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Once the eldritch stuff is available I want to create a bolt-ice-taint focus with full power and splitting somewhere in it.

THAT thing will be quite powerful. The advanced focus just has not got enough power for me. Neither did ice ._.
But taint at lv 5 packs a punch with split. 16 damage.

Plus, I have a heal focus and a break plan focus.

I only need one attack focus. I am more pacifistic

A really strong attack is to make a shotgun blaster focus.

Start - Scatter [30 degree arc, 2 projectiles] - Scatter [30 degree arc, 2 projectiles] - Scatter [30 degree arc, 2 projectiles] - Projectile [Seeking, speed 1]- (Damage mod. Personally used Flux rank 4).

The triple scatter ends up being 8 total projectiles, and with slow speed seeking projectiles, you can get all of them to home in on a single target. With Flux 4, you have 7 damage per projectile, ignoring armor. All 8 bolts hitting the same target is worth a whopping total of 56 damage per cast, although you are most likely to hit only 3-4 of them, which is still more than enough to 1 shot most of the time.

Increased divisions on Scatter doesn't increase total damage, but stacked Scatters do. Each scatter is worth 2x damage total effectively.

Notably this was made on beta 13, but as far as the patch notes go it should have only improved in effectiveness, with the Seeking modifier on Projectile being buffed to be more reliable.

On the topic of getting Ordo, Nether bricks are a very easy source of it. You effectively turn each Netherack into 1 point of ordo.

Also, something to note, doing your essensia distilling in the Nether is a really solid choice. The rifts often spawn at lava level, and the seeds consequently die to the lava doing nothing.

Even if this isn't the case, Magma blocks ALSO damage the seeds, faster than they can transform them into tainted rock.

And if the worst comes to worst, and the Seed actually does survive? All that worthless Netherack... is turned into tainted rock, which when the seed dies, turns into porous stone. AKA ore central.

A few infusions I would like would be related to more "useful" effects. Perhaps an upgrade to morphic fingers that further lets you use your hands as a omnitool (although, weaker than a normal tool) and/or perhaps have a built in silk touch for your hand-digging. A swim speed booster as well would also be nice (Thaumic Webbing?) to further put value to the underwater breath upgrade (Which, quite frankly, is worthless if you have a respiration helm 99% of the time). Again with Morphic Finger's upgrade, let it also have the ability to augment your bare handed punches as well. Warped Tumor should be able to effect your permanent warp as well. Considering how much warp you end up with if you have just a few addons (I have a few of the add ons, and currently sit at a 67%ish of the warp bar as perma warp. Literally no point to trying to fight lesser forms of warp at that high) I wouldn't even notice an additional 50 points of standard warp being stored. If nothing else, warped tumor should have upgraded follow up that lets it help you fight specific warp effects (Sun scorned, Blindness/Blurry Vision, death squads, ect.) instead.

Personally, I'm a fan of divergent choice pathways, and having each of the infusions having a further enhanced upgrade, that you can only pick one of. Example : Warped Tumor has an upgrade to help it resist either Sunscorned and Unnatural Hunger, or the death squads (Mindspiders/Eldritch Guards).

It just feels like a lot of the effects are redundant with things you will find on your armor anyway, and other things are worthless (Or, at the very least, unliked) due to the lack of a toggle on the effect. It just feels strange, that the hardest to unlock part of Thaumic Horizons (so far anyway) is one of the least useful.

Azanor, I've had a strange issue with it as well. Me and a friend were taking a boss on on our server, and the pearl simply did not spawn. Instead, it spawned a second rare treasure bag, which was sort of BS to us. And another thing (separate incident), I've seen the Eldritch Guardian boss have his "the floor is lava" attack destroy items that fall onto it, which has destroyed a rare loot bag in the past for me. The fact he was a Warding one, and literally took like 40+ hits to just break his ward with a smite V sword (which did 22 damage to undead, of which he should have been considering he was based on the Eldritch Guardians) was just icing on the cake of his BS, considering his raw damage output could take me out in like 5 seconds with mostly targeted attacks.

Minor rant over. Like the system overall though, just those minor BS incidents can be a PITA. I do really wish we could make that locking mechanism ourselves though, in a way where it is resealable. Hell, a lot of your structure blocks would be nice to have decorative forms of (Matrix pillars, place-able horizontal and upside-down as well, Matrix block itself in it's animated form, pedestals in any direction.)

Also, something I've been curious about for quite a while... why do we get the Infernal Furnace before Bellows, balance and progression wise? An upgrade to the vanilla furnace to have better efficiency and speed, before unlocking the faintly slower but free (with the same bellows from the previous setup) that also increases ore drops with the nuggets, makes a lot more sense progression wise for your gear. Hell, Infernal Furnace could be a post infusion thing after that, where it is dependent on something you have to make with the infusion alter to make the structure. I just wonder why anyone would ever use the triple bellow vanilla furnace when they could just use the infernal with the same bellows.

I mean, this is a great time to consider swapping it up, all things considered.

Nice little thing. Mind if I recommend you setting it up so that you can craft decorative variations of all the unobtainable/heavily limited generation TC blocks?

Thinks like the Runic Matrix's pillars (place-able from any direction, at that, so that you can have them upside down or on a wall), the matrix itself (version that spins, not the default block that is used to craft the alter), the Eldrich capstones/pillars, and the like? It would give you a quick burst of material to help fill up the mod a bit more, while not being too hard to do I would think.

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Red Sign of READ ME.

Be sure to follow some of the clearly typed out instructions in this thread if you want an invite. If you don't, I WILL ignore you. To get invited, PM me over the Minecraft forums, stating your MC username, how old you are (warning, we are a pretty "mature" server. In our VOIP, expect to see lots of vulgarity), and why you are interested in joining us (Please, put some effort into it. And for Christ sake, use good I hate txt speek), and I will give you the relevant info needed to join, as well as whitelist you.

Server Rules

General rules are quite simple. Most of them are common sense.

• Don't be a ****. It isn't hard. Really. Just show some common decency, and you can easily hit this requirement.
• Try to protect the land. Don't just flat out destroy everything you see. Don't make "noob pillars" without taking them down. Stuff like that.
• No thievery/griefing. If I catch you doing either, I will ban you. Pranking is acceptable, so long as it creates no long term damage to the player's build. Example: One time on the server one of our players pranked another by filling his house with a good 50+ scarecrow entities. Was an easy mess to clean up, and quite hilarious for the server. Another case was we had a server member who was paranoid about TNT, so we placed a few TNT panels in his base (Forge Multi part thing, lets you cut some blocks into 100% worthless parts) that while freaking him out when he saw it, did absolutely nothing. Examples of NOT acceptable"pranking" is pretty much anything that can cause lasting damage to the player or his build. Placing lava in their base, blowing it up, or just breaking blocks in general is not acceptable.
• Thaumaturgy - As a player, you are limited to taking two nodes out of the environment to have within your base (Building your base around the node counts as this, unless it was just natural 2+ nodes in that spot). A pair of people living together can have 3 nodes. Towns, which are groups of 3+ people get to have up to 4 nodes. Do not destroy any nodes within a pretty large radius of spawn. Anyway, you should be building your nodes to have effective ones.

