AstroGreg:Exsilium - Dev Team Updates

[median hornet]

This project has been in the works for just under 4 months now by the AGE Development Team, just thought this would be a good place to post sneak peeks of unique and interesting content that we've developed for this project.

About Our Project

AstroGreg:Exsilium is a unique 1.20.1 "SpaceBlock" modpack built around space travel and GTCEu progression.
Start off stranded in the Kuiper Belt with sparse resources and work your way out of the Milky Way through carefully thought out progression. Progression primarily incorporates overhauled Ad Astra space travel and the classic GTCEu journey to bring you a high quality modpack experience.

Notable Features:

• Overhauled Ad Astra with less focus on exploration aspects, but reimagined world generation for each planet in order to make them feel less empty and more interesting
• Well integrated, but optional early game Create, along with an optional Steam Age. Both are incentivized well in order to encourage diverse play styles.
• Popular quality of life mods with significant Greggifications, such as Functional Storage, Grappling Hooks, Flux Networks, LaserIO, and more!
• Tons of unique multiblock logic thanks to our Core Mod, AstroCore, for seamless integration between GregTech and other mods in the pack.
• A relatively easy early game and slightly more difficult mid game experience. The pack isn't aiming to be an expert difficulty modpack, but we do plan on making the end game unique and somewhat complex to complete.

Links:

Discord Server
ModPack GitHub
Core Mod GitHub

Thanks for checking the project out and feel free to ask the team questions about the project here! I'll post screenshots of some of our unique content below.

[unreal pecan]

@median hornet

[median hornet]

hi ubit3y

I'm about to take some screenshots

[unreal pecan]

OK

oops caps

Yes everyone should follow along with this pack its gonnna be great

[dusk ledge]

yes

btw i did everything

[oblique stirrup]

Bgame was here

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/cornball-corny-gif-13663962839064010666

[median hornet]

(bro wrote 2 files in js) 😭

[median hornet]

gotta do sum things with my girl so I’ll have to post screenshots later

[merry orchid]

pls try we worked really hard

[unreal pecan]

Toby worked really hard too

[merry orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/lying-wong-gif-7845920779899236663

[median hornet]

worked rlly hard on getting on my nerves

😭

[unreal pecan]

Everyone's*

[median hornet]

true lmao

[median hornet]

Prototype world generation by @brazen aurora
Still needs ores and we're considering adding a few custom mobs and "plants", but I think it looks pretty good so far. Its still being tweaked ofc but this is just a sneak peek of how it looks right now.

worldgen is probably the most difficult aspect of development for us just bc the documentation isnt the best and its a whole lot of trial and error

[median hornet]

@oblique stirrup and I added incentives to using Steam Age to make it worth exploring even though its an optional route, including an upgraded PBF (SBF), rewriting the Steam Grinder for maceration, a compressor, a centrifuge, and an ore washer with its own renders. We had to write custom logic for most of these in order to get exactly what we wanted but they all perform 8 parallels so theyre pretty useful.
We also added a custom Water Input Hatch so that we could have a water input for the Ore Washer. It also works as an input for any multiblock but only accepts water.

custom boilers that consume mana to boil water instead of traditional fuels, made by me. Theyre slightly better than regular boilers in max temperature at equivalent tiers.

[median hornet]

This is probably my favorite custom machine of the pack, developed by @whole prawn and me. It expands, has temperature mechanics that scale depending on which planet its on, 4 tiers of cells spread throughout progression to make steam production more manageable to scale and less spammy, along with other interesting mechanics that make this multiblock really cool to me.

oh and I made the coke oven expandable mostly bc its funny, but also it can perform parallels with more length up to a certain point

"What ever will I do with all this coal and sand?"
The humble Coke Train:

[median hornet]

Industrial Multiblocks with logic and textures entirely by me. The maximum tier of energy the machine can consume being based off of the industrial core in its center. They have Perfect Overclocking and Subticks, but cannot be overclocked past the tier of its core even with higher tier energy hatches as to not become more useful than GCYM multiblocks after about LuV. They are all made of previously existing alloys and materials as to not have a bunch of one-use alloys added to the pack, and they also have Jade providers so you can see information about the tier of the core by looking at the controller.
I'm now realizing it, but need to swap the color of hv and ev on the tooltips but other than that these multiblocks should be complete.

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/todo-jjk-todo-peak-its-so-peak-it's-so-peak-gif-12631077882600129156

[median hornet]

Now i can just send people this post when they ask about AGE

[median hornet]

here @viscid ruin

[viscid ruin]

This looks like a really cool project 😎

[dusk ledge]

No wab

[median hornet]

yes wab

[summer sable]

Can't wait to test and break it, looks really promising

[median hornet]

thank you! Hopefully there isnt too much to break but i appreciate the enthusiasm. I try to do a thorough job of testing everything myself to hopefully minimize that lol.

[summer sable]

I like the take on the worldgen, something really unique!

I hope i can skip the magic stuff, or atleast avoid it as much as possible :b

[median hornet]

so, we do have botania but it wont be required in any sense until EV, and at that point it can be done 100% in machines so its just the magical aspects rather than having to mess with the weird mechanics that botania has. The only benefit to doing it early is QOL stuff like better tools and slightly better steam generation than conventional boilers.

I try to opt for optional play styles as much as possible so people can have fun experimenting

[summer sable]

Thanks, thats my favorite. I don't mind ways which are the most profitable/efficent, as long as i can brew my own soup

[median hornet]

I think thats the beauty of a well-made factory sim yep

[dusk ledge]

Dude, will find every single exploit, glitch and bug in the pack way before it goes fully public

[median hornet]

I think you meant to say “I” but idk man we have a long modlist its very probably that there will be some left over lol

😭

[dusk ledge]

Yeh

[median hornet]

bro is trying to make testing competitive

[dusk ledge]

I before the will

I was the one who found out the paradox machine from jdt can copy mob NBT data

[dusk ledge]

@median hornet is the feg ready?

