Can anybody help me?

[Mevansuto]

I was assembling a modlist for me and my friends, would anyone mind commenting on this list? Right now it's too big so I'd like in narrowed down, but recommendations are welcome.

After the advice of the people on this thread, the list currently looks like this.

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Additional Buildcraft Objects
Advanced Genetics
Agriculture
Alternate Terrain Generation
Applied Energistics
Ars Magica 2
Atomic Science
AutoUtils
bdlib
Better Storage
Bibliocraft
Bibliowoods Biomes O' Plenty
Bibliowoods ExtraBiomesXL
Bibliowoods Forestry
Bibliowoods Highlands
Bibliowoods Natura
Big Reactors
Binnie's Mods
Biomes O' Plenty
Blood Magic
Buildcraft
Calclavia Core
Carpenter's Blocks
ChickenChunks
Chisel
CodeChickenCore
CoFH Core
ComputerCraft
DartCraft
DartPatch
Den Pipes
Den Pipes Emerald
Den Pipes Forestry
DenLib
Dimensional Doors
DragonAPI
Dynamic Tanks 2
Emasher Resource
Ender Storage
EnderIO
Engineer's Toolbox
Enhanced Portals 3
EVOC
Extra Cells
Extra Utilities
ExtrabiomesXL
ExtraTiC
FlatSigns
Forestry
Forge
ForgeIRC
Galacticraft
Galacticraft Planets
Gany's End
Gany's Nether
Gany's Surface
Gascraft
GateCopy
Gendustry
Gravity Gun
Hat Stand
Hats
Highlands
ICBM
ICBM Contraption
ICBM Explosion
iChun Util
Infinibows
Inventory Tweaks
JABBA
Journey Map
KeithyUtils
Logistics Pipes
Magic Bees
Magical Crops
Mariculture
Mekanism
Mekanism Generators
Mekanism Induction
Mekanism Tools
Metallurgy
MFFS
Micdoodlecore
Mine Tweaker
MineFactory Reloaded
MobiusCore
Modular Power Suits
Morph
Morpheus
Mystcraft
Natura
NEI Addons
NEI Plugins
Nether Ores
Not Enough Items
Numina
Obsidian Plates
Open Blocks
Open Periphal
OpenComputers
Pam's Temperate Plants
Pam's Weee! Flowers
Plugins for Forestry
Portal Gun
PowerCrystals Core
ProjectRed-Base
ProjectRed-Compat
ProjectRed-Intergration
ProjectRed-Lighting
ProjectRed-Mechanical
ProjectRed-World
qCraft
Quarry Plus
Railcraft
ReactorCraft
Redstone Arsenal
Reliquary
Resonant Induction
RotaryCraft
Rougelike Dungeons
Shatter
Steve's Carts 2
Steve's Factory Manager
Switches
Sync
Thaumcraft
Thaumcraft Mob Aspect
Thaumic Tinkerer
Thaumic Tinkerer Kami
The Erebus
Thermal Expansion
Tinkerer's Construct
Tinkerer's Construct Mechworks
Torch Levers
Translocators
Tropicraft
Twilight Forest
Underground Biomes
Universal Electricity Core
Waila
Wireless Redstone - Chicken Bones Edition
Witchery
XACT's Crafting
Zan's Minimap

 

[Democretes]

I'd probably remove

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Agriculture
Alternate Terrain Generation
Backpacks
BALKON'S WEAPONMOD
Better Storage
Buildcraft
Calclavia Core
Chicken Shed
Custom Mob Spawner
Damage Indicators
DartCraft
DartPatch
Defense
DrZhark's Mo’ Creatures
Dye Trees
Dynamic Tanks 2
Enhanced Portals 3
Falling Meteors Mod
FlatSigns
Gascraft
Highlands
HopperDucts
Lava Monsters
Mariculture
Mine Tweaker
Minecraft Tweaks
Mouse Tweaks
Nether Ores
Not Enough Keys
Obsidian Plates
Pam's DesertCraft
Pam's Temperate Plants
Pam's Weee! Flowers
Shatter
Simple Recycling
Special Mobs
Streak
Torch Levers
Underground Biomes
Zombie Awareness

Just some recomendations. Things that add very little like Torch Levers and Streak probably aren't needed. Personally, I'd replace Better Storage with Iron chests unless you just want the aesthetics.

