Greboth

@SpacedeckIt looks like it isn't letting you join due mod incompatibility. Have you got the mods installed properly? They should be this pack: https://www.feed-the-beast.com/projects/ftb-beyond/files/2468604

@Spacedeck Yeah just PM'ed you, I saw you try to join but it rejected you as you weren't white listed. I've whitelisted you now so you should be able to join

Technically the max player limit is 99 but there is no way the server would cope with the mods and that many players. It should be alright for 4-5 people on at the same time I think maybe 6-8 but I think it would start struggling at that. I’ve never run a modded server so a learning curve for me too. It’s all good mate, I’m happy to cover it for the first few months and we’ll go from there, if its worth renewing, how long for etc.

It’s a paid for server so available 24/7

Haha no, I am out all day today and most of tomorrow too so no MC for me I did squeeze in a couple hours after CoD last night so have a tinkers smeltery and access to the mining world already I just headed south from spawn and I’m in the plains biome. I think around z 700 - somewhere round there if you want to see my most excelent (read shitty) starter base I didn’t change it to keep inventory on death. I didn’t think about it but I can change the option when I’m next on. It will sometime tomorrow now though so if you go on today be careful

So we have an FTB Beyond server now You can access the server either with name: FGBeyond.minecraft-crafting.pro or IP: 188.165.208.54:25414 I've only finished setting it up tonight and I've logged on and it seems to be working. The server is similar specs to one I played on previously and it was alright with a small number of players so assume it will be alright for us too but it is easy enough ot upgrade if necessary. You'd probably notice some lag if you're exploring and generating new chunks but I've flown ~500 blocks in each direction from spawn so around spawn should be fine. Other Server details: Mode: Survival Difficulty: Normal Seed: -696216977807959 Seed map: LINK I went through a lot of seeds to find one with a decent selection of biomes near-ish spawn. We have most, the only ones we don't really have that close to spawn are jungle and ice but they aren't all that important really. I've also left the claimed chunk limit as 100 as I don't believe this impacts server performace but chunk loading does so I have limited the number you can chunk load to 5. It is easy to use a lot more than 5 so we'll probably need more than 5. I'd think the server could cope with more however to begin with I'd rather go low and see how the server copes as it is easy enough to increase it at a later date. It is a whitelist server so @Plumbers Crack I've added you as I know you MC username. @Spacedeck I know you posted in the ftb guide thread but I can't remember if your MC username is the same as your forum so if you can confirm I can whitelist you too. Any questions or problems, let me know. IMPORTANT INFO The Ender Storage Ender chest item transport does work on a server but we have to ensure we have different colour ones else we will get each others items. To change the colour of an Ender Storage Ender chest, I believe you can craft the chest directly with the colours. Else, make a default white white white chest and click the white strips on the top with the colour dye you want. To avoid confusion, I will list players and their colours so we don't have any conflicts; Greboth - Green / Green / Green. PlumbersCrack - White / White / White Spacedeck -

Damn that’s cool. Now I want a magic doorway You can build hidden piston doors but the animation isn’t anywhere near as cool.

The ‘official’ way (for lack of a better term) is to use the twitch launcher. MultiMC was created to be a launcher for everything all in one place - different vanilla versions, different mod packs, different mod launchers, different texture packs etc. I just prefer MultiMC as it’s easier to set up, use and set options like RAM usage etc. than the Twitch launcher. I haven’t used the Twitch launcher though in a long time so they may have improved it.

No worries, happy to help. Now we just need a few more people to get in to Beyond and we’ll have a nice little community going

Is there anything else you’d like to see a guide on? I’m aware I’ve missed a number of mods out, especially the magic ones but that is because I haven’t played with them that much to know how to use them properly. At some point I do plan to learn blood magic and Botania but I’m too busy building at the moment

@Plumbers Crack After chatting last night, I've added a guide in the OP on extreme reactors too The automated on/off part is the bit Chosen Architect did weird, the way I posted is much easier and simpler

But what would Crispy moan about then?

Well ... FUCK!!! Ep5 spoilers...

Covered in Transmitting items in the third post and some extra detail in the Refined Storage section The simple / headline answer to how I do it is; Put an Ender Storage Ender Chest on top of the builder in the mining world (it HAS to be an Ender Storage chest not the vanilla Ender Chest) Put a second Ender Storage Chest next to your Refined Storage system Place an importer on the chest and link it in to your Refined storage A single importer probably won't be fast enough so you can put 3 speed upgrades and 1 stack upgrade in the importer. If that still isn't fast enough, put more importers on the chest with speed and stack upgrades.

Thank you There's some bits of Refined Storage I've missed out as I am still working them out myself but will post an adendum once I have. Mostly this is wireless crafting as it takes a power source that isn't RF so trying to work out the best way to power it. You can also automate the autocrafters so if you get below a certian number of items, it will autocraft back to that number. Is there anything else you'd like to see a guide on?