Server's VOIP (Voice chat)

The VOIP used by the server is called Dolby Axon. It is a high quality VOIP that is free of charge, and is simple to use. To get an invite to our chat, you have to friend me (Steelflame) on Dolby, and I'll add you to the server's chat room. Messaging me in this chatroom is by far the most reliable/fastest way to contact me, as I almost always leave Dolby up. The use of this chat room is in NO way required, and is purely optional.

Mods Used on the Server/Modpack (Up to date)

A listing of mods used by the server, their authors, as well as all permissions to use these mods, and links to their main pages if applicable, as well as a status of the mod as far as either adding it or using it in the pack.

1. Forge - cpw
2. Thaumcraft 4 - Azanor - Permission obtained.
3. Automagy - Tuhljin - Permission obtained
4. Thaumic Infusion - DrunkMafia - Permission obtained
5. Thaumic Horizons - TheKentington - Permission obtained.
6. Forbidden Magic - SpitefulFox - Permission obtained
7. Witching Gadgets and Traveller's Gear - BluSunrize - Permissions obtained
8. Thaumic Tinkerer - Vazkii/Nikosune/Pixlepix - Permission obtained
9. Ars Magica 2 - Mithion - Permission obtained
10. Clockwork Phase - Lumaceon - Permission obtained
11. Realistic World Gen- Ted80 - Permission obtained
12. Streams - delvr - Waiting for contact with dev
13. Biomes O' Plenty - TDWP_FTW - Permission obtained
14. Twilight Forest - Benimatic - Permission obtained
15. Erebus - TheErebusTeam - Permission obtained
16. Bibliocraft - Nuchaz - Permission obtained
17. Chisel 2 - Automatic_Maiden/Pokefenn/TheCricket26 - Permission obtained
18. Carpenter's Blocks - Mineshopper - Permission obtained
19. Iron Chest - cpw - Permission obtained
20. Artifice - Shukaro - Permission obtained
21. NEI, CCC, ChickenChunks, and Forge Multipart - Chicken_bones - Permission obtained
22. Zan's Minimap/Voxel Map - MAMIYAOTARU - Permission obtained
23. Armor Status Hud, Status Effect Hud, and bspkrsCore, Crystal Wing and Starting Inventory - bspkrs - Permission obtained
24. Hunger Overhaul - Parker8283 - Permission obtained
25. Agricraft - Infinity Raider - Permission obtained
26. Damage Indicators - rich1051414 - Permission obtained
27. Jabba - ProfMobius - Permission obtained
28. Pam's HarvestCraft - MatrexsVigil - Permission obtained
29. Witchery - Emoniph - Permissions for non-profit or public pack
30. Botania - Vazkii - Permission obtained
31. Decocraft - RazzleberryFox - Permission obtained
32. Malisis Doors - Ordinastie - Permission obtained
33. Better Storage - copygirl - Permission obtained

If I do not have a mod listed up here and it is on the server, MC forums probably derped up and removed the edit, please tell me if you notice this so I can fix it.

Not a part of the mod-pack, but on the server

Morphius - Changes it from 100% of players needing to be in bed to trigger night to day, to 66%. Makes it a bit easier to trigger it for server convenience.

Recommended additional mods

If you want to add any client side mods, feel free, but be warned, Optifine (B4 or A4 works decently well, can't remember which) tends to bug out somewhat with a few of the mods in the pack, and if I catch you using any X-ray mods/texture packs, I will ban you in a heartbeat. There are plenty of methods in our modpack to make mining easier, I won't stand for any cheating like this though.

Server Website Down for now, may be back at a later date if Patreon donations are high enough for me to maintain the cost for one.

Important Notices - 3/09/15

*A covenant formed of many magical disciplines gathers in an ancient tomb, to perform one of the darkest arts*

Witch - "Are you sure we should do this? Some things should stay dead, you know." Thaumaturge - "Some things should, but this one shouldn't. This was one of the few places we could escape our persecution for the "black magic" we practiced according to the rest of the world." Witch - "Yes, but in this act what we are doing is in fact very very black magic. Necromancy is nothing to joke about." Necromancer - "It is nothing to joke about. But the art of reanimating the dead in and of itself isn't evil, only those who fall to it's darkness, letting the desire for more power consume them..." Archmage - "And in and of itself, is not our search for freedom from the technological caste an effort for us to become more powerful though, Necro?" Necromancer - "No. What we do with that freedom would decide that. Some of us just want to be free of the risk of some all powerful machina "god" deciding we are the scum and villainy of the world." Druid - "Yes. A wish for life isn't evil. Only the purpose behind that life can potentially be called it. But lets make sure we do this right, and not fall to the evils of this magic." Chronomancer - "Yes. Anyway, this will require all of our power to perform this. This isn't just resurrection of a mere human, what we seek to do is bring back a lost god, who can stabilize the energies of the void to keep the world alive. Are we all willing to risk our lives to potentially give the rest of our kind a chance of freedom and a real life?"

*A unanimous agreement rings out among all present individuals*

Thaumaturge - "Then that settles it. I'll focus on tearing open a void between worlds for this new plane, OUR new plane, to exist within." Archmage - "I'll help form the world for us. For as nice as having a plane of existence to go to is, it is worthless if we have no actual world to exist within it." Druid - "And that world would be worthless if it was barren of all life. I'll cover that for us." Chronomancer - "I'll open a seam in time, to make it more reasonable for our Necromancer to actually reach Aria's essence. Not that I doubt his abilities, but even the best necromancer would find it impossible to perform a resurrection on this ancient and powerful of a being. So lets make it, at least to him, as if he is resurrecting the freshly dead. Any power I have left will go into starting the flow of time on this new world." Witch - "I'll enter the spirit plane, and pull both the Necromancer and Chronomancer into it with me. Being a touch more in tune with the spirits will further aid his cause." Necromancer - "Well, we all know what I am doing. But a final warning. Resurrecting such a powerful being will almost without a doubt leave massive tears in the veil between life and death as she comes through. This could potentially utterly destroy the nature of death in this world we are building. Who knows what form it will take after this is finished. It may very well be that the spirits of the lost never leave our world, reanimating the bodies of the fallen freely. Then again, this could help the very people we are trying to bring with us to this better world. A world where you get an infinite quantity of lives in which to try and better yourself... It would be a dream for many of the people who feel bound by our one life. No, not a dream... A reality!"

All present - "Then let us begin."*

A chant begins. It is impossible to understand to any not present, as they speak in the language of the goddess, and yet it manages to form in the air between them as a runic script.*

The Resurrectionist - "We seek to bind existence, to hold it to our whim. Together we call on the lost goddess Aria, and bind her back to life, to hold a world we create in existence, a world in which we are free and able to live without worry! Aria, Arise!"

