I recently decided to add Mystcraft to my Mindcrack pack, which worked well right up until V8 came out. So I added it again (figuring out along the way that now Optifine was messing things up). Now I am trying to create the perfect age with everything I need to create/breed every bee that I might want. Excluding the Feindish branch of course.
So I started off by creating a Tiny Biomes age with I think Medows, Icy Plains, Jungle, Swamp and Desert, as well as No Weather and Always Daytime. Now before I start setting things up I wanted to ask some questions and for some opinions.
What I have in mind so far is this:
1) Power Source. I would like a fully automated power source using renewable resources.
2) Railcraft Tanks. For liquid DNA and honey at the very least.
3) Bee Production Lines. Fully automated as much as possible, except for probably frames.
4) Ill do any mutating by hand.
So my questions are these:
1) For power options right now I am thinking about using a Steve's Carts tree farm feeding into a biogas setup. However my power needs could be pretty high when I start using the higher teir extra bees machines. I haven't built one before so should I look into automating a boiler setup?
2) As for those advanced machines, does anyone know if they are working correctly? I've been reading some disturbing rumors about them. Can you make templates at all yet or are they all corrupted? If yes can you make templates of any types of bees as long as they are identical, like imperial or industrious, or just the base breeds.
3) Apiarist Pipe filtering design. I have had some trouble with apiarist pipes recently in combination with void pipes. I tried to set up some hands free systems before, but I would come back to find a princess with no drone or worse a drone in wrong apiary. I'm sure I just did the filtering in the pipe wrong but when using void pipes I can't exactly go back and easily fix that kind of mistake.
Please feel free to direct me to any other posts or threads. Any tips, tricks or advice is welcome.
So I started off by creating a Tiny Biomes age with I think Medows, Icy Plains, Jungle, Swamp and Desert, as well as No Weather and Always Daytime. Now before I start setting things up I wanted to ask some questions and for some opinions.
What I have in mind so far is this:
1) Power Source. I would like a fully automated power source using renewable resources.
2) Railcraft Tanks. For liquid DNA and honey at the very least.
3) Bee Production Lines. Fully automated as much as possible, except for probably frames.
4) Ill do any mutating by hand.
So my questions are these:
1) For power options right now I am thinking about using a Steve's Carts tree farm feeding into a biogas setup. However my power needs could be pretty high when I start using the higher teir extra bees machines. I haven't built one before so should I look into automating a boiler setup?
2) As for those advanced machines, does anyone know if they are working correctly? I've been reading some disturbing rumors about them. Can you make templates at all yet or are they all corrupted? If yes can you make templates of any types of bees as long as they are identical, like imperial or industrious, or just the base breeds.
3) Apiarist Pipe filtering design. I have had some trouble with apiarist pipes recently in combination with void pipes. I tried to set up some hands free systems before, but I would come back to find a princess with no drone or worse a drone in wrong apiary. I'm sure I just did the filtering in the pipe wrong but when using void pipes I can't exactly go back and easily fix that kind of mistake.
Please feel free to direct me to any other posts or threads. Any tips, tricks or advice is welcome.