IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

Due to not having uploaded the modpack originally back in 2020 like was supposed to (alongside the Category Testing Fabric modpack). I have 2 packs now.

1.The original pack, all it's 1.16-1.16.3 files archived of the pack. (compared builds in modlist below)

THIS ARCHIVE OFFERS THE ORIGINAL WITH ENCHANT WITH MOB in general (forget if there was a replacement or not), Resourceful Tools 1.16.3 as only 1.16.5 exists, RING OF GROWTH AND OTHERS for 1.16.3 as only 1.16.5 builds exist ALONG WITH OLDER BUILDS, the Ring mods and Enchant with Mob and others won't be approved by Curseforge, so add them from this original pack to the modern one if you want or just use the original how it was intended.

This archive exists here: https://archive.org/details/category-covering-forge-original-1.0

Screenshots of 'Modern Category Testing Forge With Missing Mods Of Original Pack That Can Not Be Approved 1 to 6" are just that, the Modern pack but adding the lost mod builds of the Ring mods, Enchant with Mob and Resourceful Tools for 1.16.3 of the original pack I can not approve and moving them over to the modern pack, showing that they do work (compared to other testing with alternatives at least).

2.A modern version (as the original was and won't ever be approved with the 1.16.3 Enchant Mobs, Resourceful Tools or Ring mods builds, so you can try the original or move those mods over to the modern if you want) using the latest builds (any based on compatibility, it took a long time to sort out each one, did I need to bother for a pack like this no, but I wanted to take on the challenge XD) for 1.16.3 and is missing some mods (Ring of Growth/others like it, Resource Tools, Enchant with Mob [I think got removed and combined with something else or completely removed] and a few others listed at the mod list below) but has alternatives as close as can get currently.

Welcome to Category Testing a modpack that adds various types of mods covering tech, building, magic, redstone. The pack is intended for not only providing a good variety of content/tweaks but also for testing stability of mods.

The pack was created prior to Sep 13th 2020 and for some reason got misplaced. In Jan 23rd 2025 after looking over projects I noticed it wasn't released and felt the need to release it. Problem is many mods are now removed or un-downloadable so I've salvaged whatever I can and added other mods to fit in as well.

For Technology mods there is Planttech 2 for having a mix of machines and plant logic (a focus on solar power, crossbreeding seeds, tools/armour), Tubes Reloaded for Item transport and filtering for item storage, Item Transports for wireless item transport blocks.

For building mods there is 'dustrial Decor for Industrial design blocks, Premium wood for different trees/wood choices (along with tools), Connected Glass for more glass blocks options, Compressium for compressed versions of blocks to 9 which is useful for storage but could be for building. Construction Blocks for adding coloured variants of wooden fences, buttons, pressure plates, walls, slabs, stairs, and block types like bricks, concrete and more along with new blocks like a Cone Barrerl, a Caution block, Rollers, Tile Blocks and Dye Colour blocks.

For Magic there is Ars Nouveau with spells, armour, wands and research.

For Redstone mods there is Redsdtone Extras with pulse, resistor, daytime sensor, redstone tube, directional pieces for straight/bender//tee and more.

For miscellaneous mods (Tools, armour, food and more) there is Azure Doom's Chunk Loader for loading chunks while your busy, Bad Beacon for a negative beacon, Bobacraft and Food Pouches for food options, Brick Furnace for a different design/other material furnace/smoker/blast furnace to craft, Bridge Maker for a block to allow for pillars or drawbridges, Building Gadgets & Mining Gadgets for assisting with building or mining using special tools and upgrades, ring mods for crop growth, teleportation, portable enderchest access, returning home and tool/armour repair and more.

