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 darkinnit wrote:

sirlynchmob wrote:We rank the 6 choices

Six? I only count four packs (if we include the upcoming Direwolf pack). Are there two I haven't heard about?

I was going to include
All the mods (from curse launcher), and None of the above, just in case people would rather stay on the current version than update.

I think I counted one twice, because the curse launcher included some that were on the FTB launcher.



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 Minx wrote:
I haven't tried any of the newer mods or mod packs for quite some time but most of my older favourites are in. On top of that RFTools seems to have an interesting RF generator setup with the endergenic generator.
Draconic Evolution might be fun as well. Can't wait

Edit: Just noticed ComputerCraft isn't part of Direwolf20 but Open Computers is. Are there significant differences (pastebin-support, lua-code, turtles)?
Edit2: It seems to offer about the same as CC (plus some more ways to interact with the world) but will use more in-game resources and some kind of energy, e.g. RF.

about the RF though, direwolf is lacking extreme reactors, simple generators, and solar flux. which Infinity lite has. so it seems for mass power it's only RF tools or Draconic if you're feeling lucky.

As the last version of infinity also had thaumcraft I would expect them to add it as well once it's released.

I've put together a quick comparison of the packs here. Makes it easier to see what's missing from which pack this way:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WxyFqMobJgsbvL59i53y1mgOV7kpYujbL1Oqex9TwB4/edit?usp=sharing

Infinity Lite and HermitPack have more mods than the Direwolf20 pack, but the main big mods are mostly represented.

In my opinion, HermitPack is missing Biomes O Plenty and Railcraft. I'd be happy with either Infinity or Direwolf, the biggest difference looks to be Extreme Reactors, Gendustry, Reliquary and Soul shards.

The DirePack also has Deep Resonance and EnderIO for RF power generation, with Deep Resonance being more end-game and similar to an RF version of nuclear power from Industrial Craft.

I believe Actually Additions also has some RF power generation.

EDIT: On a slightly different note I think I've finally got Minecraft working properly with the Curse launcher. Like you Dark I'm fine with either Infinity or the Direwolf20 Pack, though if I had to choose between the two I'd definitely say the Direwolf20 pack if only because it has AE2, Actually Additions and Psi, the last 2 being mods I haven't used yet but from what I've seen are really cool.

EDIT2: Turns out you can't easily add OptiFine to the Direwolf20 Pack without causing it to crash. Seems some of the mods (including EnderIO) don't like it. No doubt I went through this last time, too.

I'm okay with any of the above looking at the list.

My preference would be Direwolf20 mainly for AE2 (Refined Storage is in as well), Psi, Super Circuit Maker and Actually Additions.
It comes with plenty of mid-end game power generation methods as well with Draconic Evolution, RF Tools, Extra Utils and Deep Resonance. I don't think i'd miss (Big) Extreme Reactors much.

Oh good point. AE is important, though I don't really like its resource gathering any more. Guess my vote is also for DW20.

Another big difference for me is the mod 'missing pieces' it's the only type of decorative mod I've noticed and infinity is the only one that has it.

Who needs decorative stuff mods when you have Chisel'n'Bits?

Anvildude wrote:
Who needs decorative stuff mods when you have Chisel'n'Bits?

Why not have both

I vote Direwolf20 or Infinity Lite. (Though Mekanism is bugged to hell in Lite-protip, don't break cables. It crashes you.)

I'd also recommend people try out the various packs for how their performance is on your pc. I've seen a few reports of people having issues with the amount of memory required with the new packs.

In this case the Direwolf20 pack may be better, with less mods running at once.

Of course performance should be better on the server vs a single player world, as the server will offload some of the background processing work from your machines.

It may help to adjust the graphics options too, particularly mipmapping settings.

Just spent a little bit of time mucking about with the Akashic Tome and Morph-o-Tool mods, and I can safely say I love them. Being able to combine most of the manuals and tools added by the various mods into 2 items is great.

Some things I've learnt:
- If the tool has a secondary use (like the Yeta wrench allowing you to select what EnderIO conduits you can see), the Morph-o-Tool doesn't gain that. Actually it seems it does work, but it's a bit glitchy.
- In order to combine the tools/books with the Morph-o-Tool/Tome you have to craft them together one at a time. You can't combine several at one time.
- In order to switch between manuals you've combined with the Tome you need to first left click with the Tome to clear the selected manual and then right click to open the selection menu. This was the big head turner. I spent several minutes figuring this out.

The items aren't even that hard to craft, which is an even bigger benefit!



Also Quark adds 'emotes', for lack of a better term. Your player model can now facepalm in game if someone really screws up. (Though by default the emotes aren't bound to any keys)

Hey, question for y'all-I have my own YouTube channel, and am doing a solo Minecraft Let's Play on it. Would anyone object to me recording on the server, with you all potentially guest starring?

