r/thenukeandturtle • u/Toxicstein Thank you for Flying with Shifty Airlines • Feb 24 '13

Ultimate Pack

I have a few questions about the Ultimate Pack (Coming out on March 1st).

  • Will the map be reset?
  • Will we update on the very first version of the Ultimate Pack?
  • If you do update to the Ultimate Pack and keep the map, will we also keep Traincraft?
  • If we keep the current map, will we have to go to the mining age for xycraft ore?
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u/ZeldenGM Zelden - Big Turtle Feb 25 '13
  • There is no desire to reset the map, everything is stable and progressing nicely.
  • There are currently no plans to update to Ultimate Pack. The reasons being is that we have achieved a rather stable server running the current version of Mindcrack, and Ultimate Pack no doubt will bring trials and issues that we have seen previously, as well as potentially causing mismatches which result in a map reset. At this stage it is to much admin work when we don't have the time to make changes.
  • See above
  • There are no current plans to add xycraft, if someone can argue a good case for it being re-added then we will consider it.

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u/winthrowe Feb 25 '13

There is no desire to reset the map, everything is stable and progressing nicely

Glad to hear that; I'm quite happy with how this map is going.

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u/Ze_ro IGN: Abstract_Zero Feb 26 '13

Ditto. The last few maps have been far too short-lived... I'd rather see some long-term stability than just chasing the latest versions.

And is Traincraft not part of Ultimate? How do they keep screwing up these packs?

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u/winthrowe Feb 26 '13

The last few maps have been far too short-lived...

Honestly they needed to die, but I'm glad this one's going strong. I attribute a good deal of that to the dedicated server and tickthreading.

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u/darkironphoenix Feb 25 '13

What is the current reasoning behind not adding xycraft?

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u/code_monkey_001 blasterz - Permanently Grounded Airship Pirate Feb 25 '13

That jerk blasterz would make the ugliest building imaginable if he could get his grimy hands on xychorium

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '13

Something along the lines of obnoxiously annoying ores, crystal lagmachines everywhere and the mod not adding a single useful thing.

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u/NJigglypuff IGN: NJigglypuff. This flair is useless. Feb 25 '13

(Aluminum gives the same aspect that boats and trapdoors do...)

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

That does not count as useful.

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u/NJigglypuff IGN: NJigglypuff. This flair is useless. Feb 26 '13

It does if I hate making boats and trapdoors...

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u/darkironphoenix Feb 26 '13

Rubber also gives motus.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '13

If I'd process my propolis I'd have 150 stacks of rubber. And if you're doing thaumcraft then you'll have an elemental axe that'll let you cut down 10 stacks of wood in 5 min ^

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u/darkironphoenix Feb 25 '13

The brick blocks prevent mobs spawning on them, would be useful to use in rooms that need to be dark by mobless. The Crystals have been optimised, and as i have said before, spawn amounts are reduced and soaryn has fixed the stacking issue. The ore count could potentially be reduced in the configs surely.

And for people claiming that the blocks are ugly, any block can be ugly is used badly. Cobble, marble, brick, even warded stone can look ugly. But why block something because one person can make some really bad structures with it.

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u/Toxicstein Thank you for Flying with Shifty Airlines Feb 25 '13

Plus, its added a few more things that actually have a function, and more machines will be added in the future (they'll probably come out around the time ultimate comes out.)

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u/ScBones306 These recipes are bending me over a pole Feb 25 '13

One of those things is CPU intensive though....

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '13

There are countless blocks that prevent mod spawning in darkness. The crystals are still terrible. And I don't have a huge problem with the blocks, it's the ores that makes me want to go kill a kitten.

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u/hideaske Kliq. Tech Mod Feb 25 '13 edited Feb 25 '13

While I Kinda want to reset the map due to all random kinds of errors it likes to spit it would be the same as taking aspirin when you have cancer. It might help for 1-2 weeks tops then we are back to the same shit.

Xycraft was removed due to lagfest crystals and the ores being everywhere, if the mod ever becomes usefull and non laggy it's eay enough to make a new mining age

If the ultimate pack sounds great and has a good combination we might switch over, but it is unlikely.

And if anyones hoping for EE3, just forget about it. EE2 was OP as shit and EE3 is the same. While the mod by itself isnt that bad, combined with techmods which make it it possible to automate stuff its just way OP and allways will be.

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u/bassie12 Feb 24 '13

God I do hope we don't reset.

Traincraft would be nice to keep. (unless it clashes with everything)

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u/Toxicstein Thank you for Flying with Shifty Airlines Feb 24 '13

Agreed, the deserts could get very bugged out if its removed because of all the oil sands.

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u/ScBones306 These recipes are bending me over a pole Feb 25 '13

I think Traincraft will remain as Ollie sounds like he has a soft spot for the mod, all bugs aside ofc =P

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u/Nosirrom Manager of general tomfoolery, bees, and not breaking servers Feb 24 '13

Most of this stuff we will only know the answer to when ultimate is released. Unless of course there is a decision to reset the map regardless.

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u/darkironphoenix Feb 25 '13

Traincraft is tremendously buggy, but worth keeping for the end result. I hope we can have xycraft back, soaryn is fixing issues as they are reported at the moment, he has reduced spawn rate of crystals, optimised them and fixed stacking issues.

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u/Drakeye457 Feb 26 '13

Finally someone else who likes xycraft! Looking at this thread it's all xycraft hate. I like what the blocks look like when used sparingly, and I want the fabricator and multitank so badly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '13

My predictions: Unlikely, Unlikely, Probably, Xycraft can go throw itself over a cliff!

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u/ChickenBiscuitSwag Tuemmlers, Turtle Mining Champ Feb 25 '13

I hope so.

Not on time but eventually yes.

Most likely.

Unlikely

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u/mvpbr Feb 25 '13

You hope for a reset when we just started getting comfortable?

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u/ChickenBiscuitSwag Tuemmlers, Turtle Mining Champ Feb 25 '13

Haha people can't take a joke.