Ships With Personality

Quickstart

1. Get your starter kit — the first time you join a world, a PersonalityShip Core and a Ship Manual are placed directly in your inventory. Open the manual to read the built-in multi-page guide covering setup, controls, energy, and charge pads.
2. Spawn your ship — hold the PersonalityShip Core and right-click it. A base ship frame assembles around you and you are immediately seated as the pilot.
3. Fly — use W/S to move forward/back, A/D to yaw left/right, Space to ascend, and Shift to descend. The ship hovers and auto-levels when you release movement keys.
4. Dismount — press your Sneak key (default Shift) briefly without a movement input, or use whatever dismount binding your game uses. Because Shift doubles as descend, the mod prevents accidental dismounts while in flight.
5. Read the Ship Manual for deeper details, or right-click the Ship Editor Wand while piloting to open the full seven-tab editor.

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Overview

Ships With Personality is a full 3D flight mod that lets you spawn, customize, and pilot modular no-gravity ships. Every ship is built from a chosen frame plus any number of modules that change its stats and grant abilities. A segmented energy pool shown on the action bar powers weapons and abilities; managing that energy is central to how ships feel and fight. Ships consume energy as they travel and can be refueled by landing on a Ship Charge Pad.

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What It Adds

Items

Ship Frames

Eight standard frames define a ship's base stats (speed, hull, maneuverability, energy capacity):

Additional extended frames (Sparrow Skimmer, Bulwark Hauler, Wasp Interceptor, Nebula Glideframe, and others) are also available and selectable through the Ship Editor Wand's frame-preview tab.

Modules

Modules slot into your ship to grant passive, defensive, active, or offensive abilities. Available modules include:

Propulsion: Speed Thruster, Micro Thrusters, Heavy Thruster, Vector Jets, Maneuver Fins, Wing Extensions
Defense: Reinforced Hull, Shield Emitter, Stabilizer, Coolant System, Warp Stabilizer
Utility: Long-Range Scanner, Adaptive Sensors, Cargo Pod, Aux Battery, Energy Recycler, Atmo Filter, Gravity Anchor, Magnetic Clamp, Solar Wings
Combat: Auto Turret, Targeting Computer, Ion Disruptor, Nanite Swarm, Resonator, Flux Core, Crystal Array, Cloaking
Support: Auto Repair Drone, Biogel

Cosmetics

Cosmetic attachments change how your ship looks without affecting stats. Options include Aurora Ribbon Lights, Beacon Light Pod, Crystal Nose Spike, Crystal Spine Array, Engine Glow Shroud, Feathered Hull Trim, Featherlight Winglets, Halo Antenna Ring, Hex Lantern Pods, Meteor Scars Plating, Nebula Vapor Emitters, Quantum Ribbon Trail, Runic Glow Panels, Side Plating Hex Alloy, Solar Crest Crown, Solar Feather Panels, Startrail Spark Nodes, Tri-Fin Stabilizer, Twin Blade Fins, and Underbelly Fins.

Ship Charge Pad

A flat 4×4 thin platform block. Place several together to create a landing pad. When your ship touches the pad surface, its energy is instantly refilled.

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How To Use

Piloting Controls

The ship hovers in place and auto-levels when no movement keys are pressed. Weapons track your look direction up to 128 blocks.

Energy System

Your ship's energy appears as a segmented bar on the action bar. Energy drains at a rate of 1 point per 5 blocks traveled. It regenerates passively at 1 point every 3 seconds. Abilities and weapons draw from the same pool. If energy runs out, weapons and active abilities become unavailable until it recovers. Landing on a Ship Charge Pad instantly refills the entire pool.

Hotbar Lock

While you are piloting, the hotbar slot containing the Ship Weapon Link is locked. This prevents other items from being overwritten or deleted by the temporary weapon item. The slot unlocks automatically when you dismount.

The Ship Editor Wand

Right-click the Ship Editor Wand while seated in your ship to open a seven-tab interface:

1. Appearance — cosmetic attachments and visual options
2. Modules — install or swap functional modules
3. Templates — save or load ship configurations
4. Teleport — teleport the ship to a target location
5. Freeze — lock the ship in place
6. Reset — restore the ship to its default state
7. Frame Preview — live-preview different frame shapes before committing

Ability Categories

Modules grant abilities in four categories:

• Passive — always-on stat bonuses or effects (e.g., Reinforced Hull grants extra armor, Energy Recycler improves regen)
• Defensive — triggered with right-click (e.g., Shield Emitter raises a temporary barrier)
• Active — triggered abilities with energy costs (e.g., Cloaking Module activates stealth)
• Offensive — fired with left-click (e.g., Auto Turret, Ion Disruptor projectiles)

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Crafting And Obtaining

All ship components are found in the Personality Ship Components tab in your inventory (located under the Tools group). The PersonalityShip Core and Ship Manual are also granted automatically the first time you join a world.

Ship Manual

Craft the Ship Manual to get a readable in-game reference at any time:

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Progression And Strategy

Start with a Scout or Striker frame if you want responsive flight right away. Tank and Freighter frames are better once you understand energy management and need survivability or storage.

Prioritize an Aux Battery or Energy Recycler module early. The energy pool is shared between movement drain, weapons, and abilities. Without energy, your ship is unarmed and slow to recover.

Build a Ship Charge Pad base. A 4×4 pad at your home location means you can land between expeditions for an instant full recharge rather than waiting on passive regeneration.

Use the Editor Wand's Frame Preview tab before committing to a frame — each frame has meaningfully different base stats for speed, hull points, maneuverability, and energy capacity. Preview them live before locking in your build.

Combine complementary modules. A Targeting Computer extends weapon range and accuracy while a Coolant System reduces ability heat buildup — pairing offensive and utility modules lets you fight longer without burning through your energy pool.