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Darkling54

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Hello people of the FTB Forums,

I have had an idea for a mod for 1.7.x that I need feedback on. The mod will be a magic mod with planned compatabillity with the current big magic mods like Ars Magica 2 and Thaumcraft 4. However, I need to know if anyone is interested in a Demonic/necromancy mod before I learn how to mod and begin to develop it. As you would expect I am hoping for feedback and even ideas, as well as links to locations where I can learn the basics of modding. Your feedback would be much appreciated.
 
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I am interested in such a mod.
Though compat with BM and Witchery would be great because they deal with such things
 
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It was planned, I was just naming a couple. I am also planning to have Botania compatibility. What do you think about magical machines in a sort of tech tree like fashion?

(To be completely honest I was afraid I would get negative feedback or none at all. I'm glad that you support this idea).
 
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Darkling54 said:
It was planned, I was just naming a couple. I am also planning to have Botania compatibility. What do you think about magical machines in a sort of tech tree like fashion?

(To be completely honest I was afraid I would get negative feedback or none at all. I'm glad that you support this idea).
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Magic machines have always interested me, but there are so few of them in other mods. So I would love it. Though the tech tree would be really cool if it was in a method similar to Thaum, but instead have a kind of ritual of divining (just an idea)
 
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Darkling54

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That's exactly what I was thinking. I just don't want the mod to be a Thaumcraft twin with minor differences.
 
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I have a list of rituals ready but I will probably wait until I know more people are interested.
 
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Any villager that walks up to a person and honks is most likely pretty virginal.

I think there's a big gaping niche for advanced magical multi-block structures. TC4 has some I gather (I'm not well versed on the subject) but I'm basically thinking a magical version of GregTech (with lots of config options to appease the masses)
 
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Ok, so rituals would be performed like Thaumcraft infusion. The layout below is what your starting alter will look like. Keep in mind that the x's represent pedestals and the o represents the center alter itself. (the Alter has to be exposed to light).

X X X

X O X This is all in a 5x5 area.

X X X

I apologize for the crappy representation of the Alter but that's all I could do. It's also important to note that as the rituals get more advanced, the Alter gets bigger(more rings) and taller.

So on to the rituals

Tier 1-

- Ritual of the Apprentice: Ruined book in the middle, ink sack, jar, zombie head, and creeper head on the pedestals = Necrotic Compendium
- Ritual of the Core: Sunstone in the middle, blaze rods, lava buckets, and ender pearls on the pedestals = Eternal flame (infinite lava block. Non-pumpable)
- Ritual of the stream: Aquastone in the middle, snowballs, buckets of water and ended pearls = Eternal Spring (infinite water block. Also non-pumpable)
Ritual of Energy: Arcane Shell in the middle, redstone, and arcane dust on the pedestals = Arcane Generator

That's all I've got for now. Names of everything are WIP and I am open to suggestions. And sadly I have looked into nodding and I can honestly say that this is going to be very challenging for me and will take a long time. I'm not nearly experienced enough to develop a huge mod like this so if anyone of you would like to take over I won't have a problem with it. Don't get me wrong, I'll still develop it, but if anyone else wants to take over I'm fine with that.
 
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Darkling54 said:
I don't want to ruin my rep by developing a crappie mod. So I apologize but I'm passing on the torch to any experienced mod developer.
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That would be a shame. Really, how do you want to become a good mod developer, if you don't start somewhere? And I think the main problem with Thaumcraft Extras was not that the mod was implemented by a beginner, but that the developer apparently stopped developing and everyone thought he was just lazy/didn't care about the suggestions. Otherwise the mod would just have been ignored and everything would be fine and calm.

If you have a nice mod idea, and are up to learning how to make mods (honestly: that is a lot of time you have to spend to learn modding and to implement/improve/support/fix your mod and you should definitely think about it if you find that worth your time), please do so. I you don't feel up to it, thats ok, but just quitting because a new developer got critized would be really sad.

That being said, I like your idea as well. I'd be really interested in how you plan to realize the necromancy stuff.
 
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To follow up on @ex13's comments, as a developer myself, I highly highly highly recommend you start small. Create something tiny and neat, and target yourself as the probably SINGLE audience. Forget everyone else for a while.

Grow from there. Don't plan out a huge mod because you'll just bum yourself out with how daunting the task is. Begin with a tiny recipe that does something you'd find fun and useful; one day add another. Maybe some day you'll have a sweet mod worth sharing!
 
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Pyure said:
To follow up on @ex13's comments, as a developer myself, I highly highly highly recommend you start small. Create something tiny and neat, and target yourself as the probably SINGLE audience. Forget everyone else for a while.

Grow from there. Don't plan out a huge mod because you'll just bum yourself out with how daunting the task is. Begin with a tiny recipe that does something you'd find fun and useful; one day add another. Maybe some day you'll have a sweet mod worth sharing!
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Planning out a huge mod is fine, in fact I've got several written down in a folder in google drive. But yeah, starting small is definitely recommended
 
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Thank you all for the support, i just didn't realize how large of a task it could be especially for someone as inexperienced as me. honestly i would take the class if the teacher wasn't my current math teacher, (that witch). I will start small and i will try as hard as i can. and who knows, maybe there will be a cool new mod on the forum.
 
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