Towilloughby

Time for the 5th Newsletter everyone!
We've had tons of progress this month, with a bunch of behind-the-scenes improvements and stability patches. As of the end of last month we expanded to our 5th Dedicated machine, which allowed us to allocate a bit more resources to the servers we currently host, so you might have noticed they have been running a bit more smoothly :-) There was also a big chunk of updated from the FTB team for our 1.12 servers.
 
There is also a huge project in the works behind the scenes... that should guys should hear more about very very soon.

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TOP VOTER WINNERS
 
A personal thank you to everyone who took the time to vote this past month, it's been truly impressive! And as always we see who won our little top voter competition. This month's results were very close and even ended with a tie on our Skyfactory 3 server between Iluminouss & The_little_mob, but don't fret guys You both will be receiving the Top voter rank! And congratulations to GalliumYttrium for his second successive win! 
What's also extra terrific is that The_little_mob became top voter on Skyfactory 3 as well as Infinity evolved! Round of applause for all you guys.
You guys will all receive your ingame ranks as soon as I can! The rank will have a 31 day expiry date on it, from the moment you receive the rank.
 
Direwolf20 1.12: MitMatch
Direwolf20 1.7: Tim_cookt1
Revelation: GAlliumYttrium
Skyfactory 3: Tie! Between Iluminouss & The_little_mob
Skyfactory 2.5: pisikopat115
Network: DeathDazDeg_NF
Infinity: The_little_mob
Tekkit: nubluva
Continuum: xRegency
 
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Fancy screens!
Thanks to the help of a returning staff member, @Danielkinz (and secretly thanks to @Jet_Mapex2 for bringing him out of the shadows ? ) He was able to perform a beautiful patch to one of our favorites mods; Extra Utilities 2. Now we are now able to display high resolution screens at our Sponge server(SF3, DW1.12, Rev and Cont) and so far have added all but SF3 

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FTB Continuum 1.4.1 1.5.2!
 
Continuum finally launched after some hardcore testing by our testing team, special thanks to @Towilloughby , @ShinyPorygon and @Terminator for your excellent testing! As well as @TheDauntlessOne for your extraordinary building abilities and terraforming. 
We are very happy with the launch of Continuum, it launched very stable and has been running very stable for the last few weeks. Knock on wood. And we've even gone thru a FTB update from 1.4.1 to 1.5.2! This update was huge as it updated the majority of the mods in the modpack, with this it also fixed some major lag issues that were far in the end-game.
With the launch of Continuum we also changed our Market plugin to UniversalMarket, this will soon before a staple of our 1.12 modded servers, as it is more user friendly than it's predecessor and more closely resembles GlobalMarket that we use on our 1.6.4 and 1.7.10 modded servers! 
To add this market plugin a wipe is required, hence why SF3 and Revelation are still on the old market plugin.
 
Changelog for Continuum, between 1.4.1 and 1.5.2
 
 

 
Server IP (Cracked and premium): cont.craftersland.net
 
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MANAGEMENT TEAM UPDATES
 
We once again have some updates to our management team, unfortunately Yusixs has moved to a retirement status due to reasons I don't wish to enclose, it is his own decision and I think we all ought to respect that He's been apart of staff for almost 2 years now and things that he has put into motion will always be here- like this newsletter. 
But because of this change to the management team we had to expand, as we are also launching our 8th modded server it was too much for bruny to run maintenance twice a week for. So we decided to bring a few staff members into the management team so that they can help out with rollback issues and more! Internally, and personally, I call them the "Elite team", but there isn't really a name for it... they are managers
 
Allow me to Introduce...
 
@Manyouforgot - Infinity Evolved & Direwolf 1.7 Manager
@DragonLady - Tekkit & Direwolf 1.12 Manager
@EPICfighters - Continuum Manager
@Terminator - SF2 & SF3 Manager
@geri33 - Revelation Manager

I will still be here as well dealing with everything between heaven and earth, but I will also handle Network due it it's complexity.
 
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REVELATION UPDATE 2.5.0
Revelation went from being version 2.4.1 to a 2.5.0, and it follows the Continuum update in which it was mainly to update the majority of the mods the modpack has to offer. Bringing more stability to the pack and fixing individual bug issues 
 
If there are any bugs on the server, be sure to report them HERE. 
 
