Sol's Debug Cannon Autoloaders

Sol's Debug Utilities

Sol's Debug Utilities is a small developer and testing addon for Create Aeronautics: AMBUSH and Create Big Cannons.

It adds tools designed to make testing big cannons faster without manually loading every cannon between shots.

Cannon Autoloader

The Cannon Autoloader automatically prepares a mounted Create Big Cannons cannon for testing.

To use it:

1. type /give @s sols_debug_utilities:cannon_autoloader
2. Hold the Cannon Autoloader in your main hand.
3. Place the CBC shell you want to use directly beside it in your hotbar.
4. Right-click a supported mounted big cannon.

The tool inspects the cannon, the selected projectile, and CBC's loading information before creating the load.

It automatically determines how many Powder Charges can safely be used with that cannon and projectile. If the requested load would exceed the cannon's safe limits, the tool refuses to load it and tells you why.

Repeating Cannon Autoloader

The Repeating Cannon Autoloader is intended for repeated firing tests.

type /give @s sols_debug_utilities:repeating_cannon_autoloader

Use it on a cannon in the same way as the normal autoloader. Once armed, it watches that cannon and automatically reloads it 1 second after each shot using the selected shell and a safe powder load.

This is useful for testing AMBUSH ships, cannon targeting, firing behavior, reload cycles, and repeated combat without manually reloading the cannon every time.

Safety Checks

The autoloaders are designed to fail safely rather than blindly force ammunition into a cannon.

They check things such as:

• Cannon type and assembled state
• Available cannon length
• Projectile compatibility
• Projectile size
• Powder Charge compatibility
• Propellant stress and cannon limits
• CBC's own loading and safety information

Unsupported or unsafe combinations produce an error instead of being loaded.

Big cannons are supported. Autocannons and drop mortars are not supported in 1.0.0.

Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.21.1
• NeoForge: 21.1+
• Create: 6.0.10 through 6.0.x
• Create Big Cannons: 5.11.7
• Create Aeronautics: AMBUSH: 1.1.6

This mod is primarily a development and testing utility. It is not intended to replace normal Create Big Cannons loading mechanics during regular survival gameplay.