*A massive blast of power surges through them all, shattering their minds and bodies. All of them fall, but in the space between them, a form made of light shines.*

Form of Light - "I felt your wishes, and you all have paid the ultimate price. A place between worlds has formed, filled with life and power, wild and unbound. I shall gather up the souls of those who would want to be in such a world, and bring them there for you. May you all find true peace... And perhaps a chance in this world you have created."

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Anyway, free from our little "lore" post, I am proud to give the good news that I am back. I am going to be rebuilding the server over the next few days (most likely I will be fully opening up the server at 12 PM central time this Wednesday. I'll post further if it gets delayed, but 2.5 days should be enough time for me to get things fine-tuned.) I fully intend to stream my progress on the server this time around, and perhaps a few of the other regulars might as well (Looking at you Dolby chat regulars).Anyway, a rough changelog of what will be happening with this reset... 1. Full restart of the server. I am removing some mods, adding others. A more accurate log will be announced on Wednesday as I open the server back up, but if you want, you can try and figure out which "core" mods are in with my selection of "our world's creators." 2. I am taking full control back over of the server, and will be hosting it on Creeperhost myself. I will have a fixed budget I will allot to server expenses from me, and the rest will be covered by your donations to a Patreon account I am creating for this purpose. I will not be giving any added rights to donaters, you are just helping max out the quality of the server we are playing on. I might be slightly more forgiving of any issues that arise with donaters, but I hate the idea of "bought" power. I may decide to, depending on how stable the money you guys provide is, give us other things like a new website and such to hold for server purposes. 3. I will be attempting to have a fixed schedule for reboots and patches for the server, but I cannot say for sure that it will happen. 4. There will be, as usual, a basic starting area try and ensure everyone has a safezone to start out in and not get instantly murdered. May decide to create a statue to "our" goddess at this starting area.

Anyway, I am sorry for the break I had to take from Minecraft and existence in general, but I had some issues to cover IRL with a bad boss at my old job. Note the old. Think you can guess what happened and what I had to do.Anyways guys, let the hype begin! Also, for now, PM me on the forums to get access to the server, I'll be putting out the download link in PMs then.

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Dynamic Map Rendering of Our World

Dynmap link is http://magipunk.playat.ch:8123/. As I just recently put it on, it might take some time for it to fully render up the world, but it will after a while.

Installation Instructions

Currently, until/unless we get a launcher working, we will be installing mods using a pretty easy system (I go out of my way to make it easier, unlike some modpack/server owners).

Step 1. Download the pack from the link provided in the PM, and place it upon your desktop. Step 2. If you have not already, run Minecraft 1.7.10 to have the files on your computer for Forge's sake. Step 3. Open the pack, and open the Forge Installer with Java. Install Forge to the default location it provides for the Client option. You only have to do this once, unless we update Forge versions, which we may do occasionally as mods demand it. You don't have to do this for every single pack update. Step 4. Drag the Config and Mods folders into your .minecraft (if having problems with this part, PM me or message me on Dolby Axon). I usually modify the file names in such a way to have it overwrite old versions, but sometimes it may fail. Step 5. Open the vanilla launcher, and click the Forge profile (should be the default selected one). Step 6. Play.

Donate to help out. Throw a few bucks into my Patreon account, and I'll channel it right off into the server to keep it going at a higher quality. There are even a few (non-major) mini-boost to donating even one time, of me giving you a shoutout on the server, and a statue of you in the Hall of the Goddess (Spawn safezone).

Patreon

- Thanks to Lord Albatross, Dep_, and Stangle Khan for their 20 dollar monthly donations. You guys rock!

Adding the Magipunk Banner to Your Signature

Pretty simple, just go to your options screen (located in the options at the top right corner of the Forums), and go to My Settings. From here, select the Signature section on the left hand side. Copy paste one of the banners below, and you're done.

He specifically said that he would fix any bugs that people pointed out to him for TC4, but that was it. Content is locked at this point.

I don't think the crystals are good, but if you could ensure the vines never got longer than 5-8 blocks, that would be decent. The problem with Vines is how they will grow out indefinitely down, which can start to look pretty ugly when they get 20-30 blocks long as a thick mass, let alone 50+.

If you do make crystals, without a doubt they should NOT be that shade of purple. Perhaps a mix of a deep purple and red, but definitely not lighter colors, a dark, impactful color will fit much better if you must have the crystals.

As for the Island core idea, you would need to make the Islands bigger for that. Could I go back to a VERY VERY VERY old recommendation I had way back when on the original Arcane Ascension, and suggest a full stylistic overhaul of the islands to look a bit like Angel Island from Sonic Adventure?



I personally think larger, stronger land masses floating higher in the sky (I'm thinking 200+ blocks across, 50+ deep with hills 30 blocks tall, at Y 150-200 being the "average" height for the ground level of the island would feel a lot more impactful for the sake of the mod, and you could additionally add some standard ore generation to said islands because they would look like they actually ripped a large chunk out of the ground when they rose into the sky (Further alluding to the power of the crystals/core of the island). It might be a much bigger slow down on each island when generated (unless you could bind it to seed somehow, something I would heavily consider looking into trying) but it would be much better overall to having rare mega-islands to having tons of small mini-islands generate to the point they start to clog up ocean space. It should feel like something you actually have to look for, and feel awe when you find, not can always see on your horizon as a small spit of land barely staying in the air no matter where you are in an ocean biome.

I would make glimmerwood groves on these islands rather than them be the exclusive tree type on them, having them mixed in with normal trees (surely not every single different tree was mutated into the exact same tree when the islands rose up. Would make more sense if they instead grew on the already "living" sky islands in spots the magic was especially concentrated.


If you wanted an even further push to make the island look perfect, a type of liquid (that looks like water) which would only fall ~10 blocks before dissipating (rather than going on forever as current water does) to make actual waterfalls that turn into mist would be insanely epic for the sense of scale on the islands. Again, some of these are probably a bit too much to do quickly, but hey, who knows, you might want to take it on if you think it could really help the look.


Things have changed quite a lot in both Vanilla MC and Forge since 1.2.5 when I first asked about a more Angel Island look for the islands, might be a lot more possible now than it used to be (especially on the height restriction front from the old 128 restriction on world gen).

Quote from Azanor

He was not the only one. A few modders have already quit, though not directly over the EULA change, but over the communities toxicity towards them. That thread linked a few pages back is a prime example.

Honestly, a lot of us are wondering exactly why we are spending so much time creating free mods only to get hate in return.

A big part of it I think is the average MC player's age. Most of the younger generation feels they are entitled the world and more. I think Thaumcraft avoids the worst of it because it is a much "deeper" mod to get into. It sucks that the loud minority is messing with the entertainment of the silent majority in this case, but kids these days have been taught that if you yell loud enough, you get what you want...

