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Anvildude wrote:
Yeah, it doesn't work with any of my browsers- Chrome or Firefox. Firefox has a "Sharesession" thing that just displays a 1x1 pixel image, and Chrome had a white page with an image title.

The download link worked fine, though. Thanks.

I'd really recommend you do a virus/malware scan - that behaviour you're describing (along with the vote site not loading) sounds like some kind of browser or DNS hijack on your system. One of the most thorough guides I know is here, but it takes a very long time to go through every step, but then it's also very thorough and I've not seen any virus/malware survive it.

Back on the original request:

The original FTB Launcher for windows can also be downloaded from:
http://ftb.cursecdn.com/FTB2/launcher/FTB_Launcher.exe
or
http://ftb.cursecdn.com/FTB2/launcher/FTB_Launcher.jar (if you just want the Java jar).

These don't require a Curse account.

I got the thing all figured out, thanks. The link worked fine, and I already have a Curse account, so that's not an issue. I might want to use that launcher, though- I do kinda prefer those.


I'd be surprised if it was a virus- I've got (and have had) Kaspersky for years, and that's literally the only website that I have any issues with. Similarly with malware, since I actually do manual checks of my computer every so often too.

Thanks for your help, though. You're really The Best admin, you know that?

I need a way to plan out Anor Londo actually now that I think of it. I have screenshots saved for it now at least, just need to figure out now how to translate it in to MC. hrm.

Remember that you'll have Chisel'n'bits to work with. You'll essentially be able to do a 1:1 recreation if you wish.

Yeh. I probably wont' do a completely faithful recreation, but at least the main structure you can be on in DS1 anyway, including having the entry teleport pad (or book perhaps) landing where the winged creatures drop you off.

Bet I could rig up a stand in for the archers with some pistons and slime blocks.

We got nametags now- you could use mob trapping (and spawning) to get actual skeleton archers in place. And since skeletons pick up swords preferentially over bows, you could also spawn/make melee skeletons.

Then later on, the harder guys are Wither skeletons with swords, and you could possibly give them armour.

What sorts of spawning systems are available? Do the 'Spawn exact copy' include things like equipment? Are there sensor blocks that would let you spawn a certain number of skeletons per time the player goes through?

There is a method, not sure which though. I've never really been that in to the combat aspect of Minecraft to be honest so I didn't pay much attention when I was testing the mods out lol. Of course I'm gonna need a ton of materials first before I even attempt to build most of this.

I've got to say, I'm really loving how Draconic Evolution handles power storage...

Giant, expensive energy balls are cool!


One thing I'm noting in my test world is that there doesn't seem to be a good way to convert RF to EU once again. The current version of Railcraft is pretty bare-bones, and lacks steam generation.

Honestly the only good method I can see is using RF to make Ethanol and then using Forestry's Bio Generator to convert that into EU. Unfortunately though, it seems that Immersive Engineering's Ethanol won't work for this, only Forestry's will (And that's the more annoying one to make...).

It's probably better to just convert EU to RF, and even then that method will require a lot of Electrical Engines to get a respectable number of RF/tick for the late game.

Maybe it's best to just not convert at all, which is a shame.

EDIT: Scratch that, I just learnt that Immersive Engineering's cables can convert between EU and on the fly with a 1:4 ratio EU:RF, which is the same ratio as the most efficient Forestry Electrical Engine configuration, while also being able to convert greater amounts of power at one time.

EDIT2: Well turns out that was for an older version of Immersive Engineering. The HV Connector page on the FTB wiki obviously wasn't updated to mention that :(.

I don't know why you'd want to swap them, anyways.

I mean, honestly, IC has very few things that aren't also in other, RF based mods. Name one IC machine that's more efficient, has better UI, or is cheaper or simpler to make than its RF using equivalent.

Though I suppose that sorta depends on which/how many Tech mods you have up.

But seriously, for the little IC stuff you'll want to run, you might as well just throw together enough equipment to make a bunch of Solars, get a whole ton of energy storage, and just save up a big buffer of energy to use when you actually use that equipment. Like charging your drills or armour or whatever.


Though, I suppose UU is a thing. Still, that's not necessarily going to be integrated into another, constantly running system. Might as well just have a self-contained IC system with input of your power-generation fuel of choice via other mods.

IC2 has the easiest steel production.

IC2 also has Ore Quadrupling, something I don't think any of the other mods in the pack has.

Mekanism!

...

Wait. Wrong pack.

