Eco Airships: rideable airship vehicle, plus floating biomes as a follow-on #22

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opened 2026-08-20 04:58:27 +00:00 by coilyco-ops · 0 comments

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Filed from the Sirens Discord #suggestions-feedback-bugs forum.

Source // https://discord.com/channels/1300204416229441587/1528850340340961300
Raised by // Kai, 2026-07-20
Forum tags // mods (code)
Signal // 19 replies, one of the two most-discussed threads in the forum

What was asked

An airship vehicle mod. Kai's framing came out of the submarine thread: same basic idea as submarines but with fewer constraints, since air movement avoids the client-side buoyancy and underwater-camera problems that make submarines hard.

The thread starter body is a // placeholder, so the intent lives in the replies.

Sequencing established in the thread

Airships come first, submarines second. Kai: "If airships aren't hellishy complex, then [submarines] can come next." Submarines are tracked separately at #23.

Feasibility signal

Kai has already built a vehicle mod for this server, the Shop Boat, so vehicle work is not new ground. Her own caveat from the submarine thread: "vehicle mods are fragile and I haven't rebuilt the code in 2 majors." Expect the existing vehicle code to need a rebuild against current Eco before anything new lands.

Follow-on that Kai asked to be split out

Cid proposed floating biomes. Kai's assessment:

floating biomes wouldn't actually be very difficult from a technical POV. its 95% an art asset and content design problem

She explicitly wanted it as its own item, with one precondition on filing it:

different enough issue than airships to deserve its own idea... but... I would want to seed it with a vague idea of what a floating biome would even contain. fully limestone bottom? what plants? etc...

Left folded in here rather than filed as a thin stub, because the precondition is unmet. Split it out once someone writes the content-design seed. Solar Punk was named as reference material.

Community appetite

Cid: "an fonctionnal airship mod would probably be a hit lol". Kai: "We've got a lot of custom content but once we hit this level of custom then we'll be in the big leagues."

Filed from the Sirens Discord `#suggestions-feedback-bugs` forum. **Source** // https://discord.com/channels/1300204416229441587/1528850340340961300 **Raised by** // Kai, 2026-07-20 **Forum tags** // mods (code) **Signal** // 19 replies, one of the two most-discussed threads in the forum ## What was asked An airship vehicle mod. Kai's framing came out of the submarine thread: same basic idea as submarines but with fewer constraints, since air movement avoids the client-side buoyancy and underwater-camera problems that make submarines hard. The thread starter body is a `//` placeholder, so the intent lives in the replies. ## Sequencing established in the thread Airships come first, submarines second. Kai: "If airships aren't hellishy complex, then [submarines] can come next." Submarines are tracked separately at https://forgejo.coilysiren.me/coilyco-gaming/eco-mods/issues/23. ## Feasibility signal Kai has already built a vehicle mod for this server, the Shop Boat, so vehicle work is not new ground. Her own caveat from the submarine thread: "vehicle mods are fragile and I haven't rebuilt the code in 2 majors." Expect the existing vehicle code to need a rebuild against current Eco before anything new lands. ## Follow-on that Kai asked to be split out Cid proposed floating biomes. Kai's assessment: > floating biomes wouldn't actually be very difficult from a technical POV. its 95% an art asset and content design problem She explicitly wanted it as its own item, with one precondition on filing it: > different enough issue than airships to deserve its own idea... but... I would want to seed it with a vague idea of what a floating biome would even contain. fully limestone bottom? what plants? etc... Left folded in here rather than filed as a thin stub, because the precondition is unmet. Split it out once someone writes the content-design seed. Solar Punk was named as reference material. ## Community appetite Cid: "an fonctionnal airship mod would probably be a hit lol". Kai: "We've got a lot of custom content but once we hit this level of custom then we'll be in the big leagues."

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Submarines: diving gear set, and underwater build QOL #23