GeoStrata rocks, pickaxe it to death?

[rhn]

Haven't tried new versions, ill just mess with thermal and redstone arsenal to see if i can get this to work. Now, if it uses strange code for this then why it breaks everything else correctly? (Including other mods blocks) Its so damn weird :S

Maybe now that we finally decrypted what the thread is about(I think) we can ask @Reika about it? (He is usually on top of these things)

Why is the OP having problems with Redstone Arsenals Flux tools not being able to break Geostrata rocks?

 

[wolfsilver00]

Maybe now that we finally decrypted what the thread is about(I think) we can ask @Reika about it? (He is usually on top of these things)

Why is the OP having problems with Redstone Arsenals Flux tools not being able to break Geostrata rocks?

Decrypted? The problem here is pretty simple, not being able to understand it is just you not reading correclty xD And.. Btw.. The @ name of user has any effect? Does it work like tagging or something like that?

 

[Antice]

Decrypted? The problem here is pretty simple, not being able to understand it is just you not reading correclty xD And.. Btw.. The @ name of user has any effect? Does it work like tagging or something like that?

not unless that user likes to google his or her name on forums a lot afaik. on facebook otoh it is used to tag people in posts so that they get an automatic alert about it.

 

[rhn]

Decrypted? The problem here is pretty simple, not being able to understand it is just you not reading correclty xD And.. Btw..

I don't want to offend you, but your OP is not exactly easy to read, yet alone understand what your problem was.
I dont think it was just me that had this problem since everyone else was also under the impression that you were talking about Tico Tools.

It will be a whole lot easier for people to help you in the future if you take a bit of time to write your problem down in proper grammar and punctuation. And start by stating your problem clearly.

The @ name of user has any effect? Does it work like tagging or something like that?

It will make it show up as an alert(just like whenever someone quotes, likes or answers to a followed post) as: "user" mentioned you in "post".

 

[wolfsilver00]

I don't want to offend you, but your OP is not exactly easy to read, yet alone understand what your problem was.
I dont think it was just me that had this problem since everyone else was also under the impression that you were talking about Tico Tools.


It will make it show up as an alert(just like whenever someone quotes, likes or answers to a followed post) as: "user" mentioned you in "post".

Thanks for the info, its pretty darn useful

 

[RealSketch]

I just started Monster today but I'm already thinking about a restart to disable Geostrata because (a) all the different rocks are clogging up my early-game inventory and chests, and (b) the blocks don't seem to do anything based on the limited reviews and forum posts I've been able to read on the mod. I'm sure there must be something of value in the mod otherwise why write the darn thing, but geez... this thread is worrisome to me because I'm a 4x Ardite flux Hammer kinda guy.

xD!!!
Same when I started!

 

[wolfsilver00]

I don't want to offend you, but your OP is not exactly easy to read, yet alone understand what your problem was.
I dont think it was just me that had this problem since everyone else was also under the impression that you were talking about Tico Tools.

It will be a whole lot easier for people to help you in the future if you take a bit of time to write your problem down in proper grammar and punctuation. And start by stating your problem clearly.

Also i crearly stated what pickaxe i was using ( a flux one ) and even asked in the second part "This is the case with redstone arsenal too?" And in no way a talked about TiCo. People guessing that im using a TiCo pickaxe with a flux upgrade is because they tend to use TiCO, but putting an upgrade doesnt make them flux tools..

 

[Pharabus]

it looks like the reflection Reika uses is slightly off (always a problem with reflection) the config field is not present on the class DragonAPI interrogates for pickLevel (it is actually on a class called RedstoneArsenal instead), posted here in case Reika reads.

[17:25:48 INFO]: Client> 2014-03-25 17:25:48 [INFO] [STDOUT] DRAGONAPI: Redstone Arsenal field not found! config

 

[wolfsilver00]

it looks like the reflection Reika uses is slightly off (always a problem with reflection) the config field is not present on the class DragonAPI interrogates for pickLevel (it is actually on a class called RedstoneArsenal instead), posted here in case Reika reads.

[17:25:48 INFO]: Client> 2014-03-25 17:25:48 [INFO] [STDOUT] DRAGONAPI: Redstone Arsenal field not found! config

I''ve updated all of reikas mods to V19 to check if this gets fixed, ill post results shortly.

