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My biggest pet peeve is people who leave floating trees on multiplayer servers, just take the whole darn tree and be done with it!

I'm not too good at these but it appears to me that your render distance is too high. Either lower it through the stranded options or if it won't load then open you'r .Minecraft folder, open options.txt, and change render distance to 6 chunks or lower if need be.

I don't personally have a budget laptop but in my experience of building and working on PC's and Laptops I'd recommend something with an AMD A series processor. You can generally find an A-6 (low end) laptop for around $260 or an A-10 (high end) for $350, The A-10 would be my recommendation as it has a reliable 1.8GHZ speed and integrated Radon R6 graphics that will give you a nice stable 40-60 fps in small modpacks. Newegg actually has quite a nice ASUS laptop for only $349, very nice seeing as ASUS is one of the better component manufacturers. I purchased a similar laptop (A-6) for my step father about a year ago and he gets 30-50 fps for Minecraft (yes he's hooked too) with small modpacks (50 or fewer mods).

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I tend to get 80-110 fps on small packs (50 mods or less) and 70-90 on large packs. My PC's a custom build (made it myself) however it's quite old at this point being nearly 5 years old but I just don't have the funds to build a new one just now. As for a favorite brand, I have none as I'd much rather build a PC and get exactly what I want verses compromising with a pre built unit. However I will say I prefer ASUS motherboards and AMD graphics.

I'd suggest either the Portal gun (which can be comonly found in chests) or Angel Rings from Extra Utilities (which give creative mode flight).

Hardcore Questing doesn't actually add any quests it just makes it possible for pack authors to create quests, if you add it to a pre existing pack you'd need to create your own quests and system of progression. The reason I mentioned adding mods as ruing progression in HQM (Hardcore Questing Mod) packs is the authors have already chosen a path of progression based on the mods already in the pack which must be followed to advance in the quests. Wheres non HQM packs allow the player to create their own path of progression through the mods.

1. There are a few mods which tend to be in every pack like WAILA, Inventory Tweaks, and Not Enough Items which are common utility mods. Other mods depend on the type of modpack for example technical packs almost always have Buildcraft, Extra Utilities, Ender IO, and/or Big Reactors while magic packs tend to have Botania, Thaumcraft, and Witchery.

2. There are some pre built packs out for RPG like questing like Tolkin Craft for 1.7.10 but you can easily create your own pack if you wanted. Sadly there are no mods that automatically add quests, these must be created by the pack author. I'd suggest looking for packs with the Hardcore Questing Mod, these packs are full of quests created by the author and there's a lot of variety in the content.

3. most mods now don't have compatibility issues with other mods but in the rare case they do the author will mention it either on the forum post or in the notes on Curse.

4. You can easily add mods from one pack to another but in the case of questing mod packs this is discouraged as it can ruin the progression of the pack.

5. Curse.com is the best place for your mods, Curse Forge is intended mainly for experimental builds of mods on Curse.com.

As your new to modding Minecraft I'd suggest trying the pre built packs on some of the modpack launchers like Feed the Beast and ATLauncher. FTB is particularly good for questing and rpg like packs just check under "third party packs".

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Dang, was hoping it was a more lightweight mod like OpenBlocks or Extra Utilities. :-/

Edit: I checked two Ars Magica wikis and found no reference to such a block. Please don't troll.

Not to sure about redstone activated cannons but you could use turrets from Open Modular Turrets. The turrets can be fully programmed and controlled with either Open Computers or Computercraft, though I'm not sure how they'd do on moving ships. You could also use QuiverBows Arms Assistant which is a small turret like robot that can be equip with QuiverBow weapons and given whitelists or blacklists. Another option is the cannon from Balkon's Weapons Mod which I know work with moving ships form Archimedes Ships and MetaWorlds. Sadly the cannons are player controlled but they're a good last resort if nothing else works.

https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects/openmodularturrets

http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1292078-quiverbow-ranged-weaponry-thought-up-by-steve

http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1272627-balkons-weaponmod-v1-14

1a) Sadly Optifine's policy forbids it to be added to public mod packs (i.e. packs made available to everyone in the community), privet packs (packs only available to a small group for their privet use) are fine.