How does one Ore Quadruple in IC2?

Macerator -> Ore Washing Plant -> Thermal Centrifuge

It's a decently long process.

Hrmph. I suppose, in a way, between that and UU, IC is the only way to get infinite resources, isn't it?

That's something that I'm rather used to via Magical Crops in my own modded series, and I don't know if I could go back to non-infinite stuff yet.

There's also the fact that in my view, IC2 is the only true purely tech mod out there. Hell, the concept behind redstone flux, itself, isn't very techy to me. It's basically Handwavium, similar to Mass Effect's Element Zero, and the sci-fi aspects of ME except with far less technobabble covering up the fact that it's Handwavium.

Speaking of crops... I'm really disappointed that the current version of IC2 lacks crops :(. Somewhat bizarrely, they were my favourite part of the mod. Dunno why.

I still remember my old flying cropfields from the old Tekkit server... (and my old tiny base underneath made almost entirely of red matter blocks. Those were the days...)

Anvildude wrote:
I don't know why you'd want to swap them, anyways.

I mean, honestly, IC has very few things that aren't also in other, RF based mods. Name one IC machine that's more efficient, has better UI, or is cheaper or simpler to make than its RF using equivalent.

Though I suppose that sorta depends on which/how many Tech mods you have up.

But seriously, for the little IC stuff you'll want to run, you might as well just throw together enough equipment to make a bunch of Solars, get a whole ton of energy storage, and just save up a big buffer of energy to use when you actually use that equipment. Like charging your drills or armour or whatever.


Though, I suppose UU is a thing. Still, that's not necessarily going to be integrated into another, constantly running system. Might as well just have a self-contained IC system with input of your power-generation fuel of choice via other mods.

the only reason I see to get into IC2 is for the electric jet pack which is needed to make the draconic jet pack.

Which of course means you'll have to get into UU matter to get the iridium for it.

That's not enough for me to make an IC2 setup, I'll gladly pay you tuesday for an electric jetpack today






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Anvildude wrote:
Hrmph. I suppose, in a way, between that and UU, IC is the only way to get infinite resources, isn't it?

That's something that I'm rather used to via Magical Crops in my own modded series, and I don't know if I could go back to non-infinite stuff yet.

it depends on the resource you want an infinite amount of, I'm going to miss the lava fabricator.

Actually additions has a lava generator.

Blood magic has the Lava summoning ritual as well.

thanks for the tips, I figured out how to make the actually additions one work for me.

so any thoughts on what can replace the deep storage unit, AE2 doesn't hold enough items, I keep filling it up.

and is there a way to transmit energy to the mining dimension?

Lots and lots of chests.

EnderIO Transceivers are still a thing.

Indeed, they might be the only thing given there's no Tesseracts.


As for item storage... honestly I can't help you there. It's possible one of the newer mods adds something similar to the DSU but I'm not really sure.


EDIT: Immersive engineering has Silos, however they are a multiblock structure and they can only store up to 864 stacks of one type of item I believe.

Annoying, I forgot that waht I mentioned was rednet. I hope rednet updates and Direwolf20 includes it. Ah well time to go to bed.

Anvildude wrote:
Blood magic has the Lava summoning ritual as well.

I forget, does this mean it's possible to set up a mob grinder as a power generator?

I want to play :( it is my day off and everything

With blood magic? Should be. Summon lava, pick up lava, summon more lava, use it to get power, use mob spawning to get Blood, etc. etc.


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Dria! Hello! Didn't see you there at first. Yeah, I wanna play too. Darkinnit said today was possibly the day, so we'll have to see what's going on with it.

Sorry, unfortunately my time has been used up a lot this week with real life commitments unfortunately.

However, I think I can now safely set a launch time of 6pm GMT tomorrow.
For other timezones:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2016&month=11&day=26&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=136&p2=179&p3=224&p4=240

So then.

First off, Curse officially hates me. The Curse launcher doesn't launch MC for me.

So I download the FtB original launcher. Go through that.

There's something wrong with the Scaffolding texture from Immersive Engineering. and other things. (does anyone know what an "Upwards reference" is?)

Loading up it's just a big list of problems. I'm trying again, to see if it works, but dango. I'm very close to just downloading the mods manually and launching from the regular MC launcher.

If Curse isn't launching Minecraft, try going into your setting and changing the launcher it defaults to.

I had the same issue. Turns out Curse tends to default to using the old Minecraft launcher rather than the current one.