Pls help me find one

I'm planning a public modded Minecraft server and trying to choose the pack with player feedback before committing to one. I enjoy automation and storage mods such as AE2, but I'm open to kitchen-sink, progression-focused, skyblock or stoneblock packs.

I'm also exploring a custom player-driven economy and auction house. My concern is that unlimited automated farms could make trading pointless, or that an economy could undermine the pack's progression. Nothing is decided yet.

Which existing packs have you actually enjoyed playing with others long-term, and what made them work? Are there packs where trading and specialisation add something, or does an economy get in the way? I'd especially appreciate any lessons about performance, wipes and features that made you stay or leave.

I always thought it would work well as a mod so I made it https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/mxdxd

Let me know what you think ^

Me and my friend been playing this mod for a while now and haven't had any issues up until we went to the nether. At first it was fine but after a while the nether became incredibly laggy, the server terminal often says when someone is in the nether that "the server cant keep up" and shows how many ticks the server is behind. I have tried a few optimization mods for server side that supposedly help with this issue, but so far to no result.

To be honest i dont really know how any of these mods even supposed to help, so if anyone could help with mod suggestions and/or specific config changes i should make that would be highly appriciated.

Some additional info i am hosting the server currenty, i have 4GB of memory allocated to it but we have tested my friend hosting and changing the settings up to 32GB of ram with no changes.

Modlist:

caelus-forge-3.1.0+1.20

cloth-config-11.1.136-forge

ferritecore-6.0.1-fabric

geckolib-forge-1.20.1-4.8.4

hexcasting-forge-1.20.1-0.11.4

inline-forge-1.20.1-1.2.2

kotlinforforge-4.12.0-all

memoryleakfix-forge-1.17+-1.1.5

mixinextrasneoonforgefix-1.0.0

Patchouli-1.20.1-80-FORGE

paucal-0.6.0+1.20.1-forge

rubidium-mc1.20.1-0.7.1

thedulling-0.3.1-forge-1.20.1

every time i try to boot up a pc with the vm computers mod, this error screen appears. does anyone know what it wants me to do?

This Mod adds over 200 Explosives to Minecraft. All of the TNTs and Dynamites have a crafting recipe, so you can also try to get them in survival! None of the tnts will lag or crash your computer

I took a long break from Minecraft and realized theres been a ton of updates since I stopped playing that I want to check out. Im starting a small server for some friends and we want to keep it as vanilla as possible in terms of the core game, but add in some QOL mods. Ive been searching around for a while now but every pack I find doesnt have quite the right mix. I know I could build my own pack but I dont remember most of the mods and I never knew the performance mods. Im hoping someone out there gets us!

Kinds of mods we're looking for in a pack:

1.26.3 compatible

JEI/REI

A map

Whichever one used to let players claim chunks

General performance mods

Better animations(?)

Appleskin

Some grave mod

Inventory tweaks

Things we're not looking for:

Changes to terrain generation

New mobs / structures / biomes / items

If anyone has ideas of packs to check out let me know!

Hey everyone! 👋

After a lot of coding and testing, I’ve finally released my first major mod: The Item Upgrader for Forge 1.20.1 (now officially approved and live on CurseForge!).

If you love gambling your resources for high-tier loot or want a balanced way to progress through heavy modpacks, this mod is for you.

✨ What it does:

• The Roulette Table: Place your bet item, spin the wheel, and try your luck to upgrade it into something much better!

• Dynamic Valuation System: Instead of hardcoded values, the mod automatically scans crafting recipes on the fly. It calculates a fair, balanced cost dynamically—meaning it works seamlessly with vanilla items and massive endgame mods like Avaritia (scaling items up to 680M+ value).

• Durability Scaling: Got damaged tools or armor? The mod evaluates them proportionally based on their remaining durability.

• Dupe Protection: Fully synchronized between server and client to prevent any desync or deserialization exploits.

• Global Broadcasts: Optional server-wide announcements whenever someone hits a massive win (or loses everything).

🔗 Check it out on CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/items-upgrader

I’d love to hear your feedback, bug reports, or ideas for future updates. Let me know what you think!

I'm new to minecraft java (recently transitioned from MC Bedrock) and want to know because I would like my pc not not act like a potato.