 

[Mevansuto]

I'd probably remove

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Agriculture
Alternate Terrain Generation
Backpacks
BALKON'S WEAPONMOD
Better Storage
Buildcraft
Calclavia Core
Chicken Shed
Custom Mob Spawner
Damage Indicators
DartCraft
DartPatch
Defense
DrZhark's Mo’ Creatures
Dye Trees
Dynamic Tanks 2
Enhanced Portals 3
Falling Meteors Mod
FlatSigns
Gascraft
Highlands
HopperDucts
Lava Monsters
Mariculture
Mine Tweaker
Minecraft Tweaks
Mouse Tweaks
Nether Ores
Not Enough Keys
Obsidian Plates
Pam's DesertCraft
Pam's Temperate Plants
Pam's Weee! Flowers
Shatter
Simple Recycling
Special Mobs
Streak
Torch Levers
Underground Biomes
Zombie Awareness

Just some recomendations. Things that add very little like Torch Levers and Streak probably aren't needed. Personally, I'd replace Better Storage with Iron chests unless you just want the aesthetics.

Just realised how right you are. I don't need most of these. I think I'll keep Dartcraft, Underground Biomes, ATG, Nether Ores. My friends will want me to keep Buildcraft but other than that I think it'll mostly go.

Edit: I'm curious as to why you're telling me to remove Calclavia Core but no UE mods?

Edit 2: I prefer Better Storage to Iron Chests for aesthetics.

 

[SynfulChaot]

Just realised how right you are. I don't need most of these. I think I'll keep Dartcraft, Underground Biomes, ATG, Nether Ores. My friends will want me to keep Buildcraft but other than that I think it'll mostly go.

I'd recommend to keep obsidian plates if you'd ever use them. Player-only pressure plates are a godsend, and the ability to hide them and make them unclicky can make for some impressive hidden doors.

 

[Mevansuto]

I'd recommend to keep obsidian plates if you'd ever use them. Player-only pressure plates are a godsend, and the ability to hide them and make them unclicky can make for some impressive hidden doors.

Noted. I think I'm likely to save a lot more mods than I realised at first.

 

[SynfulChaot]

Noted. I think I'm likely to save a lot more mods than I realised at first.

Most of the rest of those mods that Demo listed are ones I, myself, removed. Variety may be the spice of life, but sometimes too much makes for a lot of unneeded duplications. And unneeded server load.

Hmm. Maybe add MineTweaker, but only if you actually need to 'tweak' some of the recipes for your own balance reasons.

 

[Democretes]

Just realised how right you are. I don't need most of these. I think I'll keep Dartcraft, Underground Biomes, ATG, Nether Ores. My friends will want me to keep Buildcraft but other than that I think it'll mostly go.

Edit: I'm curious as to why you're telling me to remove Calclavia Core but no UE mods?

Edit 2: I prefer Better Storage to Iron Chests for aesthetics.

I meant to leave in Dartcraft/ Calclavia Core. I just copied your post then removed stuff. Much easier than typing it all out.

 

[Mevansuto]

I revised the list. I removed about 20 mods, but not everything Democretes suggested. Or I said I would. I changed it in the OP.[DOUBLEPOST=1389388733][/DOUBLEPOST]

I meant to leave in Dartcraft/ Calclavia Core. I just copied your post then removed stuff. Much easier than typing it all out.

Agreed.

Most of the rest of those mods that Demo listed are ones I, myself, removed. Variety may be the spice of life, but sometimes too much makes for a lot of unneeded duplications. And unneeded server load.

Hmm. Maybe add MineTweaker, but only if you actually need to 'tweak' some of the recipes for your own balance reasons.

Agreed. With both points.

 

[Mevansuto]

Is the list still too big?

 

[SynfulChaot]

Is the list still too big?

Only you can answer that question. Is it too big for you? If not, then no, not too big. If so, then yes, and you gotta look at what you want/need the least.

 

[Mevansuto]

Only you can answer that question. Is it too big for you? If not, then no, not too big. If so, then yes, and you gotta look at what you want/need the least.

Damn, that's a good answer. I want to say it looks fine, but my server might lag and I wouldn't want that. That list has more mods than FTB and probably RR - that makes it seem as if I'm daring to make a bigger modpack which is something no public pack does. Therefore it's not the norm, and perhaps I shouldn't deviate from that...

 

[SynfulChaot]

Damn, that's a good answer. I want to say it looks fine, but my server might lag and I wouldn't want that. That list has more mods than FTB and probably RR - that makes it seem as if I'm daring to make a bigger modpack which is something no public pack does. Therefore it's not the norm, and perhaps I shouldn't deviate from that...