1b) Yes. If the pack is exclusively privet you won't need to worry about gaining the mod authors permission before adding a mod to your pack.

2) Certain mods like FastCraft or Better FPS work by tweaking or outright replacing Minecrafts Graphics algorithm removing unessential assets. Optifine however simply adds more advanced control over the in game graphics settings allowing the player to adjust each individual aspect of the games graphics.

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Watch Mind of Mike's exciting new series with the mod, from early 2017. Thanks, Mike!

Mind of Mike also has a beginners' guide to the mod, which is really helpful. You can watch it below:

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About the Mod

The Lord of the Rings Mod is a huge expansion for Minecraft that aims to add the world of Middle-earth into the game. This will include content from J. R. R. Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings, and from other related tales such as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

The mod has been in development since December 2012, with a great amount of planned features yet to come in the future. New updates are published frequently - usually every couple of months.

If you are interested in following the progress of the mod, go to our Facebook page, where we showcase new content for upcoming updates. You can also give feedback there, and submit suggestions. Please read the FAQ before submitting a suggestion!

The official wiki is the place to go if you want to learn about the mod and its contents, or find a server to play on. You can also post suggestions, bug reports, and discuss all sort of things on the wiki forums.

The main features in the mod so far are:

• A new Middle-earth dimension
• Over 100 new biomes, sub-biomes, and biome variants, each with their own unique structures and resources
• Biomes are generated in accordance with Tolkien's map of Middle-earth
• The mysterious, unexplored lands of Rhûn and Harad
• The ancient Pits of Utumno, a terrifying dungeon dimension full of Morgoth's evil creatures
• Hundreds of new blocks, weapons, armours, foods, and items
• People and races from the Lord of the Rings world
• An alignment system where your actions can improve or harm your reputation with many independent factions
• New gameplay elements dependent on the player's alignment: trading, unit hiring, and an expanded achievement system
• Randomly generated Mini-Quests, and the Red Book to record them
• A system of modifiers for customising and upgrading your weapons, tools, and armour
• Seamless multiplayer integration in all areas of the mod

And some of the main planned features still to come in future updates:

• Even more blocks, items, and factions from Middle-earth
• Larger, pre-written quests, ranging from minor 'side quests' to epic adventures
• New types of mini-quests
• Characters and places from the Lord of the Rings storyline
• More boss battles
• Ring-forging, siege weapons, and a 'redstone alternative' for Middle-earth
• Other realms... The Undying Lands? First Age Beleriand? Númenor?

For a more in-depth and comprehensive summary of the mod's features, please see this Mod Overview article on the mod's wiki. Also check out the Middle-earth Gameplay Guide, and the Building Tips page if you are so inclined.

(There are, besides those linked above, many other useful guides and articles on the wiki which I have not listed here - go and have a look!)

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Downloads

Download the current version: Update 34.3 for Minecraft 1.7.10

Requires Minecraft Forge version 1558 or higher.

The complete changelog for all released versions can be viewed here.

This mod contains a version checker.

Warning: If you are running the mod on a Cauldron (MCPC+) server, you may experience unexpected bugs, crashes or other failures that are not this mod's fault. Please see here for an explanation of why it is not this mod's fault, and why I cannot really do anything to fix it.

Installation

Watch Mind of Mike's beginners' guide on how to install the LOTR mod. (New in 2018)

For more guides and information, including how to install the mod on servers: see the Help section on the mod's wiki.

Downloads for older versions:

(Warning: Older versions may contain old bugs which have since been fixed. Use at your own risk.)

These can be found at the updates page on the wiki.

NEI Plugin

The Ranger Malvegil is developing a plugin for Not Enough Items (NEI) for use with the Lord of the Rings Mod, that shows crafting recipes on Middle-earth tables, barrel brewing recipes, and other recipes from the mod. Thanks, Malvegil!

