Add Piloting skill for flying entities

[Copilot]

Implements a Piloting skill that allows players to gain experience and receive speed boosts while riding flying entities like ghasts, phantoms, and ender dragons.

Changes

New skill class

• Piloting.java - Movement skill extending AbstractMovementSkill
• Triggers on riding Flying entities (not just ghasts - supports all flying mobs)
• Rewards with Speed III potion effect (30s) at 10% chance based on skill level
• Uses ENTITY_GHAST_AMBIENT sound and custom message

Movement system updates

• Added PILOTING to MovementSkillType enum
• Added piloting distance tracking in AbstractMovementSkill.onMove()
• Tracks movement over 8.0 distance threshold (squared) consistent with Riding/Boating

Configuration

• Added message: "Your flying companion has received a Speed Boost!"
• Registered skill in SimpleSkills.initializeSkills()

Example Usage

// Player rides a ghast, phantom, or ender dragon
if (player.getVehicle() instanceof Flying) {
    // Distance tracked, experience gained
    // 10% chance for Speed III boost on mount
}

Speed III used instead of Speed II (like Riding) since flying mobs are rarer and more challenging to ride.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• hub.spigotmc.org
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -classpath /usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.9.0.jar -Dclassworlds.conf=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/bin/m2.conf -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11 -Dlibrary.jansi.path=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/lib/jansi-native -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/home/REDACTED/work/SimpleSkills/SimpleSkills org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher clean package (dns block)
• jitpack.io
  • Triggering command: /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk-amd64/bin/java --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -classpath /usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.9.0.jar -Dclassworlds.conf=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/bin/m2.conf -Dmaven.home=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11 -Dlibrary.jansi.path=/usr/share/apache-maven-3.9.11/lib/jansi-native -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=/home/REDACTED/work/SimpleSkills/SimpleSkills org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher clean package (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>A Piloting skill for happy ghasts to speed them up</issue_title>
<issue_description>A Piloting skill for happy ghasts to speed them up.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes A Piloting skill for happy ghasts to speed them up #129

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[dmccoystephenson]

This draft is being closed as stale.

It was opened on 2026-01-02 and has not been touched since 2026-03-22 — nearly five months idle. It targets develop, a branch that is currently 0 commits ahead of and 38 commits behind main; develop is no longer a live integration target, so this change as proposed would land nowhere useful. No CI run was ever recorded against this head, so the 726 added lines across 19 files — an entire new skill — have never been built or tested.

The underlying request is not being dropped: #129 remains open and continues to track a Piloting skill. The head branch copilot/add-piloting-skill-ghasts is being left in place, so this can be reopened or cherry-picked if the work is still wanted.

This review and closure were performed by Claude.

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drafted by Claude on behalf of Daniel Stephenson