VS Orbit
VS Orbit brings gravitational pull and orbital movement to ships in the Valkyrien Skies physics setup, so a ship can circle a planet.
What it does
VS Orbit adds astrophysics behavior to Valkyrien Skies ships: a planet exerts gravitational pull on a nearby ship, and the ship's movement is recalculated in real time as it moves around the planet. Collisions between a planet and a ship are handled with exact, fixed checks, and the mod includes a jump engine that lets a ship leave the surface.
The mod requires Cosmic Horizons, Geckolib, Starlance and Valkyrien Skies, so all four must be installed alongside it. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1, with 0.0.5 as the latest file from 2025-09-21. The code is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source.
Key features
Planetary gravity
Planets pull on nearby ships, so a ship's path bends around the planet instead of moving in a straight line.
Real-time orbital movement
Ship movement around a planet is recalculated continuously as the ship moves, keeping the orbit consistent.
Exact planet-ship collisions
Collisions between planets and ships are resolved with fixed, exact calculations rather than approximate contact.
Jump engine
A jump engine lets a ship leave a planet's surface, then travel onward through space.
Free-spinning entities
Entities aboard a ship can spin freely, so the ship's rotation does not lock their orientation.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 4
Optional 3
Use cases
Space travel builds
Players who build ships for space travel can use gravity and jump engines to move between planets.
Multiplayer space servers
Server owners running a shared space setting need the mod on the server and on every player's client.
Who it’s for: The mod suits players who already build ships with Valkyrien Skies and want planetary gravity and orbital movement, and server owners who host a shared space setting.
Questions
Does VS Orbit need Valkyrien Skies?
Does the server need VS Orbit?
Which Minecraft version does VS Orbit support?
Can VS Orbit be used with CC: Tweaked, Create or Mekanism?
In the catalog
VS Orbit is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vs-orbit
- Owner
- CN_GOOD_GRASS
- Published
- 2025-04-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15