Anvil rules not showing for ingots or plans

[YourLottery 4]

So I recently started playing this mod again (SMP), deleting my pr29 install and reinstalling from scratch pr39. I've just got to the point where I am about to make some bismuth tools, and I've set up a firepit, bellows, stone anvil, etc. I've smelted the ore into a mold, but when I put the unshaped ingot onto the anvil, I just see 'rules:' in grey letters, and nothing listed. From memory I can work the unshaped ingots into ingots, then I put in a set of plans, lift and drop the ingot to update the anvil, and still just see 'rules:' in grey letters and no rules listed. Either I've forgot something obvious, or I have another issue. Anyone have any ideas?

[SilvaDreams 15]

IT depends on what you were trying to make.

If it was a Sword blade or Mace head, or any Armor Pieces then no you wouldn't see any rules with a single ingot,

For the items above you need to make a 2x ingot (Two ingots welded with some flux) and for Armor generally you need to turn those 2x ingots into Sheets or 2x Sheets.

On the Wiki (once it comes back up) there is a great video series that shows how to do some the more complex Forging bits (I was confused on how to do armor at first too since it is a multi-step process)

[YourLottery 4]

It was an issue with mods I guess. I reinstalled everything, logging in after each mod to check, and the issue didn't occur again.

Mods installed (in successful order)

Modloader 2.2.78.153

Forge 3.3.8.152

TFC beta 2 pre 39

TFC Textures

Optifine 1.2.5_HD_MT_AA_A7

Player API client 1.5

Render Player API 1.3

Smart Moving 9.4.2

CodeChickenCore-Client 0.5.3

NEI 1.2.2.4

ReiMinimap 3.2_04

[xud9dab2 2]

Forge 3.3.8.152

DL page claims beta2pre39 uses Forge 3.1.2.96. No clue if this will change come pre40 though