 
Changelog:
 
 

Server IP: rev.craftersland.net
 
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DIREWOLF20 1.12.2 UPDATE

Following the update of FTB Revelation and Continuum came the update of Direwolf20 1.12.2, and just like these update, this was mainly a maintenance update, but apart from the other modpacks this did bring a few exciting additions.
A Mod called "FastFurnace" was added and changes how Minecraft handels Furnace recipes, as there are tons of recipes out there that usese the furnace nowadays a new method had to be thought up, and that is what FastFurance does, instead of going thru the registry it instead caches the recipes for easy and quick access! This should help improve performance.
Apart from FastFurnace, another mod by the name " The Monk Mod " was added. A small mod by the creator behind Extra Utilities, which grants you extra powers upon reaching goals in the game. To learn more about the mod you should check out the video bruny recommended that covers this mod: HERE
 
But more notably... together with this update we did a full wipe of the server and ran some maintenance, adding the new market plugin I spoke of earlier. If you miss your house you had on the old server you can still download the map for singleplayer use HERE 
If you see any issue on the server however, please report it HERE
 
Changelog:
 
 

 
 
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GUIDES

Exchanging Storage System: Thanks to @ShinyPorygon for putting up a guide how to change between Refined Storage system to Applied Enegistics- This is something we still highly recommend as Refined Storage has had it's fair share of issues, most notably excessive lag and loss of drives due to mod updates. Switching it up is more than recommended! Don't worry, you'll learn how to manage the channels in no time, and actually you might even enjoy it. Personally, channels were my favorite additions to Applied Energistics 2.
Read full guide HERE

Making plates: And again thank you to @ShinyPorygon for writing a simple introdcution on how to make plates on the revelation server, as the process in doign this may differ between packs it is always helpful to have a place to go when you get stuck on something.
Read full guide HERE
 
(Any future guides will be showcased on this section of the newsletter in the future! Be sure to make great builds!) 
 
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MINETWEAKER, LAUNCHER AND FUTURE UPDATES!

Some, or probably most of you guys have no idea what " Minetweaker " is and have never heard of it. For those guys, it is a mod on the server and client side that adds scripts to your modpacks. These scripts allow you to customize crafting recipes, tooltips, search options for NEI. It is very useful and it is what servers like Infinity Evolved Expert mode base their entire ideology on. Now, what are we going to do with Minetweaker?
Well, Minetweaker is very useful for us server managers too! As it allows us to change things that might not really work on a large scale like a server, or display useful information ingame that would be more accessible and user friendly. There is only one issue when it comes to MineTweaker, is that for it to run successfully - most of the time - it would have to be downloaded by the client or otherwise the entire mod would have to be reloaded when a new player logs online. (This is a bad idea, and the mod author stricly advices against this "If you value your World... ")
So in future updates of the Launcher, we will include these scripts so that you guys don't have to think about it one bit. We have started exploring this on our 1.7.10 server, Infinity Evolved. To get an idea on how the end results would look like, it would be something like this:
 
Tooltips:
Searching the NEI after installing the file above, with these Keywords below:
 
Banned
 
Restricted
 
But not only banned items would be viewable thru this, Craftersland actually add a bunch of custom crafting recipes that often to unnoticed due to you not being able to search it up thru NEI, but most of these have a forum post attached to them to explain how the craft is made. This would also be fixed with this sort of update, as the recipes are then viewable thru your NEI!
 
Custom
 
 
We are looking to bring this to our 1.7.10 servers, as 1.6.4 doesn't have Minetweaker, and our 1.10 and 1.12 servers use a similar mod called CraftTweaker, but is much more unstable and not very user friendly to use. One small mishap and the entire mod goes under... bad idea to mess with
 
 
PS...
The Forum now shows has a direct link to our launcher up at the top row, it's easy to miss ?

Time for another big mod pack update, version 2.5.0, 1 new mod added and 63 mods updated! So this is more of a fixes update, the added mod is Integration Forging which adds mod support to Industrial Foregoing.
 
Update changes:
Updated 63 mods, including configs and patches. Added 1 mod. Updated scripts. Updated sponge, Giref Prevention and Perms plugins.  
Official Change log:
 
Modded Adventures!
rev.craftersland.net

Source:  xisumavoid

I suggest about BetterQuesting line as exchange, example you have a diamond, you can exchange into 4 golds, i think this way is cool that buying on shop, you have another way, but is ProjectE mod, is late game, i suggest that if is possible. Also with quest, you can do with vote key, just put blocks at end game or middle something as reward, be single time claim.
Also crate, i suggest add advanced rocketry basic (is end game) at legendary chest.

This is a guide on how to make all Tiers of a  Draconic Power Ball
 
You don't have to go through each Tier just go to the one you want!
If needing help to build 
Tier 1
 
Tier 2
Tier 3 
Tier 4 
Tier 5 
Tier 6
Tier 7
Tier 8
How to Input/Output
 
 
Thanks for reading  
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Towilloughby

Due to the recent bugs with Refined Storage or RS many people have logged on to find their RS drives are gone along with everything in them. To add to that we can not for some reason rollback RS drives. Therefore once your drives are gone your stuff in them are gone permanently, we can refund you new drives but they would be empty.
 
Instead if you would like you can make a refund request requesting us to exchange your RS system for an Applied Energetics 2 or ME system. How this works is you would take what you have on your RS system (Crafting Grid, Drives, Storage Cells, ect) and then figure out what that item is for the ME system which it should be called very near the same thing, then put that list on the Refund Request. And whenever a staff member for Revelations can we will leave you a chest or give you the items if you are on the server. However once you tear down your RS system please leave it in a chest or give it to a staff member so we can delete it. 