I wouldn't mind. 'course, I do my own YouTube Minecraft Let's Play (with my own mod list), so a Shoutout would be nice if you ever... Wait, this is the Modded server. Dangit. I don't generally play on the Modded server.


Well, if I ever do, you have my permission. And if you ever go on the Vanilla one to record, feel free to stop by the Mesa, as long as you give me a shoutout.

You got a link or a channel name?

 JNAProductions wrote:
Hey, question for y'all-I have my own YouTube channel, and am doing a solo Minecraft Let's Play on it. Would anyone object to me recording on the server, with you all potentially guest starring?

If you go through my place, just watch for signs, I tend to take people up on their offer to use their designs and I'll post signs to give them credit.

Off the bat my plan is to rebuild my ship, which is a jagthunder1's design, but he always get's the hull numbers wrong and in this case the wrong class, so it needs to be fixed

My channel is Red and Burner Productions. It's run by me (Red) and my buddy (Burner). Since Burner handles most of the nitty-gritty (because he's an awesome hard worker) the Minecraft videos have yet to go live, but they'll be starting to go up soon.

Edit: Also, I'd love to build a base WITH someone else-someone who can make stuff look nice, since I stink at that, but am good at making complex builds work.

That might be something that could get me back on the modded server. Wanna do some colab vids?


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Edit: Just subbed to you. I'm Earthenfist on YouTube.

Time to decide on the next pack for the modded server!

I don't see much discussion in favour of Hermitcraft or Unstable, so I'm going to assume they're non-starters (unless someone objects?), so let's keep the vote simple - Infinity Lite or Direwolf?

The big Comparison spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WxyFqMobJgsbvL59i53y1mgOV7kpYujbL1Oqex9TwB4/edit?usp=sharing

Brief Summary for the unpicky:

Direwolf20
Pros: Less computer resource hungry, Actually Additions, Akashic Tome, EnderStorage, Fast Leaf Decay, Morph-o-tool, Psi, Quark, Super Circuit Maker
Cons: Less mods.

Infinity Lite
Pros: More mods, EnderTanks, Extreme Reactors, Gendustry, Harvestcraft, Mekanism, Missing Pieces, Natura, Refined Relocation, Reliquary, Soul Shards
Cons: More computer resource hungry.

VOTE!
http://www.strawpoll.me/11668558

I'll leave the vote running for a few days, and try to work on the chosen result at the weekend (assuming I have time). I also need to figure out RFTools Dimensions We've had Mystcraft until now.

so I voted, but now it doesn't let my wife vote. I'm guessing because we share an IP address, can you add one to infinity please?


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 darkinnit wrote:
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I'll leave the vote running for a few days, and try to work on the chosen result at the weekend (assuming I have time). I also need to figure out RFTools Dimensions We've had Mystcraft until now.

the big difference is RF tools will need a lot of power and a continuous source of power for the dimension, which probably means a creative energy cell. Otherwise pages = dimlets.

Casted my vote for Infinity Lite. I like Harvestcraft too much.

Huh, the strawpoll isn't working for me. Just getting a grey screen.

I think the Direwolf would be fine by me- has more tutorials as well, since Dire does videos on all the major mods.

Aside from that- anything with Chisel'n'bits is good enough for me. Even if I'm a little disappointed by the lack of magic mods.

I've toyed around with Super Circuit Maker for a bit and it's really cool. It allows you to build simple to very complex redstone circuits on block sized circuit boards that you can combine one inside the other or placed next to each other. They can even be copied & pasted or stored on the internet with an inbuilt command (scm export / import).

Direwolf20 has a spotlight (part one, part two) or just give it a try in creative mode.

Close vote. Put mine in for dw20.

Im personally for Infinity, and ive gone ahead and thrown that in... Waiting to hear back from pixel and mack- We share IPs, so they might not be able to vote in the poll.
Will keep ya updated

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that the poll will end in a tie?

Who knew we had 13 people interested in playing

here's a good lets play for infinity so people can see what it can do:

I'm still interested, just don't really have a preference with the pack beyond a nice rounded balance of technology and magic.

I've toyed around with the new Direwolf20 pack and tried my hand at the mod Psi. It's another magic mod with a technological touch (Direwolf20 spotlight) where you can create your own spells with a simplified graphical programming language.

The spell effects are quite fun and varied.
And in addition to casting them directly, spells can be attached to some worn armor or tools, e.g. an axe that cuts down a tree and plants one of your saplings from the hotbar or a spell on your helmet that places (temporary?) light sources if it's too dark around you.

Ooh, Psi has enchanting? I didn't know that. I'd love to have something that would encase an attacker in a stone coffin.

Yeah Psi is really, really cool.

It's the main reason I voted for the Direpack, outside of the usefulness of Akashic Tome and Morph-o-tool.