Sticks, ladders, and finding the right ore

[maclypse 0]

I'm new to this mod, and there's a lot of appealing stuff in here!

There's however a few small issues I've come across:

- Firstly, I'm confused about some of the recepies, most importantly ladders. I can't seem to make ladders in any way. Not even sure if it's at all possible any more. Is it? I want some ladders! And stone swords... a thing of the past, or does it take a special type of rock?

- On the topic of sticks and ladders, anyone noticed that using a scythe on a willow tree results in oak sticks, not willow sticks? Not a big issue, but there it is all the same. When I think about it... does the quality of wood in the handle of a tool affect the durability of the tool? Should I be making tool handles from hickory, rather than willow?

- Finding ore. I've begun stripmining a massive granite layer, digging a 24x24 grid of tunnels to be able to scan as much rock as possible with as little digging as possible (and with the prospectors pick effectively scanning 24x24x12, that's a lot of ground covered. At this point I've prospected a volume of granite that is roughtly 200,000 blocks, and I just can't find any copper-carrying ores at all. I got plenty of cassiterite, bismuthinite, galena, gold and silver, but the coppercarrying ores still elude me, and I'm basically stuck with my stone anvil. Beginning to feel the ore distribution is a bit too scarce, when after countless hours of tunneling through granite, i still can't find what I'm after, and granit should carry both native copper and tetrahedrite.

Anyway, this mod has great potential indeed. Clearly a work in progress, but it's showing great potential.

[mohrad 11]

@ProspectorPick

That Evil thing is ...tricky. It forces you to take multiple "samples" at different approximate locations, as it CAN mislead you.

There was a topic about a guy who did quite decent testing with 1 block of ore, and even "sampling" blocks adjacent to the ore gave "Nothing found" results.

ProPick is eeeeeeeevil indeed.

[Icarus42 4]

Regarding the sticks, just update the mod. The stick type was taken out because it was more trouble than it was worth. If you dont want to update, you have to use Oak sticks for anything other than torches.

And when it comes to ore, this mod will make you travel the world to find all the ore you need.

[Deviator 51]

For ladders, you need to edit your config file to turn on vanilla recipes. I am at work right now and don't remember the filename but it is in the config folder under .minecraft. One has item id's, the other has settings.

Stone swords are out. Make a javelin with 2 sticks and a flint. Those will hold you over until you get the metal for swords and maces.

[Icarus42 4]

on the note of javelin, they are best utilized by making 3 and throwing them, they break way to quick to be used as a melee.

[maclypse 0]

Thanks for all the replies.

First off, using the ProPick - oh yea, every time I reach my 12-block length on a tunnel I survey all block surfaces at the end of the tunnel, which comes to a total of 8. Just in case. Don't wanna miss anything. Sometimes I survey a bit more for good measure. I think when it comes to copper, I'm just an unlucky bugger.

Second, sticks - no more stick types huh? Excellent! Downloading new version of mod asap. Not sure that'll give me ladders without editing the config or not but hey... if ladders aren't in the mod, I'd like to be without them. The mod IS in beta, and I'd like to run it as it is, to get a true feel for it, so my comments will be on target in the future.

And third, Javelins - weren't on the wiki when I first checked the tool list - but it's there now! Pointy stick, yay! That'll do me for sure until I can make some proper bronze tools.

Thanks again people, and I'm off to download the new version.

[Deviator 51]

I am not sure if he meant for there to be no ladders(and other vanilla items) or just hadn't gotten around to making a new recipe for them so put the config option in there.

[JDCollie 66]

Thanks for all the replies.

First off, using the ProPick - oh yea, every time I reach my 12-block length on a tunnel I survey all block surfaces at the end of the tunnel, which comes to a total of 8. Just in case. Don't wanna miss anything. Sometimes I survey a bit more for good measure. I think when it comes to copper, I'm just an unlucky bugger.

Second, sticks - no more stick types huh? Excellent! Downloading new version of mod asap. Not sure that'll give me ladders without editing the config or not but hey... if ladders aren't in the mod, I'd like to be without them. The mod IS in beta, and I'd like to run it as it is, to get a true feel for it, so my comments will be on target in the future.

And third, Javelins - weren't on the wiki when I first checked the tool list - but it's there now! Pointy stick, yay! That'll do me for sure until I can make some proper bronze tools.

Thanks again people, and I'm off to download the new version.

There are quite a few things not in the wiki right now, unfortunately. It's a good idea to do as you have already done and ask around; somebody probably knows the answer.