Which mods or modpack would best replace the MindCrack pack?

[BrickVoid]

easiest for me is putting GT into unleashed.
download unhinged and unleashed.
open the unleashed "edit mudpack". "add mod" browse to the unhinged folder, you want the folder called gregtechmod. automatically puts it into active mods.
run the unleashed pack, this generates the configs from GT. now you can open up your FTB file location, unleashed, configs, gregtech, and mess around to your hearts content.
portalgun is included. you can ignore thaumcraft for a while if you want. most nodes don't spew wisps.
theres a config over in the support section that fixes BoP ID conflicts.

as for the wiki issue, I use ftbwiki.org because I find it better than the official.

If I wanted to put the Magic Bees mod into the MindCrack pack (which is the one I understand creates Apatine Bees which solves the apatite problem somewhat) is that even possible? Am I allowed to make customizations to modpacks for personal use? Is it at all difficult to add Apatite to the list of items scrapboxes can produce?

On the Thaumcraft issue, it's really hard for me to get going trying to get somewhere when you run into a node that spawns hard to deal with mobs that fly off. That's why I'd prefer a modpack that doesn't have it.

 

[eric167]

If I wanted to put the Magic Bees mod into the MindCrack pack (which is the one I understand creates Apatine Bees which solves the apatite problem somewhat) is that even possible? Am I allowed to make customizations to modpacks for personal use? Is it at all difficult to add Apatite to the list of items scrapboxes can produce?

On the Thaumcraft issue, it's really hard for me to get going trying to get somewhere when you run into a node that spawns hard to deal with mobs that fly off. That's why I'd prefer a modpack that doesn't have it.

I believe you can add in magic bees, but that kinda needs thaumcraft.
you can customize modpacks for personal use. that's why the edit feature is there.
for scrapbox, go to the GT dynamic config, scroll to scrapboxdrops, and I THINK the line is: B: item.apatite=true, or try gem.apatite. I honestly don't know, and I don't even know if that will work. worth a shot.

fortune3 a vein and you can get over 10 stacks, so the above isn't really neccisary.

 

[BrickVoid]

I believe you can add in magic bees, but that kinda needs thaumcraft.
you can customize modpacks for personal use. that's why the edit feature is there.
for scrapbox, go to the GT dynamic config, scroll to scrapboxdrops, and I THINK the line is: B: item.apatite=true, or try gem.apatite. I honestly don't know, and I don't even know if that will work. worth a shot.

fortune3 a vein and you can get over 10 stacks, so the above isn't really neccisary.

It's not that I want to go hunting apatite veins to fortune, I just want infinite apatite because I have something that would want large-scale tree production because of the nice wood colors available and quite frankly on the building scale I tend to think of, I would happily go through about 10 stacks of apatite mass-producing various kinds of wood. That's why I want to add it in as a scrapbox item so it's an automatically renewable resource and not something dependent on me digging it up.

If you were wondering: If I were to lower or remove spawn chance of scrap from scrapboxes I'm not worried about things like that. I can quite easily feed the recyclers tons of whatever they make scrap from, it's just that I'd like to simplify the production of the trees to suit recycler-based production methods and that would mean scrapboxes that make apatite.

Cheers ...

BrickVoid

 

[SatanicSanta]

Sorry, but that's not a wiki. "A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons." Kind of hard to do that when no-one can edit anything. It can be a good source of information, but only in the sense that YT is a good source of information.

You are wrong and here's why. The FTB Wiki is open to contribution. Like all Wikis, they are moderated so people don't add "LOL Y R U PLAYN THIS MOD IT SUX". Eventually it automatically lets you post without a mod checking it. I've edited/created about half of the IC2 pages. Check your information before you go pointing fingers

 

[Jadedcat]

Shockingly the FTB wiki uses moderation to ensure the articles are ya know somewhat accurate/relevant. Other then that anyone is welcome to edit, it'll just get denied if its horribly written/ horribly innaccurate.

 

[SatanicSanta]

That's the worse option to go with. It provides no information. like... on anything. atleast with things that are kinda wrong, you are lead in some way atleast to where you can figure it out. I go with http://ftbwiki.org. Its spot on for 147, but atleast for 152 it gives you atleast something to go on.

If it had no information, it wouldn't be a wiki, silly.

 

[KingTriaxx]

Strange people, wanting quality and accuracy. It's like it's your first visit to the internet.

 

[Mero]

I am another that uses every source of information available and come to the correct information through trial and error.

I just google my questions and look at all of the top responses, generally minus tekkit sources, but not always, and then see what info I come up with.

 

[SatanicSanta]

Strange people, wanting quality and accuracy. It's like it's your first visit to the internet.

I am against this post.

Most things on the internet are fairly accurate, you just need to check your sources and such. It being the internet is no excuse to blatantly lie on a wiki.

