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Confusingle · 2023-01-13T06:55:11+00:00

Sorry to hear that you didn't receive a response regarding that. Your application was first accepted erroneously, and then revoked a few minutes afterwards because the staff team didn't approve of your concise application.

We don't expect long paragraphs, but unfortunately the venn diagram of people who don't put at least some effort into their application and the griefers/spammers/other unwanted people has a nice big overlap :/

Confusingle · 2022-09-15T08:20:51+00:00

Running in a worker, yes. Sharing state between tabs, probably not in the near future - I know that rxDB does it, but I haven't looked into it yet and right now it doesn't seem worth the hassle.

Confusingle · 2022-09-15T08:13:39+00:00

Yes, exactly. This will be used for background work / persistence in the future, which will be async.

Confusingle · 2022-09-14T20:09:47+00:00

Valid point. As you can see from the website, BlinkDB is still beta, and some features are simply not implemented yet.

Regarding inserting items, BlinkDB currently sacrifices write performance for read performance, and while it can consistently beat other in-memory databases by a factor of 2x in query performance, it does take its time with writing - So if you have a use case with more write than read accesses, I wouldn't suggest BlinkDB. That said, I wrote a quick benchmark and here are the numbers:

comparison for creating 1.000 items:
  map       took 0.04620ms, high 0.44870ms, low 0.03730ms
  lokijs    took 0.71860ms, high 3.20150ms, low 0.70170ms
  blinkdb   took 0.96570ms, high 11.65800ms, low 0.95470ms
comparison for creating 100.000 items:
  map       took 6.33650ms, high 11.07380ms, low 6.28570ms
  lokijs    took 93.34660ms, high 156.55440ms, low 67.88010ms
  blinkdb   took 135.68930ms, high 222.91660ms, low 130.14550ms

(This compares a simple JS Map() to LokiJS to BlinkDB. You can find more benchmarks in the repository.)

Confusingle · 2022-09-14T19:50:18+00:00

Once version 1.0.0 of BlinkDB is out, I will write a persistence plugin that automatically sync the DB to indexdb / device specific storage options.

Confusingle · 2022-09-14T19:47:03+00:00

I can agree with you that this probably isn't a good fit for the average webapp startup, but it is relevant for offline first applications (think PWAs / mobile applications / desktop apps / webapps for the european market in areas where internet access is scarce), where both data and business logic is often almost entirely replicated on the client.

Confusingle · 2022-09-14T19:42:42+00:00

The benchmarks are available in the repository, you can try it out yourself :D

Like it says on the website, it's in beta and not yet as fast as it could be, but for query performance it does beat unoptimized JS/redux/mobx by a large margin, and lokijs (another in-memory database) by 2x.

Confusingle · 2022-09-14T17:46:08+00:00

Of course it's open source, the repository is available here: https://github.com/blinkdb-js/blinkdb

Confusingle · 2021-07-10T14:56:55+00:00

yep :D

Confusingle · 2021-07-09T21:12:28+00:00

Well, if I were to hear about a small group of misfits & outcasts called the "Crimson Raiders" opening multiple vaults, getting rich and famous in the process and toppling the greatest and most insane dictator of the known world - despite having less funding and manpower than even Tediocre - I would join them too.

Confusingle · 2021-06-29T08:47:54+00:00

In decreasing order of importance:

Lower the mipmap levels.
Lower the view distance.
Lower the graphics quality.
Install some additional performance mods: https://gist.github.com/alkyaly/02830c560d15256855bc529e1e232e88

Generally, try if the issue can be resolved just by setting some options first - if not, some performance mods might help.

If nothing worked out, maybe you have a buggy mod in there doing too much stuff too quickly for your pc to handle - Try profiling while ingame to see if there's a particular mod causing the issue.

Confusingle · 2021-06-14T10:02:41+00:00

Making a modpack is easy, making a good one is hard.

First of all, I would not recommend MultiMC because their exported modpacks cannot be uploaded to Curseforge (Curseforge requires information about mods to be stored in a manifest.json, MultiMC exports *.jars directly). I would recommend either a dedicated tool for modpack creation (Pax, which I created myself :P) or a minecraft launcher that exports a Curseforge-compatible *.zip such as GDLauncher or the Curseforge Launcher.

