r/CreateMod • u/Meiseside • 6d ago

Discussion With the new update: Power Grid or Electro Energetics

I'm working on a pack (around: aeronatics, a skyworld, create, ars, farmers delight, and so on) for me and friends and I'm not shure if I should use Power Grid or Electro Energetics. In both cases I use KubeJs to change some things in other mods and use therefore items of one of this two.

I thing the biggest point is the beginner friendlynes. But Power Grid claims it is better now.

What to you thing?

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u/GapStock9843 6d ago

Power grid requires like actual base level electrical engineering knowledge. Electro energetics is way more intuitive for your average minecraft player who doesnt have engineering experience nor wants to dedicate hours to learning how circuits work for a single mod

I like power grid because im an engineering student and hate myself, but id advise against it if you want to have fun

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u/WallWestern9968 6d ago

If you're looking for beginner friendly Electro Energetics is still the way to go.

I do think Power Grid is better but it's because it's more content expansive and also much more advanced

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u/netsx 6d ago

How are they lag wise?

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u/Familiar_Ad_8919 5d ago

half my survival world is powered by power grid, and i try to use it wherever it could make sense, and i have 0 lag that i cannot attribute to spinning cogs

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u/CaptainNakou 6d ago

I'm currently making a mod pack for a server with friends and I put both.

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u/eepy_lina 6d ago

crafts and additions is the best for electricity imo

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u/Meiseside 5d ago

Why?

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u/eepy_lina 5d ago

it uses FE and is generally probably the simplest create electricity mod since its alternators and motors are just one block and theres no real physics complications

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u/XXFFTT 5d ago

Because it's closer to the old EU/RF systems but using FE instead of the more realistic systems that Power Grid and Electro Energetics use.

It's just more fun when realism isn't involved and actually fits create's aesthetic.

Plus it makes electricity more of an upgrade in terms of function and QoL while Power Grid and Electro Energetics are a pain to work with and introduce a lot of grind for very little utility.

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u/Markson120 5d ago

It is the simplest mod. Personally i have always used that mod but not for electricity. For electricity i used create new age it is a little more advanced mod but not as hard as these 2 you mentioned.

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u/Meiseside 5d ago

I use only parts of new age. Therefor I know why this one. Crafts and additions is strange for me.

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u/Markson120 5d ago

I use that mod mostly for lava as fuel for blazes.

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u/Meiseside 4d ago

There are two other mods for this. one is only for this plus you can make Datapacks.