You should send some screenshots in here

[median hornet]

just a bunch of textures worked on by me. Tiered Stabilizers, Paradox Processor Line, Deionization Filters, UHV part retexture, Tier Rocket Engines, and a Data Disk for the early game research system

[median hornet]

This one isn't quite complete but its the Faraday Electromagnetic Generator. The idea was made by @merry orchid then worked on by him, @oblique stirrup, and myself. Its yet another expandable multiblock that generates EU uniquely since one of our goals is to make powergen diverse. The idea is that the coils in the center "spin" to create energy in combination with the magnet rings around. Generation starts at 2A EV per Magnet Ring and upgraded rings multiply the output by 4x for 2A LuV or 2A ZPM per ring. While running, it consumes liquid coolant and lubricant, and in order to "spin" the coils it uses compressed springs made from our custom superconductors (with a chance for them to break). The screenshot of the controller tooltip below contains more information about this machine. I still have a few more tweaks to make including some of the tooltips but yea I think its pretty cool.

[oblique stirrup]

Faraday's Train

[median hornet]

play AGE when it releases if you like trains 👍

[oblique stirrup]

We have two types

[median hornet]

We need the research team working on more trains

but first we need a research team

[dusk ledge]

I like trains

[summer sable]

You just have to release it, then i can enjoy trains :D

Oh, now since i see it. I don't like the idea of a "Steam Blast Furnace" since that has neither to do with anything blast related and stema can't even reach enough heat for steel. I would love a more creative idea for this

[median hornet]

I mean i can consider other options but tbh realism isnt a huge concern, the idea was more to incentivize steam age since its optional. It just kinda operates as a Blast Furnace with 4x speed that consumes steam. The alternatives i usually see are usually just steel versions of blast furnaces which seem to just be boring ways to handle it and often times arent worth the steel.

If you have other ideas i would be open to them

[summer sable]

Fair point, i'll wait until its released and if its still annoys me i'll bring something to the table

[oblique stirrup]

pls

im hungry

[median hornet]

got bored so i laid out the questbook structure, complete with translation files. All we have up to date as far as translations is spanish (thanks to myself and @oblique stirrup) but we're very open to other people contributing with their own translations if you feel the need to contribute something simple-ish

russian translation is also up to date

whoops typo on the welcome line lol

[median hornet]

Found translators for Arabic, Turkish, and Polish

[gaunt yarrow]

Damn y’all cooking fast

I didn’t even have ulv in 6 months

lol

[gaunt field]

people there actually working and have free time

[gaunt yarrow]

I have free time

I sat on that like 5 hrs a day

Somehow

[median hornet]

tbf that’s just the intended questbook structure only milestones and introduction have anything on them

We need to finish world gen and one very large system in java before its progessable

[median hornet]

Yea 7 devs with different specialties + extra contributors here and there makes development go a lot faster.

[gaunt field]

that’s so cool

your mod pack is going to be one of the best

[median hornet]

hopefully : ) I’m certainly trying to get it there

[gaunt yarrow]

7 devs

How

[median hornet]

i work sales for a living, im gifted at selling my ideas

[gaunt yarrow]

[median hornet]

convincing people into things is my only true skill besides like doing taxes 😭

[gaunt yarrow]

lol

[median hornet]

im mid af at this coding thing i just have basic understanding and a dream

[gaunt field]

also, i wanted to ask you about industrial multis. i had this idea a long time ago, but we have not implemented them yet.
if we add them in our modpack - will it be against your licence or not?

[gaunt field]

same

[gaunt yarrow]

The hard thing is finding new stuff cuz I don’t wanna use botania or ars like the pft

Or gtfte

Yk

[gaunt yarrow]

Industrial Multis ?

[median hornet]

Nope not at all! Ive been heavily considering creating them as an addon though. They would require a core mod if you wanted them to be in-house for you.

Not at all as in it wouldnt be against license

[gaunt field]

iirc this is gt++ feature that allows making better multis that can work like regular gt machines

but with slight speed upgrade and parallels

[median hornet]

yea one sec lemme find it

[median hornet]

@gaunt yarrow

[gaunt yarrow]

Huh

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/751401507999449179/1472378075185545316/cat-flashbang.gif

[median hornet]

Yea im not sure what it originally came from I just know Haph presented the idea to me since i was saying i wanted poc machines for midgame but with better balancing

[gaunt yarrow]

Ah

Now

[gaunt field]

i know these machines from gtnh so it might be from gt++

[gaunt yarrow]

Mkay

Makes sense ig

[median hornet]

I should make them theyre own addon im thinking

[gaunt field]

large multis are only after IV, so industrial version for mv-hv can be very useful

[median hornet]

yea they just require cleanroom in hv

With the recipes i made for them in my project

ofc you can always change them yourself in kubejs if they were an addon

@oblique stirrup @whole prawn looks like im turning it into an addon

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-dance-kitty-cat-silly-cat-car-gif-10416976224862277025

[median hornet]

Once theyre separate I’ll make a post about it

[gaunt field]

hell fucking yeah

[oblique stirrup]

thats good

HEY YOOOOO @gaunt field ur pfp

[gaunt field]

whaaaat xd

fujimoto is my beloved

next pfp gonn be fire punch🔥

[median hornet]

Lowkey I’ve decided that I’m going to add Spin-Up logic to this like turbines do since it does “spin” to create energy. Im also going to add spinning particles to it eventually but im going to have to learn some things for that or make @whole prawn do it for me Actually implementing the logic tho is the rough part…

also we made our own tagbot for funsies since we wanted our mascot to have its own but thats kinda unrelated to the actual pack lol

Its slightly bugged but oh well

[unreal pecan]

Sonny

[median hornet]

hell yea baby

[tight ruin]

gregteck

[median hornet]

the greg is definitely tech-ing

thats just the packside, doesnt include core lol

prolly have spent over 1k hours on it over the last 4 months

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/omori-omori-hero-hero-charm-gif-20315664

[median hornet]

i wouldnt be surprised if a combined collective of 2k+ hours has been spent on this project across all developers before even a testing release

[gaunt field]

the fuck

wdym 833 hours

[median hornet]

lots of thorough testing and just devwork in general

[gaunt field]

maybe i have same number idk but it sounds very unbelievable

greg truly steals our time

[unreal pecan]

Hopefully that goes to show how much care is being put into this pack to make it an enjoyable experience for all to enjoy

[median hornet]

tbf its over the course of 4 months which is an average of 6.3 hours a day i wanna say. Checks out imo bc i really do spend all of my time that isnt sleeping, working, or with my girlfriend on this project.

