Skyfront

Skyfront is a Forge and NeoForge add-on for Superb Warfare, and it requires Geckolib alongside Superb Warfare. Its drones include recon thermal quadcopters that drop grenades, FPV kamikaze drones fitted with RPG rounds, interceptors that hunt incoming strike drones, and Shahed-136 style strike drones that follow a planned route. Radar and air-raid sirens are part of the same system. The mod is built for multiplayer servers, and the server keeps the outcome of every flight fair, so input lag is kept low and flights stay in sync on high-ping connections.

The drone is controlled through a camera-style interface showing battery, compass and telemetry, with a front camera, a smooth gimbal and zoom up to 8x. A drone can fly up to 1000 blocks away, and the world around it loads at the edge of the map. Explosions and debris are computed on the server and sent to each player in pieces, which keeps the load small. Config changes reach players live through a Skyfront config reload, and a version check stops players on a different mod version from joining. Commands need permission level 2 (operator).

Installation needs both the server and the client. Skyfront is published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and its source code is public under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so the mod is open source.