I've seen a bit of it as a server owner (although usually my own server's community will quickly push out anyone like that) as well. I suppose it's lucky I pulled a pretty good community when the server is heavily active (upcoming reset has resulted in a lot of people dropping off the radar until post-reset).

Can't wait to put this on the server. Now if only I didn't patch before you put this out, I could have had it on now... oh well.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

hello everybody,

I am sure it has not been unnoticed that my activity in the forum has dwindled quite extremely which for the most part is due to my personal problem with forums itself and that there are now better ways to contact me about conquest and everything connected to it.

So in case you have questions regarding the pack etc please make sure to contact me on discord or via pm as its keeps things more organized so we can focus on whats important =)

If you have questions regarding Conquest_ check out the Conquest_ community hub on discord ( https://discord.gg/ehTcUDk ) from where you can send me pm's or ask the community in order to get help

For a timely and accurate changelog you can go here

https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/conquest-32x32/#tab_log

to see what coming to conquest next check out my twitter @ https://twitter.com/Monsterfish_

and if you are curious about how Monsterfish_ works on his texture for the next update check me out one twitch @

Hello everybody,

This mod adds support for HD textures and a lot of options for better looks and performance.

Doubling the FPS is common.

You can follow the OptiFine development here: reddit.com/r/OptiFine, [email protected] or http://optifog.blogspot.com.

Resources: translations, documentation, issue tracker.

Get the Magic Launcher for easy mod installation, compatibility checking and more.

Donate to OptiFine and receive the OptiFine cape as a sign of your awesomeness.

The cape is visible to everyone using OptiFine. Thank you for being awsome.

Download OptiFine

Get all OptiFine versions here: optifine.net

Features

Editions

Even Older Versions

If you have previously used MCPatcher for HD Textures, HD Fonts or Better Grass (important)

Compatibility with other mods

Installation

For Minecraft 1.6.2 and newer

For Minecraft up to 1.5.2

Please test and report back, include CPU, GPU and FPS before/after. Feedback is always welcome.

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Table of Contents:

Overview
Changes in how things work
Frequently Asked Questions
[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod!
Gallery
Supporting this suggestion
Special thanks

[spoiler=Tl:dr]Q: Won't this increase lag?
A: Absolutely not. The title of this suggestion and big red letters at the top of this post aren't lying. If you want to know how, then I suggest you actually read this post.

Q: Will this change terrain? Will this break existing worlds?
A: No. Terrain change is not necessary. Existing worlds can be converted fairly easily with a process described later in this post.

Q: How can sunlight or rain work with infinite vertical space?
A: I suggest you read Coping with sunlight, because it's too complex for a tl;dr.

Q: I have a different question but still don't feel like reading this post. What do I do?
A: Too bad, read the FAQ. I put way too much work into this for the entirety of it to be ignored.[/spoiler]

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Overview:

In Minecraft, the sky is the limit - literally. It doesn't matter how many thousands of blocks a player has traveled, or what dimension they're in, or even if they're playing in creative or survival, the highest they can ever build is up to a height of 256. Why is that? If Minecraft can have a world that's infinite in the north, in the south, in the east, and in the west, why can't that world be infinite up and down too?

In Minecraft's earliest days, in Classic and Indev, the world was not infinite in any direction. This was because the entire world needed to be generated at the same time, and the entire world needed to be simulated at the same time as well. This led to a conundrum - the bigger the world, the more it lagged.
Notch didn't like this. He knew his players liked to explore and build large creations, so he found a way to make the world truly infinite. When the Minecraft '' class='bbc'>Infdev came out, it brought with it truly infinite worlds. Suddenly, players could travel hundreds of thousands of blocks in any direction, and never encounter a barrier, or become too laggy.
The Infdev update brought about a very large change to Minecraft worlds to accomplish this feat. For the first time, instead every world being just a single huge piece, they were broken up into a two-dimensional grid of pieces, called chunks. Through breaking the world up into pieces, this 'chunk system' enabled infinite worlds by letting Minecraft create new pieces and simulate them only when it needs to.

Why does that not apply to the vertical axis? Because the type of 'chunk system' Minecraft uses right now is a linear one, which, by using only a two-dimensional grid to map out chunks, means that it is impossible for chunks to stack on top of one another, and by extension, meaning that a single chunk must cover the entire vertical space. This brings back the problem that the Infdev update was supposed to eradicate, now only with chunks, instead of an entire world; the bigger a chunk is, the more laggy it is. You can't just increase the height limit and make chunks taller, because it will become laggier, and laggier, and laggier to do it.
That's why, to fix this, Minecraft must change over to a cubic chunk system. Under this system, 16³ block chunks are aligned on a three-dimensional grid, completely eliminating maximum height as an aspect of lag.

The immediate benefits:
•Minecraft worlds become as virtually infinite vertically as they are horizontally: The absolute limit being Y = ±30,000,000.
•A large FPS increase: Alpha testers report an FPS increase of 100~200%.
•Increase in running capability: Computers running Minecraft on Tiny render distance will handle only 30% the blocks they do now.

The possible features:
•Spherical render/load distance: Reduce handled blocks by up to 30% by cutting corners made of unneeded chunks.
•Server chunk occlusion/exclusion: Reduce bandwidth usage and defeat hackers by only sending data for visible chunks.
•Three-dimensional biomes: Save biome data per chunk rather than per block column, create volcanoes with magma chambers, underground rivers, tropical skylands floating over icy taigas, and more.

The disadvantages:
•Unloaded gravity-pause: Falling non-player entities and fluids will be forced to pause their fall if they reach unloaded chunks, but will resume falling when those chunks are loaded.
•Slow falling-pause: Players with slower computers and smaller render distances will have falling occasionally paused as they fall into unloaded chunks, until new chunks can be loaded.

The problems:
•Current sunlight and rain calculation methods cannot work with infinite vertical space: The solution to this is described here.
•Current BiomeDecorator cannot work with multiple vertical chunks simultaneously: The BiomeDecorator code must be altered to function correctly with this, or removed.
•Current cave generation method is executed an extra time for each vertical chunk created simultaneously, leading to lag spikes on world generation: Cave generation's method must be altered to suit this system more.
•Current grass/dirt generation algorithm forces additional chunk requests when chunks are loaded, causing chunks to load slower than they should: This algorithm must be replaced with something else.

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Changes in how things work:

Obviously, the implementation of this new chunk system will change quite a few things. These changes are mostly either necessary or in the interest of increased efficiency. Such changes are categorized and explained below.

