Hover Pack

experimental

The Hover Pack is a late-game personal flight device that feeds on nearby Power Lines, power connectors as well as other power infrastructures as 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 100 meters (distance measured in 3D). 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 player 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.

While equipped, double Jump to start flying,  to ascend and  to descend. Directional keys can be used to move horizontally, and  can be used to move faster.

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

AWESOME Sink
Hover Pack can be sunk into the  for 592312 points.

History

 * Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced