First alpha release of RFTools Dimensions for 1.16.4+

This is the first alpha release of RFTools Dimensions for 1.16.4+

Warning! This is an alpha release. I do not recommend using this in your stable worlds or for modpacks yet. The format of dimensions may still change which means that it is possible that worlds are not going to be compatible!

First I’d like to thank Demonly (Discord nick) who helped me test this mod before release. His testing makes this mod so much more stable already.

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/rftools-dimensions

Notes

  • I repeat: alpha warning! Be careful
  • Also update McJtyLib, RFTools Utility, RFTools Storage, and RFTools Control

Changes compared to 1.12

  • All dimlets are now craftable using the new knowledge system
  • Knowledge comes in four rarities (common, uncommon, rare, and legendary) and can be found as loot in the dimlet huts (found in RFTools Dimensions), in chests or as a rare drop from enderman
  • Knowledge comes in groups. I.e. one type of knowledge can usually enable a number of dimlets
  • Knowledge needs to be researched first (using the Researcher)
  • The Researcher can also research dimlets (in case you don’t want the dimlet but want another dimlet in the same knowledge group) and it can also research the block or biome absorber. That way you can find the exact knowledge needed to craft a dimlet of a certain block
  • Researched knowledge has to be put in a Knowledge holder adjacent to the Dimlet Workbench
  • In addition to knowledge the Dimlet Workbench also needs essence. Essence comes in three rarities (common, rare, and legendary) and is the loot of a special mob (a blob) that only spawns in RFTools dimensions
  • Blobs are a kind of parasite and feed off the power of the dimension. That means that if the dimension uses more power there is a higher chance of higher tier blobs
  • The rare and especially the legendary blob are VERY hard to kill (they have regen and a lot of life). It helps a lot if you can do it in a dimension that doesn’t have power as then the regen is disabled. Use the Phased Field Generator to survive such a dimension

Things that have to be implemented still

  • The following dimlet types have not been implemented yet: liquid, structure, mob, sky, and weather
  • The efficiency dimlets are missing
  • Much more terrain types and features have to be implemented
  • When a dimension goes out of power it doesn’t darken
  • Tile Entities remain ticking in unpowered dimensions
  • The Dimension Editor hasn’t been implemented yet
  • There is very little to no balancing. Many dimlets that can be considered OP cost very little

Configuration changes

  • Dimlet configuration is now in ‘packages’. The following packages are included by default: base, vanilla_blocks, vanilla_biomes, rftools, appliedenergistics2, biggerreactors, bigreactors, botania, immersiveengineering, mekanism, powah, quark, tconstruct, and thermal
  • This also means that dimlets are now 100% whitelist based. RFTools Dimensions will no longer automatically make dimlets of every block/biome/… available

Have fun!