SciCraft/docs/mods.md

Mods — Hotspots, Pack Layout & Compatibility

Mod Feature Hotspots (Quick Orientation)

Domain	Mods	Notes
Power	Mekanism (turbine/boiler), Flux Networks	Flux wireless transfer; Mekanism cables for bulk
Storage	AE2, Sophisticated Storage, Functional Storage, Sophisticated Backpacks	AE2 for autocraft; Sophisticated for bulk; Functional for drawers
Logistics	LaserIO, Modular Routers, Entangled, FastPipes, Create belts	FastPipes adds vanilla pipe QoL
Automation	Create (+ addon suite) + Rechiseled + FastPipes	Create 6.0.10; physics via Sable + Create Aeronautics
Tech Building	Building Gadgets, Hologenica, FramedBlocks, Chipped, Supplementaries
Dimensions	Per Spatium/Stellaris, Dimensional Doors, Void Dimension, Deeper and Darker	Stellaris portal → rockets; Doors are the endgame hook
Mobs/Combat	Born in Chaos, Mutant Monsters, Nyf's Spiders, Better Combat, Simply Swords	Hard difficulty
UI/QoL	JEI, Jade (+Addons), JourneyMap, Waystones, AppleSkin, IPN, Clumps, Mouse Tweaks	JEI is the recipe source (no EMI)
Scripting	KubeJS (+Create, +Mekanism), LootJS, Blocks You Need	Advancements & loot live here
Server utils	FTB Chunks/Quests/Teams/Library	Chunk claims + questbook

Key client-only mods (server must NOT have these)

iris, sodium, iris-flw-compat, cull-leaves, lambdynamiclights, dynamic-fps, 3dskinlayers, visuality-forge, midnightlib, entityculling, immediatelyfast, badoptimizations, athena-ctm, journeymap-integration, stellarview, stellar-view-mixin-renderer, stellaris-stellarview-compatibility, the-doctor-who-client-mod, simply-tooltips, inventory-profiles-next (with libipn), just-enough-mekanism-multiblocks.

Dimensional physics stack (both packs)

Physics / portals run on Sable + Create Aeronautics + IPSable (custom GitHub fork of Immersive Portals, see ipsable.pw.toml).

• Sable provides the physics sub-level engine.
• Create Aeronautics drives ships via Sable.
• IPSable (from github.com/r2smith141/IPSable) is the Immersive-Portals fork that adds through-portal rendering on top of Sable sub-levels. It is a pre-release, GitHub-only jar and intentionally replaces vanilla Immersive Portals (same modid) — never install both.

Do not add the Modrinth "Immersive Portals x Sable Bridge" — it is deprecated and incompatible with Sable 2.x; IPSable supersedes it.

World generation (both packs, NEW worlds only)

The overworld is overhauled for a realistic, "real world server" feel:

• Terralith 2.6.2 — ~100 new biomes (realistic + light fantasy) using only vanilla blocks, plus immersive structures. Stardust Labs license: usable in a modpack unmodified with credit.
• Tectonic 3.0.26 (MIT) — grander, more varied terrain shaping.
• Continents 1.1.12 — reshapes the world into continents separated by large oceans and island chains. Stardust Labs license (credit required).
• All three depend on Lithostitched (already in the pack).

Important: worldgen only applies to newly generated chunks. Existing worlds will not change — start a fresh singleplayer world (or new server seed) to see the continents/biomes.

Bundled shader & resource packs (client-only)

• Shader pack: MakeUp Ultra Fast v8.6g (LGPL-3.0) — bundled in shaderpacks/, auto-loaded by Iris. Best quality/performance across GPU tiers. Complementary Reimagined is ARR so it can't be bundled — it stays an optional manual download (see shaderpacks/README.md).
• Resource pack: Vanilla Live 2.0.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0) — bundled in resourcepacks/, force-enabled via Resource Pack Overrides (MPL-2.0, config/resourcepackoverrides.json).

FTB Quests guidance

The Protocol Tome (scicraft:protocol_tome) is given once on first login; right-clicking it opens the FTB Quests guidance book (server → client packet via KubeJS → FTBQuestsClient.openGui()). The quest book is also reachable via the FTB Library sidebar button and keybind. Quest files ship in both packs under config/ftbquests/quests/ (server-authoritative).

Pause-menu / ESC cleanliness (client config overrides)

The pause screen can get cluttered by mod config buttons. Shipped overrides in client_pack/config/:

• create-client.toml → ingameMenuConfigButtonRow = 0 hides Create's in-game menu button (Create config is still reachable from the main menu).
• supplementaries-client.toml → configs_button = false hides Supplementaries' Quark-style config button.

FTB Quests/Chunks, JourneyMap, and Inventory Profiles Next do not add pause-menu buttons (their buttons live on inventory/options screens) — no config needed there.

Compatibility notes (verified 2026-08)

• The Void Dimension 0.0.1 hard-requires World Portal (and Dimension Fixer). World Portal (side = "server") is bundled in both packs so the dimension boots and is reachable in SP and MP.
• Create addon libs (all present): RPL (Big Cannons), Kotlin for Forge (Slice & Dice, Jetpack), Mechanicals Lib (Mechanical Extruder), Architectury (Goggles). Flywheel is bundled inside Create — do not add a standalone Flywheel.
• Mekanism Covers 1.3-BETA has an unfixed Sodium mixin crash; mitigated by mekanismcovers.json (disableAdvancedCoverRendering: true). If crashes persist, remove the mod (it is abandoned).
• Known soft-conflict watchlist (test before relying on, no fix shipped): IPSable + Stellar View in space dimensions (possible sky artifacts); Dimensional Doors + Sable physics sub-levels (rifts/doors may misbehave near physics ships).