Drive-By-Sable

Drive-By-Sable

A fork of Drive-By-Wire that implements improvements and QOL changes.

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Screenshots

All rotation states for the Cable Hub
All rotation states for the Advanced Cable Hub

About this Mod

Drive-By-Sable is a fork Drive-By-Wire that fixes some issues and improves on the original mod.

DRIVE-BY-WIRE DOES NOT NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR THIS MOD TO FUNCTION

DRIVE-BY-WIRE: TYPEWRITER DOES NOT NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR TYPEWRITER COMPAT

What is Drive-By-Sable?

Originally, Drive-By-Sable started as a texture/resource pack for Drive-By-Wire that simply replaced block models and textures to improve apon the mod's aesthetic. The texture pack can still be found under the name Better Drive-By-Wire.

After much consideration, the project became an add-on mod, titled Drive-By-Sable Tweaks. The scope of the project became large enough that porting/forking it was the best way forward.

Drive-By-Sable is now its own fork of Drive-By-Wire, which improves upon many aspects of the original mod. A comprehensive list of features can be found below.

NOTE: There is likely to be bugs that I have not discovered in my testing. I'm a beginner dev.

KNOWN ISSUES:

  • MOST issues were fixed in the latest full release.
  • Not happy with Simulated creative tab banner (aesthetic mismatch).

Original Drive-By-Wire with Sable page: https://modrinth.com/mod/drive-by-wire-sable

Original Drive-By-Wire: Typewriter page: https://modrinth.com/mod/drive-by-wiretypewriter

Features

Below is a list of features implemented by Drive-By-Sable.

Multi-mod Support

Drive-By-Sable is supported across most mods implementing redstone-based features. Drive-By-Sable specifically implements native support for the following mods:

These mods have implemented compat for Drive-By-Sable internally:

Survival Crafting Recipes

Drive-By-Sable provides greater compatibility with Survival gameplay by introducing new ways to craft blocks added by the mod. Block obtainabilty through tool usage has also been fixed so that players are able to get placed blocks back.

Cable I/O Bus (NEW!)

Sequenced Assembly for the Cable I/O Bus.

The Cable I/O Bus is a new item that is essential to the crafting tree for most blocks added by Drive-By-Sable.

Cable

Crafting Recipe for the Cable

The Cable is the main tool for Drive-By-Sable. Use it to establish connections between sources and outputs, and transfer redstone signals with ease!

Cable Cutter

Crafting Recipe for the Cable Cutter

The Cable Cutter is another important tool for managing your cable-based networks. Use it to remove and disable connections that are no longer needed.

Cable Hub

Crafting Recipe for the Cable Hub

The Cable Hub is a helpful link between the Create mod's Linked Controller and Drive-By-Sable's cable networking system. Configure outputs for each input channel, and bind a controller to start transmitting.

Advanced Cable Hub

Crafting Recipe for the Advanced Cable Hub

Native compatibility for Create: Tweaked Controllers. Much like it's less sophisticated cousin, the Advanced Cable Hub bridges Tweaked Controller inputs with Drive-By-Sable's cable networking system.

Typewriter Cable Hub

Crafting Recipe for the Typewriter Cable Hub

An improvement of the Drive-By-Wire: Typewriter concept, native compatibility with Create: Simulated. The Typewriter Cable Hub can use both redstone link frequencies and cable network connections.

Backup Drive

Crafting Recipe for the Backup Drive

The Backup Drive is a powerful tool for saving cable network connections in Create schematics. Each Backup Drive saves adjacent connections on its relative plane (meaning per-(sub)level).

Cable Ouput Duplication

Cable connection outputs can now be transferred between hub blocks, which preserve the appropriate input keybinds.

Clipboard Use

Tooltips

Item features are now more clearly relayed to the player.

Cable Item Tooltips

Cable Item tooltip in inventory
Cable Item hover tooltip
Cable Item hover tooltip while in setup mode
Cable Item hover tooltip while configuring output connections

Cable Cutter Tooltip

Cable Cutter Item tooltip in inventory

Backup Drive Tooltip

Backup Drive Block tooltip in inventory

Ponder Scenes

In-game documentation with Ponder api.

Cable Hub Ponder Scenes
Advanced Cable Hub Ponder Scenes
Typewriter Cable Hub Ponder Scene

Custom Simulated Tab

Better organization in the creative menu.

Spoiler

Drive-By-Sable Creative Tab Section

Improved Visuals

Drive-By-Sable's main blocks and items

Available Versions

Drive-By-Sable r2.0.2release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
October 8, 2026
Drive-By-Sable r2.0.1release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
October 6, 2026
Drive-By-Sable r2.0.0release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
October 5, 2026
Drive-By-Sable r1.7.0release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
September 28, 2026
Drive-By-Sable r1.6.1release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
September 20, 2026

How to Install Drive-By-Sable on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set neoforge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the neoforge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Drive-By-Sable". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

neoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.1, 1.21

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Drive-By-Sable server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong neoforge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Drive-By-Sable compatible with neoforge?

Drive-By-Sable officially supports neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Drive-By-Sable – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Drive-By-Sable consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.21.11.21