For mods that don't add content there is Aim Assistance for assistance/a stronger focus on a particular block, JEI for cheating in/viewing recipes, Harvest to right click crops, or differences to Vanilla blocks like with Dangerous Stone Cutter for tweaking the Stonecutter so they harm mobs/players, and more,

Video Showcasing What's In The Pack (Original Pack not modern updated/alteratnive mods version):

Mod List:

-Forge Modloader Build: Original 34.0.1, Modern 34.1.42

-Air Hop [Using 1.4.3-1.16.5 build instead of original intended 1.3.2-1.16.2]

-Ars Nouveau [Using 1.16.3-1.8.1 build (had crashes with 1.16.4/1.16.5 builds so some content is missing and the 'crashes' fix didn't solve it so back to 1.16.3 latest it is) instead of original intended 1.0 in Mod Options but 1.16.2+0.16 in folder]

-Azure Doom's Chunk Loader [Using 1.16.4-1.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Bad Beacon [Using 1.16.2-1.3 build the same as the original pack]

-Bee Keeper [Using 1.16.2-1.0.5 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-1.0.0.1]

-BobaCraft [Using 1.16.3-1.0.2 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.1]

-Brick Furnace [Using 1.5.2-1.16.1 build instead of original intended 1.4.1-1.16.1+]

-Bridge Maker [Using 1.16.3-2.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Building Gadgets [Using 3.7.2 build instead of original intended 3.7.0]

-Bunch Of Things [Using 1.1.1 build the same as the original pack]

-Charging Gadgets [Using 1.3.0 build instead the same as the original pack]

Moved order

-Click Machine [Using 1.16.3-4.2.2 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-4.1.0]

-Compressium [Using 1.16.4-1.1.3.6 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.28]

-Connected Glass [Removed build instead of original intended 1.0.6-mc1.16.3]

-Construction Blocks [Removed build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0-pre1]

Moved order as CHAS in folder versus actual spelling/list order-Craftable Horse Armour & Saddle [Using 1.7 for 1.16 build instead of original intended 1.3+for+1.16+Forge]

-Curios API Forge [Using 1.16.4-4.0.3.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-4.0.0.1]

-Dangerous Stone Cutter [Using 1.16.2-1.4 build the same as original pack]

-Death Finder [Using 1.3-1.16.2 build the same as the original pack]

-Doom Angel Ring (Legacy Azure Dooms Angel Ring) [Using 1.16.4-1.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-'dustrial Decor [Using 1.1.4 build instead of original intended 1.0.5-1.16.3]

-Dynamical Compass [Using 1.16.3-2.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Enchant With Mob (gone, either replaced with something else or gone) [Original pack build 1.16.3-1.6.0]

-Ender Bags (Ignition Ender Bags) [Using 1.16.3-6.2.0 build of Ignition Ender Bags versus Ender Bags but still 1.16.2-6.2.0]

-Ender Chests [Using 1.16.2-1.7.2.1 build instead of original intended 1.16-1.7.3]

-Ender Tanks [Using 1.16.2 lts 1.9.2.1 build instead of original intended 1.16-1.9.3]

-Essentials [Using 1.16.5-2.11.1 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-2.9.1]

-Food Pouches [Using 1.16.3-1.0.2 build the same as the original pack]

-Game Mod Menu Option [Using 1.16.2-1.3 build the same as the original mod]

-Gilded Ingot [Using 1.16.3-1.4.0 the oldest 1.16.3 build as even with the latest 1.16.3 Forge Modloader build the mod keeps asking for something else that likely 1.16.4/1.16.5 Forge offers, so the oldest build it is instead]

-Golden Berry Forge (Legacy Golden Berries) [Using 1.16.4-1.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Harvest [Using 1.16.3-1.0.3 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-1.0.3]

-Improved Vanilla [missing from list, modern uses 1.16.5-1.4.2 compared to original with 1.16.3-1.3.0]

-Item Collectors [Using 1.1.11-1.16 build instead of original intended 1.0.5-mc1.16.3]

-Just Enough Items [Using 1.16.3-7.6.0.51 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-7.3.2.25]

-Local Keys [Using 1.16.3-1.0.1 build the same as the original pack]