(Btw, to avoid crashes, change Crystal pendant ID to something of your liking. (9747 seems to work)

Ok, doesnt work... Ill test what does work.

 

[Reika]

The flux tool handler appears to be broken due to recent RA updates; I will fix this.

However, things like the IC2 drill, MPS glove, and similar are not supported.

The main problem is that GeoStrata needs special "canHarvest" code, as the normal way of "harvest level" and "block hardness" is ID-specific, and all of the GeoStrata rocks (except for Opal, which did not exist at the time of writing the hardness code) are the same ID. I thus had to use a custom handler. This is fine, but it means I must then check if the currently held tool is a valid mining item (in order to obtain drops).

To do this, I check "item.canBlockHarvest(Block)". Basically, that function returns true if and only if the item in question can obtain drops from the given block. GeoStrata supplies vanilla ores as tests (iron ore for stone pick, etc). However, MPS gloves (and other mod items) return false for every case, causing the test to fail. While it is possible to hardcode handlers to get around this, as I did for TiC and RA, this quickly gets messy and takes a lot of time to maintain, and it breaks as soon as those mods update.

Because it is a minimal effort on MPS's end (override the function and make it return true where appropriate), I have left it to her. However, the MPS page clearly states "Do not come to me about bugs...I do not want to hear it", so compatibility is unlikely.

 

[wolfsilver00]

Invar pickaxe from thermal expansion works. (made by the same guys that do redstone arsenal.. weird )
Forestry pickaxe doesnt work
Magical crops works
Project Red works
Natura works
Mekanism pickaxes work
Blood magic bound pickaxe, works.
Thaumic tinkerer ichorium works
thaumcraft works
cardboard pickaxe from better storage works
Railcraft steel works
AE quarts works
Twilight forest works
Modular power suits dont work[DOUBLEPOST=1395786062][/DOUBLEPOST]

The flux tool handler appears to be broken due to recent RA updates; I will fix this.

However, things like the IC2 drill, MPS glove, and similar are not supported.

The main problem is that GeoStrata needs special "canHarvest" code, as the normal way of "harvest level" and "block hardness" is ID-specific, and all of the GeoStrata rocks (except for Opal, which did not exist at the time of writing the hardness code) are the same ID. I thus had to use a custom handler. This is fine, but it means I must then check if the currently held tool is a valid mining item (in order to obtain drops).

To do this, I check "item.canBlockHarvest(Block)". Basically, that function returns true if and only if the item in question can obtain drops from the given block. GeoStrata supplies vanilla ores as tests (iron ore for stone pick, etc). However, MPS gloves (and other mod items) return false for every case, causing the test to fail. While it is possible to hardcode handlers to get around this, as I did for TiC and RA, this quickly gets messy and takes a lot of time to maintain, and it breaks as soon as those mods update.

Because it is a minimal effort on MPS's end (override the function and make it return true where appropriate), I have left it to her. However, the MPS page clearly states "Do not come to me about bugs...I do not want to hear it", so compatibility is unlikely.

Ok, so its on your end, happy to know you are gonna fix it, thanks Reika, and.. What version of redstone arsenal should i downgrade to, to be able to fix this issue until you've done the fix?

 

[asb3pe]

Because it is a minimal effort on MPS's end (override the function and make it return true where appropriate), I have left it to her. However, the MPS page clearly states "Do not come to me about bugs...I do not want to hear it", so compatibility is unlikely.

sigh

thanks for the explanation Reika, its so disappointing to read this kind of stuff, but welcome to the FTB morass (quagmire biome). LOL

 

[wolfsilver00]

sigh

thanks for the explanation Reika, its so disappointing to read this kind of stuff, but welcome to the FTB morass. LOL

Well... She is trying to leave MPS from a long time now.. Somewhere she said (About the exo stuff coming out soon) that it looked awesome and that it may be what she needed to stop maintaining mps... Which is a shame.. But... Nothing we can do about it.

 

[Pharabus]

The flux tool handler appears to be broken due to recent RA updates; I will fix this.

that's great Reika, I love how active you are with stuff like this, it is very appreciated