NukeReload

NukeReload is a server-side technology plugin for Paper 1.21.11, adding interconnected industrial systems including resource processing, chemistry, electricity, water infrastructure, generators, nuclear technology, radiation, and nuclear events.

The plugin is designed for servers where technological progression is a significant part of gameplay. Production chains can range from basic resource processing to complex industrial facilities, power networks, nuclear systems, and radiation management.

⚙️ Core Systems

NukeReload combines multiple interconnected systems:

• Uranium processing and enriched materials
• Industrial production machines
• Chemical production and reactors
• Electrical networks
• Multiple generator types
• Batteries and energy storage
• Water systems and pumps
• Pipes and resource transportation
• Industrial components and ammunition
• Technological equipment
• Nuclear fuel and nuclear devices
• Nuclear explosions and their consequences
• Quantitative radiation simulation
• Persistent technological and radiation data

Many systems depend on each other, making infrastructure and resource management an important part of progression.

🔌 Electricity

The electrical system powers a wide range of machines and industrial installations.

Depending on the server configuration, power can be generated using different types of generators, including coal, geothermal, and nuclear generators.

Electricity is distributed through power networks and can be stored in batteries.

Large industrial facilities therefore require an actual power infrastructure rather than isolated machines.

💧 Water Infrastructure

Some industrial and energy processes require water.

Water can be transported using pumps, pipes, and storage systems.

This makes water infrastructure another important part of larger industrial facilities.

☢️ Radiation

NukeReload uses a quantitative radiation model instead of simply checking whether a player is inside a radiation zone.

Radiation exposure is measured as dose rate in µSv/h, while accumulated exposure is measured in mSv.

Radiation zones can have independent:

• horizontal radius;
• vertical radius;
• peak dose rate;
• falloff behavior;
• duration.

Nuclear events can produce different radiation components, including intense short-lived radiation and longer-lasting fallout.

Radioactive Materials

Radiation can also originate directly from radioactive items.

Different radioactive materials have their own radiation characteristics. Their radiation levels and propagation ranges are not identical.

For stacked radioactive materials, the total radiation intensity increases with the amount of material. The effective radiation radius also increases, but according to a bounded formula with diminishing returns, preventing the radius from growing indefinitely.

Radioactive materials can affect their surroundings while:

• being carried in player inventories;
• stored in containers;
• placed in the world;
• dropped as item entities.

Containers and physical obstacles can partially reduce radiation.

🛡️ Protection and Shielding

Radiation protection is not absolute.

Protective equipment reduces received radiation by a configurable percentage, while surrounding blocks can provide additional physical shielding.

The final exposure can depend on:

• distance from the source;
• source intensity;
• amount of radioactive material;
• protective equipment;
• the container holding the source;
• physical shielding between the source and the player.

This allows radiation protection to be based on actual infrastructure rather than a simple immunity mechanic.

☢️ Accumulated Dose

Radiation exposure is accumulated over time.

Leaving a radiation source does not immediately erase the received dose. Accumulated dose is used to determine the long-term effects of radiation exposure.

This allows the system to distinguish between short exposure to an extremely strong source and prolonged exposure to a weaker radiation field.

Accumulated radiation dose is persistent across player sessions and server restarts.

📟 Radiation Instruments

NukeReload includes in-game instruments for measuring radiation.

The dosimeter can provide information about:

• current radiation dose rate;
• accumulated dose;
• current radiation exposure.

This allows players to locate dangerous sources and evaluate radiation protection directly in-game.

💾 Persistent Data

Important technological and radiation data is stored persistently.

Industrial systems and accumulated radiation exposure are not simply reset when the server restarts.

📦 Installation

NukeReload is a server-side plugin for Paper.

Place NukeReload.jar into the server's:

plugins/

directory and start the server.

Players do not need to install a separate client-side mod to connect to the server.

⚠️ Compatibility

• Minecraft Java Edition: 1.21.11
• Platform: Paper
• Type: Server-side plugin

Because NukeReload contains many interconnected systems, testing new versions on a separate server or world is recommended before updating a production server.

🎯 Design

NukeReload is intended to provide more than a collection of machines and items.

Resource extraction, processing, chemistry, electricity, water infrastructure, industrial production, nuclear technology, and radiation are designed as interconnected systems forming a complete technological infrastructure.

The goal is to let players gradually build complex industrial facilities while dealing with the consequences and requirements of their own technology.