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 darkinnit wrote:
RF has become the new leader because it is stable and has an API that mods can easily hook into.

Sadly, most of the mods that use it aren't very techy.

It's like many of them have an aversion to actual modern technological/industrial looking aesthetics. Even Ender IO has this problem with its "power conduits" instead of wires, so I'm still a bigger fan of IC2 than it (and though Ender IO is growing on me, it needs more content and less silly additions like the magitech... staff thing).

I wish at least one group of modders in the RF-using community would stop trying to add magic or alchemy or mad science to technology...


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I know I'm being picky, but one of the biggest reasons I liked IC2 is that it felt like you were progressing from caveman to hi-tech in a way that made sense and felt natural to Minecraft. No other mod has really captured that, for me...

 darkinnit wrote:
There was one turtle in the nether, one in the end and the third in the overworld belonged to ETomb who was online at the time, so he's already aware of it.

The other two are mine. My apologies. Will fix.

As an aside, is a rescue-me-out-of-this-hungry-node a possibility or out of the question?

This isn't strictly server related, but oh well.
I was talking to Mel about this on the server earlier, but if you guys like tech progression and stuff, I'd recommend checking out the "electrical age" mod. It's quite realistic, and very fun.

 Melissia wrote:

 darkinnit wrote:
RF has become the new leader because it is stable and has an API that mods can easily hook into.

Sadly, most of the mods that use it aren't very techy.

It's like many of them have an aversion to actual modern technological/industrial looking aesthetics. Even Ender IO has this problem with its "power conduits" instead of wires, so I'm still a bigger fan of IC2 than it (and though Ender IO is growing on me, it needs more content and less silly additions like the magitech... staff thing).

I wish at least one group of modders in the RF-using community would stop trying to add magic or alchemy or mad science to technology...


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I know I'm being picky, but one of the biggest reasons I liked IC2 is that it felt like you were progressing from caveman to hi-tech in a way that made sense and felt natural to Minecraft. No other mod has really captured that, for me...

Radio Frequency isn't tech enough for you? I've always pictured RF as Microwave traveling down a wave guide. EnderIO fits into the base game nicely because it doesn't add any crazy extra ore types into the game, same with Blood Magic.

RF = Redstone Flux,. not Radio Frequency.

Can I just say, wow Speed 2 Ender Quarries drain power fast. And here I was thinking my current power system was a bit overkill... now it's nowhere near enough!

Im still trying to build an ender quarry, the enchanted wood blocks are a pain.

Xeriapt, I used flim-flam books for my enchanted wood, it is craftable, and with 4 flim flam IV makes 30 or so enchanted wood

Trying out pneumaticcraft. It's neat. TAkes a ton of iron though and finding the plants is a pain the ass.

Anyone have some Rain Seeds?

pretty sure I have a billion of the damn things. Ill shoot you some next time im on

Rain seeds spread every time it rains as long as you have at least one mature rain plant in the biome. So if you had several you probalbly have a lot of them.

cptprice0330 wrote:
Xeriapt, I used flim-flam books for my enchanted wood, it is craftable, and with 4 flim flam IV makes 30 or so enchanted wood

Yeah Iv just realised you get more wood the higher the enchants used. Ill have to get an emerald farm going for the flim-flams.

So my laptop (which I got in September) hard drive is failing, so I'm having to send it in for repairs (should take about a week). In the meantime I won't be on because the computer I'm using (with it's impressive 1GB of ram ) refuses to even run the FTB launcher.
In the meantime, anyone who lacks stuff can feel free to nab stuff from the AE system in my base (within reason).

Was thinking of doing an Agrarian Skies run... not sure if I want to go through the hassle of doing the video though as I wouldn't be adding my voice to it.

I just hopped over to The End and saw this.

Should I or anyone be concerned?

Ooh, I think that's my coven. I hope their OK... Damn annoying to amass.

Anyone have nether wart I can take off 'em?

Also fire flower and helium seeds? Working my way up pneumaticcraft but can't find iether of those.


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Thanks for the nether wart, Tikka. we found the helium/fireflower seeds on our own thankfully. Does anyone have a skeleton farm? slowly getting the bones I need, since I foolishly ground up all the bones I had and then realized I needed bones, not bonemeal, for a few recipes.

Yeah, I should have a full barrel of bones by my mob grinder in my base, same place as the pearls are. (I'm ETomb, btw)

It's in the basement, just go to the one corner in the main entrance that isn't full and crouch. I'm starting to think that I should make the basement entrance more apparent...

Argh.... so I keep getting ridiculously bad desync. Log on to the server and I can move around ok, usually... But I try to open a chest and it takes like a minute and a half... same with the chat :/

No idea whats causing it, but its a recurring thing for the past week or so.

Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

My drones are not automatically docking at the charging stations, any ideas on what to do about that?

So I'm starting to get in to minecraft, used to think it was quite silly but i've actually enjoyed it... go figure

So here's my question. All the mods in the FTB pack say for 1.7.10. I see that 1.8 came out in September, with 1.8.1 a little over a month ago. As I downloaded the demo yesterday, my copy is 1.8.1. My assumption is the 1.7.10 mods will not work with 1.8.1?

Also, I'm playing on a mac, if that helps anyone.

The modpack launcher itself solves that problem. Look in the first post of thsi thread for instructions.

But yes, you are correct. 1.8 (I believe) made some significant changes to how the game is coded, (or was that between 1.6 and 1.7?) so mods don't work or crash the game if you try them in a different version.

However, I'd suggest playing in Vanilla for a while before going full mods, just to get used to the way the game works and get a good introduction to the basic enemies (mobs) and mechanics.

Yeah, go on the vanilla server first. Get used to it for a while, then when you're comfortable with the basic mechanics, you can try something simple out in FtB. Depending on your tastes, there's a lot of stuff you can do. Even beekeeping, if you can believe it.

Great, thanks for the advice!

Still haven't figured out a way to get my pneumaticcraft drones to recharge themselves...

Are their any useful mods within FtB that wouldn't get crazy? I've seen some screen shots with mini maps and recipes. I also see you can set up a profile and tell it to play with a previous version (so it can be set to 1.7.10)

 Kiwi461 wrote:
Are their any useful mods within FtB that wouldn't get crazy? I've seen some screen shots with mini maps and recipes. I also see you can set up a profile and tell it to play with a previous version (so it can be set to 1.7.10)

You really don't have to use any of the mods and can even play Vanilla is you want. Many of the mods are just options for things that you can build if you so desire. Two of the mods, WAILA and NEI, are very useful as an in-game reference to identify what you're looking at (WAILA) and what the recipe for any item is (NEI).

As for mods that you can look up to begin, Thermal Expansion is pretty much made to be a very basic mod that covers all the fundamentals like ore processing, power production, equipment charging, and such. Tinker's Construct is also a very low-tech mod that allows you to create some rather powerful/useful tools with extreme customization with the benefit of having a very low barrier for entry.

For really basic stuff, our patron saint Darkinnit was nice enough to set up a ton of stuff at spawn that'll cover much of any earlygame stuff. Additionally, once you get on, if there is someone else on, just ask any questions and they'll be able to answer any questions you may have.

I somewhat agree with the idea that you should familiarize yourself with vanilla first, but then again FTB is basically vanilla with just tons of extra stuff added onto it. You could just do pure vanilla on FTB if you wanted to. Personally, FTB has spoiled me enough that it's hard to play vanilla.

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I played about 6 hours last night. Only stopped because I realized it was 2am, hah! Addictive for something so ''simple'

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