Entering Beta

We've moved from Alpha into Beta! The project is gradually becoming structurally complete (but still far from decent). Expect significant changes between releases, as textures, descriptions, item names, recipes, and variants may be changed or removed.

Forge Energy

Power boxes now output FE. Specialized variants may be added later on to better integrate with other mods.

Recipes

Added the Electricity Workbench for crafting both components and devices (such as Wind Turbines). Recipes can be viewed on the wiki.

Tooltips

Each item now includes a description so you can quickly remember what it does.

Stability Information

No major issues are known beyond the ones listed below, so please report any bugs you encounter.

Known Issues:

• OBJ blocks can cause lag when shaders are in use due to shadows.
• Combining yaw/pitch with offsets still misplaces models (will be fixed:tm:)

Performance Update

This update fixes most performance issues, as OBJ rendering has been refactored a tiny bit. Wires are now the main culprit, but their impact is much smaller than the previous problems, so that fix is postponed.

This is probably the last experimental-phase update, since core weather and power systems are now in place, though still early implementations.

• Doesn't crash on NeoForge anymore
• Added wind-aligned turbine yaw movement
• Power routing rules are actually enforced now
• Added an early attempt at directional advection to weather cells
• Added Weather Tablet item (not functional yet)

Weather Update

Global weather

Weather is no longer per-wind turbine. It's now simulated in large weather zones across the world. Therefore, wind conditions (wind speed, gusts, turbulence, direction) are persistent and consistent, and all turbines in the same area feel the same weather.

Wind Turbines

Turbines now sample the zonal weather instead of having their own simulation. They also behave more realistic, as they now feature things such as cut-outs and stable output.

Grid events

Storms can now create grid disturbances that travel through wires:

• Surges, which are short "spikes" (mostly harmless unless severe).
• Brownouts, as in reduced voltage/supply.
• Disconnects, as in brief outages (power drops to zero).

These events are generated at the source (which can only be wind turbines for now) and propagate through the network, so everything downstream is affected consistently.

Power Boxes

Power boxes now actually regulate power, react to storm events and can trip a breaer on severe conditions.

API updates

Added an event context object: PowerDeliveryEvent (surge/duration/brownout/disconnect).

• Consumers now receive power plus event context, so blocks can react realistically (flicker, shutdown, wear).

Fixes & removals

• Removed the storm gamerule hook