Introduction

The Advanced Colonies modpack is built around MineColonies, while trying to provide a well-integrated variety of technology, magic, nature, and transportation mods.

This guide is VERY MUCH a work in progress, it probably has mistakes!

You can view the map at map.canine.systems.

The following mods should be described somewhere in this guide:

Goblin Traders
Better Wandering Trader Trades (BWTT)
AutoModpack
Botany Pots
Botany Pots Tiers
Botany Trees
Bridging Mod
Comforts
Cosmetic Armor Reworked
Domum Ornamentum
Ender Storage
Explorer’s Compass
Nature’s Compass
Open Parties and Claims
Prodige’s Skills
Relics
Relics: Artifacts Compat
Reliquary Reincarnations
Repeatable Trial Vaults
Simple Backups
Simply Tools
Sit Anywhere!
Sophisticated Backpacks
Sophisticated Storage

Keybindings

TODO

Crafting & Recipes

Crafting Station

Advanced Colonies includes the Crafting Station, which:

keeps your items stored
displays items in it on top
can access neighboring inventories

Crafting Interface Additions

The Crafting Tweaks mod adds some features to call crafting tables (including the Crafting Stations):

button to rotate the crafting grid
button to balance the crafting grid stacks to be even sizes (or as close as possible)
button to clear crafting grid items into your inventory
holding “w” while clicking an item will transfer an item (shift+w transfers all of type)
right click the result slot to craft a full stack

Recipe Conflicts

If there are multiple recipes with the same input, the Polymorph mod allows you to switch between the various outputs.

Unified Resources

If multiple mods add the same resource (e.g. copper ingots), Almost Unified makes sure they’re consolidated.

Supplementaries

Additional recipes are provided by the Supplementaries and Supplementaries Squared mods.

Custom Recipes

We use CraftTweaker to add the following recipes:

(TODO: find a good way to import what’s in https://github.com/canine-systems/advanced-colonies-server/tree/main/scripts)

Waystones

Aircraft

We have the Immersive Aircraft mod.

Steve’s Carts

CreeperHost Presents Steve’s Carts

Tardis

Doctor Who - TARDIS - Reborn

Canine Motors

TODO: Verify all of this is still accurate.

Here at Canid Motors, a subsidiary of Canine Systems, our goal is to lower the barrier of entry to having a car.

To that end, we provide the following services in the Aura area:

fuel stations
auto repair shop

And will soon be providing:

road construction and maintenance (WIP)

We will discuss each of these in this chapter.

Getting A Car

There are two ways to get a vehicle: buy it, or build it.

Building one requires a wide array of materials. We cover the cost of getting them by requesting additional iron.

If you would like to build it, there is a Car Workshop provided by the Aura fuel station.

Technical details related to building a vehicle are provided later in this book.

If you would like to buy a vehicle, the prices are:

One-seat sedan: 9 iron blocks.
Two-seat sedan: 10 iron blocks.
One-seat truck: 11 iron blocks.
One-seat sport: 12 iron blocks.

Discounts may be available if other items are provided. Be sure to talk to puppy (aka duckinator).

Getting Fuel

Fuel Stations

Our Aura fuel station currently provides fuel for free. Oil donations are greatly appreciated, as they allow us to keep fuel free.

Fuel Production

Fuel is produced using Immersive Engineering technology.

Sedans and sports cars can only use gasoline.
Transporters can use gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel

It is worth noting that Transporters run more efficiently on diesel and biodiesel.

Auto Repair & Maintenance

~~The Car Workshop at our Aura fuel station is free to use for building or repairing cars.~~ TODO

The required tools are:

Wrench (car:wrench)
Screw Driver
Hammer

Road Construction & Maintenance

TODO

~~Canine Systems, the parent company of Canid Motors, provides road construction and maintenance services.~~

~~We intend to upgrade much of the road system in the Aura area in the near future.~~

Building A Car

You need a Workshop to build a car. (TODO: document this)

Raw Materials

Raw materials to build either Sedan:

3 flint
9 iron blocks
26 logs
4 redstone dust
11 sand
27 wool

Raw materials to build a Transporter:

All materials for a Sedan
4 terracotta

Raw materials to build a Sports Car:

3 flint
9 iron blocks
4 logs
4 redstone dust
11 sand
4 terracotta
19 wool

Components

Common Components

Every vehicle requires the following

1 windshield
1 seat
1 control unit
1 chest
1 car tank
2 axles

One-Seat Sedan (‘Small Wood Car’)

In addition to the Common Components listed above, a Small Wood Car needs:

1 3-cylinder engine
4 car body parts

Car workshop recipe:

Two-Seat Sedan (‘Big Wood Car’)

In addition to the Common Components listed above, a Big Wood Car needs:

1 3-cylinder engine
1 additional seat
6 car body parts

Car workshop recipe:

Transporter

In addition to the Common Components listed above, a Transporter needs:

1 3-cylinder engine
1 additional chest
4 terracotta
1 additional axle

Car workshop recipe:

The color of the terracotta dictates the color of the vehicle.

Sports Car

In addition to the Common Components listed above, a Sports Car needs:

1 6-cylinder engine.
4 terracotta

The color of the terracotta dictates the color of the vehicle.

Car workshop recipe:

Colonies & Companions

SmallColonies for Minecolonies Stylecolonies Better With Minecolonies Compatibility addon for MineColonies Tweaks addon for MineColonies Modern Companions TownTalk Towns and Towers Dungeons and Taverns

MineColonies

Technology

For tech, our modpack is built around:

Applied Energistics
Create
Immersive Engineering
ComputerCraft
Extreme Reactors

We did our best to integrate them with each other as nicely as possible.

Applied Energistics

See the Applied Energistics 2 guide.

Create

The Create fandom wiki has some information.

We included Create Crafts & Additions so Create can bridge between electricity and kinetic energy,. which lets you use Create to power other tech mods.

There is integration between Create and the following mods: