Alice 1.6 v2 update 6

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  1. Tonius

    Tonius 555 Eternal Server Error

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    It's time for an update again! This update contains a lot of things. There is some important changes in there, so please be sure to read it all.

    Added:
    - ChickenChunks 1.3.3.4 (more info below)
    - Simply Jetpacks 0.1.2 (formerly a part of Pathonius Inc. Toolkit)
    - TiC Tooltips 1.1.4
    - TubeStuff 57.1.3
    - Tubes! 1.1.3

    Removed:
    - Vending
    - Lantern Mod
    - EnhancedPortals 3
    - Red IO (incompatible with ComputerCraft 1.6)

    Updates:
    - ComputerCraft to 1.63 (more info below)
    - Mekanism to 6.0.4.35 (more info below)
    - VoxelMap to the latest version
    - NHAVE's Core to 1.0.1
    - NHAVE's OmniWrench to 1.2.1
    - Aardappel to 1.3.2 (formerly Pathonius Inc. Toolkit)
    - DragonAPI to v20g
    - RotaryCraft to v20f
    - Mariculture to 1.2.1e
    - Enchiridion to 1.1 (Try the book binder!)
    - ProjectRed to 4.3.5.30
    - Tinkers' Construct to 1.5.5d3
    - Tinkers' Mechworks to 0.1.6
    - Antique Atlas to 3.1
    - Immibis's Peripherals to 57.1.0
    - OpenModsLib to 0.4-184
    - OpenBlocks to 1.2.7-364
    - OpenPeripheral Core to 0.3.3-118
    - OpenPeripheral Addons to 0.1.3-95
    - Big Reactors to 0.3.2a
    - Simple Recycling to 57.2.0

    Fixes:
    - Slimes from mods should no longer crash VoxelMap's radar
    - Enhanced Portals no longer kick players on usage
    - Some fixes to certain IC2 crafting recipes
    - Players should be less flatulent

    Changes:
    - Nerfed some Mekanism generators a bit
    - Nerfed Wind Turbines and disabled their recipe
    - Wind Turbines can be pulverized to get iron and gold back
    - Disabled Igneous Extruder crafting
    - Igneous Extruders can be pulverized to get Transfer Nodes and Mining Upgrades
    - Disabled Mekanism item pipes
    - Cardboard Boxes can no longer pick up nodes
    - Enabled random menu background textures
    - Named animals no longer display death messages on death
    - Harvesters are less power hungry
    - Meat ingots are a better food source
    - Deep Storage Units are cheaper
    - Disabled Last Stand enchantment
    - Disabled Flim Flam enchantment
    - Big Reactors can now be 48 blocks high
    - Slightly buffed big reactors, but also slightly increased fuel usage
    - Enabled Vacuum Hoppers
    - Disabled electric floodlights

    ChickenChunks
    Yes, chunkloading has been enabled once more. Everyone can keep a maximum of 11 chunks loaded. The chunks will only load when the owner is on the server. The idea is to be able to have your machines work when you're playing, while not requiring you to be at home all the time.

    ComputerCraft
    This update is a big one. A lot of things have changed internally in ComputerCraft. Without a doubt, some programs or setups will break because of this, so don't be surprised if your code breaks.

    Mekanism
    Because of a change in this mod, IC2 machines will not be able to output power into Universal Cables. To still have this functionality, you will have to connect a cable to the output face of an EU storage block. After that, you need to set the Universal Cable to PULL mode using a Configurator.

    Note that this is unrelated to cables not being able to power IC2 machines. This is fixed now.
     
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  2. Brodolon

    Brodolon Edit post Abuser

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    what does it mean disable igneous extruder crafting are they disabled I loved them and did not think they were overpowered.. please do not disable them!!! but thanks for making an awesome server anyway
     
  3. Tonius

    Tonius 555 Eternal Server Error

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    Use transfer nodes. They are much faster and less laggy cobblestone generators. They are not hard to set up, ask people ingame.
     
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  4. labtech41

    labtech41 Carbon-based life form

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    I only really had an igneous extruder as a more straightforward means of obtaining obsidian.
     
  5. Brodolon

    Brodolon Edit post Abuser

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    transfer nodes from extra utilities?
     
  6. Siioh

    Siioh If you can read this, you're too far

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    Hmm, seems like I'll have to have a dedicated smeltery to obsidian making now...shouldn't be that bad. Overall this update looks awesome. :D
     
  7. punk_and_goth

    punk_and_goth AFK a minimum of 23 hours, 59 minutes per day.

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    why disable igneous extruder ? only thing i use that works worth a damm

    also idr if they fixed it but....