You can find the forum thread for this plugin here, with downloads and information.

Note that this plugin is not affiliated with the LOTR mod: you should report any problems, crashes, etc. to them, not to us.

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Concerning Modpacks

TheAtlanticCraft's Fellowship modpack includes the Lord of the Rings Mod along with over 50 other mods, and they have dedicated public servers running the pack.The link goes to their Minecraft Forums thread which has all the links and information you should need to download and install the modpack. Please note that feedback/bug reports/other issues concerning the Fellowship modpack should be discussed on their forums and websites, and not on this forum post.

If you want to create and publish your own modpack including the mod, you don't need to ask for my permission, but you must credit me as the author of this mod and provide a link to this post. It's only fair!

(If the modpack is just for private use, i.e. it won't be posted anywhere for the public to use - such as for your own use and a small group of friends on a private server - there's no need to do that.)

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Ok. It is all well and goo that you have an opinion. You are well within your right to have any opinion you please. However, what you are doing here is known as 'Baiting'; going out of your way to state your opinion below a provocative title in a place where you know that your opinion will be challenged in order to gain a reaction from someone or attempt to present yourself as better than "everyone else this side of the planet" by not liking something that they like, and therefore get into some kind of argument which will not stop because it is a very small topic therefore the argument would not go far past "I don't like this" "But I do" "But I don't" "But I do" etc.

You don't actually care about the mod itself that much, in fact I would go as far as saying that you have never actually downloaded it yourself, and you are instead just posting something that you know will get a response. If you really cared about the mod and whether or not other people should like it, you would have put together a far better argument and actually checked basic things such as spelling and grammar before posting. And if you really, truly, do care that much about people enjoying that mod, the you really need to get off your computer and go outside for once. There are much bigger issues out there than whether or not people should enjoy a certain mod.

As for the mod itself, it's not meant to be balanced, that's the point. It's meant to be a fun mod that you don't really need to care about. There are no rules out there that say "Any mod created must not be overpowered, and must be balanced within the current game." That's not a prerequisite to the modding community. Again, if you really cared that much about it being overpowered, then you would be protesting against mods that add swords that can one hit the ender dragon, or armor that takes no damage. But you know why you're not protesting against those truly overpowered mods? Because you wanted to protest against something popular, something that would get a reaction when you bad-mouthed it.

You know the best solution if you don't like the lucky blocks mod? Don't use it. There's no need to try to tell other people why they shouldn't like it, you just need to sit down and not use it. It's that simple.

Ive made a couple recent discoveries while playing on the server. Its common knowledge its down more than it is up and im not complaining as I appreciate the hard work you smaller modpackers go through. But I do have some information that may help make your job easier. The past 2 times that i have been online and the server has gone down it has been due to another player. Not sure the players name or if it was even the same player. But the first time the other player was in the twilight forest and it went down. When it went down about 10 minutes ago right before it went down i noticed a player had joined and it may or may not have been the same player as in the twilight forest. SO possibly he is in a corrupted chunk or in a area that somehow messes up java or the server. Just my thoughts but maybe you could teleport him out of that area so when he logs back in the next time it doesnt crash and if it has nothing to do with him, oh well. Im sure this constant server crash is due to a much bigger problem but hey maybe not. Just trying to help, love to see smaller servers thrive.

• "What Sort of Time"
• "The Nightmare Man Arrives"
• "The Breath of His Sorrow"
• "Safe Landing (Background Arrangment)"

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• Original Compositions - Tracks created by us with only slight influence by existing works
• Re-imaginative Compositions - These are tracks that are our own creations but borrow heavily on themes and motiffs of tracks from the show. These tracks are our way of taking what we love most about every era of Who music and incorpoating them into our own creative vision.
• Recreations - Exactly what it sounds like. While we will not be doing too many pure recreations there will be some tracks that we just LOVE and need to incorporate into the DWCM soundtrack in some place. There will be cases which we will toy with the recreations and put our own unique spin on them.

