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    You can just open config files in notepad or similar text utilities. Most configs have basic instructions about what each option does and how to change it. The only serious damage you can really cause is some sort of itemID change that causes stuff to disappear, so stay clear of that section of...
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    I suspect most people did it by playing on a server with a chunkloader in their base. 200 hrs is quite a bit of playtime, but it's only about 8 days real-time. Then your second solar only takes 4 days. Once you cap out the EU consumption of your first matterfab, it only takes ~12 hrs to produce...
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    You need to call the contents of the table in pairs. i.e. for key,value in pairs(t) do print(key,value) end where t is the name of your table. Obviously, if you want to pass on the info to some other function you could use something other than print(). I ripped my example straight from here if...
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    teamcofh.com is where TE3 info is located. It's missing a bit of info, but it might have what you're looking for.
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    If it's just one crafting recipe, I'd be tempted to use some external crafting system like a cyclic assembler rather than building a small MAC. If you use a precision export bus and set it to export/craft it will automatically craft if the target receptacle has room and you have the...
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    Using ExtraUtilities, if you place a transfer node facing a block of cobble between water and lava 1 cobble will be generated every second for each mining upgrade inserted into the node. EDIT: need speed upgrades to transfer it out of the node asap, otherwise faster mining speed will just fill...
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    An igneous extruder takes 2.5 secs to make 1 cobble. Using 30 of them it would take 41.5 days of playtime to make a single octuple compressed cobblestone.
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    Be warned: legitimately getting octuple compressed cobble is quite a bit more difficult that it might seem on the surface. Each one is worth more than 43 MILLION (9^8) cobble. To put that in perspective - a 64x64x64 quarry contains only about 262k blocks (assuming no caves). Even if there were...
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    If you just want your structure to be immune to the wither's normal attacks, cobble is enough (it has the same power as a ghast fireball). If you want the structure to be immune to the spawning explosion you'll need something with a blast resist of ~140+. Because IC2 reduces the blast...
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    I should have been more clear - the solutions I'm thinking of can be used in conjunction with AE. For example: if you have an ME interface set to export some item and a golem tied to the interface set to keep your chest supplied with a stack of that item you'll get the desired effect. Though, if...
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    The easiest ways to accomplish this don't use just ME. Thaumcraft golems, ExtraUtils rationing pipes, and Logistics Pipes come to mind. However, if your goal is to simply keep stuff on hand rather than feeding them into a chest, ME is exceedingly simple to use - just add a level emitter on the...
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    If you've got a few bees working, you can make wax capsules instead of buckets and use those to get your milk. They also stack nicely.
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    Steam boilers got changed to use a static amount of fuel and scale the energy output instead. I remember spotting the exact figures somewhere, but I agree it's not super simple to find. All I remember off the top of my head is that a 36HP boiler uses 63 buckets of fuel/hr. According to one of...
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    The wiki says 1 block down, 1 block sideways (including diagonals), and 4 blocks up. Seems a little smaller than I remember, but I guess it's been a while since I've let anything burn down. Do note that's the area in which the fire can spawn, so a wooden wall 2 blocks away could still catch fire...
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    Although uranium lasts a long time, it's still a finite resource without bees.
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    Ensure you're firing at a portal-able location. Maybe build a wall of cobblestone so you can test firing on a big flat space to make sure the portals work at all. If they don't, you probably have the fuel requirement turned on (uses ender pearl dust). I believe it's the very last option in the...
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    If servers handle the machine calculations, why does my FPS drop in my base?

    Even with a server handling all the computations, your client still needs to render stuff. Since your base is going to be the most built up area and there're likely all sorts of lighting updates and items moving around, this is naturally the most demanding area for your computer to render. For...
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    For what it's worth, using the "Very High Speed Breeder" can support 27 of the super simple 100EU/t 0 chamber reactors. 4 breeders will support enough reactors to get all your power. If you use breeders to extend your uranium supply and your Radioactive Bees have the Fastest Production trait, an...
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    Buildcraft Engines or TE Dynamos (pretty sure, I haven't actually used DartCraft in 1.6 yet).
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    "Flowers" means any vanilla flower (i.e. rose). Some mod-added flowers also work, but those are kinda inconsistent, so I wouldn't bother messing with them if I were you.