Auto crafting also now added to post 4

Firefly suffers because it’s over hyped. I love and think it is one if the best sci fi shows. However I first watched it years ago with no expectation, without the cult following it now has. So I think some people go in with such high expectations which it then can’t meet. Still it is good and, if you like your comedy/sci-fi, worth watching. I couldn’t get in with it, I don’t really know why. By my general tastes in shows, I should love it but I watched about half the first season and it never grabbed me. I never got that I want to watch the next episode and realised I was more watching it because other people had said it was good rather than I was enjoying it.

And the basics of refined storage added too post #4 as requested I'll add the rest another day.

I've added a guide for Mobs - spawning, killing and collecting the drops and I've also added a brief bit on ore multiplication

Haha what have I created!!!!!! However, your wish is my command - Mining and storage all covered in post #3 but to provide simple answers How to mine faster - keep to a single builder but more power. I don't know the exact figure which is why I didn't post in the guide above but I think the builder can use upto something silly like 6-7000 RF/t when it mines the fastest. So simply the more power you give it the faster it will mine. As for Endermen - a couple tips, run round a desert at night as they're easiest to spot in a desert and look at them then they will come to you. If you need enderpearls - try to add luck to your sword (if you have a tinkers sword) or make The Ender sword . Also the nebulous heart in a crafting grid will give you more enderpearls. If you need enderman heads, try adding beheading to your sword (again, if you have a tinkers sword). A very brief answer but I'll give a better answer when I get round to doing a full post on mob drops / farms.

And now it’s the Revenge of the Fifth

Nice one When you say setting out, do you mean setting the area for it the mine? I still don't know what the numbers mean. The easiest way is, with the shape card in hard, shift right click the builder, then right click a block to select the first corner and the right click to select the second corner. The first corner and second corner you select should be opposite corners of a box. So if the first corner you select is to be the front, top, left of the box then the second corner needs to be the back, bottom, right corner. There are guides out there by the mod authors or videos on mod spotlights for most things as the FTB packs are popular mod packs. If you're considering using or are using a mod I'd still recommend looking up more information than I'm posting. I'm aiming for this thread to be more of a general guide to getting starting than any detailed focus on specific mods. ChosenArchitect is pretty good, I've watched some of his videos as I was trying to find some detail on blood magic before I blew my first world up. The one I watched when I first got in to this modpack and getting back in to I've re-watched a couple videos of is Welsknight. He does a pretty good job of explaining too (though worth noting the modpack has altered slightly since he created the videos). I've got everything typed up ready for the builder and using it in the mining world (including the upgrades to the storage drawers). I want to add some stuff about the more mid/end game mining, a bit about chunk loading and some information on automating getting it all back to your bases storage system. I agree the automation is fun but even in vanilla I like automation I just didn't think Mr Dig a massive hole by hand would ever say it

What do you mean expensive in terms of time? the time to get the gold and lapis? I was hoping to have to mining guide done today but ended up needing to go out so it won't be until later tonight / tomorrow. The short version though is you don't need to build the tier 1 solar array. Yes it is handy, it produces a decent amount of power and will run continuously but, the builder will mine with whatever power you give it. Each block has an associated RF figure to mine it so provide it with little power and it will mine just very slowly. SImply the more RF/t you can power it with, the faster it will mine (up to a limit). So if you can't power it with the solar array, even a single culinary generator or dynamo would be enough to get going slowly. If you can build some power transfer conduits / ducts then you can power the builder with 2, 3, 4, 5.... generators / dynamos which will make it faster and make getting the gold and lapis for the solar array easier. Chosen Architect does have a pretty good series on Beyond but he does some odd things too. Storage Drawers are a good idea with the builder but you can place the drawer controller directly on top of the builder then the items will go directly in to the draws. You can attach a lot of draws to one controller, mine was set up in a 5 high 17 wide grid of drawers centre on the drawer controller. Though for common items such as cobblestone, diorite, andesite, gravel, granite etc. I'd put void upgrades in the drawers. This means when they hit the maximum 2,048 items any further items are just destroyed rather than filling up other draws else you end up with tens of thousands of cobblestone very quickly. I hope that makes some sense but I typed it quickly and will get the proper guide posted tonight or tomorrow.

Regular smelters and smelting will be covered in the ore duplication. The alloy smelter is basically power it, put the right ingredients in and wait. However there are several ways to make alloys so I can cover them too. Just thought of another one- mob farms. Mob drops are important for many things and there’s numerous ways to go about it. Good point, I will add it to the general tips tomorrow as can’t be arsed to try and edit long posts on my phone. A cheeky trick with the bag of holding (or any back pack). If you’re using a chest transporter to move a chest or spawner. Pick the chest/spawner up and then put it in your backpack. You lose all the horrible effects but still transporting the chest/spawner

Ore multiplication Refined Storage Auto Crafting with Refined Storage