The changes :D

This is a rather large update, I have now switched from fabric to forge. I'll get to that in a little bit. But for the mods.

Mod Changes

Sodium is now yoinked, and even it's Forge "magnesium" counterpart couldn't fill the gap due to stability issues out of the box. That being said, the best way to approach this is to simply add no performance mod at all by default. Does it suck, yeah kinda, but there is not much I can do here. You can install optifine manually, I use that and it works great, but due to licensing issues I cannot include optifine in the pack.

Controllable: Allows you to use a controller. Don't use one anyway? Great, you won't even notice this mod.

Create mod: You know the drill, same as before, but Create Mod is a lot of this Modpack. It is where the majority of the automation stems from.

ComputerCraft: Well technically the name of this mod is CC: Tweaked. But regardless, same as before, you can program in Lua to make turtles do as you wish, and that is simply it.

Distant Horizons: Lets you see far, with little performance loss. IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS STREAMING YOUR GAME TO DISCORD, DELETE THIS MOD. For some ungodly reason, you can't game capture in Discord with this mod enabled. But it's a cool mod, so here it will say.

Easy Villagers: I am linking this mod because of the license. All Rights Reserved is scary, ok? But for real, it's a great mod, and it works well with create mod. It basically makes villagers more like containers, so it can automate trading. Is this OP? Maybe. Is it kinda cool? Yes.

Misc things: I have mods like debugify, which removes bugs, hopefully. I have fancymenu which makes this pack look like I didn't take 30 minutes to make it. Borderless window, which I can't even confirm works, MyServerIsCompatible, which gets rid of that pesky red X when you join a server with forge mods that don't perfectly match your mod list. There is some more, but that mostly covers those mods.

Why forge?

A lot of game changing mods simply don't support fabric

Fabric is unfortunately a bit too new and a lot of mods just that would be in a modpack like this simply aren't on fabric yet.

There is no good fabric hybrid server jar

For reference, I run a Minecraft server based on this modpack (mc.autocraft.cc).

A hybrid server is one that allows you to run both Plugins and Mods on the same server. I tried using Cardboard (a fabric hybrid), but it had very little compatibility for plugins, and it just wasn't for me. Previously, I was using fabric mods to compensate for these features, and while it worked ok, it's not nearly as good as pure spigot plugins.

On the contrary, I am now able to use a server jar known as "Arclight", which has full 1.18.2 support, exactly what I need. It can run most plugins, and allows me to deliver more of an economy experience than I ever could on Fabric.

The server

As you hopefully know already this modpack is largely made for the server I run (mc.autocraft.cc), and I am happy to say that the server is greatly benefited by this update (see the section above). As I am writing this, I am currently uploading the entire Forge server I have made, so soon after you should be able to join and have a good time as always :D! No progress will be lost, and due to what I can only assume is excellent programming on the devs' end, all of the blocks, even modded ones, ported fine from Fabric to Forge (even ComputerCraft data, literally nothing will be lost).

Backend changes

We now have...

Sign Shops

Auction House

Starting Balance

Kits

Play-time based claim blocks

Warps

Grief Prevention

Tpa things

...and some other stuff to come. Basically, I am no longer restricted by the physical server jar, but my will to configure all these plugins.

So yeah, that's all folks! Hopefully you guys enjoy, and always, please leave both pack and server suggestions in my Discord.