Note to self

http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/steves-carts-treefarm-what-components-do-i-need.9165/

FTB Restart Incoming

So, in the most recent livestream the FTB server was restarted with a fresh map without redpower 2. This will hopefully allow us to upgrade to 1.5 when it releases without worry. Starting over is hard! Right now I'm still gathering initial resources, got a few machines going, and I'm exploring! Soon I'll get a video out, just have to be ready to cover new material. Already starting on bees and playing with some of the new stuff that's been added. I can't wait to show it to you!

More minecraft!

Sorry it's been so long, but this place doesn't get much traffic so I've been neglecting it. Today I want to talk about some recent changes as well as some upcoming stuff.
As you may know, I've got a new series, TerraFirmaCraft! It is so much fun and I just don't want to stop. But I know a lot of you have been missing FTB, and so have I. Still no news on the 1.5 update, so what I'm going to do is get a final map on the server tomorrow running FTB Ultimate 1.10 without RedPower2.
That means another fresh world for the livestream! I hope you guys are ready, last week's stream didn't have a lot of viewers, but I forgot to put up my announcement video, so it was kind of my fault.

See you there!

Quick note to self, TFC +/- 750 (Hills) -3300

It sure has been a while

Wow, I've been so busy making videos and stuff that I've kinda neglected this place. I haven't really written any new turtle scripts, so I don't have anything to publish on that front. But what I do have is a topic to talk about, and that topic is FTB Ultimate pack. There is talk of wanting to switch the server from Mindcrack to Ultimate, and I almost think we should. I'm not sure what will happen when/if we do though. If I can change the server over without having to restart the world, I might do it. If we have to start over though, there's no way.
Not every player on the server has weighed in, but I think most will be ok going along with whatever I decide. I know I'd love to get Mystcraft back, even though I barely touched it back in beta. I've looked at the mods we'd gain and lose and I'm not sure what to think. There's still no release date on Ultimate, but there's a beta version out people can try. I'd love to hear your opinions on it if you have any.

Feed The Beast notes

For use with automating electrolizer and centrifuge:

Regulator (redpower)

Just a note for FTB

Portals Black
Enchanting/Potions Red
Bees Green
Magic Blue

Flooring

Don't you just hate having to fill in floors one block at a time? Well I have the solution for you! Get a turtle to do that for you. Just give him fuel and blocks and set him free! Here you go:

-- Clearing Terminal
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)

-- Setting up Variables
local tArgs = { ... }
local fuel = 1

if #tArgs ~= 1 then
    -- Missing Height Argument
    print("Usage: Floor <area>")
    print("Slot 1: Fuel")
    print("Slot 2-16: Blocks")
    error()
end

local area = tArgs[1]

-- Fuel Checking Function
function tFuel(f)
    if turtle.getFuelLevel() < 10 then
        turtle.select(f)
        if not turtle.refuel(1) then
            print("Need Fuel")
            while turtle.getItemCount(f) < 2 do sleep(0.5) end
        end
    end
end

function place()
    if not turtle.detectDown() then
        for s = 2, 16 do
            if turtle.getItemCount(s) ~= 0 then
                turtle.select(s)
                break
            end
        end
        turtle.placeDown()
    end
end

print("Starting floor of " .. area .. " square blocks")

for gone = 1, area do
    for gtwo = 1, area do
        tFuel(fuel)
        turtle.forward()
        place()
    end
    turtle.forward()
    if( gone % 2) == 0 then
        turtle.turnRight()
        turtle.forward()
        turtle.turnRight()
    else
        turtle.turnLeft()
        turtle.forward()
        turtle.turnLeft()
    end
end