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• SimpleOres 1.5.2_1 released, fixing a couple of bugs, namely the server crash issue and the jungle temple loot. Download it now

SimpleOres is a relatively small mod that adds 5 new ores to Minecraft, along with their tools, armor and a few other things. Each ore type is unique, with their own strengths and weaknesses, meaning there is no "uber" tool. The basis for SimpleOres is that it adds more content that you are already familiar with, rather than having to learn a whole load of new stuff.With SimpleOres, I wanted to add a little more incentive to explore, to mix things up and to generally just have more cool tools that aren't just "better than diamond". Please, have a play with the mod, and I hope you enjoy



Please download SimpleOres through its official website HERE


The Bukkit version of SimpleOres is not maintained by me. As such, please do not direct any question concerning it to me.Look HERE for the 1.4.5 Bukkit port of SimpleOres. Updates are not guaranteed to be on time, or to even happen at all.



To install both the client and server versions of SimpleOres, please follow these instructions. If something goes wrong, make sure you don't miss any steps.

Spoiler:

• [Preferably] Get a fresh install of Minecraft by choosing "Force Update" in the options of the Minecraft Loader.
  
  
• Download and install the Recommended Universal version of Minecraft Forge.
  
  
• If you are installing the client version, delete the META-INF folder inside minecraft.jar. If you are install the server version, do not delete it.
  
  
• Drag the SimpleOres zip you downloaded into the mods folder. You may have to run Minecraft at least once for this folder to be generated.
  
  
• Play!

All the ID's used by SimpleOres, plus the spawn rates, heights and vein sizes, as well as the special furnace properties, can be edited and changed using the config. For steps on how to change these, look in the spoiler below:

Spoiler:

• Run Minecraft at least once with SimpleOres installed, then close it.
  
• Navigate to your .minecraft folder and open the config folder. You should see a file called SimpleOres.cfg. Open it with any text editor (although I recommend Notepad++).
  
• Search for the category of the ID you want to change. For example, blocks are under "Blocks", tool are under "Tools", and spawn rates are under "Spawn Rates". It's all fairly straight forward.
  
• Find the thing you want to change the ID of, for example Copper-Block, and change the number at the end of it. Block ID's cannot be greater than 4096, while item ID's should not be greater than about 28000 (I think).
  
• Save the file, and open Minecraft again. If all goes well, you should be able to play like normal.

You can find alternate textures for SimpleOres, along with my other mods, in the thread linked below:Alternate Textures for SimpleOres!


Below you can find all the details about the different ores and what they can do.

Spoiler:

Copper Ore
Copper is an abundant ore found everywhere in the normal world. Copper can be found at any height, in large veins, making it an easy resource to obtain early in the game.


Because it is so easy to obtain, copper armour and tools are easy to make, providing a slightly better alternative to using stone tools early in the game. Copper tools both have more uses and are faster than stone (don't expect to ACTUALLY be able to see how much faster, but they ARE faster), yet have pretty much the same enchantability as stone, making them unworthy to enchant.

Copper armour is much weaker than that of iron, being only slightly stronger than leather armour. However, because copper is generally easier to obtain in large amounts than leather is, and along with its slight defence boost, copper armour is somewhat better than leather armour.

Copper buckets provide an earlier method of moving your water sources. Made in the same fashion as normal iron buckets, the copper bucket can be made from those bountiful supplies of copper ore/ingots that you are bound to have. They can also be smelted back into copper ingots when you no longer need them.

Silver Ore
Silver ore is rarer than copper ore, and you must search deeper in the ground to find it, although it can generate in decent sized veins. Silver is an odd ore, with its practicality being similar to that of gold due to its strength, speed and enchantability.


Silver tools may have a low number of uses, and the same speed as diamond tools, but they can only mine the same blocks as iron tools can. However, silver tools have a very high enchantability, even higher than that of gold, making them worthwhile if you enchant them.

Silver armour has the same strength as that of iron, along with a very very high enchantability, meaning that if you can get it, use it. If you can't get enough ore to make the armour AND the tools, it is usually a good idea to make tools from iron and armour from silver, unless you plan on enchanting your tools.

Mythril Ore
Mythril ore is a rare-ish ore found near the bottom layers of the world, usually in small veins. Mythril is, in many ways, a more common form of diamond.


Mythril tools are the same as those of diamond in all ways except for number of uses, as they only have about half the number of uses as diamond tools. Enchantability and speed are equal to diamond tools, however mythril cannot mine Obsidian.

Mythril armour bridges the very large gap between the defence of iron armour and diamond armour, providing defence somewhere between the two.