Im an autistic man with a passion and literally no other interests

[gaunt field]

i hope project pays off

in any form

[median hornet]

I mean the building attention to the project and the recognition is really what the prize is

[median hornet]

got a german translation now too

[median hornet]

damn it bgame smh

[oblique stirrup]

what

[median hornet]

😭

[oblique stirrup]

i dont see anything

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-shocked-cat-silly-cat-cat-kitten-gif-7414586676150300212

[median hornet]

neither did i

lmao

[oblique stirrup]

either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions

https://tenor.com/view/happy-cat-gif-10804346947536782797

[dusk ledge]

ts is so fucking good

i love it

i can swear right?

[median hornet]

yea i mean people cuss in ceu server all the time

[whole prawn]

Just keep it in line

there's always such a thing as too much

[median hornet]

Toby i would like the topic here to stay on the pack pls

[dusk ledge]

ok

how much bs can i send here per day?

[median hornet]

None, no bullshit here

[dusk ledge]

bruh

[median hornet]

thank you

[median hornet]

please refer back up here for sneak peeks abt the project lol

[tight ruin]

Only i allowed to do so

[old veldt]

coke oven train

[median hornet]

hell yea this guy gets it

[whole prawn]

Bro cooked

[median hornet]

I finished the logic the other day and just forgot to post it in here, I'll have a video showing it off better later but all I need to do for it still is just some minor fixes to the UI. I'm not sure how to make it wrap properly so I need to look into that. The spinup logic was probably the worst of it

@merry orchid its as done as it can be without more thorough bug testing btw

[merry orchid]

yay!

[tight ruin]

Friday electromagnetic generator 🔥

[gaunt yarrow]

Today electromagnetic Generator

[median hornet]

I need to fix the part where it should be increasing EU output by 5% per tier of spring above IV

[exotic juniper]

yoo the OG blast furnace from gt5 so gut

[median hornet]

I never played gt5 but i did want to incentivize steam age somehow and that was my first idea lol

[median hornet]

figured out how to get active textures working on multiblock machines that dont have actual recipes, made a new controller face for the Solar Boiler Array in the process

[sterile gorge]

hey this seems really cool and i wanna play it, but just so i know, up to what voltage tier is this developed rn?

[gaunt field]

hv ig

[sterile gorge]

okay i see

[gaunt field]

and this modpack isn’t out yet

[sterile gorge]

thank u

[sterile gorge]

ah lol😭

fairs

i joined the discord so i can know when its out

[gaunt field]

yeah, join their discord server

[sterile gorge]

but the whole idea seems really cool

[gaunt field]

i think in couple of month they will release it

[sterile gorge]

very exciting

[sterile gorge]

oh nice

okay good thank u sm

[median hornet]

Well, it’s unreleased but first release will be HV energy hatch yea. After that we plan on making each major update include a new tier of progress.

[sterile gorge]

sick, ill def start playing it once it releases

i love space and i love greg, this seems like the pack for me

[gaunt yarrow]

my AGE base

[whole prawn]

Oi

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/sensitivity-melodiemylove-max-fortnite-5DJo7xxhP5tsyxldM9

[gaunt yarrow]

what u think of it ?

looks good right

[median hornet]

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-poke-gif-17053666969907609585

[tight ruin]

2/10 too purpl

[whole prawn]

No such thing

Also thats my base

Not his

And it was in atm9

[tight ruin]

then 1/10

[oblique stirrup]

😔

[dusk ledge]

what pack

[gaunt yarrow]

AGE ?

[whole prawn]

My base from atm9

joni being a big ol troll

[dusk ledge]

age doesn't have draconic evolution, iron's spells

uhh

allthemodium from atm

or tiab

mechanism too

mekanism

[median hornet]

good eye toby

but yea joni is trolling

misinformation

[gaunt yarrow]

False

That’s my base

What are y’all on

I’m playing on 0.3

Just came out a week ago

Ur are literally the dev and don’t know that ur pack is out

https://tenor.com/view/watermelon-monke-monke-in-a-watermelon-train-wtf-this-is-crazy-monkey-gif-11901570457163230293

[median hornet]

0/10 bait not even convincing

[gaunt yarrow]

ik

ist supposed to be

isnt

[oblique stirrup]

womp womp

[median hornet]

Just completed the Kinetic Steam Engine.
We had to entirely reimplement 2 year old code from 1.5.4 & Create 5 onto gt7.5.2 & Create 6, with certain changes to make it fit with what we want specifically for this pack.
The KSE’s values are probably going to get changed but currently it normally produces 25ksu and consumes 25k mb/t steam per layer for a total of 400ksu @ 400mb/t steam with 16 middle layers.
Upgrading the gearboxes to steel will make it produce 50% more su for 20% more steam for a max of 600ksu @ 480mb/t steam.
We also removed the base create steam engine bc we dont like it.

[tight ruin]

assembly line not assemblying

[median hornet]

Ok just finished the Kinetic Mixing Vessel. I'm not sure if we'll make any more kinetic multiblocks unless theres some good suggestions but the main idea with this one is that its just a steam multiblock but kinetic instead.
Just like steam multiblocks it does recipes at 1.5x recipe length and up to 8 parallels, but unlike them it requires 32 RPM & 1024SU per parallel for a max of 8096su & 256 RPM at 8 parallels.

