Old But Iron V2

Welcome to the Old But Iron V2 modpack! This pack is a nostalgic journey back to Minecraft 1.7.10, featuring many classic mods that aim to provide an exciting and refreshing experience for players.

Tips

Below are some general tips that will help you when playing this modpack.

Storage

Expanded storage chests are expensive but accessible after acquiring a diamond pickaxe. They should be large enough to last you till AE2. AE2 is accessible immediately after being able to consistently generate power.
4k, 16k and 64k AE2 cells are significantly cheaper
If you want a backpack, satchels can be made in the early game, and backpacks after the wither has been defeated.

Progression

Botania, Thaumcraft and blood magic can all be immediately started.
Thermal expansion machines require the BuildCraft laser and assembly table to craft the diamond chipset. This requires a diamond, redstone and quite a bit of power.
Biomass can be created after unlocking thermal expansion, then biogas engines burning biomass are a super efficient infinite source of energy.
You need to progress decently far into the twilight forest and thermal expansion before the blast furnace becomes obtainable.
Torcherino's can be used to speed up many processes by increasing the tick rate in a specific area.

Energy

Thermal Expansion energy generation and storage is disabled, use different methods like the rotational dynamo or forestry.
Buildcraft combustion engines with fuel in them are very efficient but can explode if not properly cooled. RotaryCraft ethanol produces energy twice as fast but provides only 1/4th the energy per bucket.

Bugs

If chunks are not reloading, press f3+a

Performance

Below is a command that will take some time, but generate a very large part of the world which makes exploration a lot faster and more fun. /pregen gen startradius square 0 0 b5000

World

Default world should always be used. This includes all biomes.
Dynmap is enabled by default and can be viewed in a webbrowser at http://localhost:8123. When hosting a server this can be used to share the explored areas with other players.

Potentially helpful sites

These links are mainly for those who want to explore mods they don't know yet or to see what can be done in the modpack.

Getting started with Blood magic
Getting started with RotaryCraft (don't forget to read the in-game handbook for exact numbers on power requirements and load limits)
Getting started with Botania
Getting started with Thaumcraft, reading the Thaumonomicon should also suffice.
Getting started with bees
Twilight Forest Progression
Blood Arsenal additions
If you want to read about Chromaticraft (I highly recommend trying chromaticraft yourself before looking at any guide)
If you prefer watching videos about Chromaticraft
Documentation for programming turtles
Breeding special bees
Reactorcraft end game, for those who think they built it all.

If there are ever glitches, errors, crashes or other problems come to me first, before going to any of the mod authors.

I would love to discuss suggestions and improvements to the modpack, so feel free to message me on discord! My discord: derosalie

Old but iron V2