-Magical Torch (Magical Torches) [Using 1.16.3-2.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Minecraft Suggestions (MC Suggestions) [Using 1.16.3-1.1.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-0.5.0]

-Mining Gadgets [Using 1.7.0 build instead of original intended 1.6.0]

-Overloaded Armor Bar [Using 5.1.0 build the same as the original or a 1.16.2/1.16.3 or 1.16.5 difference]

-Patchouli [Using 1.16.2-47 build instead of original intended 1.16-42]

-Placebo [Using 1.16.3-4.3.3 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-4.2.0]

-Planttech 2 [missing from list, modern uses 0.02.20, original pack uses 0.02.17]

-Pollinator [Using 1.16.x-1.0.1 build the same as original pack]

-Premium Wood [Using 1.16.3-1.3.2 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.3.1]

-Pro Placer [Using 1.0-1.16.2 build the same as the original pack]

-Recipes Library [Using 1.16.3-2.0.0 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-Redstone Extras (Easy Redstone Extras) [Using 1.16.2-1.0.11 build instead of original intended 1.16.2-1.0.0.5]

-Resource Tools Forge (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.3] replaced with Ceramics,

-Ring of Blink (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.3] replaced all rings mods with Rings of Ascension (tried but removed as it crashes with all Curios API builds or whatever other mods in the pack), as it has similar types & added Potion RIngs as a bonus

-Ring of Enderchest (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.2]

-Ring of Growth (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.2]

-Ring of Repair (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.4]

-Ring of Return (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.2]

-Ring of Teleport (1.16.3 build is gone only 1.16.5) [original pack build 1.2.2]

-Save Your Pets [Using 1.16.2-1.0.0.7 build instead of original intended 1.0.0.4]

-Scuba Gear [Using 1.16.3-1.0.1 build the same as the original pack]

-ShetiPhianCore [Using 1.16.2 lts 3.8.2.5 build instead of original intended 1.16-3.8.2]

-Tesseract [Using 1.0.38-1.16 build instead of original intended 1.0.12-mc1.16.3]

-Tiny Coal [missing from list, modern 1.16.4-1.0.0, original 1.16.3-1.0.0]

-ToroHealth Damage Indicators [Using 1.16.3-4 build instead of original intended NONE or 1.16.3-forge-2]

-Total Darkness [Using 1.2-1.16.3 build instead of original intended 1.1-1.16.3]

-Trash Cans [Using 1.0.18-1.16 build instead of original intended 1.0.3-mc1.16.3]

-Tubes Reloaded [Using 1.16.3-1.5.0.1 build instead of original intended 1.16.3-1.4.0.1]

-Wither Hoe [Using 1.2.0-1.16.3 build the same as the original pack]

-Wormhole Portals [Using 1.1.16-1.16 build instead of original intended 1.0.9-mc1.16.3]

Libraries auto downloaded with latest builds or I forgot to add them to the mod list prior:

-Cloth Config API 4.1.3

-Fusion (Connected Textures) 1.2.12-1.16 REMOVED as don't need Connected Glass/Construction Blocks crashing

-GeckoLib 1.16.5-3.0.2 (needed for Ars Noveau later builds alongside Curios API and Patchouli)

-Mantle 1.16.5-1.6.109 (needed for Ceramics)

-SuperMartjn642's Config Lib 1.1.8 for (Connected Glass, Item Collectors, Tesseract, Trash Cans, Wormhole Portals)

-SuperMartjn642's Core Lib 1.1.19 (Connected Glass, Item Collectors, Tesseract, Trash Cans, Wormhole Portals)

Replacement mods in modern version:

Rings of Ascension replacing all the individual rings mods (removed as crashes with any Curios API build/other mods)

Potion Rings is a bonus mod (crashed with all 3 Curios API builds I tried and would have to work around/narrow down more mods so removed)

Ceramics is replacing the tools from Resourceful Tools

Compressionism is a bonus with it's crop blocks

Compressium has similar blocks and is already part of the pack for the rest