Which is what he TRIED to do, and Project E wouldn't let him.
Project: E won't let him add code to his own mod? I didn't know they had that power. /sarcasm
On a less sarcastic note, there are always ways. I know of multiple mod authors that have coded in explicit workarounds for very specific mods. Reika's a good coder. I know it's within his ability. Yes, working with mod authors is preferable, but if those mod authors don't want to comply then they don't
have to.
That is the most flawed piece of logic I have ever seen.
Basically, Reika said "I don't like how this mod interacts with my mod, I don't want my items to have an EMC Value." This is a perfectly reasonable request. Then, when no answer was forthcoming, he deliberately prevented them from doing so, from within his mod. As is his right. And if he wants to deal with the backlash from that, this is entirely his decision. Now Project E is, effectively, trying to HACK HIS MOD to try and make it work anyway. But hey, I guess self-entitlement is more important than respecting the mod devs these days.
At the very least, Reika, this gives you the opportunity to say "If your pack has Project E in it, don't bother me with bug reports because it is explicitly unsupported". Sort of like TiCo and Optifine. Thank you for being more mature than Gregorious and not crashing people over the matter, though. That never ends well.
Yanno, it's kind of interesting. I've never been a big fan of Rotarycraft. I'm more of a casual style gamer, don't have the hours to put into it anymore, so it's not something that appeals to me. However, I will say that I will never install or use Project E, if this is their attitude. Does it matter in the long run? Probably not. But I'm also probably not the only one that feels that way. That whole 'deal with the fallout from the users' thing runs both ways.
How is it illogical? Reika's request is reasonable to
make, yes, but it's not reasonable to
demand. If the creators of Project: E don't want to comply with that request then it's neither unreasonable nor wrong of them as their mod is their own as well. And I've seen nothing about them *hacking* RotaryCraft. I don't think they do that. All they were gonna do was add EMC values to items by default instead of leaving it up to player-set configs. I don't think that requires
hacking. Immature threat? Maybe. Understandable they would make it? Definitely.
And Reika always has the opportunity to say that Project: E is unsupported and not to bother with bug reports. Just like he already does with MineTweaker. And that really is that best path to take, I think. Let the players do what they will. Mostly because they will whether you want them to or not. Players have this tendency to not listen to demands made on them.
On the contrary to you, I've always been quite intrigued by RotaryCraft. Even had it in previous versions of my personal modpack, along with GeoStrata. Getting those jet engines to work was fun. I'll admit I did abuse the magnetostatics, but I didn't decry him nerfing them. They kinda did need it. I even suggested some stone variants that did end up getting added to GeoStrata. I'm still happy about that. ^.^ Reika's policies since have ... disinclined me to his mods, though. Until those change back to something more friendly to players and modpack makers then I have no interest in putting it back in my pack as I refuse to have it be the be-all and end-all of balance in the tech side.
As for Project: E? I don't intend on using it
either. But not for the same reasons as you. I can't decry their attitude towards Reika. Nor their actions. They aren't hacking RotaryCraft. They're not demanding things of Reika and making a public scene when he doesn't give them what they want. They're simply threatening to add default EMC values to items. That's no more of a hack then it is to add default Thaumcraft aspects to any item. It can be done entirely internal to P:E without touching
any of RoC's code. And even that they're likely not going to do. My guess is it was an idle threat thrown out there in pure irritation to Reika's demands. I respect Reika's right to run his mod how he wishes, but I can't respect how he treats other mod authors.