My own pack is currently hovering right around 110 mods. Occasional server lag, but only really during heavy terrain gen. But I also am trying for a particular vision with mine, which really helps narrow things down.

 

[Mevansuto]

My own pack is currently hovering right around 110 mods. Occasional server lag, but only really during heavy terrain gen. But I also am trying for a particular vision with mine, which really helps narrow things down.

My vision was that the only power system was going to be RF and I was gonna disable all MJ engines and power transport as an excuse to keep ExtraBees.

 

[Dylan4ever]

Yay, the Erebus is on there :3.

Removing Dynamic Tanks 2 might be useful, you have RC Tanks and Open Blocks Tanks, and probably a bunch of other liquid storage options in all the other mods. It seems unneeded.
Pams Harvestcraft + Agriculture = overkill (I believe Pams HC adds a bunch of foods?). You'll probably never need that many food options.

 

[SynfulChaot]

My vision was that the only power system was going to be RF and I was gonna disable all MJ engines and power transport as an excuse to keep ExtraBees.

I've not gone quite that far as I have RotaryCraft installed as well, but those two are flawlessly convertible through RotaryCraft's built in converters. I did manually disable the Railcraft steam engines, though, which is thankfully quite easy.

 

[Mevansuto]

Yay, the Erebus is on there :3.

Removing Dynamic Tanks 2 might be useful, you have RC Tanks and Open Blocks Tanks, and probably a bunch of other liquid storage options in all the other mods. It seems unneeded.
Pams Harvestcraft + Agriculture = overkill (I believe Pams HC adds a bunch of foods?). You'll probably never need that many food options.

You're welcome. It looked really cool and I want to really get into it.

As for Dynamic Tanks I personally want to keep it for it's non-tank related features. Admittedly I've never tried the mod, but don't these features sound cool?

- In world placeable potions!
- Liquid Nitroglycerin (Liquid TNT)
- Infinite Potions! (Sort of)
- Mystic Forest!

As for Harvestcraft, it's never been on the list. I think people have been reading Pam's and assume I added Harvestcraft. I added some plant mods as I like flowers.

I've not gone quite that far as I have RotaryCraft installed as well, but those two are flawlessly convertible through RotaryCraft's built in converters. I did manually disable the Railcraft steam engines, though, which is thankfully quite easy.

I haven't used RotaryCraft yet but I was under the impression it was fully compatible with RF. I thought all machines could accept conduits in one of the more recent updates and the mods generators could generate RF. Am I misinformed?

 

[SynfulChaot]

I haven't used RotaryCraft yet but I was under the impression it was fully compatible with RF. I thought all machines could accept conduits in one of the more recent updates and the mods generators could generate RF. Am I misinformed?

It is fully compatible, yes, but not at the machine level. There are machines that flawlessly convert RF to Torque, and the reverse as well, but RotaryCraft machines only input or output Torque.

 

[Mevansuto]

It is fully compatible, yes, but not at the machine level. There are machines that flawlessly convert RF to Torque, and the reverse as well, but RotaryCraft machines only input or output Torque.

Oh. Makes me unsure of it now. I think I'll keep it in the meantime though.

 

[Dylan4ever]

You're welcome. It looked really cool and I want to really get into it.

As for Dynamic Tanks I personally want to keep it for it's non-tank related features. Admittedly I've never tried the mod, but don't these features sound cool?


As for Harvestcraft, it's never been on the list. I think people have been reading Pam's and assume I added Harvestcraft. I added some plant mods as I like flowers.

Nvm about Pams HC then, misread it. Kinda tired :3.

I do like those features, but not enough to want to sacrifice the bandwidth myself xD.

I hope you will also enjoy the upcoming Erebus update which nerves OP armor stuff and buffs mobs in a variety of ways. Death shall be common if you don't immediatly jump into othermodly strong armor .

 

[Mevansuto]

Nvm about Pams HC then, misread it. Kinda tired :3.

I do like those features, but not enough to want to sacrifice the bandwidth myself xD.

I hope you will also enjoy the upcoming Erebus update which nerves OP armor stuff and buffs mobs in a variety of ways. Death shall be common if you don't immediatly jump into othermodly strong armor .

I fear I probably will use other mod armour. But when I explore the Twilight Forest I always stick with vanilla gear to start. I'll try to do that for the Erebus if that's what you reccomend.