    Shift clicking on a node with another node will crash your game. (03/2014)
     
  8. LeiserGeist

    LeiserGeist Gamer, Software Developer

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    I'm glad you guys balanced out the nerds quite a bit.
    Chunkloaders? Finally. Now people will be less inclined to use five different alts at once (hue).

    About the Igneous Extruders:
    1. To people who are panicking and hiding under desks from this disable
      • Extra Utilities Transfer Nodes are exponentially more powerful and less laggy than Extruders.
      • To set one up, dig a 3x1 trench with lava on one side, cobblestone in the center, and water on the other side. It can be in any shape as long as it follows this format. More lava/water will not help.
      • Put a transfer node on top of the cobblestone and connect it to whatever.
      • Adding mining upgrades to the transfer node will increase the amount of cobblestone produced. (64 mining upgrades = 64 cobble per operation, 32 upgrades = 32 cobble per, etc.)
      • Adding speed upgrades will make it find inventories and transfer the cobble to them faster.
      • Connecting one of these to a smelter of any kind will reproduce "smoothstone mode" at the cost of energy instead of lava.
      • Neither lava nor water is consumed in this setup if you do it properly.
    2. To MPT: What do you recommend for automated obsidian production now?
    Also, the update to Rotarycraft should hopefully increase client performance from rendering, according to Reika. I hope this will lessen the chance of the mod being removed!
     
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  9. punk_and_goth

    punk_and_goth AFK a minimum of 23 hours, 59 minutes per day.

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    well this is a double edged sword! great it's reducing server lag but would never have happened with automation of sorts
     
  10. Progercbsk

    Progercbsk yes ?

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    Node + recycler + massfab, the setup that we like.
    http://i.imgur.com/AiXvi05.png

    About obsidian gen, well, either vanilla or mariculture's Vat ...

    The things nerfed/changed have been listed in Tonius' post.
    RotaryCraft update to v20 changed many value, including bedrock breaker power requirement, and the magnetostatic engine that need tier upgrade to be efficient.
     
  11. LeiserGeist

    LeiserGeist Gamer, Software Developer

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    Yeah... RotaryCraft update is the Tedium Update. You now need a whole room of automation just to use the magnetostatic engines you already had set up.
    Fermenters, Magnetizers (which take hours no matter what), etc..
    Now I have to make a bunch of new engines to power the process needed to make use of the engines I already had, because I can't power any of the machines with the nerfed-tier-0 magnetostatics.
    Not to sound too whiny, because I know I'll just be told "omfg stop whining and deal with it" (which I am, dealing with it)

    did Reika befriend Greg?
     
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  12. Talons1337

    Talons1337 I am a build team

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    So now I need to run my reactor and wait 10 hours to get a sizeable quantity of smoothstone? Ehhhhhhhhhh no.
     
  13. LeiserGeist

    LeiserGeist Gamer, Software Developer

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    NOPE
    Cobble gen + elite factory with 9 energy/speed upgrades = progress
     
  14. Talons1337

    Talons1337 I am a build team

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    You... Do realize that means I have to run my reactor.
     
  15. Pathaleon

    Pathaleon Forum & Server Administrator
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    With an elite factory and the speed that the cobble gen makes cobble it will certainly not be 10hours lol
     
  16. xCromyx

    xCromyx Gamer With an Eye-patch

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    I highly doubt your reactor will need to run for 10hrs maybe work on your power management.
     
  17. Talons1337

    Talons1337 I am a build team

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    Reactor and 10 hours are meant to be separate.

    I was attempting to point out:

    -IC2 doesn't work with mek cables for the time being
    -Whatchumacallit's furnaces work uber slow
    -Mek stuff takes lots of power when I can be getting smooth stone for free ala extruder
     
  18. Pathaleon

    Pathaleon Forum & Server Administrator
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    They do work ton fixed it yesterday
     
  19. LordXyroz

    LordXyroz *insert ridiculously long title here*

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    Hm... better login today and do some maintenance on my base, wind turbines will more or less be useless now I guess :p
     
  20. MyrddinE

    MyrddinE Active Member

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    Talons: Since the reactor outputs many times the power the elite factory needs, a correctly configured BR will shut itself off when it is creating excess power. You can run the reactor 24/7 and not waste a single ingot of Yellorium. Would you like me to help you set that up? It's just two redstone ports and two pieces of redstone, and some settings.

    Edit: a passive BR can provide any amount of power with no waste. An active BR creating steam on a Turbine wastes a lot of power if it shuts off and on all the time. While active power is much more efficient than passive, it cannot be turned down easily. If you have frequently changing power needs, and don't want to invest in a lot of batteries/cells, then passive BR power ends up notably more efficient than active.