Automation Nation!

1.4.0 is here. Prepare. Your. Butts. 

Let's get the big one out of the way first. WBAMO!!

Enter the Digital Domain with Refined Storage!

After looking at the balance of my pack, I realized that there's no late-game storage solution for all the crap you automate. Early-game has chests/crates, Mid-game has tanks/silos, and Late-game has...nothing new. So, I've taken the liberty of adding Refined Storage to the list of wonderful mods present in this pack. If you've played with Applied Energistics 2 before, Refined Storage is similar, but with less bulls**** grinding (both figuratively, and literally.) If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then Refined Storage is an advanced, late-game storage system which uses flash-drive-like storage disks to cram hundreds of items into a teeny tiny space. I know I've expressed some...displeasures...regarding mods like this, but I think the unique crafting recipes and "lore" I've created to explain these things more than makes up for the absurdity of it. Every single crafting recipe has been altered to provide a more "realistic" interpretation as to how these things work, including some monstrously large 7X7 mechanical crafting recipes! Harness the power of computing with Refined Storage today!

But that's not all, engineers! Numerous other changes abound, including:

Mapping the World with Xaero's Worldmap!

A few people have expressed a desire for some sort of worldmap, and they brought up some very good reasons, such as the usefulness when it comes to planning and building railroads. Well, I'm happy to announce that Xaero's Worldmap has made its way into Automation Nation! Now, you can view a large, grand map of all chunks you've explored, and see how far you've come! 

Be the coolest kid at the Lunch Table with Buddycards!

These collectable cards can be found all over the world, or crafted via specific processes. Collect all of the cards in a specific set, and you can earn a medal! Medals give you permanent stat effects, like jump boost, speed, or haste. Additionally, craft tools and weapons which grow in strength as your card collection grows! Of course, all of this is completely optional and not required to progress, but it's a neat little thing to try and automate! Collect 'em all with Buddycards!

Quest-ioning Everything with more Quest Clusters and improved Quests!

Yes, I've sort of reworked the quests again. I hope it doesn't cause too much trouble! Here's a little rundown of the changes I've made:

• Added some fancy colors to the Onboarding Quests
• Re-organized and re-wrote some of the Create Quests to better match the new version of Create (1.3.1)
• Added some handy pictures to some Create Quests to assist in building certain automation setups
• Added a bunch more Immersive Engineering Quest Clusters to better prepare you for the later "age" (Industrial Foregoing)
• Added quests related to Refined Storage, they will unlock once you've made Plastic
• Added quests related to Buddycards, which includes a tutorial to show you the tools/items in the mod, as well as some optional collect-a-thon style quests
• Added quests involving capturing mobs in Industrial Foregoing's Mob Imprisonment Tools. They will unlock once you've unlocked the corresponding quest in the Industrial Foregoing questline
• Re-balanced a couple of the Currency and Exchange quests, they're still subject to change
• Added some Currency and Exchange quests to reflect the new items available for purchase in the Market

And some more changes, including:

• Updating every mod to their latest version (yes, this includes Create, please by all means go nuts with the new features!)
• Re-balancing some configs related to the Create Crafts and Additions Generator and Alternator. One furnace engine can run 16 Alternators at max RPM, producing somewhere around 2,800 Flux/tick.
• Added some misc. new recipes, including some for obtaining essence by squashing Enchanted Books (IDK if I added this feature in the last update or this one, I should really get a Trello or something :P)
• Fixed some bugs, I guess.
• Removed Herobrine

The updated Server Pack will be released shortly after this update goes live. Please be patient, and don't forget to scream, cry, and complain to me that something isn't working so I can fix it! The squeaky wheel gets the grease, after all!

Thanks so much to everyone who's downloaded and enjoyed the pack. We're almost at 1,000 downloads, which is super duper amazing! Keep on automating, and remember to Stay Tuned!