[unreal pecan]

Everything but worldgen dawg 😭 🙏 /j

[oblique stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-look-side-eye-bombastic-bombastic-side-eye-gif-2838294034054004015

[median hornet]

I'm not sure what to work on now, so much to do and i just got done with a larger project

i could try the early research stuff again

[cloud ocean]

Looks fun

[median hornet]

hopefully it lives up to the hype :p

[median hornet]

this is my list of important things to get done before release, just so people can get a feel for how much I have left before im comfortable making this a public release

when i say fix creative tab its for our gt-botania integration mod thats separate from core mod

[median hornet]

Ok implementing oxygenated and unoxygenated environments was easier than i expected

thanks tfg

[sterile gorge]

this is sexy gng

[sterile gorge]

lol

[gaunt yarrow]

Is this a threat

[tight ruin]

A cat day takes AGE closer each day

[gaunt yarrow]

A cat less each day makes AGE go away

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-explosion-explodes-cat-explodes-gif-10131775219258044191

[sterile gorge]

nah

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/ice-cream-gif-21025496

[tight ruin]

Cute and canon!

https://tenor.com/view/omori-kel-omori-omori-kel-kel-happy-cute-and-canon-gif-22690263

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/watermelon-monke-monke-in-a-watermelon-train-wtf-this-is-crazy-monkey-gif-11901570457163230293

[median hornet]

they might be “stealing” the Kinetic Steam Engine or smth similar so its a fair trade imo :p

[gaunt yarrow]

Ok that’s def a threat

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-threat-secured-gif-18231413771662409478

[sterile gorge]

grrr

[gaunt yarrow]

Fym grr

Grr ur ass

[median hornet]

did a few mixins into botania in order to make it so that the runic altar uses rune tablets instead of livingrock blocks. I still need to add in the recipes I have planned for them but after this I just need to make machine recipes for mana generation then I wont have to touch botania again before release.

was honestly a really easy one to do

Disclaimer: Botania is not technically a required mod for progression

[cloud ocean]

boo hiss

make it required

[whole prawn]

Vetoed

[median hornet]

I mean its “required” for the ev superconductor at the very earliest as far as progression but before EV its just qol stuff like better tools, better boilers, and infinite water cover/cell.

[cloud ocean]

ah icic

[median hornet]

EV superconductor really isnt required either just painful to live without

[whole prawn]

When did you change your name here haze?

[median hornet]

a few days ago

[cloud ocean]

that said

magitech

always good

[median hornet]

The only thing that makes it “not required” is that you can do it all in machines and avoid botania mechanics if you want

[whole prawn]

Haze source hatches in AGE when

[median hornet]

theres no source

😭

we have source hatches at home

source hatches at home:
Arcane Source/Sink Hatches

[cloud ocean]

wait how do you connect mana hatches then

[whole prawn]

mana to fluid mod

[median hornet]

mana is treated like a fluid its just blacklisted from regular hatches

[cloud ocean]

ah ic

creative

[median hornet]

100 units of botania mana = 1 mb of mana fluid

i really should redo the overlay for mana hatches what i currently have is pretty mid

[tight ruin]

𝓖𝓸𝓸𝓭, 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭

https://tenor.com/view/cat-power-off-logo-gif-19792908

[gaunt yarrow]

Hell no

[cloud ocean]

but magitech

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/there-will-be-blood-gif-25391191

[median hornet]

I think the reason magitech is so hated on is bc of how often its been done poorly. Theres plenty of good examples but 100x more bad or just mid examples for magic integration in gt especially.

I think that inherently magitech is really cool it just has to be done in a well balanced, unique, and not corny way

[cloud ocean]

That should be a reason to make it really good not to abandon it IMO

but up to you ofc

[median hornet]

Yea thats why im trying to make actually good botania integration with GT

Just high effort

[jagged tulip]

sir this violate Physic Law

a Magnet have a lifetime, they will demagnetize overtime or immediately if used too fast.

and the RPM is too unrealistic. The Magnet is Permeant and therefore can never be stopped under any way, the RPM will continue to increase even if you move it a bit out - adding more ring double how fast it increase, leading to structure / rotor damage. Additionally, none of the Rotor can accept up to 5000+ RPM.

and also this is only a type of Force, not a Energy, so you cannot get more energy out than you put in.

they also generate much more heat than a NPP Turbine. You'd have to use 128mb of Coolant for one ring, and ^2 it each ring.

that's how Physic work.

also one more, using magnets to spin a turbine is techically impossible because it violates the conservation of energy law:

"magnets cannot create energy from nothing, either steam, water, or wind"

[tight ruin]

Yeah but

Thats Space Magnet™

Made exclusively to break laws of physics

[jagged tulip]

Still unacceptable to physic students

[tight ruin]

All looks like physics when you dont learn magic

[median hornet]

Yea physics students can cry about tbh i wanna introduce something called fun, then i would like to point out that GT gameplay is built off of the back of physics violations.

God forbid a guy gets a little imaginative and has an idea with balancing

[oblique stirrup]

boooo my modpack is not realistic

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1326378532590456943/1466137219076067389/its-over-its-genuinely-over.gif

[median hornet]

thats my boy Arke 😭

[dusk ledge]

why you guys taking it so seriously

there's literally botania

one of the most magic heavy mods

[dusk ledge]

this pack has create water wheels. Do we have to remove them?

[viscid ruin]

WHAAAATTTTT NO WAYYYYYYYYY, IS THAT REALLLY TRUEEE???? OMGGGG NOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 PLEASE DONT TELL ANYONE ELSE 😭😭😭

[jagged tulip]

Nah go ahead but newtons gonna wake up

[jagged tulip]

lol

I’d start imagining how will engineers on youtube react

[oblique stirrup]

chat, gtm is not realistic

im mad

[viscid ruin]

"Reacting to the Minecraft Modpack AGE feat. Faraday generators"

What next, gonna tell us how electrolyzer recipes dont make sense in terms of molarity

[oblique stirrup]

[whole prawn]

Didnt know you were a mole

Makes sense

[viscid ruin]

Hey i was keeping that a secret

[gaunt yarrow]

Son

[median hornet]

Kinetic Combustion Engine is probably the quickest multiblock logic I've ever had to set up, lowk was a piece of cake since I already had everything set up for the kinetic steam engine. Right now its literally the exact same as combustion engine except its 4x recipe duration for each fuel and produces a flat 600k SU. I know it doesnt make a whole lot of sense being at its current tier but I feel like its fine for now.

