8.0.29+26.2+neoforge
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What's new
Release 8.0.29 - The thorny path to perfection II
This update adds some QOL mechanics to BCCE. Pumps and Quarries now work together, engines gain new fuel and cooling options, forestry compat for 1.21.1 and BuildCraft blocks have better waterlogging support. It also introduces an in-game update notification and improves the animation of items travelling through pipes.
Changes:
- Added Pump and Quarry cooperation. Placing a Pump directly on top of a Quarry allows it to drain thick fluids that are blocking excavation. The Quarry can resume working after the obstruction is removed. If both machines have the same owner, the Pump can also use the Quarry's stored power while the Quarry is idle. Thanks to Spokich_Puckich for the idea.
- Added Quarry enchantments. Quarries can now be enchanted at an Enchanting Table or Anvil using the enchantment rules of a Diamond Pickaxe. Efficiency reduces the MJ required to mine blocks, while Silk Touch and Fortune affect the drops. Enchanted Quarries retain their enchantments when placed, saved, and broken. Quarries are now non-stackable.
- Restored Forestry Community Edition compatibility on Minecraft 1.21.1 NeoForge. The Apiarist's Pipe is available again for sorting genetic items using per-side rules and active/inactive species filters, with a searchable selection interface. Its settings are saved and synchronized in multiplayer. Item Lists can also match Forestry species, species types and life stages. The integration is available when a compatible Forestry version is installed.
- Added Hot and Searing BuildCraft fluids as Combustion Engine fuels. Compared with their normal-temperature counterparts, Hot fuels generate 25% more MJ/t but produce 50% more heat, while Searing fuels generate 50% more MJ/t and produce twice as much heat. Fuel burn duration remains unchanged.
- Added Blue Ice as a solid engine coolant. One Blue Ice block provides the equivalent of 3,000 mB of water cooling, compared with 2,000 mB for Packed Ice and 1,500 mB for regular Ice.
- Expanded waterlogging support across BuildCraft blocks, including pipes and various machines and construction blocks. These blocks can now retain water when placed in it.
- Added coloured fog when submerged in BuildCraft oil and fuel fluids. Fog colour and visibility now reflect the fluid's properties and temperature.
- Added an in-game update notification. When a newer stable BCCE release is available for your Minecraft version and mod loader, a notification appears at the main menu. You can open the release page, ignore that version, disable automatic checks or check for updates manually. The notification does not interrupt an active world.
- Extended the BuildCraft API v2 fuel system to let addons specify combustion heat independently of MJ output. Existing fuel definitions retain their previous heating behaviour by default.
Fixes:
- Fixed items in transport pipes visually freezing, blinking, jumping or briefly appearing twice during fast pipe transfers, particularly with Gold Pipes. Improved client-side animation timing across pipe segments without changing server-side item movement.
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