Questing Mayhem

Introduction/Background

It's finally here. Questing Mayhem 0.16 has been in development since October 19th, 2019 and now it is complete. This update adds 2 new questlines and 9 new mods! Those 9 mods consist of ProjectE and its addons as well as Avaritia and some of its addons. This is an update that has been planned since the very beginning of Questing Mayhem almost 3 years ago to the day. I always knew that Questing Mayhem was going to have ProjectE and Extreme Crafting integrated into it, even when I was making the first quest. I didn't know it would take 3 years to get there. 

With so much anticipation for this update, it makes sense I took my time with it but also made sure it was quality. 1 questline has been made in the 2nd questbook just for Avaritia and Extreme Crafting. Another has been made for pretty much every single ProjectE item in the mod. This would take a while to make just by itself, but I also wanted to adjust and heavily modify the recipes. It doesn't make sense that you would be able to get the philosopher's stone for just 4 redstone, 4 glowstone, and 1 diamond, right? Not to me. So I made it an extreme crafting recipe. The mods go hand in hand and, with the way I wanted to balance Questing Mayhem, you can't have one mod without the other. This is the reason I needed to make both of their questlines in 1 update. It just wouldn't work well if they were 2 separate updates.

I didn't go easy on the recipes for this update. The power of 9x9 crafting recipes is almost too much for me to handle. Questing Mayhem is almost complete (more on that later), so I knew these questlines would be completed near endgame. I wanted to give people a challenge. Sorry for all of the super hard recipes, especially this update, but I truly believe I gave everybody a true, tough, and enjoyable challenge. It gives Questing Mayhem a lot of longevity at least. 

Struggles & Thanks

Part of the reason this update took so long to get out is because I had to learn how to write scripts. Up until this update, I had been using the minetweaker recipemaker mod to add and change recipes in-game. This was very simple. I just used a command to open up a GUI and essentially crafted the recipe I wanted to make. It was very simple and made recipe creation go by fast. However, that mod only works with the vanilla-style 3x3 crafting grid. The Avaritia Extreme Crafting 9x9 Table is, obviously, much different. So I had to start using the .zs files to make my recipes. This was a challenge at first, but with the help of my discord community and some online resources, I was able to learn. 

Learning how to edit the files also enabled me to fix several of the bugs regarding recipes. One flaw with Minetweaker Recipemaker is that it doesn't allow you to remove recipes you created. You can remove the default recipes, but once you make a new one it's set in stone as far as Minetweaker Recipemaker is concerned. This was the source of many weird crafting bugs and the infamous 9 accio essence or whatever crafting redstone. Sometimes I got the courage to go into the file and delete the recipe I had just made, but that wasn't very often and I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing. Now I am much more comfortable with editing recipes manually which should lead to only good things for the future.

What's Next

As mentioned earlier, Questing Mayhem is nearly out of the "developmental" stage. Yep. Surprisingly enough, Questing Mayhem has never had a full official release. It's just always been open beta/early access/alpha/whatever you want to call it. I always knew I didn't want a full release until I didn't want to add any more content and, well, there's only a little bit more content I want to add. That's the final chapter of Questing Mayhem and it will be released in update 0.17. After that, it's bug fixing to make sure everything is in top-notch and then it's the official release. I won't give out any ETAs for when 0.17 or 1.0 (the final update) will be coming out because I myself don't know. I don't know what life has in store for me either that will inevitably prevent me from working on Questing Mayhem for some time. It's happened before and it'll happen again.

But yeah, anyway, essentially there's only 1 more update left. 0.17. That's where I'll be adding a-.... actually. I won't tell you. I've given enough out. Just know it involves adding 1 more final mod to the pack. ;)

Sponsored by Apex Minecraft Hosting

Apex Minecraft Hosting has kindly provided a completley free Questing Mayhem server for the community. Thank you to Apex Minecraft Hosting, sincerely.

I am going to go ahead put the IP and instructions for how to join the official Questing Mayhem server here. The official Questing Mayhem is kindly provided by Apex Minecraft Hosting for free. As of February 1st, 2020, the official Questing Mayhem server is on Questing Mayhem version 0.15.3 Full, but it will be updated to 0.16 soon. Check discord for more up to date and frequent updates, and you know… to join the server.