[gaunt field]

why tf player will need that much of su

[median hornet]

Alternators for energy use a ton of SU

[oblique stirrup]

because

The. Factory. Must. Grow.

[unreal pecan]

576 KCE

[median hornet]

thats a lot of SU

[unreal pecan]

3.45*10^8 SU

[gaunt yarrow]

Who needs su if u can have eu

[unreal pecan]

Racist

[oblique stirrup]

racist because he prefers eu instead of su

ur a bad person

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-gif-14665964756427917240

[median hornet]

This post barely abt AGE atp 😭

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/nmixx-kyujin-lily-lily-morrow-jang-kyujin-gif-13850376269967033424

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/amen-amwomen-amen-and-awomen-cat-pray-pray-gif-20755012

[gaunt yarrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1436030545065934910/1477736573842886726/image0.gif

[tight ruin]

a

[gaunt yarrow]

F

[unreal pecan]

Hi

[tight ruin]

Helo

[gaunt yarrow]

bye

[median hornet]

Project still going well just been taking small detours from the planetary research system

I went back and added a gui, jade providers, oxygen boosting, and lubricant consumption logic to the Kinetic Combustion Engine. nerfed its base output but buffed its oxygen boosted output.

also phoenix did that

so the faraday generator is complete afaik

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-gif-14665964756427917240

[tight ruin]

the only thing missing imo is glowing central blocks, but thats still awesome!

[unreal pecan]

Phoenix got some baller renders

[median hornet]

yea we cant fix that for some reason

like, i can surely figure it out eventually but rn im a little confused

phoenix also tried fixing it but idk what the deal is atm

[median hornet]

rn it just shows the emissive layer but not the base layer underneath when its running

[dusk ledge]

to power create machines

[gaunt field]

https://giphy.com/gifs/japan-place-wojak-WC4oEJtYYW5KdCa4bL

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/award-there-if-TXs4jNK7XMZiLA1eV8

[median hornet]

AGE REFERENCE?!?!

[median hornet]

all superconductors have a special overlay now

[gaunt yarrow]

gonna steal ts

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-ishowspeed-who-does-he-think-is-4EmytS6dQtA5c6HoCv

[median hornet]

good luck lol, not the easiest material set to set up

will require jsons

[gaunt yarrow]

gemini has me coverd

covered idk

[dusk ledge]

this is everything i need

[oblique stirrup]

this is all i need

[unreal pecan]

I need more

[median hornet]

what do u need

[unreal pecan]

Sonny

[gaunt yarrow]

a car

https://tenor.com/view/ice-cream-gif-21025496

[unreal pecan]

He was asking me lil bro

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-ishowspeed-who-does-he-think-is-4EmytS6dQtA5c6HoCv

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/text-gif-18307409

[whole prawn]

Even when you are pretending to be a forg?

[unreal pecan]

Huh

[worthy fable]

we have a leveret clone

[fiery egret]

:rabbit: Rabbit mentioned. Fluid regulators point the way; your pipes still argue.

[median hornet]

forg is better

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-ishowspeed-who-does-he-think-is-4EmytS6dQtA5c6HoCv

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/morgan-freeman-true-morgan-freeman-true-nodding-gif-13973817878387504960

[tight ruin]

Cat is better

[unreal pecan]

you dare blaspheme against sonny???

[midnight moss]

Actual working solar power?!

[median hornet]

i dont like pure solar so theyre boilers but yea

[median hornet]

we'll probably go back and change the design here since its not my best work but heres the prototype for the AstroPort (Spaceport & Rocket Assembler)

[jagged tulip]

Woah

Why not ntm rocket station though lol

Just curious how you gonna fit a rocket in there

Or if this is ad astra then make sense

[tight ruin]

Why and how 1 layer unsigma walls that's too far apart assemble a rocket

[jagged tulip]

?

Not trying to argue here auh ah auh

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/i-guess-bro-alr-ight-MTGteOhsWQLRiUIbS9

[median hornet]

who is even out here making realistic sized rockets for GregTech lol ofc I'm using Ad Astra. Its not the best API or mod to work with in general but its really the only somewhat solid option as a space mod since Gregicality Rocketry is deprecated.

[unreal pecan]

[gaunt yarrow]

use advanced rocketry

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/i-guess-bro-alr-ight-MTGteOhsWQLRiUIbS9

frogs are overrated

[unreal pecan]

@median hornet do i have permission to ban him from our server for blasphemy against sonny

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kfC17XxSSSaNkID9Xt

[jagged tulip]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1138873537264885760/1479688240234762282/abspro.gif

[median hornet]

If i hadnt already integrated ad astra so deep into my core mod i would just write my own space mod but yea when i started this project i knew less than you do with like super basic js knowledge

[median hornet]

just finished touching up the Large Kinetic Alternator. Its a multiblock that converts stress units into EU. The way it works is that for every 32 RPM the multiblock consumes 1024 su and produces 6EU/t, for a max of 48EU/t (1.5A LV) at 256RPM. I'm leaving the Create Additions FE Alternator in for now because i think they both have their benefits and drawbacks since even tho this is more expensive it converts directly to EU and wont require converters and the multiblock is also more efficient on SU -> EU.

[oblique stirrup]

is not realistic 🤓 ☝️

[whole prawn]

You arent realistic

[oblique stirrup]

[unreal pecan]

Im gonna touch you realistically

[gaunt yarrow]

The gears look worse now

[gaunt yarrow]

I’m gonna touch myself realistically

[median hornet]

theyre just bronze colored and expanded a bit larger than the steam grinder gears

[gaunt yarrow]

Still looks ass

Tho

[median hornet]

aight bro make a better one for me then 🙄

[gaunt yarrow]

I could

https://giphy.com/gifs/bird-wectie-wectiee-LMNsgeBFskg4sd7bWk

[unreal pecan]

joni is potential man

[tight ruin]

why its from bricks?

