Starting up a new server -- need your advice on your favorite and loathed mods!

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Siigari

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Hey all \o/

A guy and I are getting a server set up. It's a dedicated machine and it's fast and we're looking at what packs and mods people are currently enjoying a lot and liking!

I myself personally really like Mekanism, Redstone Arsenal and EnderIO for "addon" mods. I dislike Emasher's Resource because it adds a crapton of worldgen that looks unattractive. I do like Gascraft though because I like the fact that it's something fun to play with!

SO FTB COMMUNITY, what mods do you like and dislike? Thanks!
 
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For the challenge early game, I'd personally go with Gregtech. Not everyone likes it, and it changes some things with other mods, but it definitely slows to progression down quite a bit. But once ya get a quarry going (ender, or bc) it's a rapid track to end game crafting imo.
 
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I'm currently using RotaryCraft and Blood Magic in my world and am having a lot of fun with both. Both can be quite powerful after putting quite a bit of effort into them.
(Waiting for a comment from @SatanicSanta about how I always use Blood Magic)
 
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Like: Everything compatible and not totally broken. Example: TPPI

Dislike: Everything not fun or pay2play. Example: Standard public servers with banned items and MCPC+.

Seriously, run a whitelist. Even if your application process is just ingame name, age, and previous community contributions, it will filter out a lot of the people just looking to cause trouble in a short amount of time.
 
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Great tips so far! Great mod suggestions.

We're looking at starting something like a DW20 server that has been heavily modded. So.. yeah. What are your guys opinions about Emashers? I'm really curious, actually. Does it get in your way or do you embrace it and use it?
 
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I personally removed Emasher's mods. They just add some really ugly worldgen and most people only use them for power conversion anyways. I prefer building different power systems.
 
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Siigari said:
What do you guys think about ReactorCraft? Reika has some great mods but all that worldgen makes me cry!
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Absolutely keep it. It's extremely impressive, and is a great challenge for people.
 
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It's easy to disable the useless bits (that red Rock) but I wouldn't disable limestone because engineers toolbox adds IMO one of the best balanced ore processing systems and it allows for 4x processing. Thus process uses limestone therefore it's good to gen it (also it's very pretty)
 
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Siigari said:
What do you guys think about ReactorCraft? Reika has some great mods but all that worldgen makes me cry!
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Personally its not needed, its basically adding endgame power generation. It could be quite fun/useful for a larger server. I single fusion reactor can power an entire server with ease. Adding 12 dozen MFR laser drills to fully constructed fusion reactor is literally a drop in the proverbial power bucket.
 
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First off, you said you're gonna go with Direwolf20's pack, right? Unless someone convinced you to go with TPPI, I'll be the first to suggest TPPI. Otherwise, I'd Nth the suggestion to go with TPPI.
Nothing wrong with the Direwolf20 pack per say. It's just that it's what Direwolf20 uses in his LP and he really needs to broaden his horizons. On that note, if you want to step away from the old mods and need a pack, well, Horizons is based around having very few "old" mods. Plenty of good new mods in there, and thus people will be trying tons of new things, thus the name fits, as it does broaden ones Horizons.

But for a good mix of old but well loved mods and new and exciting mods, go with TPPI. I won't lie, it's not perfect. It also has GregTech, and I don't suggest turning it off.

RE: Emashers Mods: Keep 'em. Maybe turn off some of the world generation. But three things you MUST keep: Limestone. Not because it's impossible to obtain without having it enabled, but mostly because to do so one needs to use Chisel to make the correct type of limestone, and that's a right pain.
Emery. It's all but useless, but it has one use; and that's the Grinder Socket, and it's the only way to make those. So unless you make a recipe for it that doesn't require Emery, leave it in.
And... Algae. It's the only way to get hydrogen with Emashers, and trust me, you NEED that stuff later on if you want to use GasCraft.

Suggest you keep Hemp as well. Hemp can be made into paper, string, and basic armor, and the seeds can be used for fuel, and they aren't half bad either. 2.5 smelt, which isn't that shabby, really, but you need a bowl as well and I've never checked if you get the bowl back.

RE: Reika's Mods, namely ReactorCraft and ElectriCraft: Two ores from ReactorCraft MUST be enabled; the rest of the ores are not needed. Leave in Fluorite and Magnetite. Every other ore can be disabled safely. You have every ore except those two from other mods. And those two are utterly needed for those mods.
 
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YX33A said:
RE: Emashers Mods: Keep 'em. Maybe turn off some of the world generation. But three things you MUST keep: Limestone. Not because it's impossible to obtain without having it enabled, but mostly because to do so one needs to use Chisel to make the correct type of limestone, and that's a right pain.
Emery. It's all but useless, but it has one use; and that's the Grinder Socket, and it's the only way to make those. So unless you make a recipe for it that doesn't require Emery, leave it in.
And... Algae. It's the only way to get hydrogen with Emashers, and trust me, you NEED that stuff later on if you want to use GasCraft.

RE: Reika's Mods, namely ReactorCraft and ElectriCraft: Two ores from ReactorCraft MUST be enabled; the rest of the ores are not needed. Leave in Fluorite and Magnetite. Every other ore can be disabled safely. You have every ore except those two from other mods. And those two are utterly needed for those mods.
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Okay. We're having some conflict errors, so bleh. We'll figure it out. We might go TPPI. :v
 
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Siigari said:
Okay. We're having some conflict errors, so bleh. We'll figure it out. We might go TPPI. :v
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I don't always toot my own horn, but when I do, it's often to say "throw some configs at me and watch the errors vanish like your sanity in R'lyeh on a Tuesday".
 
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YX33A said:
I don't always toot my own horn, but when I do, it's often to say "throw some configs at me and watch the errors vanish like your sanity in R'lyeh on a Tuesday".
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Okay man, awesome! We want the following mods installed in DW20 pack:

(also open to more recommendations, such as adding in Emashers like you suggested, and gascraft.)

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If you can get that stuff working for us that'd be amazing.

Also! Some notes: I want maximum biome smoothing. I don't like hard cutoffs in ATG. You notice them sometimes. Additionally I'd like the generated clouds to go away (I posted another thread about this trying to make it happen.) Finally, the extra unnecessary rocks and ores added by Emashers and ReactorCraft should also be taken away. Ugly worldgen and I are not friends!

Thanks a lot man, we really appreciate it. Again, if you can really recommend anything fun, please feel free to add it in.
 
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Siigari said:
Okay man, awesome! We want the following mods installed in DW20 pack:

(also open to more recommendations, such as adding in Emashers like you suggested, and gascraft.)

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If you can get that stuff working for us that'd be amazing.

Also! Some notes: I want maximum biome smoothing. I don't like hard cutoffs in ATG. You notice them sometimes. Additionally I'd like the generated clouds to go away (I posted another thread about this trying to make it happen.) Finally, the extra unnecessary rocks and ores added by Emashers and ReactorCraft should also be taken away. Ugly worldgen and I are not friends!

Thanks a lot man, we really appreciate it. Again, if you can really recommend anything fun, please feel free to add it in.
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Ah, so everything in there isn't already in Direwolf20? At that level of stuff, I'd really suggest dropping Direwolf20 and doing it the other way; use TPPI and add the things you miss from Direwolf20 to it.
Not saying I can't do it, just saying why bother at that point? The only one I see in there that I don't think is in TPPI is Compact Windmills.
 
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