 

[Exedra]

That's the worse option to go with. It provides no information. like... on anything. .

Thats because they use the motto, "quality over quantity." Which is why it has less information then some of the others.

 

[BrickVoid]

I am against this post.

Most things on the internet are fairly accurate, you just need to check your sources and such. It being the internet is no excuse to blatantly lie on a wiki.

You need to check sources, sure, but neither is it an excuse for this thread to devolve into a debate about how to find facts or call any people liars on these forums or elsewhere, whether directly or by insinuation.

Both of you, please, keep your posts close to the topic I'm discussing, which currently is what I'd like to have in a modpack if I want to switch from the MindCrack pack which is getting old and out-of-date.

I may need to update the thread title to reflect this but it still is not an excuse for you two to start sniping each others comments.

Post constructively, please! I don't wish to have moderators called in to deal with you people but if it keeps going, I will.

Cheers ...

BrickVoid

 

[Vauthil]

Post constructively, please! I don't wish to have moderators called in to deal with you people but if it keeps going, I will.

No need. It's a safe bet that if it has been posted, one or more of us have read it or are about to read it. That said, they're just engaging in playful banter that's topical to at least what the thread title is advertising this as. Nothing in particular to worry about.

If the topic has moved on, you'll definitely want to change the title. It helps to ensure you have people dropping by who are wanting to talk about what you're actually wanting to discuss. People who have followed my post history (you poor things) know that I have a habit of picking apart thread title diction when I'm particularly cheerful. The thread title is in fact the sign on the door to people entering the room, so you should make sure folks know what room they're entering here.

As for my recommendation on a modpack to "replace" Mindcrack: Either Unleashed or Direwolf20 version 1.1.3 or later and drop in GregTech. If you opt for Unleashed I would recommend disabling DartCraft as well. I would personally disable one or the other MFFS mod as well as some other tweaks, but I won't overburden you with complication like that.

 

[KingTriaxx]

Yeah, that was sarcasm. It's one of the better moderated wiki's around, though it's missing the Apiarist's Database.

If you're replacing mind crack, I suggest getting unhinged and then adding missing pieces, because side by side, they look nearly identical.

 

[SatanicSanta]

I don't wish to have moderators called in to deal with you people but if it keeps going, I will.

I haven't broken any rules.

Yeah, that was sarcasm.

Ah okay. It's hard to tell through text. I recommend adding /sarcasm, because what you think is sarcasm, others might not understand that, and then an argument ensues. Just a tip.

 

[DREVL]

If it had no information, it wouldn't be a wiki, silly.

and yet.... it has no information and for some reason its even an official wiki.[DOUBLEPOST=1378832554][/DOUBLEPOST]

Thats because they use the motto, "quality over quantity." Which is why it has less information then some of the others.

less implies any...

 

[PhilHibbs]

and yet.... it has no information and for some reason its even an official wiki.

Yes it's the official wiki, it's the wiki that was started by the FTB team... you see that word "started"? Yes, that means that it was "the official wiki" even when it was just a Main_Page. There is no threshold of completeness to qualify as "official". What are you trying to say? That you are not happy with how much work the volunteers have done?

 

[Ashzification]

Back to the reason of the thread: Use the official wiki, available via a tab at the top of the forums.
The wiki is still a work in progress. Like everything else with FTB it's entirely run by volunteers. While it's much more complete than it was, say several months ago, it's still got a lot of work to go.
If you want mod specific information, check the official wiki for that mod. If you want to know what mods are in the modpack you're using, check the modlist.

Edit: If you're unhappy with the information provided, contribute.

 

[DREVL]

Yes it's the official wiki, it's the wiki that was started by the FTB team... you see that word "started"? Yes, that means that it was "the official wiki" even when it was just a Main_Page. There is no threshold of completeness to qualify as "official". What are you trying to say? That you are not happy with how much work the volunteers have done?

More like I laugh at people directing me or directing someone else to a wiki full of blank pages. I appreciate the work volunteers have done on the unofficial wikis so far.

 

[Ashzification]

I appreciate the work volunteers have done on the unofficial wikis so far.

That's great. But why can't you appreciate the work being done on the official wiki?

 

[DREVL]

Back to the reason of the thread: Use the official wiki, available via a tab at the top of the forums.
The wiki is still a work in progress. Like everything else with FTB it's entirely run by volunteers. While it's much more complete than it was, say several months ago, it's still got a lot of work to go.
If you want mod specific information, check the official wiki for that mod. If you want to know what mods are in the modpack you're using, check the modlist.

Edit: If you're unhappy with the information provided, contribute.

I think I've asked once or twice, but honestly, I don't know how contributions to wikis work. I wouldn't mind helping at all. I like going through youtube maybe once, but I hate going through youtubes as a sole reference.