How worlds will be stored:
[spoiler]How the current storage works, and what changes:
Interestingly enough, the current method of storage, the Anvil format, is derived from the storage method that the original Cubic Chunks mod used. The Anvil format stores individual chunk as a series of 16³ quasi-cubic chunks. These 'fake' cubic chunks allow for easier reference of specific data, but they still can't be separated from each other, meaning that it fails to reap the full benefits of this system. Even so, the change allowed Mojang to double the maximum height with no performance hit. Chunks are stored in groups of 32², inside 'MCRegion' files, for a total of 1024 chunks.
By nature, cubic chunks does away with the 'quasi-cubic' nonsense. In terms of chunk grouping, instead of using groups of 32³ chunks, new "3DRegion" files would contain groups of 16³. This means each 3DRegion file contains 4096 chunks, four times as many as MCRegion files. However, each 3DRegion contains only one fourth the amount of blocks. For per-chunk positional metadata, 3DRegion files would use the same number of bits as MCRegion files, after compression. Calculations show that the same area encompassed by a single MCRegion file would consume 64 kilobytes of extra space with 4 3DRegion files, which is nothing.

Converting existing worlds:
Most people are probably wondering something like "But won't this totally destroy all existing worlds?". Absolutely not; conversion could not be simpler. When a non-cubic world is loaded after the implementation of this system, a conversion process will begin and convert the entire world at once(To avoid making chunk loading take longer during play). First, all existing MCRegion files will be divided into quarters to create 3DRegion files. Then, all existing chunks are divided into sixteenths using the quasi-cubic properties to identify boundaries. After that, conversion is done.

The "isEmpty" flag optimization:
A 1-bit flag is added to each chunk, named "isEmpty". If the chunk consists of 100% air blocks, this bit is 1, any other case makes it 0. When the bit is 1, all data for the chunk besides the isEmpty flag is deleted and ignored, which reduces filesize. Empty chunks are never loaded, and locations where they occur are merely simulated as entities reside in them. The chunk will only load when something requires saving inside it.[/spoiler]

Changes to terrain, ores, etcetera:
[spoiler]Terrain:
By default, nothing will change. Small bits of terrain generation code need to be reconfigured to work properly with Cubic Chunks.

Biomes:
By default, nothing will change.

Ore generation:
By default, nothing will change.

Structures:
By default, nothing will change.

The Void:
After conversion to Cubic Chunks, the void and bedrock layer will still exist and generate as they always have. However, the void(Not the bedrock layer!) will not exist as a hard limit and is able to be moved, but not removed, by editing an associated NBT data tag inside a world's level.dat. This feature, that allows for increasing the maximum depth, is intentionally disabled without external programs, to prevent terrain change of any sort. It is intended to be used by experienced mapmakers and world generation mods only.

Superflat settings:
Existing superflat worlds will not change. However, new superflat worlds will gain a new decoration parameter, 'void'. Inclusion of this parameter will cause the void to form below the lowest defined layer. Exclusion of it will cause all layers below the lowest defined layer to copy the settings of that layer.[/spoiler]

Coping with sunlight:
[spoiler]There used to be a solution here, but it wasn't deemed good enough by Jeb. Suggest solutions in this thread.[/spoiler]

Changes to servers:
[spoiler]Settings:
There's a setting inside the Server.properties file called 'max-build-height'. The setting makes it impossible for any player to place or remove blocks above that height.
With the implementation of Cubic Chunks, a new setting named "maximum-generation-depth" would be added. The void, bedrock layers, and magma layers will generate normally at and above the Y level designated by the value of this setting.

Chunk occlusion/exclusion:
Using the raytracing methods already available in the code and used for explosion calculations, servers can identify which chunks are visible to a player, within safe assumptions, and only send the data for those chunks. This both reduces bandwidth usage, and cripples the usefulness of X-Ray cheats.[/spoiler]

Render/Load distance alterations:
[spoiler]After the implementation of Cubic Chunks, view distances' radii will apply to the vertical axis too. This reduces handled blocks in the cases of tiny and short render distances, and increases them in the cases of normal and far render distances. This can be optimized by utilizing a spherical render distance instead of a cubic one, which would reduce handled blocks in all distances except Far.[/spoiler]

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Frequently Asked Questions:

[spoiler=FAQ]Q: This is impossible.
A: No it's not. See below.

Q: Is this available as a mod?
A: Not yet! But it will be!

Q: I like X-ray! What if I don't want it to be broken?
A: First of all, breaking X-ray hacks will only be possible to do in multiplayer. That said, the system that would break X-ray would be possible to disable by the server owner. If the owner doesn't disable the system, then they don't want you using X-ray, and you should not be doing what the server owner doesn't want in the first place.

Q: I play on a PvP/Anarchy/Raid/Faction server. Won't this system let people pillar up into the sky and create a base thousands of blocks in the air and never be found?
A: No.

Q: I like Minecraft's current height limits. What if I don't want to have an infinite sky or infinite underground?
A: If this system is added, all worlds will not automatically gain an infinite underground. As stated below, the Void will remain in all worlds, even after the conversion to Cubic Chunks. The ability to remove the Void will simply be there. As for infinite space in the sky, the current build limit is over one hundred blocks above any terrain that vanilla Minecraft can possibly generate. It is ENTIRELY your decision on whether or not you take advantage of this height. If you play on a server, like stated above, the server owner can set a maximum build height. If s/he doesn't, then don't play on their server - you don't play on servers where the server owners allow things you don't like. Why would you play on an anarchy server if you hate being stolen from and killed?

Q: Will this affect Redstone at all?
A: No. This system will simply make it possible to make larger redstone circuitry than before.

Q: Won't this break existing worlds?
A: No. Existing worlds can be easily converted by dividing each MCRegion file into 4 pieces, then slicing the existing 256 block-high chunks inside them into 16 individual chunks.

Q: Won't this affect mods? Won't mod authors have a hard time updating their mods?
A: The answer to this question depends solely on the answer to the following two questions: Do parts of the modification code rely on chunk data/metadata? Does the mod author want to take advantage of the features of the new chunk system? If the answers to the first and second question are both "No", then updating a mod to this system should be very easy and quick. If the answer to the first question is "Yes", then those parts of the code will need to be rewritten somewhat, but in most cases, the changes should be fairly quick and easy. The only time that it should be hard to update a mod to this system, is if the answer to the second question is "Yes".

Q: Won't this require a total rewrite of the mod API if that's released first?
A: No. Whether or not even a small part of the mod API needs to be rewritten depends on the way that it is implemented and whether or not there are API inclusions for chunk handling and other chunk-related behavior.

Q: Could a player fall into unloaded chunks if chunks aren't loaded fast enough?
A: No, they could not, and for several reasons. Minecraft has a terminal velocity, though it might not seem like it. This velocity is slower than it should take to load new chunks below the player. In cases with exceptionally slow computers, even if the player did manage to reach an unloaded chunk, their fall would be paused until that chunk can be loaded.

Q: What would happen when water, sand, or a mob falls into an unloaded chunk?
A: Nothing. The water/sand/mob would freeze in place until the chunk is loaded and it can continue moving. You can already see this same thing happening on the horizontal axis.