[median hornet]

That’s just the kinetic machine casing

[tight ruin]

Why we making casings out of bricks now 😭

[median hornet]

i mean theyre a steam age equivalent, the recipe is 4 andesite alloy plates, 2 cogwheels, and 1 firebrick

[tight ruin]

Shhhh

[median hornet]

honestly i just like brick casings

they look nice imo

[tight ruin]

Make it use CuNi coils and solid casings my guy

[median hornet]

im not evil lmao, just mean

[tight ruin]

become a monster, not evil

Its good

It gives...

[median hornet]

I also made the bronze steam machine brick casings use firebricks

[tight ruin]

5 % chance of collection bonus in Rise Of Kingdom!

[median hornet]

i dont get the joke lol

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/he-died-cat-falling-over-cat-oof-rip-gif-25901051

[median hornet]

we got ores, all we need is the starting structure, mobs, and a few "space plants" then this dimension will be ready for release

[tight ruin]

Is it like asteroid crumps?

And will be other planets like this¿

[median hornet]

this is just the first dimension in the pack, no other planets will be generated like this at all. As for the way its generated im not entirely sure since Lotion has done all the worldgen for the project so far.

[tight ruin]

is it going to be just ores 1 stone type and some planta?

[median hornet]

its two stone types rn but i might add more. If you look closely in the picture u can see both. other than that yea it will just be like ores, mobs, and the occasional patch of purple asteroid sand with alien looking plants on them

none of us have any real experience in worldgen so this dimension is pretty basic rn

pluto will be much more diverse

same with other planets

[gaunt yarrow]

I have a starter base

Starting

Idk

[median hornet]

?

[gaunt yarrow]

U said u need starting base or smt

Or structure

[median hornet]

i mean like a starting structure for the ship you spawn in with a starter kit

[gaunt yarrow]

IDC

[gaunt yarrow]

Yeah

I have one

For our pack tho

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1028572709329842226/1332320290964770886/doc_2025-01-24_18-59-25.gif

[median hornet]

For ours we need some kind of space station looking ship with electricity provided by solar panels set up or smth and an oxygen generator connected to power.

[gaunt yarrow]

We have the exact fuck ass structure

[median hornet]

the starter kit can just provide a sapling and space suit

[gaunt yarrow]

lol

[median hornet]

wanna show me what u got?

[gaunt yarrow]

We ain’t giving u shit

We use it for OUR pack

Not urs

He kinda reworked it at some point tho

@median hornet

[median hornet]

i dont want your structure i was just curious what u got going on

[gaunt yarrow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/relax-logan-ts-so-peak-EAbaqyWU4psx1bdQB5

[median hornet]

ours def wont look the same bc i have a different idea but i think urs looks good

[gaunt yarrow]

We want no real leaks tho

[median hornet]

ah if u say so

[gaunt yarrow]

Alltho we haven’t finished lv yet

Cuz @gaunt field is fucking lazy

[median hornet]

neither have we fr

well as soon as we get space plants we'll have everything up to late mv done

[gaunt yarrow]

Gad damn

I could work on the pack

But rn I have a lot of tests and shit at school

So I don’t have much time

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-dance-dancing-moves-gif-4650386

[unreal pecan]

joni is legit potential man

[tight ruin]

Is it going to be like from those yt serials abt Minecraft when you falling down on plane (space ship) and now need to survive?

[median hornet]

Idk I’ve never seen what ur talking abt so maybe

[gaunt field]

nobody is working except for me, bgame and mario

[gaunt field]

in russia these types of series were very popular

forever stranded type shi

[tight ruin]

Its a me

[gaunt yarrow]

Hell naw

[median hornet]

Almost done with the first rendition of planetary research

will probably be adjusted heavily but im closing in on smth im comfortable calling good for release

Im debating going on a sidequest for a few days maybe with @oblique stirrup to make a custom GT-centric backpacks mod which would just kinda be like SophPacks but oops all GT

[tight ruin]

That would be cool!

i wouldnt do it just GT based tho, but making integrations with GT would be really yipping

[median hornet]

eh with the functions we want on it we might as well just make it gt-based lol, lemme grab some screenshots from the post BGame Ubit3y and I have been discussing it on

myb that its a lot to read but its a pretty insane idea

[oblique stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/wesker-albert-albert-wesker-resident-evil-resident-evil-4-gif-5143688443782660001

[gaunt yarrow]

read my fucking suggestion bgame

only half a bible

[median hornet]

youve already read all of it tho 😭

[oblique stirrup]

u killin ma joke

[tight ruin]

Bgame can read? What a nerd

[unreal pecan]

Fr

[median hornet]

my guy lotion cooked like its his last meal holy shit 🙏

[cobalt viper]

30 slots? Your ass is getting sent to Sweden

The inventory issue is already a big problem in minecraft, and 30 more slots is not enough for gregtech

[median hornet]

27 slots but yea thats the base addition, theres upgrade modules that add 9 slots per module at that tier anyways with 6 module slots so you could have 81 additional slots on top of the 36 you already have in your player inventory

[oblique stirrup]

is not like u are gonna put ur whole platline in there 😭

[gaunt yarrow]

Damn

My modpacks kind averting big

[median hornet]

?

[gaunt yarrow]

Idk

I ran out of memes

[median hornet]

ggs

[oblique stirrup]

gg ez

finally

womp womp get mad

[tight ruin]

Voices in the head are going crazy this days

[tight ruin]

Send cats

[gaunt yarrow]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-get-real-patrick-star-spongebob-spongebob-meme-gif-3444602609189057100

https://tenor.com/view/ts-tuff-huh-in-case-i-can't-find-it-gif-17678368203691821218

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/lc-cat-1-last-call-gif-12503179203558001232

[cobalt viper]

Yeah, but anything that doesn't go into my storage system goes in my backpack (so basically all microcrafts, anything I collect while mining, etc.)