To join the Official Questing Mayhem server whitelist, first join the discord server and then click the link in the #whitelist channel. This will take you to a google forum. Fill out the forum and soon enough you will be whitelisted to the server. I apologize for any inconvenience.

IP: 147.135.8.26:25580

Sponsored by Zap Minecraft Hosting

ZAP-hosting has offered a partnership with the Questing Mayhem community in order to create more opportunities for a server for this modpack.

For instant access to a server from ZAP-hosting, please follow this link down below and sign up today.

Check out Zap Hosting here: https://zap-hosting.com/questingmayhem

Discord Stuff

I would like to give a warm welcome to the newest members of the discord staff: Discord user @BlackZocker|Ghi350 & Discord user @D3athw1sh0. These 2 have been very active in the discord community and are now the newest members of staff. Thank you both for volunteering your time and dedication to the community. Hop on the server and give Ghi & D3athw1sh0 a big welcome!

Join the discord: https://discord.gg/XgAbwz9

Server Files

As always, server files will be uploaded as an additional file along with this update. Please allow a few minutes to possibly a few hours for the server files to be approved by curseforge. You can find all additional files by scrolling just past the changelog.

Changelog

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*QUESTING MAYHEM CHANGELOG*

-Questbook Changes-
*Changed requirements to unlock "Enchantment Table" quest
*Changed location of "Enchantment Table" quest
*Changed requirements to unlock "Minicio" quest
*Added a description to "Infusion Stone V" quest
*Added rewards to "Infusion Stone V" quest
*Added more info in exoticer collector quest description
*Edited "Iron Spike" quest title
*Changed amount of spikes required for "Iron Spike," "Golden Spikes," and "Diamond Spikes" quests
*Made "Steel I" and "Steel II" quests to accept any steel ingots
*Added "The Mod to End All Mods" questline
*Added "This for That" questline
*Added quests for Avarita & Singularity mods
*Added quests for ProjecE, Equivalent Energistics, Thaumic Equivalence, & ProjectE Aether Addon
*Added title art to Better Questing questbook