Q: What will happen to the Void?
A: It will still exist, along with all its effects. The only difference is that the Void is no longer a hard limit and it can be moved. After the conversion to Cubic Chunks, the Void's location will be stored in a world's ' class='bbc'>level.dat, and this location can be changed with NBT editing tools. When and where the Void exists, chunks will cease to generate.

Q: Will this affect terrain?
A: No. However, terrain generators will gain the ability to use infinite height.

Q: Will this affect ore generation?
A: No. Ore is a part of terrain generation. As stated above, terrain will not be changed.

Q: Won't all current terrain generators be incompatible with this system and need to be rewritten?
A: No. Terrain generators work independently of chunks. When a chunk is generated for the first time, it calls the terrain generator and receives a specific section of the resultant terrain to save inside itself. Because of this, some custom terrain generators can generate steep terrain all the way to Y256, where you can experience a large, flat cut-off. Since there are no chunks above Y256 to call the terrain generator for terrain, no terrain exists there.

Q: What would happen if there's a huge solid ceiling so far above you that it is unloaded? Wouldn't you just see the sky, just with everything being completely dark?
A: Yes. This already happens on the horizontal axis, and it is an issue with sky rendering, not this chunk system. As such, this has nothing to do with this suggestion. Please do not post about this.

Q: If you go deep underground, will your plants grow/ores smelt/animals grow?
A: No, because those chunks would be unloaded, just as if you had walked far away. This is a flaw with any chunk system, regardless of shape. It is a necessary evil that allows Minecraft to have infinite worlds. The only way to fix this would be to introduce a separate new system that works with chunks as they are loaded and unloaded. This suggestion deals with the chunk system itself, and not sister processes. Because of that, that is outside of the scope of this suggestion. Please do not post about this.[/spoiler]

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[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod! (Tall Worlds Mod):

Cuchaz has taken it upon himself to bring us the glorious Cubic Chunks, since Mojang refuses to do so.

Cuchaz is using a API of his own creation to help assist in the making of this mod, and he's quite far along, as seen in these two tech demo videos:
[spoiler=T-Demo 1: Vertical chunk loading][/spoiler]
[spoiler=T-Demo 2: Broken height cap and no lag!][/spoiler]
With the basic functionality in place - a complete overhaul of the basic chunk system, and height limit removed - this whole concept can already be considered proven. What remains is making sure everything else functions correctly under the new chunk system. In any case, stay tuned for future updates if it interests you(If it doesn't, then you are the weakest link - goodbye!).

You can follow the mod's development in much more depth in its very own topic!

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Gallery:

[spoiler=A mountainside with an experimental engine using Cubic Chunks designed by Nocte. 960 block view radius, and 30 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler=A different view of the mountainside with the same engine by Nocte. This time, with 1600 block view radius and 15 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler="A video demonstrating Nocte's engine."]

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Support & Submission to Mojang:

If you support this, hit the rep button in the bottom-left corner of this post. It is the only good way of accurately measuring support here.

If you wish, you can put the following banner, courtesy of laz2727, into your signature. It helps to attract support from all parts of the forum!

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Please help us get word out of this suggestion! Share this with your friends, with Minecraft celebrities if you're familiar with them, or even with Mojangsters like Jeb or Dinnerbone! (Do not share this with Notch. Notch doesn't work with Minecraft anymore.)

The purpose of this suggestion is to have Cubic Chunks implemented in Vanilla. Being available as a modification does not fulfill that purpose. The modification featured in this suggestion is to act as a proof-of-concept only(Note: Its being featured here is to act as a proof-of-concept. The modification itself is on its way to becoming a fully fledged modification).

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Special thanks:
Cuchaz, for taking Barteks' proof and running with it, to give us a truly functional Cubic Chunks mod.
Barteks2x, for updating the Cubic Chunks mod to 1.6.2, proving that it is possible.
Azraile, for posting the original suggestion and allowing me to take ownership of it.
Nocte, for helping resolve flaws and designing Hexahedra.
MineCrak, for a large amount of valuable insight and enthusiasm into the topic of Cubic Chunks.
aaronfranke, for helping resolve flaws.
PanJouda, for creating the original banner.
Flexico, for creating the predecessor to the current banner.
laz2727, for creating the current banner.
Robinton, for creating the original Cubic Chunks mod.
The_Watchman13, for answering all those stupid questions so I don't have to.

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Note: Many calculations and information can be found among the many posts of this topic. There are too many for me to cite here, but if you wish, you can search for them yourself.

COMPLEXCRAFT IS NOW PROJECT IMAGINE. IT IS NOT DEAD. IT IS UNDERGOING A REWRITE, AND I HOPE TO HAVE A WORKING VERSION BEFORE HALF-LIFE 3 RELEASES. PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.

jesus I put in that small update edit and the whole post's formatting is broken? damn it looked so nice