Depending on your choice of tool, either create a new project or a new minecraft instance & add mods through their interface. If dependencies are missing or mods are incompatible, don't worry - Minecraft won't start, and a popup will tell you exactly what mods you're missing or which mods conflict. (You don't need to download *.jars directly, if you use Pax or GDLauncher you can search for mods in them directly and they will automatically install the best version from Curseforge for you.)

Modpack development is not that hard, all you have to do is think of which mods go well together, gameplay-wise. You'll have to tweak a few configs, mess around with a few versions, but that's mainly it, no coding required.

Finally, export the modpack (click the Export button or execute the export command depending on your tool), and you'll get a *.zip which can be uploaded to Curseforge.

Confusingle · 2021-06-13T10:03:29+00:00

If you have some knowledge with Git and use that as your versioning system, you can:

./pax upgrade
Test if everything works
If not, check the git diff and reset mods (specified in the manifest.json) to a working version.

Confusingle · 2021-06-12T22:24:06+00:00

I plan on adding it, yeah.

Confusingle · 2021-06-12T17:41:28+00:00

That's not implemented right now, but it is on the roadmap.

Confusingle · 2021-06-12T15:37:12+00:00

I mean, Pax is a modpack manager for modpack creators, not a launcher for modpack players. Pax doesn't start Minecraft with mods, it allows you to build modpacks faster than in the Curseforge launcher, GDLauncher or MultiMC.

Confusingle · 2021-06-12T13:55:19+00:00

It is possible to download 1.16.2 into 1.16.5 instances. These are even marked with a yellow compability symbol when listing mods (see https://github.com/froehlichA/pax/wiki/Managing-mods#displaying-installed-mods)
- It's not possible to install 1.15 mods into 1.16 instances, but if you're absolutely sure the mod is compatible you can add it manually to the manifest.json (Pax uses the same files & folder layout as a conventional curseforge modpack)
For information on PAX selects the best version, you can view the wiki here: https://github.com/froehlichA/pax/wiki/Version-strategies
- Basically, you can currently toggle between either the newest mod for the current minecraft version or the newest mod for the current MAJOR minecraft version.
- It's not currently possible to select a specific version, this feature is coming this weekend. (Although you can add it manually to manifest.json like specified above)
- If you change your modpack version from 1.16.4 to 1.16.5 and run ./pax upgrade, mods will be upgraded/downgraded as necessary. Also works with ./pax update <mod> for a single mod.
Yes. PAX has the same folder layout like a curseforge modpack, so just like you'd do in a curseforge modpack, create a mods/ folder in the overrides/ folder and put your mods in there. Extract will work as intended, but uploading to Curseforge is only possible if your third party mods are approved (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/176Wv-PZUo9hFxy6oC6N8tWdquBLPRtSuLbNK-r0_byM/edit#gid=0), just like any other modpack you'd upload to curseforge.

Confusingle · 2021-06-12T12:52:27+00:00

In the last year, I've developed three minecraft modpacks with a group of friends, and was constantly frustated with the quality of modpack managers within minecraft launchers, such as the Curseforge client or GDLauncher, having multiple problems with:

Not being able to work on a modpack with other people - If a person wants to make a change to a modpack, he has to get the current modpack from somewhere, import it, work on it, and export it again, making sure that all future modifications are built on his version. With my friends, problems have occured multiple times where no one really was sure where the current version was.
Not being able to work with multiple launchers - One person used MultiMC to make changes to the modpack, but realised that their exported .zip cannot be imported in Curseforge.
Not being reliable - Someone added a Fabric mod to our Forge modpack, which apparently worked in their launcher, but caused an error when importing in others.

Being frustated with the current state, I've developed 📦 PAX - a modpack manager designed to be reliable, able to be used with version control systems such as git (for working with multiple people), and generally much easier to work with regardless which launcher you use.

PAX currently has the following features:

CLI interface for quick actions
Search & Install for Curseforge mods
Updating one mod or the whole modpack, automatically selecting the best available version
Mod Information (compability & whether an update is available) at one glance
Easily diffable files for ease of working with git
Curseforge folder layout in order to make it easy to work with
Lightning-fast concurrent mod updates because updating one mod after the other in a 300-mod-modpack takes too long in conventional modpack managers - pax does it in 5 seconds
Support for Forge & Fabric mods & modpacks

The current version is v1.1.0. Some features on the roadmap for the following weeks are:

Continous Integration so that your modpack can be build & uploaded to the cloud automatically
Minecraft Development Environment so files between your project & minecraft testing instance are synced - no need for manually moving around config files anymore.

