Replace the v0.30.x ad-hoc disable mechanisms (KubeJS server script,
datapack recipe override, KubeJS client-side JEI hide -- which was
broken on this KubeJS build) with a single proper tool:
- **Item Obliterator 2.3.0** + dep **Necronomicon API 1.6.0**
Declarative JSON config to remove items from inventories,
creative tabs, all recipes (including modded custom recipe
types), villager trades, and JEI. Exactly the missing capability.
Config: pack/overrides/defaultconfigs/item_obliterator.json5
Blacklists:
alexsmobs:transmutation_table
alexsmobs:shattered_dimensional_carver
Removed (no longer needed):
- pack/overrides/kubejs/server_scripts/disable_alexsmobs_features.js
(Item Obliterator handles transmutation_table recipe removal
and right-click cancel automatically)
- pack/overrides/world/datapacks/bns-fuel/data/alexsmobs/
capsid_recipes/shattered_dimensional_carver.json
(Item Obliterator handles modded recipe removal too)
Both items now correctly:
- Don't appear in JEI search / item list
- Don't appear in creative tabs
- Have no working recipe path
- Can't be right-clicked / used
- Get scrubbed from inventories on join
The Void Worm boss + regular Dimensional Carver still work --
nothing else in Alex's Mobs is affected.
Verified live: both mods discovered, Necronomicon read our config
file successfully ("File exists, reading config"), Item Obliterator
loaded with the blacklist.
Note: config schema is v2; v1 configs get overwritten by the mod's
default. Always write configVersion: 2.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Revert the custom tier-strict + user-error-forgiveness tuning shipped
in v0.29.0 and use the mod's shipped defaults instead:
squibChance 0.0 -> 0.25
barrelChargeBurstChance 0.0 -> 0.2
interruptedIgnitionChance 0.0 -> 0.33
overloadBurstChance 1.0 -> 0.5
failureExplosionPower 0.0 -> 2.0
disableAllCannonFailure stays false. Tier balance is still preserved
(material maxSafePropellantStress is what gates overload). The
difference is failures are now probabilistic per the mod author's
intended balance, and the explosion has its default power.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two related gameplay tweaks:
1. Train fuel requirement (Steam 'n' Rails)
- Set realisticTrains = true in railways-server.toml.
Trains now consume fuel from a Fuel Tank (liquid) or solid fuels
in chests/barrels on the contraption. realisticFuelTanks stays
true so tanks won't accept water/junk.
- Ship a datapack bns-fuel/ that defines TFMG fluids as proper
liquid fuels at tiered burn rates:
crude_oil 8000 ticks/bucket (raw, abundant -- entry)
furnace_gas 12000 ticks/bucket (cheap by-product)
naphtha 24000 ticks/bucket (mid refined)
kerosene 24000 ticks/bucket (mid refined)
gasoline 36000 ticks/bucket (top refined)
diesel 48000 ticks/bucket (top refined, longest)
Vanilla lava bucket still works via bucket-burn fallback
(20000 ticks). Tier curve incentivises building a real refinery.
2. CBC tier-preserving cannon safety
- Revert the nuclear disableAllCannonFailure=true switch shipped
in v0.28 hotfix -- it killed the bronze/steel/nethersteel tier
balance because overloaded cannons fired without consequence.
- Per-lever config that protects against random RNG losses while
keeping the tier mechanic intact:
disableAllCannonFailure = false
squibChance = 0.0 (no random projectile-stuck)
barrelChargeBurstChance = 0.0 (forgive misplaced charges)
interruptedIgnitionChance = 0.0 (forgive gapped loads)
overloadBurstChance = 1.0 (TIER STRICT -- exceed your
cannon's rated propellant
stress = lose the cannon)
failureExplosionPower = 0.0 (no collateral blast when it
does die from overload)
- Effect: a cannon built to spec and used within its
maxSafePropellantStress is immortal. Overloading dies cleanly
per the material's failureMode, no fortress damage. User error
(squib/misplace/gap) doesn't destroy expensive builds.
Stress units NOT supported for trains: verified by inspecting Rails
and Create bytecode, nothing consumes SU for train movement. Liquid
fuel is the supported mechanism.
Verified live: server boots clean, port 25565 binds, KubeJS loads
0 errors, Minecraft auto-enables the bns-fuel datapack, Rails
initializes the LiquidFuelManager reload listener.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Cannons are expensive to build; users were losing them to RNG
self-destruction (squib, barrel charge burst, overload, interrupted
ignition, catastrophic failure). Per-cannon failure is configurable
via a single master switch in createbigcannons-server.toml:
[failure]
disableAllCannonFailure = true
This zeroes out all six failure paths in one go. Applied to the live
server and tracked here under defaultconfigs/ so future server resets
preserve it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Players with an existing options.txt (i.e. anyone who has launched MC
once) don't get the 'default_packs' applied -- RPO only treats those as
defaults for fresh installs.
Adding 'required: true' to the override entry on the assumption that
the field forces the pack to be enabled on every launch regardless of
player choice. Decompiled the jar for string constants and 'required'
appears alongside 'force_compatible' as a known key.
If the field name is wrong RPO will silently ignore it -- no harm, easy
iteration.
Resource Pack Overrides config field names extracted directly from the
mod's class files (default_packs + default_overrides confirmed via grep
on the .class strings). Config ships through defaultconfigs/ so it
seeds the player's local config on first run and respects later edits.
The 'default_position: TOP' override puts the ReCreated pack at the top
of the enabled-packs list so it takes precedence over the vanilla
ComputerCraft textures.
If the filename or schema turns out to be off when tested, it's a
one-line follow-up to fix.
The previous rule 'pack/overrides/' ignored the whole directory, which
made it impossible to re-include subpaths via ! exception (git's rule).
Narrow the ignore to 'pack/overrides/mods/' -- the only path that
Build-Tweaks.ps1 actually writes -- and drop the broken whitelist
block. Other subdirs under pack/overrides/ (defaultconfigs/, etc.) now
live in git like normal source.
Adds the Waystones override that 0.16.1 attempted (spawnInVillages =
DISABLED). Bumps to 0.16.3 so launcher caches re-sync.
Matt
Matt