-Recipe Changes-
*Changed recipe for advanced photovoltaic cell
*Changed recipe for obsidian brick
*Changed recipe for enchantment table
*Changed recipe for quantum storage unit mk1
*Changed recipe for quantum storage unit mk2
*Changed recipe for quantum storage unit mk3
*Changed recipe for quantum storage unit mk4
*Changed conversion recipe for clay block to clay balls
*Added recipe for lumium lamp
*Added recipe for radient lumium lamp
*Changed recipe for zinc battery
*Changed recipe for strong infusion stone
*Changed recipe for extreme infusion stone
*Changed recipe for alchemical coin mill
*Added recipe for alchemical coal
*Changed recipe for low covalence dust
*Changed recipe for medium covalence dust
*Changed recipe for high covalence dust
*Changed recipe for kelin star ein
*Changed recipe for diamond lattice
*Changed recipe for crystal matrix ingot
*Changed recipe for compressed crafting table
*Changed recipe for neutron collector
*Changed recipe for neutron compressor
*Changed recipe for mass zivicio block
*Added recipe for master infusion stone
*Added recipe for fire
*Changed recipe for philosopher's stone
*Changed recipe for cosmic meatballs
*Changed recipe for dark matter
*Changed recipe for red matter
*Changed recipe for dark matter helmet
*Changed recipe for dark matter chestplate
*Changed recipe for dark matter leggings
*Changed recipe for energy collector MK1
*Changed recipe for energy collector MK2
*Changed recipe for energy collector MK3
*Changed recipe for alchemical chest
*Changed recipe for repair talisman
*Changed recipe for block hole band
*Changed recipe for archangel's ring
*Changed recipe for harvest goddess band
*Changed recipe for ignition band
*Changed recipe for zero ring
*Changed recipe for gem of eternal density
*Changed recipe for evertide amulet
*Changed recipe for volcanite amulet
*Changed recipe for standard adventure backpack
*Changed recipe for white alchemical bag
*Removed recipes for alchemical bags
*Removed excess recipes for tnt
*Changed recipe for nova catalyst
*Changed recipe for nova camacatalyst
*Changed recipe for destruction catalyst
*Changed recipe for energy condenser
*Changed recipe for ME controller
*Changed recipe for annihilation core
*Changed recipe for formation core
*Changed recipe for molecular assembler
*Changed recipe for phantom ink
*Changed recipe for zone planner
*Changed recipe for EMC assembler
*Changed recipe for advanced EMC assembler
*Changed recipe for improved EMC assembler
*Changed recipe for ultimate EMC assembler
*Changed recipe for EMC condenser
*Changed recipe for advanced EMC condenser
*Changed recipe for improved EMC condenser
*Changed recipe for ultimate EMC condenser
*Changed recipe for peaceful table
*Added recipe for blizz head
*Changed recipe for enderman head
*Added recipe for storage upgrade x243
*Changed recipe for logistics chassis mk5
*Changed recipe for logistics chassis mk4
*Changed recipe for logistics chassis mk3
*Changed recipe for logistics chassis mk2
*Changed recipe for logistics chassis mk1
*Changed recipe for amber block
*Changed recipe for growth pulser
*Changed recipe for machinist's workbench
*Changed recipe for hardened machinist's workbench
*Changed recipe for reinforced machinist's workbench
*Changed recipe for resonant machinist's workbench
*Changed conversion recipe for gelatinous slimeball to congealed blue slime block
*Changed conversion recipe for slime to congealed green slime
*Changed recipe for slimy mud
*Added recipe for dragon egg
*Added recipe for golden egg
*Changed recipe for infinity catalyst
*Added recipe for quarter of a heart
*Added recipe for bedrock
*Added conversion recipes for HQM hearts to BQ hearts
*Changed recipe for dire autocrafting table
*Changed recipe for infinity block
*Changed recipe for energy condenser mk2
*Changed recipe for transmutation table
*Changed recipe for transmutation tablet
*Changed recipe for seed ejecting module
*Changed recipe for ejector
*Added recipe for chance icosahedron
*Added recipe for black lotus
*Added recipe for blacker lotus
*Changed recipe for chaos cookie
*Changed recipe for anti-matter relay mk1
*Changed recipe for anti-matter relay mk2
*Changed recipe for anti-matter relay mk3
*Added recipe for super builder's wand
*Changed recipe for mercurial eye
*Changed recipe for infinity chest

-Bug Fixes-
*Attempted to fix a bug where aether dirt in easier collecting quest would not detect aether dirt
*Attempted to fix a bug where golden oak logs in exoticer collector quest would not detect golden oak logs
*Attempted to fix a bug where large plate casts would be reused in gold gear recipe
*Fixed bug where NEI would show any accio essence could craft into redstone dust
*Fixed bug where NEI would show any accio essence with quadrouple compressed cobblestone could craft a /dev/null
*Removed blank task from sandwiches quest
*Fixed error: recipe 5.zs:578 > a method available but none matches the parameters (minetweaker.item.IItemStack, any[]) This is usually an error in your script, not in the mod

-Mod Changes-
*Added ProjectE
*Added Equivalent Energistics
*Added Thaumic Equivalence
*Added ProjectE Aether Addon
*Added Avaritia
*Added AvaritiaAddons
*Added Universal Singularities
*Added Thermal Singularities
*Added Eternal Singularity
*Removed AE2 Tech-Addon

-Config Changes-
*Enabled the spawning of nether uranium ore, nether pig iron ore, & nether tungstun ore
*Disabled chiseling of snakestone obsidian

-Other Changes-
*Added 1 "plain" tier reward bag reward
*Added 1 "uncommon" tier reward bag reward
*Added 2 "rare" tier reward bag rewards
*Added 22 "awesome" tier reward bag rewards
*Added 22 "legendary" tier reward bag rewards
*Added 38 "the best" tier reward bag rewards
*Gave raw meteoric iron an EMC value of 128