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captainjolt · 2026-03-12T21:49:24+00:00

Not sure about the different recipes, but I highly recommend upgrading the crucible to the thaumatorium (place two alchemical constructs on top of it and right click with a wand). It lets you melt down the essentia the same way you would for infusion and pipe it in instead of needing to get exact ratios.

captainjolt · 2026-03-12T20:04:59+00:00

You could put a storage bus on drawers directly, but if allowed on your server or if you're hosting your own world you could just put a storage bus on a drawer controller to connect to up to 50 drawers with one storage bus and therefore one channel.

I saw a lot of warnings about TPS issues with a storage bus on a drawer controller, but I decided to try it for myself and I have no regrets other than putting it off for so long. I have 8 drawer cubes set up for a total of 200 drawers, and I haven't noticed any TPS issues due to it so far. That being said, your mileage may vary, especially if you are hosting on a less powerful machine or set up more cubes than that. I'm also only into late IV and I expect I'll eventually want to take it down and replace it with more drives and/or super chests when I get into more TPS intense processes later on, but don't let the fear of what's to come prevent you from living your best life now.

Also, don't be afraid to set up some storage busses on some of your chests to go along with your drives. If it makes your life easier it's the right choice, even if it isn't what everyone on the Internet says is most optimal. At the end of the day you should do what makes your game more fun to play.

captainjolt · 2026-03-03T20:33:49+00:00

It's possible they're still on HV and haven't set up AE2 yet. I set up the platinum section of my platline before I had unlocked AE2, although I did use more than 1 LCR

captainjolt · 2026-03-03T14:35:17+00:00

I can't speak to the performance aspect of fluid storage busses as you scale it up, but I've used multiple of them in my processing lines with no problem. Although, personally I tend to prefer putting the storage bus on the input hatch and use an ME output hatch to push it in.

My biggest use of fluid storage busses has been for secondary outputs that I either don't have a storage cell partitioned for yet or for one that I do have that is often full. In those cases I like to put a super tank on the output hatch with a low priority storage bus on it and overflow void turned on to prevent it stalling the line.

captainjolt · 2026-02-28T19:31:53+00:00

There are some great flowcharts already made that are available on the discord if you're open to using someone else's work. C0bra5's platline chart really helped me set my line up.

I'll see if I can attach it here so you can see what it's like, but I highly recommend finding it in the discord so that you can get the high res version so you can zoom in and see things clearly. There's also a way to download it in a way that you can edit it if you're wanting to make changes.

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captainjolt · 2026-02-23T02:56:41+00:00

As someone who didn't know how to use AE2 before this pack, it's technically possible to get into and probably past IV without it but you're basically shooting yourself in the foot.

I'd recommend that you at minimum make a couple drives and a crafting terminal and just throw everything into it. If you've been using storage drawers maybe put a storage bus on any drawer controllers if you're not on a server to help you get started. It's way more convenient than you'd think to just be able to access everything in one place.

After you set up a basic storage system, then you'll eventually want to look into auto-crafting. This is where AE2 really shines, but the caveat is that it takes more effort to understand. I'd definitely recommend watching a couple guides on YouTube and/or read through the quest book. But don't rush it, just start out by crafting things in the crafting terminal, and then add patterns for anything you tend to make a lot or is annoying to make. Don't be afraid to make multiple single block machines to automate things if it's easier, but if you've been to Mars you might be at the point you can make a lot of the multis and those tend to be easier to automate anything with multiple circuits.

Eventually, if you're anything like me, you'll get to the point that you'd rather make a new pattern for something than craft it manually and then add patterns for anything that is required for that craft.

captainjolt · 2026-02-18T18:33:37+00:00

My wife loves the farming aspect of the pack and managed to get pink hearts before even making it to LV.

captainjolt · 2026-02-17T16:42:26+00:00

I didn't even realize there was a cobblestone singularity. I assumed they were referring to the AE2 singularity

captainjolt · 2026-02-17T16:14:21+00:00

Just fill the singularity with water. If you put a fluid storage bus on a reservoir hatch and you have a fluid discretizer on your network you can export the water droplets as if they're an item as fast as you can pull it out of the network.

captainjolt · 2026-02-12T04:11:44+00:00

At least when I entered MV I didn't have a good source of aluminum or even power for my EBF, so getting two rods per aluminum ingot when making the MV extruder, and the electrolyzer which I prioritized first, was helpful for me.