In the new version of SimpleOres (1.5+), Mythril Furnaces can be crafted. These furnaces will increase the efficiency of the furnace by 1.5x, meaning a single piece of coal will smelt 12 items rather than the usual 8. Mythril Furnaces can be crafted like so:



Adamantium Ore
Adamantium ore is rarer than mythril, being quite a difficult resource to gather. Adamantium, though, is reasonably strong, but is very fast. Its downside is a very low enchantability.


Adamantium tools have a very very low enchantability. However, to compensate for this, the tools are EXTREMELY fast, yet they have a lower number of uses than diamond (about 250 less uses). Like mythril, adamantium tools cannot mine obsidian, meaning you must still acquire diamond tools in order to travel to the nether.

Adamantium armour provides the same defence as diamond armour, allowing you to use your diamonds for things other than armour, however, like the tools, the armour has a very low enchantability. If you plan on enchanting high level armour, go with diamond or onyx.

Onyx Ore
Onyx ore is the rarest ore in Minecraft, only generating in the nether. To make it even harder to find, the ore blends in with netherrack, making it both rare and difficult to spot.


Onyx tools are the epitome of efficiency. With double the number of uses as diamond, a slightly higher enchantability, and even being slightly faster, onyx tools are well worth your while - if you can get your hands on them.

Onyx armour is likewise very strong, offering higher defence than diamond armour, at the price of a lower enchantability. If you spend enough time in the nether to get so much onyx ore, you will become an extremely powerful mob slayer.

Similarly to the Mythril Furnace, the Onyx Furnace (added in version 1.5+) has some special properties. This furnace will occasionally produce double the number of products when smelting. The default is a 33% chance to produce 2 ingots, etc. Both the multiplier and the chance can be edited in the config. The Onyx Furnace can be made like so:



Finally, here is a table comparing all the ores. There is an error, however, as the defense of Gold and Diamond armor should be swapped over, my mistake. Enjoy, and I hope it clears up any questions you might have had

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Mod Reviews

Spoiler:

MCMapsandMods98's SimpleOres 1.4.6 Review

Changelog

Spoiler:

Version 1.5.1_1

• Fixed armor texture.
  
• Reverted silver tools and armor items to previous textures.
  
• Furnaces now work as intended.
  
• Fixed buckets.
  
• Removed achievements to stop crash bug. Will re-add them in a later update.

Version 1.5.1

• Updated the mod to Minecraft 1.5.1 and Forge 7.7.
  
• Altered the config slightly.
  
• Added 2 new furnaces, the Mythril Furnace and the Onyx Furnace.
  
• Mythril Furnace: Fuel last 2x as long (configurable). Crafted by surrounding a normal furnace with Mythril Ingots.
  
• Onyx Furnace: 33% chance (configurable) to yield one (configurable) extra item. Crafted by surrounding a normal furnace with Onyx Ingots.

Version 1.4.7.1

• Fixed copper ingots not giving XP when taken from a furnace. Actually fixed this time.
  
• Changed the mining level of Onyx pickaxes to Level 4 (diamond is only Level 3), to allow it to mine some blocks used by other mods that require Level 4.

Version 1.4.7.1

• Config will now generate properly, rather than in a location determined by your Minecraft.exe.
  
• Config is much better laid out now. Should be easier to use.

Version 1.4.7

• Returned the config location to what it used to be.
  
• Fixed the error with the ID's of the ingots and buckets being too low.
  
• Moved everything to custom creative tabs on the second page. Should be easier to find them, and they are more organised.
  
• Fixed copper ingots not giving XP when taken from furnace. This actually wasn't broken, but Minecraft just greatly reduced the amount of XP you get from smelting ores in general.
  
• Fixed Achievements finally, yay!

Version 1.4.6

• Updated to Minecraft 1.4.6.
  
• Copper buckets are now stackable up to 16 when empty, same as normal buckets.
  
• Added copper buckets and silver, mythril and adamantium ingots to the dungeon chest loot.
  
• Increased the spawn rate and vein size of copper slightly.
  
• Copper buckets can now be smelted in a furnace to return 3 copper ingots (though no EXP).
  
• Changed the config to always generate in "%APPDATA%/.minecraft/config/SimpleOres".

Version 1.4.5

• Updated to Minecraft 1.4.5.
  
• Changed all the ID's to fix the config issues.

Version 1.4.2.1

• Fixed a bug that made copper buckets crash the game.

Version 1.4.2

• Updated SimpleOres to be compatible with Minecraft 1.4.2.
  
• Updated the version number for SMP.

Version 1.3.2.2

• Fixed armor not being visible when wearing it.

Version 1.3.2.1

• Fixed onyx ore not spawning.
  
• Fixed the server version not working.
  
• Increased the copper spawn rate to 80.
  
• Fixed the configs not generating.
  
• Changed the layout of the configs, which will hopefully make them a little easier to use.
  
• Fixed the version mismatch.
  
• Copper and silver from other mods (provided they use OreDictionary) should be able to craft items and tools from SimpleOres.
  
• Fixed textures not being correctly pre-loaded (hopefully).
  
• Fixed the copper bucket duplication glitch.

Version 1.3.2

• Finally updated to Minecraft 1.3.2, and Minecraft Forge version 4.x!
  
• Reduced copper spawn rate to 40.
  
• Onyx ore drops XP when mined, and the other ores drop XP when their ingots are removed from a furnace.
  
• Now uses Minecraft Forge's config system.
  
• One universal version now, no longer 4 different versions (thank god).
  
• No longer has a ModLoader version.
  
• Config now works for servers.
  
• Blocks and items are now in the Creative Inventory in SMP.
  
• Minecraft Forge's Ore Dictionary should once again be working .

Version 1.2.5 v6

• Updated mod to the newest version of Minecraft Forge.
  
• Slightly altered some of the armor sprites.

Really Old Versions:

Spoiler:

Version 1.2.5 v5

• Fixed a few bugs.

Version 1.2.5 v4

• Silver tools can once again mine diamond.
  
• Copper buckets no longer look like flint and steel in the Forge versions.
  
• The maximum height at which ores will spawn is now configurable in the config file.
  
• Added 3 more achievements.
  
• Changed name and description of the Adamantium achievement.
  
• Included a .info and a logo for Forge ModLoader (only applies to Forge Client.)

Version 1.2.5 v3

• Centred Copper buckets.
  
• Silver tools can no longer mine diamond, redstone etc.
  
• Blocks added to the Creative Inventory (SSP Only).
  
• Support added for MinecraftForge's OreDictionary (only in the Forge versions obviously).
  
• Onyx Ore can no longer be smelted into gems (it was a residual bug).

Version 1.2.5 v2

• Fixed to work with the new MinecraftForge.
  
• Reduce spawn rate of onyx.
  
• Onyx is now a gem (I know you all wanted it ).

Version 1.2.5

• Wound down version numbers to match those of Minecraft.
  
• Fixed copper buckets looking like flints.
  
• Fixed forge SMP issue where some ores would have to be broken twice (they each had different hardness values, so Minecraft was like wtf?).

Version 1.5.2

• Minecraft 1.2.4 support.
  
• Configurable vein sizes
  
• Fixed achievements.

Version 1.5.1

• Forge version compatible with Minecraft 1.2.3

Version 1.5:

• Non-Forge version of SimpleOres for Minecraft 1.2.3
  
• Configurable ore spawn rates.
  
• Changed hardness of copper to reduce the mining time of it.

Version 1.4:

• Now uses Minecraft Forge
  
• Does not alter ANY base classes, woohoo
  
• SimpleOres blocks have specific harvest levels now.
  
• Uses the Minecraft Forge infinite terrain and item sprites.
  
• Uses custom terrain.png and items.png files rather than individual texture files.

Version 1.3.1:

• Made it actually work with MLProp again (required me to rearrange all the bloody code -.-)
  
• Altered the Onyx Ore texture slightly.
  
• Fixed the tools not being enchantable. Which means re-added use of EnumToolMaterial.java, which is a base class)

Version 1.3:

• Adjusted ore spawn rates (yet again )
  
• Adjusted onyx and adamantium tool speeds.
  
• Added copper buckets (check in the main thread under the "Copper" spoiler for more info.
  
• Added 3 achievements, for mining Copper Ore, Adamantium Ore and Onyx Ore.
  
• Added all the blocks from SimpleOres to the SSP Creative Mode inventory screen. Blocks don't show in SMP Creative Mode inventory screen though I don't think there is anything I can do about that.
  
• Removed the use of RenderPlayer and EnumToolMaterial classes. Still uses EnumArmorMaterial though :/
  
• Will not conflict with MinecraftForge any more, due to the above change.

Version 1.2.2:

• Updated to Minecraft 1.1, now for SMP also.

Version 1.2.1:

• Updated to Minecraft 1.1, only SSP working currently (ModLoaderMp not updated yet)

Version 1.2:

• Added configurable ID's for all items and blocks.
  
• Added adamantium ore, tools, armour etc.
  
• Adjusted some things (spawn rate, most things about silver, etc.)
  
• Added support for SMP
  
• Fixed onyx shovel being a pickaxe.

Version 1.1:

• Added Mythril ore and all its tools and armour.
  
• Added hoes to all ore types.
  
• Added the "Block of Copper", etc. blocks for storage.
  
• Fixed the onyx sword being a pickaxe.
  
• Lowered spawn rate of copper ore.
  
• Created a new texture for onyx ore.
  
• Adjusted all textures for anything to do with the silver ore (it still looks too much like iron :/).
  
• Smelting onyx ore gives an Ingot rather than a gem.

