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Thanks for this worthy addition!

Thanks for the comments, guys. By the way, no shaders were used in the last batch of screenshots. That's normal MC lighting with moody settings. I got tired of only 20 fps (yeah no a fast computer here) with the almost basic of shaders.

That's the wrong version of Rei's minimap. You need the version for mc 1.7.10. EDIT: have a look herehttp://terrafirmacraft.com/f/topic/6771-1710-mods-with-tfcb79/

Does Etho share personal information with friends such as yourself, especially fellow Canadians? I dont ask for any information but I just wonder what he's like to his friends.

That's cool. What else is there?

I did some testing of the previous version of TFC/MC. Currently, im getting similar or sometimes worse frame rates with shaders. Without shaders, somewhat better. http://terrafirmacraft.com/f/topic/6637-tfc-performance-test/

Thanks for your reply (didnt see it earlier). I would need to do some more testing but i doubt MC 1.7.10 is faster than 1.6.4. In fact, could be worse... I am eagerly waiting for TFC for MC 1.8 that sports the massive render overhaul. Chunk loading in the latest minecraft version 1.8.something is phenomenally fast.

Here I post the performance of the latest TFC b78 snapshot. Perhaps this is of interest to some and others are encouraged to post their results in a similar manner. My system specs are that of the Dell XPS L510x laptop. - Early version of Intel core i7 - Nvidia Geforce 435m (2GB) - 6GB ram - Win 7 The test was done at 1080p resolution (full screen). I use Java 64bit, version 1.7.0_67 with arguments: -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M -XX:ParallelGCThreads=8The lag-o-meter of Optifine shows that I have no lag (spikes), therefore enough memory for this test. Any suggestions to improve the test are welcome. Results plotted below (shaders are Chocapic's shaders low quality, not Sildurs as shown below, my bad) Far render distance with Optifine (standard)

Stupid question maybe but doesn't optifine and shaders combined entirely replace function of fastcraft? Optifine can speed up render and math calculations, whereas shaders mod completely changes the shadow/lightning rendering.

Exactly. There is almost no point to caves anymore other than lagging servers due to constant high entity count underground.

In my world the top layer is mostly gabbro as far as halfway to the equator. As such I have only seen gabbro, slate, schist, marble, chalk, and basalt in the top layer.

My impression is that 79 does create mountains to the height limit but they are more likely isolated peaks. I rather agree that extensive mountainous terrain is rare in 79 (or I've yet to generate such a world).

I'm happy with the way TFC is managed and progressing. I couldn't do it better. If I were a dev, i would first and foremost work on my ideas rather than only take ideas from others. Maybe some people would like to see the road map of TFC with milestones. I wouldn't mind more transparency but i'm not asking for it either.

I happen to have some really nice long rivers in my seed (4652869524421692828 )

Cheers mate I play on MS Windows 7. Although i can dual boot into Linux, graphics performance is better in Windows.

This is a basic question so i don't think i need to use the form. How do I get kimberlite? I have some ore blocks in my world but when i try to mine them with any tier metal pick, i get nothing. I just would like to get some diamonds (for the achievement )

Really? How does that make any sense. I can see the ore in the rock, cant i? The solution would be to make it harder to find.

You will be in for a treat when temperature will affect the player. This mod will become more hardcore than you think, and I love it.

In TFC we use the scythe to cut foliage which is incorrect. You only have to open a dictionary to find out what a scythe is used for - i.e. the cutting of grass and grain. However, it would be an easy fix to replace the texture and name of this tool to one that represents the sickle. If anyone is familiar with Asterix, in the comic books (and movies) the druids use the sickle to cut mistletoe from the trees. I'm sure it was also used to cut foliage. So this is my humble request for the next version of TFC (b79), please change the scythe to the sickle.

Thanks for the update. Actually, let me help you. You are still missing the familiarity icons for the animals so i just copied them from the default image file (icons.png).

Maybe this mod will work for you? Dual hotbar slots mod

I don't see the point of doing anything with oceans tbh.

Some new additions: Bedroom under the mountain Forge and Bloomery Mountain top house - my kitchen house and food storage Entrance 1st floor (at block height limit)

For example, you can instantly cool ingots by shift-clicking in some cases. Use at your own risk.

Ah cool. I didn't try this yet before. Now that i have, is it normal that the shears do not take damage? This means i will effectively replace the scythe with shears for trimming trees.