Possible stand-in for RP2 worldgen?

[ividito]

I've been thinking about RP2 lately. While an update is certainly coming, people have already started worlds that will have to be replaced once RP2 gets added to the pack. That said, the main issue there is worldgen features. So... using the forge ore dictionary and similar features, it may be possible to have the world generate all the redpower blocks/ores, and keep people from having to replace their world in the future. Optimally, Eloraam would release RP2 World before anything else.

Thoughts? Comments? Would you be interested in seeing a stand-in for RedPower while waiting for an update?

 

[Vauthil]

World relies on Core. Core is not ready. I'm wary of a "stand-in" as, to provide what I really can't get from quarrying the heck out of an age, it would have to actually provide volcano generation and marble generation, which considering the issues both have had in the past, probably aren't as straightforward to implement as they sound.

 

[aanthony3]

The problem with a stand in mod is that I don't think nikolite or tungsten are added to the ore dictionary (I could be wrong). It would be nice if RP2 world could be released but due to how RP is structured, all the modules require RP2 core, it would most likely involve a major restructuring of the code base. Something that probably isn't worth the effort considering new ages created with mystcraft will have RP ores.

Edit: Vauthil's a Ninja!

 

[thejoshknight]

I've resigned myself to the fact that EE3 and RP2 probably won't release for quite a long time. So, I just started a world. I'll deal with the problems the mods cause with world gen in the future.

 

[beringtom]

We stopped our server waiting for rp, we do have a world right now, but no one are playing atm.

 

[Vaupell]

We stopped our server waiting for rp, we do have a world right now, but no one are playing atm.

We launched, and will not be adding RP anymore, the delays are for each version in the past, and
im sure it will be the same in the future. So were designing redstone "the oldschool way"

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[beringtom]

When you are used to rp, living without it is not an option...

 

[sciguyryan]

Well with any luck RP2 will be released relatively soon. Pure speculation of course but since DireWolf has a video on it already uploaded (and hidden) the mod must be feature frozen and pretty close to release for that to be the case.

Luckily for us Elo's desire to produce as good a mod as possible leads to it being one of the least buggy mods. We can all be thankful for this!

 

[thejoshknight]

She just said on twitter that she is updating it to the as yet to be released 1.4.5 and that she is down to the last few bugs. So I'm expecting a release very soon, althought that's just me. I have no information not publicly available.

 

[vlademir1]

When you are used to rp, living without it is not an option...

Personally I've found that Computercraft can, in combination with the various other mods in the pack, handle most of the functionality of RP2 that I used with somewhat larger builds. The one part I'm missing is covers, as I like using them for creative builds since they make interesting architecture so much easier (halfslabs of different materials in the same block look so much better for fachwerk than full blocks for example)