• The Doctor Who Client Mod literally starts off with the most depressing thing for the Doctor to experience, the apparent death of the TARDIS. This is why many of the tracks are geared towards grabbing the pent up sadness that is encapsulated by The Doctor. For the DWCM it is very important to me that our music grabs you and delivers a big emotional punch. I've always maintained that the music in Doctor Who is just as much a character as The Doctor, The Companion and the TARDIS which is why Zachary and I are doing our very best to give our tracks the "personality" that Murray Gold tracks have. Without the amazing score, Doctor Who would not be what it is. I feel the same thing goes for DWCM cutscenes.

• Some of the things I wanted to see out of our tracks is a greater emphasis on a buildup of emotional gratification. Instead of just jumping directly into the action as alot of tracks in the show has done, we want to slowly build up to an emotional climax that really grabs you and carries you through to the very end. The scoring is a very important part in making dialogue that much more poignant.

• That being said, we will have some amazing action based songs that incorporate elements of I am the Doctor, All the Strange Strange Creatures, The Doctors Theme Series 4, and some unreleased action tracks from season 8 as well as bringing in some amazing Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures inspired/based tracks. We don't want these to be pure recreations but rather an evolution of these tracks. Especially I am the Doctor, our arrangements will be very much different than the show yet still have the same essence.

• The funny thing about some of our tracks is that they convey a sense of mystery. As if to say the the "show" itself doesn't know who our Doctor is. The 11th Doctor is still alive out there (pre-trenzalore) and travelling with Clara (for now), yet he is also dead and regenerated into our 12th Doctor. There is a air of suspicion in some of our tracks that may be a bit unsettling, which if it is we are doing our jobs right.

• The last thing I want to discuss about the tone of the soundtrack is the way we want to convey The Doctors emotions. While our Doctor is a mystery to the viewer, he is still 100% the Doctor, a man who at this point in his life has lived 1,300 years. He has lost friends, family, and his whole species is locked a second out of sync with the rest of the universe. That creates a huge amount of emotional baggage. We want to capture what the Doctor is feeling at these emotional moments.

• "The Breath of His Sorrow" - Re-imaginative Composition -This track was something that I had stuck in my head for a very long time now. To me this track embodies the emotions of all of the modern Doctors. Basically it takes two of my favorite tracks, The Doctors Theme & Sad Man with a Box and organically melds them together. This track not only samples those tracks in our own way but at the end you may notice that we have incorporated elements of the track from Deep Breath when 12 fell down before the credits. This bit of percussion suck with me and I think its a great way to say "HEY! We have not forgotten about Capaldi." You may notice there are some sharp bits in the track, this is to convey an eerie feeling complimenting the unknown nature of our Doctor. There will be a arrangment of this track that is way more uplifting. [USER=6556]@Zachary Anderson[/USER] and I must have spent over a week and a half getting everything just "right" and matching what I have had rattling in my head for ages.

• "What Sort of Time" or "What Time Do you Call This" - Recreation Composition - This track is based on the original track "My Husbands Home" from season 7 part 1. I just loved this arrangement of I am the Doctors most emotional parts and I just needed it for Doctor Who Client Mod. We will be revisiting this track once we find a decent clapping instrument as that is one element of the original track that is sorely missed in our recreation. The name change from "My Husbands Home" to "What Sort of Time" is not entirely disingenuous. Our name for the track still reflects the Doctor and River's relation ship and references the season 5 finale when the Doctor gets onto the exploding TARDIS and he and river exchange the dialuge "Honey, I'm Home" and "What sort of time do you call this?!"

• Safe Landing (Background Arrangement) - Recreation Composition - Based on the track "Safe Landing" this arrangement was designed to be used as background music on the StargateChannel videos. Safe Landing is one of my favorite arrangments of Mad Man with a Box, it first debuted in the 2012 Christmas special and it has stuck with me ever since. We will be doing separate full orchestral arrangement with vocals.