[gaunt field]

that’s why you should progress further to get more space

[median hornet]

duality of man ahh convo

[tight ruin]

stealer

monster

Villain

from now on look around the turns when you walk near them

[gaunt yarrow]

I am the turn

[vagrant orbit]

"mario"

https://tenor.com/view/folk-druski-sona-instagram-instagram-meme-gif-18271404859547050805

[gaunt yarrow]

only me dawg

how did the last 10 commits

or so

last one u did was a month ago

or smt

[tight ruin]

@median hornettell us a joke pls

so that we could hehehe

[median hornet]

Usagi be like

[tight ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/mini-oso-luna-tabby-lunaistabby-gif-220644464987255023

so lazy

[median hornet]

ye i dont have any jokes rn, Joni is enough of a joke for one chat.

[tight ruin]

good one

https://tenor.com/view/cat-eyes-eyeballs-cat-eye-emoji-eye-emoji-cat-looking-gif-9406810929029867845

[stray rock]

cheese

[gaunt yarrow]

huh

what

im a joke

https://giphy.com/gifs/sad-bart-simpson-simpsons-4ygSevvOQY7a9uiXqi

[median hornet]

So close to finishing the planetary research system just had a bunch bugs to iron out

Such is life when youre dealing with a system with this many “moving parts” tho

[median hornet]

@mild cloak heres all the screenshots for the planetary research system, i may eventually go back and change some aspects of it but regardless im proud of it

only took 3 mixins (and like 30 other classes)

[mild cloak]

Really cool I’m jealous

[gaunt yarrow]

joining tfg team when

[median hornet]

lol why do u ask that

[gaunt yarrow]

cuz it sounds like it

prepare to make 500 tfg mixins

[median hornet]

my project only has 20

[median hornet]

got Kuiper Slimes working (yes its just a purple slime that drops a purple slime ball)

[oblique stirrup]

lol

porpol slime

[median hornet]

Resinwort as an alternative way to get resin

[vagrant orbit]

Bro js adding shit🥀

[gaunt yarrow]

Cool way to get resin

[whole prawn]

This feels backwards

Joni being nice?

[median hornet]

well, we start in space so just giving the player a rubber tree felt like too much of a cop out

[median hornet]

thanks, feel free to use the concept. Instead of dropping resin directly i made it only drop 2-4 resinwort pods that have to be cut with a knife in order to get the resin and more seeds, with some machine recipes as well for later

[gaunt yarrow]

I feel like there could be a cooler way for the future

But sounds cool

Yk these trees from somewhere in chapter 3 in fortnite

They had fruits that you could harvest which acted like a loot bag

Maybe the plant could grow those pods

Which would drop 3-4 resin on break

Yk

Like a lootbag

[gaunt yarrow]

Can be if I want to

I got nothing nice to say abt pft cuz I’ve never played it

Or really seen anything

Except the Tesla

Which feels like it is kinda big

Idk how the recipes for the casings are tho

[median hornet]

well its a capstone multi for his project and you only ever need to build one so i feel like its fair

[median hornet]

No i don’t lol

[cloud ocean]

space gerg

[gaunt yarrow]

gerg

https://giphy.com/gifs/thinking-albert-einstein-nikola-tesla-xSANJuoavQqCn3O4xG

[oblique stirrup]

gerp

[median hornet]

sapc gerg

we’re just finishing up some worldgen stuff then we can finally have a fucking release

like legitimately so close

[oblique stirrup]

why u saying the f word

Mods 🗣️

[cloud ocean]

🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

[median hornet]

fuck u bgame u motherfucker

[oblique stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/flightreacts-reaction-flight-reacts-flight-reacts-flightreacts-gif-14526489174047821058

[gaunt yarrow]

right mindset

now only use it on phoenix

[oblique stirrup]

bro really hates phoenix

[gaunt yarrow]

nah

i just wanna see when he will swear

idk how tho

[whole prawn]

Gl

[oblique stirrup]

bro is trying to get some provocations from the most unprovoked man in the world

[jagged tulip]

why do we have a emerald 💀 what purpose does it gave?

[whole prawn]

I just cant get mad at words on a screen lol

[jagged tulip]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1138873537264885760/1481938811373096970/protoconcern.gif

[vagrant orbit]

Hello i am here too

[gaunt yarrow]

what in the fuck is that gif

what could that possibly be

[gaunt yarrow]

%t hi

[fiery egret]

hi

[gaunt yarrow]

bruh

[whole prawn]

it's the prototype

[gaunt yarrow]

huh

what thing

[median hornet]

The emerald is the tip on one of the early sensors so it was the only block that made sense to me for whats essentially multiblock sensor without making a one-use custom block. I considered doing that and giving it an active texture but for now its good enough.

[median hornet]

ur now looking at the best upcoming GT modpack

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-speed-random-kid-random-kid-gif-10698606526004440975

[jagged tulip]

valid

but rather

consider what a actual Radar use

[gaunt yarrow]

dickson

https://giphy.com/gifs/son-ishowspeed-itsburger010-JlxsxYDJKnG1SJOVWK

[feral warren]

branded

[median hornet]

Spig so u can make sporkchops and spacon

[oblique stirrup]

spacon

[unreal pecan]

spacon

[median hornet]

backported armadillo shit for this

he even rolls up in a ball

[tight ruin]

SFootball

[oblique stirrup]

bgame was here

[median hornet]

bgame is no longer here

hes in Chile now

[whole prawn]

my boy is red

well deserved

[median hornet]

yes, modpack soon TM

[median hornet]

abt ready to call pluto worldgen good enough, i have 5 somewhat decent biomes
in order:

1. mountains
2. rocky plains
3. deep canyons (might actually add a few more ez small features
4. glacier ig
5. mushroom forest

