HBM's Nuclear Tech Modernized
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HBM's Nuclear Tech Modernized

A rewritten from scratch version of the well-known HBM's Nuclear Tech mod for Forge 1.20.1. Contains very little content at the moment, but our team constantly working on it...

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📖About HBM's Nuclear Tech Modernized

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Status: Pre-Alpha

Minecraft Version: 1.20.1

Mod ID: hbm_m


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⚠️ 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

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

Workshop

Press — creating materials under pressure

Press

Wood-Burning Generator — primary energy source in the early game

Wood-Burning Generator

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

Energy System


🛠️ 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

Resources

Creative Tabs: Blocks | Consumables | Fuel | Tools | Machines | Ores | Resources | Parts | Templates | Weapons

Creative Tabs

Creative Tabs


⚔️ 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

Armor Modification Table

Armor

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

Instruments


☢️ 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

Block Mutations

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 Explosiveness

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)

Settings

Deep integration with Cloth Config API for fine-tuning mod parameters.

Cloth Config Required

📦 Installation

Requirements:

Steps:

  1. Download the latest version from Versions
  2. Install Cloth Config API for version 1.20.1
  3. Place both .jar files in the mods folder
  4. Launch Minecraft with Forge 1.20.1

⚠️ 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 — 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.