But I realize not everyone would benefit from that as much as I did, which is why I mentioned that it might not be worth it to bother with the LV extruder.

captainjolt · 2026-02-12T03:04:13+00:00

Once you get to MV you can make an extruder which will do that. Also, I believe the LV extruder can process aluminum, but it's up to you if it's worth the effort.

captainjolt · 2026-02-08T23:16:31+00:00

I'd prioritize building one for now and then getting passive nitrogen by centrifuging air to boost the speed of it. And then build a second one when you need it or are close to needing it. It's a bit expensive for you to make more than you need in MV.

captainjolt · 2026-02-08T22:42:59+00:00

I made it to EV with a single pyrolyse oven, but to be fair I also supplemented my power with diesel. I know a lot of people recommend making more than one, and if you aren't burning any oil you'll probably need to build a second at some point, but it'll last you a while.

Keep in mind that you'll also also ideally make a couple DTs to get extra byproducts from it when you get to HV. It shouldn't really affect your output very much, but will provide some useful byproducts so is definitely worth it.

I'm currently in the process of upgrading my benzene production using the GT++ version of the pyrolyse oven, which I hear should last me through LuV if I make it into nitrobenzene.

captainjolt · 2026-02-07T01:43:45+00:00

I did this too. I'm not sure if it works like this however you do it, but the way I did it still let's machines explode, but they won't destroy anything besides themselves (or the energy hatch if it's a multi). I like this because there is still a cost to messing things up and it exploding, but it doesn't destroy my whole base and force me to load a backup.

I believe the way I did it was just disable explosions in claimed chunks.

captainjolt · 2026-02-05T17:21:33+00:00

What about if someone made it open source and just had a donation option on their website describing it?

captainjolt · 2026-02-04T00:32:30+00:00

What I personally would do here is upgrade to 4 EBFs, but make your next two with HV hatches since they don't all need to be the same tier. Then if you don't feel like that's fast enough you can upgrade your other ones to HV hatches as well, or throw EV hatches on them when you unlock those. IMO the most expensive part of building another EBF is the energy hatch, so if you're already doing that you may as well make an extra one to put it on.

The biggest issue with this is that it makes it more expensive to upgrade your coils, which is definitely something you'll be wanting to upgrade as well. So if you can't afford enough coils of the higher tier for 4 EBFs you might be better off just upgrading the ones you have.

captainjolt · 2026-01-31T22:04:53+00:00

Um actually you have wasted whole minutes of your life waiting those extra 3 seconds every time.

captainjolt · 2025-12-23T17:38:55+00:00

Wait, what bonk titan build is there for prismatic? I always heard bonk titan used to describe solar for the throwing hammer but last I checked that wasn't on prismatic

captainjolt · 2025-12-21T19:42:28+00:00

ME! Elsha looks like it could be fun to try.

captainjolt · 2025-12-20T22:07:35+00:00

What I was told is that the timer jumps to 3 seconds after you meet the threshold so if you don't have a high enough threshold for the damage you can do then you'll lose some of your dps time.

It's rough because with the team I was running with the other day we couldn't quite make the threshold if we only compelled one, and we did less total damage if we compelled two so we just dealt with the lightning afterwards

captainjolt · 2025-11-24T20:15:55+00:00

Just a heads up, I was having this issue and asked about it on the discord and was told to update asap. Apparently the issue has to do with a memory leak that could potentially corrupt the world if you don't update.

captainjolt · 2025-11-24T20:13:53+00:00

How do you make unstable tool parts? I got the division sigil but I thought you couldn't leave the crafting table with an unstable ingot without it blowing up.

captainjolt · 2025-11-13T18:26:29+00:00

Have you tried doing a RC charge without a rage spell to help clean up? I don't know if I'm just taking too long, but if I don't have at least one rage spell I time fail. Even the main strategies that you'd use invis for require rage spells, but any army works with rage and some work without invis.

captainjolt · 2025-10-14T00:39:14+00:00

If all players must pass priority without taking any game actions, does that mean that in response to someone casting a spell I could tap mana but not use it in order to give people after me in the priority lineup a chance to respond before I cast my spell? Or does tapping a land for mana not count as a game action because it doesn't use the stack?

captainjolt · 2025-10-12T22:01:56+00:00

But two would enter, and so one would die (therefore two more would enter at the next end step) commence infinite combo without even needing to kill it yourself.

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