[unreal pecan]

erm i dont think there is mushrooms on pluto

[median hornet]

shut the fuck up ubit3y pluto trivia ass mf no one asked u

/j

@unreal pecan

[unreal pecan]

https://giphy.com/gifs/joc-gguh-8VexgfynDsJgaJy1gn

[vagrant orbit]

I ❤️ adding bullshit life to planets to make them less boring

[median hornet]

And i’ll add even more biomes with even more bullshit later

I’m even considering adding some mods that add mobs later

[vagrant orbit]

That is the only correct option

[tight ruin]

I love when planets are planeting

[median hornet]

I think this is the best ss so far

[median hornet]

we have a release on GItHub now, but we're still waiting on approval from CurseForge

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/squid-game-squid-game-2-cheers-happy-excited-gif-13406404385856133045

[vagrant orbit]

"Unreleased" Well thats outdated now

[vagrant orbit]

bro forgot about diggyfactory☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀

[gaunt yarrow]

💀💀💀

[gaunt field]

then forgeborn emerges from depths of curseforge and mogs every expert pack

[vagrant orbit]

mine isnt expert anyways😂😂😂

also come back when your pack isnt BROKEN #roasted

[gaunt yarrow]

Or when mv is finished 💔

[gaunt field]

true

[whole prawn]

Sorry, thats not happening

You arent beating the giants lol

[gaunt field]

i will

https://giphy.com/gifs/mewing-mogged-looksmax-gOOIIIfzCihqJC544a

[whole prawn]

Hmm, you think you can beat TFG: tons of devs with years of experience, cft: one of the oldest gtm packs ran by the gtm lead and has the gtm dev team behind it, moni: has the legacy of all the omis and is known as THE beginner gtm pack, and nh: the big one with hundreds of devs throughout its life, been in dev for over a decade, insane java skill, known as the most difficult modpack

Yeah sorry bro forgeborn aint beating any of them

And thats ok, focus on your modpack's main hook and do the best you can

Comparing yourself to the big ones wont do anyone any good

[median hornet]

Its ok bro you did too

😭

[tight ruin]

Mayi pack will be coolest

[median hornet]

hi Arke

[median hornet]

agreed

[gaunt field]

i know

bit here the thing. this is my dream and i want to make it real

i’ll try my best at least

[median hornet]

thats all we can ask

[candid vector]

true

I honestly believe forgeborn will be the best GTM pack

Not as good as my own of course but a close second ;)

[whole prawn]

When stella solo pack

[candid vector]

never

University takes too much time

[oblique stirrup]

when bgame solo pack

[gaunt field]

i hope it’s not sarcasm

[candid vector]

It’s not

[vagrant orbit]

STFUUUUUUUUUUUU IT WAS ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS🤬🤬🤬

also theres a thing called MOTIVATION, do you WANT me to burn out?????????????

[median hornet]

cant relate tbh

[whole prawn]

motivation is not smth that chases you

inspiration is not a passive action

[median hornet]

just a fun ss from one of the players

[median hornet]

gameplay screenshots from another run

[tight ruin]

Me when sad water

[oblique stirrup]

Technically this a skyblock, spaceblock 🔥

[tight ruin]

true

[summer sable]

i hope its intentional that you can right-click the composter without an item and get bonemeal

[median hornet]

its not lol, im removing the vanilla composter next update bc for some reason the existence of the multiblock composter is causing that

im aware of it but thanks for reporting it

[summer sable]

but thats my only source of white dye ):

oh could you add any workbench/crafting table which holds items, instead of the vanilla one

[median hornet]

For now idrc if u abuse it, but theres a multiblock composter that can get u tiny bone meal dust at a better rate from compostables

[summer sable]

i'll check it out

[median hornet]

Ive been looking into it. Theres SSN but its bugged with gt tools apparently so im just creating my own GT Vaults mod and prolly also adding a crafting station

[summer sable]

thank you thats the only issue i have so far

[median hornet]

This is the list of features i want for the GT Vaults mod

[median hornet]

yep np at all, always feel free to ping me to ask for help or report bugs.

Also a qb will be coming soon.

We just didnt want to make a screwed up qb or smth before we were actually able to progress and see how smooth things are

[summer sable]

yeah no rush

[worthy fable]

erm the pack is released this is false advertising

[oblique stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/pacman-nerd-nerd-emoji-glasses-hair-gif-25684286

[median hornet]

Lol forgot to change it

[median hornet]

that nerd emoji aint gonna do you good buddy because all thats gonna do is make me crack up because of how dumb the insult/meme is, so keep on reacting with that emoji, it aint gonna do much but make me laugh my ass off
anyways back to planning out my PVC automation line

w copypasta

[worthy fable]

w bot

[median hornet]

AstroGreg:Exsilium - Dev Team Updates

[worthy fable]

*head pats*

[tight ruin]

Check out cat i found

[oblique stirrup]

adopt it

[gaunt field]

eat it

alive

[tight ruin]

Firing squad at 10 am, tommorow, come outside alone, we will be alone too

[gaunt field]

1v1 knifes

35hp map

cs 1.6, i am waiting

[gaunt field]

or irl idk

[tight ruin]

1v1 buckshot roulette, and deal

[gaunt field]

deal

[tight ruin]

Okay

Im eating rn

[gaunt field]

bon appetit

[dusk ledge]

Bum pack

Only good part are the scanner recipes

[tight ruin]

😔

[dusk ledge]

brotholomew knows he can't disagree

[unreal pecan]

No they are not bru

[dusk ledge]

0.1.6 releasing soon

[unreal pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/lie-detector-lier-trending-gif-6708574292361340617

[dusk ledge]

bum it just came out

[median hornet]

lmao u rlly came back to say that

[unreal pecan]

he is petty

[median hornet]

anyway yea we should be very close to a stable 0.1.x update

[dusk ledge]

i am

[vagrant orbit]

okay, haze vista astrogreg.

[opal storm]

can it be 576 layers

[lusty rapids]

@median hornet hello
Can i join the deving i have kjs xp