I'm glad there was an update, but does this resolve the issue with NEI not showing Expert recipes in Infinity? If so, I'll gladly switch back to the CL Launcher.

This is a guide on how to make all Tiers of a  Draconic Power Ball
 
You don't have to go through each Tier just go to the one you want!
If needing help to build 
Tier 1
 
Tier 2
Tier 3 
Tier 4 
Tier 5 
Tier 6
Tier 7
Tier 8
How to Input/Output
 
 
Thanks for reading  
Leave comments  
Towilloughby

Community Rules:
These rules apply to every server. Server specific rules are further down.
1. No Hacked Clients:
2. No Abusing Bugs / Exploits:
3. No Advertising:
4. No Inappropriate Conduct:
5. No Harassment:
6. No intentional harm to Server Integrity:
7. No Impersonating Staff:
8. No Griefing any Protected Areas:
9. No Console Clients:
10. No Punishment Evading:
11. Don't sell items for in real life money:
12. No Tracking Staff:
13. No Databasing Players:
0. Use Common Sense:
Infinity Evolved Rules:
These rules are Infinity Evolved specific.
Other servers might share some of these rules, so make sure to always read up on the server specific rules.
1. Creative Items:
2. PvP:

CraftersLand Launcher v1.6.0!

(Me, Henk and Brunyman were discussing ideas to be brought into CraftersLand back in May)
 
And so it began, I embarked on the task to get it done after my exams (well, a tad bit after but oh well) and it went great! Albeit, it took me a couple of days to learn the ins and outs of this but it should contain almost everything you need for your experience on the server with the addition of optional custom Optifine and A LOT of other fancy features which i'm sure you all will enjoy. Best thing about this is that even cracked players can use this launcher! 

The modpacks available in this launcher are all of the ones we are currently hosting right now and will be updated whenever an official FTB update is released. Don't worry, you won't have to do anything to update the modpacks, the launcher does it by itself! This launcher is also capable of smart-updates, meaning that you don't have to re-download the entire modpack whenever a new update comes out. 

For all of you who play on our Network server out there, you are not left out either. I added in 2 "Forge Vanilla" modpacks which are MC Vanilla version 1.8.9 and 1.12.2. These vanilla minecraft instances have a lot of optional mods which you can choose and the server IP's are already included in them so you can launch these and join the server without any fuss.


Screenshots

Features
Support for both Cracked and Premium accounts! For cracked players, enter your name and click "Play Offline". For premium players, enter your ID and Password and click "Login..."
Custom Recipes on our Revelations, Infinity and Skyfactory 2.5 have been added client-side, so you all can view these recipes in NEI aswell.
TTKami config tweaked for Direwolf20 1.7.10 (Allows you to unlock TTKami Research on our server)
Automatic Console Window opens in the background to record errors for quick copy-pasting
Each Modpack already has it's own respective CraftersLand IP already added into it
Forge Vanilla installation with a handful of useful quality of life mods
Fix Direwolf20 industrial foregoing client-side crash with a patch
Shaders included in Forge Vanilla 1.12.2 (Disabled by default)
Schematica mod added as optional for every modpack
Optifine mod added as optional for every modpack
ReAuth mod added in almost every modpack
Smart-Updates capability
Discord RPC added for every modpack running in MC version 1.12
Vanilla Fix added as optional for every modpack running in MC Version 1.12
This launcher is a fork of the populat SKCraft Launcher, source code here:



Download Below

Note:  There are 2 types of launchers, normal and portable. Normal one will download and install the modpacks in your My Documents folder (C drive). Portable one will download and install the modpacks wherever your launcher is (do not delete portable.txt else it wont work!).
Note: For Mac and Linux, use Universal Normal or Universal Portable.

Note: If you are using 32-bit Java then the maximum memory you can allocate in options is around 2.5GB, any higher and it wont run

The following texts are click-able. If you are using Chrome and download does not work Right Click the link and select Save link as...

Windows exe | Mac OS | Linux | Universal jar | Universal Portable jar
 

Name: Tara
IGN: TaraBites
Age: 24!
CraftersLand Servers you play: I've played SF3, Direwolf 1.7.10, and now currently on Revelations (Helper!)
Location: Oklahoma, USA
A short description of yourself: Well, I'm 5' 8", blonde with blue eyes. I love chocolate (as seen by my picture), I love Minecraft (as seen by my constantly being on Rev), animals are life, my bf Viper is my reason for living (no joke, he's saved my life a couple times), and I'm a stickler for rules, but I can let loose sometimes and have fun and crack jokes  Just ask Behh!
Hobbies and interests: Like I said before, chocolate, Minecraft, puppers/doggos/kitties, chocolate, caffeine, my bf, any and all music, making friends is fun (but I kinda suck at making and keeping them)
Discord / Skype Name: I don't use Skype anymore...my Discord is TaraBites#8094 add me and we can chat  (If you're on the server's discord, that's the only way to message me, since I think that's how my settings are set up)