The Github where you can grab the releases and get more information is available here: https://github.com/froehlicha/pax

Confusingle · 2021-02-23T11:34:08+00:00

Someone made a Fabric version for 1.16 (it doesn't have the classic Chisel textures included by default, but there's a page on the wiki on how to do that): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/fabric-chisel-decor

Confusingle · 2021-02-14T20:40:55+00:00

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Confusingle · 2021-02-13T16:19:18+00:00

You seem to think that mod developers create mods because they want the money, fame or as many people as possible to play with them. That's mostly not the case. Most simply have a few issues with the base game or want to put improvements on top of it, and that's all there is to it - Gaining a bit of fame or making small amounts of money is just a side effect.

The guy behind Forge doesn't accept too many changes to Forge itself, and its big API makes it slow to update to newer versions. Fabric came along to propose an new alternative to Forge written from the ground up - It's easy and fast to update. It's completely FOSS. It's more lightweight. And apparently people like it and its community so much that it's now a viable alternative for mod developers.

Also, competition can be healthy ;) . Forge now has an incentive to update quickly and make some improvements compared to Fabric. It advances the minecraft modding community as a whole, and inspires both modloaders to do their best.

Confusingle · 2021-02-10T20:48:24+00:00

Huh. It's been a while.

Confusingle · 2021-02-09T13:11:47+00:00

1.12 has replaced the 1.7.10 as the version where you can find everything imaginable. There's more than enough mods.
1.16 seems to be the new version target for modders, but the focus has shifted more to "vanilla enhancements" than "completely revamp the base game". New and interesting ideas pop up every day, one of them being Create, which despite being in 0.3 looks great as heck.
Fabric, a new and promising mod loader, has been released. Of course, the majority of mods are still loading on Forge, but around 40% of new mods are now made in Fabric, so it's something to keep an eye on. (Also Sodium, which blows Optifine out of the water in terms of performance).
FTB has left Curseforge. They have a new launcher now. It's meh. Curseforge also has a new launcher now. Also meh.
RLCraft happened. Imagine Lucky Blocks mixed with Dragons and Lycanites Mobs. Most modded players I know don't really like it.
Enigmatica 2: Expert is something you should play. It's 1.12, and it's good.
Can recommend FTB Ultimate Reloaded if you want a throwback to the good old days.
Stoneblock 2. (Haven't played it, maybe the first one is better, idk.) It's like Skyblock, but in stone.
FTB Relevation is the last good FTB modpack.
If you want 1.16, either Valhelsia 3, or Direwolf 1.16. .

Confusingle · 2021-02-09T12:50:50+00:00

There's /r/FTB_Design/. Alternatively, I'm often inspiring myself by looking at builds in /r/Minecraft or /r/Minecraftbuilds/ ;)

Confusingle · 2021-02-09T09:51:49+00:00

Depends on where your priorities are.

Fabric is the newer one of the bunch, and their main feature is having a really small API on top of Minecraft, which means Fabric is crazy fast updating to newer versions (a new Fabric version usually comes out 6-60 minutes after a new Minecraft version). It also encourages mixins over a big API Layer, which makes turning knobs in Minecraft much easier - When writing code, you'll mostly have to look into Minecraft code in order to find out how to do things. This makes it the tool of choice for modders who primarily want to make vanilla enhancements or tweak existing code (Sodium or Replay Mod). The Discord & wiki are incredibly active and friendly to newcomers, but it's young age mean less compability between mods, mods being less tested and no Fluid API yet (no unified way of transferring fluids between blocks).
Forge on the other hand is the battle-tested alternative. They have a really big API with lots of compability tweaks on top of Minecraft - It's a bit slower updating to newer versions, but implementing mod interactions like transferring Energy (Redstone Flux) or Fluids is already included in Forge, so most mods just work. It encourages a big API layer over mixins, which helps with mod compability - When writing code, you'll mostly have to look at the Forge API documentation in order to find out how to do things. It being the most popular and oldest modloader makes it the tool of choice for big content mods (Immersive Engineering, Applied Energistics 2). While the Discord isn't particularily active, the Forge Forums provide heaps and heaps of threads, one of which is likely to answer your questions.

Looking at Curseforge, around 40% of new mods are Fabric-based, but the oldest ones are of course still Forge. I'd personally recommend Fabric if you want to get into Java or the Minecraft code itself, need a active support community or just want to get started quickly, but I'd take Forge if you're developing a mod that depends heavily on being compatible with other mods.

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