  Hello, Minecrafters!My name is UncagedBlue. I am here to present you with a WIP mod which I and a few others have been working on for a while now. It is called ComplexCraft. The goal of ComplexCraft is greatly expand and enhance Minecraft. The idea was first created when I realized that there was no way to create a unique item, such a sword. You just had to find two diamonds and you had the best sword in the game. My friend and I quickly came up with the idea of completely overhauling the way stuff was done. To mine, you would be able to use a pick to mine the block, or a chisel to right click and mine pixels individually to get the ore with no stone pieces attached for maximum purity, as well as random variables generated with the ore. You would smelt it with high or low quality furnaces and then customization options like handles and grips and embedding gems and complicated enchantment processes. I soon realized this would be almost impossible to do, and unnecesary, and thus was born ComplexCraft Ultra-Light, a boiled down version of the first.Eventually I realized that Ultra-Light didn't quite capture what it would eventually be, as it only changed the way things were made and gathered. Eventually this topic was made, and then the true creation of ComplexCraft begun.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Another reason for ComplexCraft's creation was the death of Minecraft in many people's eyes. It was originally a creative game with survival aspects. Around November 2010, people started flooding in, the flow never stopping, not even as I type this sentence. I joined Minecraft November 25th, 2010, the day of thanksgiving. I joined a few servers before I found the server where I would settle for several months. I joined in awe of the beutifal landscape around me and the seaside town I had spawned in. One player, barquaboy, led me to a spot for my house, where I constructed my humble house. This world was filled with wonders as it was an old one, and there were many sights to behold. The great city of adminia, the great tree of Krush Bay, and across the bridge another town, and follow the VIA ESPERACHIUS and find the small hamlet which I can't remember the name of, owned by TheAngle and AnotherAngle. It was amazing, everything filled with meaning and worth.Then came Beta. The world was lost in the update due to the inept server owner. Another admin was the only one who held the server together. I began to know everything about Minecraft, and discovered INVEDIT and became a moderator. Most things lost meaning, and diamonds were petty paperweights. Everything lost it's mystery, mystique, and amazingness. Things I once thought were great were no longer.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My point with that is that ComplexCraft aims to return this sense that there is so much, and just enhances the game so it is a world that can shine in the eyes of those who have realized Minecraft's faults.On that rather solemn note, how would you like to actually see ComplexCraft?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We want to keep the vanilla feeling as much as possible by following Notch's art style, and making everything feel natural like it should be in the game. We also want to enhance SMP not only with the gameplay changes and additions, but with things that will greatly increase SMPs fun (and singleplayer as well!). Paintings will no longer be things that just place one of 10 or whatever paintings, they will be canvases you place on a wall and paint on. You take the painting down, name it, and you can place it an art show on a server (more on that later (the server, I mean. Not art shows.) or sell it or keep it. That painting is the only one. It is unique. You made it. See what I mean? To make yourself a great weapon for yourself, you do not use magical crafting tables to shove a diamond in a stick and two diamonds together and get a sharp blade, you go out and find the best ore you can, ranging from iron to brightsteel. You smelt it in a furnace, take the hot metal and forge it into a blade and handle. Attach a leather grip to the handle, embed a gem for beauty or for the magical properties. THAT is how to make yourself a blade. Don't worry, you can repair the blade, you won't just lose it forever eventually.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In the way of combat, the game has been very changed. I originally had a designs of different styles of play, but what it comes down to is that you are going to switch to your sword to fight things that are attacking you. So instead, the other combat styles will be usable alongside swords, and of course as just itself if in fact you don't want a sword. The combat now consists of swords, sheilds, spears, javelins, maces, the bow & arrow, a wide variety of magic, runes, and mounted weapons of defense.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Of course, this is not simply a mod to enhance combat. You can live in a city or a plethora of other things, such as become a politician or general or anything anybody could be if Magnam Maximus Metam Auri is accomplished. Either way, you can become a artist painting paintings like I talked about earlier, or a musician playing a flute or other intrument, playing on the streets for money (it sounds slummy but it's not), or playing music at events. Write great epics in books, and sell copys at your bookstore or wherever you want. Become a scholar of Mystlore, weaving powerful spells and documenting them in the Great Academys and Colleges. Study alchemy as an alchemist, creating powerful brews and concoctions, documenting the complicated processes involved, or keeping it to your self and selling these coveted potions. Be the best blacksmith in town, forging unique and powerful swords and tools. A runesmith, documenting runes and experimenting with them. Even a worker, mining or hunting or farming for pay. All done by the interactions between players, not NPCs or Quests. Impressed yet?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The best part is that this will all be a challenge, each of these talents requiring work and study and each with hundreds of discoverys waiting to happen, all shaking the world of the CC community, and everything you know. The world is a mystery to solve.Welcome, my friends, to ComplexCraft. NOTICE: Most of this stuff is temporary and a whole new section here is incoming, along with formatting. / Materials Smithing Machines Machines of War Naval Machines Arcane Contraptions Farming Food Block Changes Item Changes Game Changes Misc Changes Books Music Painting SurvivalThings like wounds, crippled limbs, arrows stuck in you, temperature, infection,dampness, thirst and hunger now affect you.EnchantrixA enchanting system using myst and magic powders and gemstones to enhance things withmagical powers.Ultimate GoalThis is the ultimate goal, which is to create a incredibly large (at least like 100 players) RP server using CC. The Team:Master of the Universe:       UncagedBlueIdea Refiners:       UncagedBlueBrainstormers:       UncagedBlue, AllegraCubedPixel Artists:       UncagedBlueCoders:       DrepicContact us:PM me on the forums or post here, I usually check both. Banners!
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FAQ:Look at me assuming anybody will say things here frequently. >.>

Everything updated for 1.6.2. The mods directory will now be located in the same directory as minecraft jar, unless the default game directory is changed, where it will act like it had on older versions.

Read this entire post. All of it. Downloading the mods means you agree to the disclaimer. You can skip the FAQ, but if you have an issue, consult it first, before consulting us. If you have an issue answered in the FAQ or this post itself, we won't help you. At all. We reserve the right to ignore dumbasses who do not pay attention to the big bold text. Completely and utterly, ignore them. To all of you who are good boys and girls, I suggest you ignore them too, should they post.

Modding now has its own IRC channel on esper.net, #risucraft.

Disclaimer: These mods require altering minecraft.jar, and SMP may not work with these mods installed. Some of these mods add new content, do not load worlds with this new content if the respective mod is not installed. I am not responsible for any damage done to your computer, worlds, or your copy of Minecraft. That said, backup your worlds and bin folder!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is ModLoader?
-A: http://tiny.cc/PAIN

Q: Where is ModLoader?
-A: http://tiny.cc/PAIN

Q: How do I install ModLoader?
-A: http://tiny.cc/PAIN

Q: Why did you link me that image?
-A: Because you can't read. What part of "read this whole post" did you not understand?

Q: Why does my game freeze on the loading screen?
-A: The most likely answer is you forgot to delete META-INF, or your archive tool didn't want to delete it.

Q: Why does my game black screen?
-A: There are a number of reasons this could happen, the most likely is that you're trying to play alpha through the browser. Mods don't work with the browser version. I do not care about black screens. Get me the error log. Follow the instructions under the "Linux / Other" download on www.minecraft.net. This applies to all OS.

Q: Do these mods work with [older version]?
-A: No, they are designed for Minecraft 1.6.2.

Q: The AudioMod description hurt my head, is there some kind of readme that explains it in better detail?
-A: Not yet, so, in the meantime, feel free to contact me about it in IRC, and I will help.

Q: How come 7z throws out "Not implemented" OR WinRAR gives me an error when I try to add stuff to the jar?
-A: Update 7-Zip or close Minecraft.

Q: How do I uninstall the mods?
-A: You restore from a backup of minecraft.jar, and in case you didn't back it up, delete the version file in the bin folder, and Minecraft will redownload everything.

Q: What does input == null mean?
-A: You failed to read instructions, try again...

Q: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ...?
-A: You failed to read instructions, try again...

Q: java.lang.SecurityException: SHA1 digest error ...?
-A: You failed to read instructions, try again...

Q: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid entry size?
-A: Stop using that bad program and get a real one! Like 7-Zip or WinRAR!

Q: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file?
-A: Update java. On mac? Too bad.

Q: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: ______ : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
-A: Either get JRE 7 or tell mod creator to not use JDK 7.

Q: How can I best contact you?
-A: In the channel #risucraft, on the esper.net IRC.

Q: What if this FAQ doesn't solve my problem or answer my question?
-A: Then you can post, or contact us, preferably on IRC.

Installation
New Launcher
1) Run the latest launcher and download 1.6.2
2) Go to %appdata%/.minecraft/versions
3) Copy the directory named 1.6.2 and paste as 1.6.2ML(you may name however you please, but everything must match) so there are now two copies.
4) Enter new directory and rename the jar and json files to match the directory.
5) Open the json file in your prefered Notepad program and change:

"id": "1.6.2",

to

"id": "1.6.2ML",

6) Now with the jar you should do the steps below under Windows starting at number 3.

