No way haha! NEI is far superior. One big difference is that it's not limited to discovery; you can see everything listed on the side. Plus, you can use it to navigate to component parts. For example, in recipe mode, you can click on say a bookcase and see it calls for books—which you do not have. So you can click on books within that to learn how to make books. Then you can click on paper to see it requires sugarcane placed in a horizontal row. Oh right! You can cheat with NEI if you wanted to as well.
The crafting guide is nice in its own sense but I still prefer NEI over it.
To download the other ones you need to make a folder in the versions folder for minecraft and put the client and JSON file for the versions in there. They all need to be named the same aside from file extensions. Once you do that, you will be able to choose that version when making a new profile with the minecraft launcher.
Definitely not. (I'm talking about JEI because I like that most, but what I explain here also applies to NEI).
For starters: the search feature with JEI is far superior to that of vanilla Minecraft. I sometimes like to play "tech" (rolled my own small collection of mods) so why I need a battery block I can type in control-f and 'battery' in the search field but that gets me batteries from 4 - 5 different mods. Annoying. So when I type: "@rftoo batter" I'll get the battery blocks from RFTools (awesome mod IMO). Even better: I don't have to drag and drop items. One click on the right mouse button is enough to put 1 block into my inventory.
There's more: speaking of that same RFTools (but I think more mods provide this feature): what about auto crafters? I have build a digging machine which collects tons of items which get stored in remote storages based on block type (cobble, other stone, wood items, ore items, etc.) and then thanks to XNet (also an awesome mod) some get transported onto a refinery line (crushers, smelters, auto crafters). I don't know about you but I keep my 1.12 recipe book set to show "only craftable" because otherwise it gets really annoying. So what if I want my autocrafter to make me sea lanterns? No way that I'm going to try and look that up in vanilla. JEI is soo much easier: control-f (search) type in "sea" and then left click.
Next stop, I already mentioned grinders, JEI also supports 3rd party crafting mechanics. I don't know all the names from mind (I play tech sporadically) but there are altars (Botania, also an awesome mod), atomic reconstructors, empowerers, etc. All those steps can also be shown by JEI, so you'll know exactly how to make a certain item. Even if it doesn't require a crafting table.
Finally... Ever tried to use the creative inventory to get something from a different mod? All mods have their own categories so you'll basically have find the right category, then search in there and then you'll find what you need (for example when you don't know the actual name of the block). JEI allows you to search for name, type, mod name....
The new crafting recipe book is an awesome feature in my opinion, but it does not make JEI obsolete. Especially not if you play a modded game.
Excelent points!! I didn't remember all this possibilities, because it's been a long time that I don't use NEI
No. NEI is an all-seeing menu that helps with mods that have hundreds of items and overly complex recipe, while the recipe book helps new players and simply make things less tedious for more experienced players. They both serve different functions.
With the 1.12 Update (with this new recipe book), could 'Not enough items mod be a useless mod??
No way haha! NEI is far superior. One big difference is that it's not limited to discovery; you can see everything listed on the side. Plus, you can use it to navigate to component parts. For example, in recipe mode, you can click on say a bookcase and see it calls for books—which you do not have. So you can click on books within that to learn how to make books. Then you can click on paper to see it requires sugarcane placed in a horizontal row. Oh right! You can cheat with NEI if you wanted to as well.
The crafting guide is nice in its own sense but I still prefer NEI over it.
Mojang's "Recipe book" is still very far away from being as good as NEI.
NEI can not only show you how to craft stuff, it shows you8 block IDS and can give you stuff too.
Remember those versions that minecraft pranked us with? Specifically:
Those are still downloadable! Watch this video for 2.0:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQdu9LKAdIU
To download the other ones you need to make a folder in the versions folder for minecraft and put the client and JSON file for the versions in there. They all need to be named the same aside from file extensions. Once you do that, you will be able to choose that version when making a new profile with the minecraft launcher.
15w14a is on this link:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/15w14a
1.RV-Pre1 is here:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.RV-Pre1
Minecraft 3D is here:
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Java_Edition_3D_Shareware_v1.34
Excelent points!! I didn't remember all this possibilities, because it's been a long time that I don't use NEI
No. NEI is an all-seeing menu that helps with mods that have hundreds of items and overly complex recipe, while the recipe book helps new players and simply make things less tedious for more experienced players. They both serve different functions.
no, it is not
because it has a good interface, easy, and fast
but it cant help new players anymore
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