Version 1.0:

• Mod added, not going to tell you all the stuff it did  

Thanks
The last thing I have to say is thank you! Thank you to everyone who supported this mod, made mod reviews, offered ideas, told me of any bugs (there weren't that many at least   ) and, of course, downloaded the mod      Thankyou for keeping the mod alive people. Any feedback is welcome!  

[minecraft_animator]

how about brass?

[AleXndrTheGr8st]

minecraft_animator, on 29 December 2011 - 04:57 AM, said:

how about brass?

I suppose I could have it, but silver and copper were created to bridge the gaps between cloth and iron, and iron and diamond respectively. Where would brass go?

[threehill]

silver looks to much like iron

[Dragonchampion]

The copper and silver textures look like they were stolen from Metallurgy. Just wanted to point that out.

[mitchellgud]

Great simple mod if you are bored with ordinary ores. Although i think copper is a bit too common and excessive. I seem to find it every minute or so. and the veins of copper are huge. I literally just found a vein of copper that had 73 COPPER ORE!!! Other than that though its a mod that makes gives Minecraft a bit more of a goal. Looking forward to future mod improvements and updates!

[Slimjim0617]

minecraft_animator, on 29 December 2011 - 04:57 AM, said:

how about brass?

You know that's an alloy of copper and zinc right? Wouldn't make sense for it to be an ore.

[MR.Mod]

Maybe add Mithril the 3rd ore

so

Copper
Silver
Mithril (blue colour)

[jakalina]

I am about to do a mod review

[frigidas1]

All the ores mods are almost the same  

[jakalina]

[BarX]

I like this mod, simple, compatible with things, helpful.

However, I found a bug. The Onyx Shovel isn't really a shovel, it's a pickaxe, haha. Just so you know.

Adding this mod to favourites. Thank you.

[Firespar]

Very nice! I love ore mods like this, and this one doesn't seem to have any major problems.

A few small bugs, however...

Onyx Ore drops an Onyx Ore block, not an Onyx Ore gem, I don't know if that's intentional or not. Right now, you need to smelt the ore block to get the gem.

What the user above said is also true

You can't parry with the swords.


Make ore storage blocks!

Once again, great mod.

[Marlyie123]

titanium

[urbanwave]

Are you planning on developing this for survival multiplayer?

[AleXndrTheGr8st]

Wow this got a lot of views and comments extrememly quick. Thanks for all the feedback guys, I had thought no one was interested.

Okay so to "mitchellgud" you really found 73 copper? Wow. And yes, I have tweaked the spawn rate of copper in v1.1, which will be coming soon.

"Firespar", I did make the Onyx like that on purpose but have also changed it to a bar for v1.1. Have also added the storage blocks for v1.1

"BarX" thankyou for letting me know, will fix it for v1.1

"frigidas1", what do you expect? We add ores tools armor. I tried to add a no falling damage effect when you wear full onyx armor, but I can't seem to get it to work with Minecraft 1.0.0 so I cut it out.

"MR.Mod" I was going to add tin, but mithril is a much better idea, thankyou

"threehill" I am redoing all the textures for v1.1 to keep them consistent, as I also have to add in the hoes.

"Dragonchampion" I have never even looked at metallurgy, I did these myself with paint.net ahahah they are just hue/saturation edits of the diamond ore.

"urbanwave" I may be developing it for SMP, I just don't know how to do that yet. May look into it after the release of v1.1.

Thanks for supporting this guys, v1.1 will be along soon now that I have some motivation to update it

Also, what do you think of a new block called a Disassembler? I was thinking you could use it to pull apart certain items (swords) into different parts, and then another block called a Reassembler, which you can then assemble those parts back in different ways to make better items. like a sword made of 3 different parts of different swords. Rather than just crafting 3 swords to make a more powerful one. What do you guys think? It wont be coming for v1.1 at any rate, if I look into it.

Thanks once again guys

[AleXndrTheGr8st]

jakalina, on 01 January 2012 - 09:33 PM, said:

Thankyou for that review do you think you could do one for version 1.1, even though it would only add a few extra things, however then I can put it in the main post? That would be awesome if you did

And btw, onyx only spawns in the nether I'm pretty sure I said that in the original post hahaha

Thankyou

[MrJoeBob12345]

Nice looking mod!

[dawsonn007]

minecraft_animator, on 29 December 2011 - 04:57 AM, said:

how about brass?

brass is an alloy which means its a mix of metals and thats not natural ore its man/woman made

[AleXndrTheGr8st]

Version 1.1 is up guys, check the changelog (I added one ) for info, I hope you all enjoy v1.1, its probably a more refined version

Thanks to anyone who supports this

Oh and im still waiting for a banner/signature somebody... *twiddles thumbs*