of multiple blocks for efficient resource processing.
Assembly Machines: two varieties for crafting automation and component production, with an advanced recipe and template system
Press: creating materials under pressure
Wood-Burning Generator: primary energy source in the early game
Energy System
A complete system for generating, storing, and transmitting electricity to power industrial machines.
Generators: various methods of obtaining energy from wood to radioactive fuel
Energy Storage: accumulators for electricity backup
Cables: energy transmission between devices
🛠️ Materials and Resources
Metallurgy
Dozens of new ingots and metal blocks for crafting advanced equipment.
Radioactive Materials: uranium, plutonium, polonium, and many others for nuclear technologies
Advanced Alloys: special materials for powerful equipment
Ores: new ore types with world generation
Creative Tabs: Blocks | Consumables | Fuel | Tools | Machines | Ores | Resources | Parts | Templates | Weapons
⚔️ Equipment and Gear
Armor with Perks
Advanced armor sets with unique modifiers and abilities.
Perk System: upgrade armor through the modification table to gain special effects
Radiation Protection: special sets for working with hazardous materials
Tools
Powerful tools with unique resource mining mechanics.
Vein Miner: mines entire ore veins at once
Advanced Tools: increased efficiency and durability
Weapons: swords and axes from various materials, as well as several types of grenades
☢️ Radiation System
Realistic irradiation mechanics affecting gameplay and the surrounding world.
Irradiation Mechanics
Radiation Accumulation: from the environment and radioactive items in inventory
Chunk-based Spread: radiation spreads and slowly dissipates over time
Irradiation Effects: blindness, confusion, weakness, hunger, poisoning, and death at critical doses
World Impact
Block Mutations: grass and foliage transform into dead variants at high radiation levels
Radioactive Blocks: emit radiation into surrounding chunks
Measuring Devices
Geiger Counter: precise radiation measurement with sound accompaniment and HUD indication
Dosimeter: simple device for quick radiation level assessment
Hazard System
Explosiveness: don't throw gunpowder and dynamite into fire, or there might be a boom
Radioactivity: corresponding items and blocks emit radiation
Pyrophoricity: don't handle this without fire protection
🎮 Game Systems
Commands
/hbm_m rad - manage player radiation level (add/remove/clear)
/hbm_m explosion - lets you spawn explosions with custom parameters
📦 Installation
Requirements:
- Minecraft 1.20.1
- Forge 1.20.1
Steps:
- Download the latest version from Versions
- Place
.jar file in the mods folder
- Launch Minecraft with Forge 1.20.1, recommended Forge version - 47.4.10
⚠️ Known Issues
Pre-alpha version: expect bugs, incomplete features, and possible world corruption
Compatibility: not tested with most mods, conflicts are possible
Crafting: some recipes are missing, survival is temporarily unavailable
Report issues at Issues with detailed descriptions.
🤝 Contributing
Pull requests, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome!
Fork the repository and propose improvements.
💝 Acknowledgments
The Bobcat: author of the original HBM's Nuclear Tech Mod
Raptor324, Hyperio, Razchexlitiel, TRFFuchs & ThePhoenixKnight: modernization and rework
The Forge team and Mojang for development tools
📝 Note
We are learning as we develop, please be patient! Thank you for your interest in the mod and constructive feedback.