Old Launcher
Windows:
1) Open up %appdata%, if you don't know how to do this, start>run, then type in %appdata%
2) Browse to .minecraft/bin
3) Open up minecraft.jar with WinRAR or 7zip.
4) Drag and drop the necessary files into the jar.
5) Delete the META-INF folder in the jar.
6) Run Minecraft, enjoy!

Macintosh:
1) Go to Applications>Utilities and open terminal.
2) Type in the following, line by line:

cd ~
mkdir mctmp
cd mctmp
jar xf ~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar

3) Outside of terminal, copy all the files and folders into the mctmp directory.
4) Back inside terminal, type in the following:

rm META-INF/MOJANG_C.*
jar uf ~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar ./
cd ..
rm -rf mctmp

5) Run Minecraft, enjoy!

The Mods
Dropbox Index

ModLoader 1.6.2
A mod, kind of like a mod manager, that stops conflicts with mods that alter rendering, recipes, add entities, gui, smeltables or fuel. If you're a modder, feel free to decompile this and learn how to make mods work with it. Inherit BaseMod and override any methods as necessary. The mod's main class file should be prefixed with 'mod_'. Read the Javadoc for information on methods available.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Decompile Fixes MCP Mapping Javadoc Old Versions

Elemental Arrows 1.6.2
The Elemental Arrows mod adds four new types of arrows; explosive arrows, fire arrows, ice arrows, and a joke weapon, egg arrows.. They are crafted the same way as normal arrows, but the head is replaced based on the element; gunpowder for explosive, coal for fire, snowball for ice, and egg for, well, egg. Crafting an explosive arrow only gives you one arrow, and it explodes upon impact. Crafting a fire arrow gives you one arrow, that will ignite stuff upon impact. Crafting an ice arrow gives you one arrow, that will freeze water into ice, lava springs into obsidian, put out fire, and break torches. Egg arrows spawn chickens upon impact with the ground, but there's a secret too. Lightning arrows strike lightning where ever they hit, use diamond in recipe. Homing bow recipe is same layout as regular bow, but diamond instead of sticks. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

More Stackables 1.6.2
This mod makes saddles, doors, and signs up to 8 in a stack, minecarts and boats up to 4 in a stack. This is great for storage and for using workbenches, chests, or furnaces, as you no longer consume your food! Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

Sign Tags 1.6.2
Type [time] into a sign, and it will show the current time. You can also type [x], [y], or [z] and find the current position of the sign in regards to that axis. [a|b] is a redstone input function for signs, where text replacing 'a' will be shown when the sign is powered, otherwise 'b' is shown. Type [light], and it will show you the current light level of the sign's position. [biome], [temp], [humid] each tell you the biome you're in, the temperature of that area, and the humidity of that area, respectively. [temp], [humid] will no longer function in Nether.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

Death Chest 1.6.2
When you die, if you have a chest in your inventory, it will be placed where you die, or in the closest available spot. The chest will be filled with as many items as possible. Items stored in the crafting slot are still lost, as usual, and any excess that won't fit in the chest will be dropped.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

AudioMod 1.6.2(Not updated for now)
AudioMod is an upgrade of sorts, and a modder's utility. Included in this mod is CodecIBXM, created by Paul at www.paulscode.com, who is the creator of the sound system used in Minecraft. It allows Minecraft to play (in addition to ogg, wav, and mus files), xm, s3m, and mod files. The only readily available feature of this mod is the ability to add new music, however, it adds support for modders to add new records and sound effects. There is a slight increase in load time when using this mod. Using this, you can also use custom sounds, alongside the originals. Custom music and sound goes into the resources folder, music in mod/music. Custom sounds go into mod/sound. For example, if I were to add a new footstep sound effect to stone, I'd put the new stone1.ogg in mod/sound/step. In game, the new sound would occasionally be played, alongside the originals. Custom sounds for things like the menu click and water do not always work, at the moment.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

Floodgate 1.6.2
Floodgate block can be used as either a floodgate, allowing toggleable water and lava falls, or as a trapdoor. When you place the floodgate control block, it will place a gate in front of the control block in the direction you are facing. Applying redstone power to this will remove the gate. Use the control block to open the GUI where you can place supporting blocks that will replace how the gate looks. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
The recipe:



Where is redstone.
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Spawner GUI 1.6.2
Adds a GUI to all mob spawners, that will allow you to pick what mob to spawn. I also reallowed mining spawners. You can disable spawners with redstone aswell. Should be compatible with all mobs, but don't expect the mobs with special spawn conditions to work everywhere. Animals require grass, Monsters require darkness, Slimes require being in their special chunks, and 0-16 depth. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
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Block Distortion 1.6.2
This mod is just an experiment. Everything that is 3D (Mostly noticeable on blocks) has a random distortion. Known issues include: Clouds randomize as they move across the sky, held items look rather odd, and GUI elements may be screwed up. I don't recommend using this mod long.
Download (Adfly) Download (Direct) Old Versions

Griefer Creepers 1.6.2
WARNING BACK UP YOUR WORLD BEFORE INSTALLING
This mod changes how creepers attack. Instead of blowing itself up, It will disappear and launcher 100 arrows straight into the air, which will rain down on the landscape. These arrows will be 25% fire arrows, 75% explosive arrows..
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Recipe Book 1.6.2
This item when used opens up a GUI of every recipe that can be done. The items can not be touched, but you can read tool tip. Left click moves to next recipe. Right click moves to previous recipe. The recipe for recipe book is 1 book, 1 ink sac. It's a shapeless recipe. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
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Shelf 1.6.2
Ever wanted to store your items in a way you can see them? Here you go. This block allows you to add up to 9 items to it and the items you put in are shown in the world. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
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Biosphere 1.6.2
This is a new generator. You may select this generator in More World Options when creating world. In this generator, the world is made up of massive spheres with glass domes. Inside these spheres are random biomes. There is a random chance of a lake being placed in the center of each sphere. Usually water, but rarely lava. Bordering this lake you will find sand for water, or gravel for lava. Connecting each sphere is a wooden bridge with fence rail. Beside each sphere is a smaller sphere, which is where you will find diamond and lapis lazuli. These ores only occur here, the others are equally spread throughout the spheres. The cave generator used here is a modified Nether cave generator, where like on the surface, will generate lava below a certain level. if this lava reaches the outside, an obsidian wall will be made to hold it in. Many options can be changed in ".minecraft/config/Biosphere.cfg". Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
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Armor Stand 1.6.2
This block will give you a place to show off your armor. Just place the block and right click on the platform. You can choose from a selection of skins to hold your armor, as well as have it stare at you, constantly. You may also change the texture of platform by putting block in the last slot. Known issues include: placing a block inside of dummy, standing on its head, possible inability for mobs to path around it. Recipe is 3 solid stone blocks along bottom, with 2 sticks in the middle. Requires ModLoader 1.6.2.
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