Hover Pack

experimental

The Hover Pack is a late-game personal flight device that feeds on nearby power Connectors (on Power Poles and Buildings) and Railways. It allows engineers to hover endlessly, as long as they are within range of a powered structure. Engineers can use it to gain elevation and avoid fall damage.

Equipment
The Hover Pack must be used near a powered Power Pole, power connection point on a Building, or Railway, within 32 meters horizontally and 46 meters vertically (the shape is spheroid). The UI at the bottom left indicates whether the engineer is in range, similar to a wireless strength indicator. As an additional indicator of available power, a blue energy beam effect will display while the Hover Pack is equipped any time the engineer approaches an initial viable power source, or when transitioning from one power source to another, whether in flight or not. Moving out of range mid-flight simply causes the engineer to fall. During falling, it is possible to switch back to hover mode if moving back in range.

The Power Line does not count as a valid power source for the Hover Pack, so if Power Poles are constructed more than 64 meters apart, the mid-way between them may not be fly-able. The workaround is to fly slightly higher, so when the engineer starts to fall mid-way, she will fall in range of the 2nd power pole and resumes hovering.

While equipped, double Jump to start flying,  to ascend,  to descend, and double crouch  to exit hover mode. Directional keys can be used to move horizontally at 23.4 km/h, and  can be used to move faster at 46.8 km/h.

Interaction
While hovering, the interaction range with buildings increases from melee to 21 meters.

History

 * Patch 0.4.0.11:
 * Moved Hover Pack to Tier 7
 * Replaced Cooling System and Radio Control Unit by Heavy Modular Frame and Computer in its recipe to allow crafting earlier.
 * Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced