Create

 Throughout this page I will be using content belonging to the Create founder Simibubi a.k.a. "Simi Cats", Polartt, and Rockit14. Without them I would not have the understanding of the Create mod that I do and this modpack likely wouldn't exist. Please do me, and them a favor and check out their channels linked in their names and subscribe to them if you aren't already. They all regularly put all amazing Create based content. I'd also like to shout out Mechanicrafers a video series of a Create based SMP playthrough with some of the most talented builders I've seen. It's a great watch and you learn a lot as well. You can download the modpack and try it for your self here: Mechanicrafters

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From the Developer
"Welcome to Create, a mod offering a variety of tools and blocks for Building, Decoration and Aesthetic Automation.

The added elements of tech are designed to leave as many design choices to the player as possible, where item processing doesn't happen inside a single block with funny textures, it requires a set of actors working together in many possible arrangements.

Check out the wiki and in-game Tool-tips for further info on how to use these features, and stay tuned for an ever-growing selection of possibilities for Creative and Survival Minecraft."

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Summary
Create is a complete technology system mod built on the idea of mechanical energy and believability. The premise of Create is "Aesthetic Automation". The idea being providing players with a way to automate certain processes that doesn't feel like cheating, or like it's magic. The player has to interact with the machines to make them work and you can see them working. Centered around the use of "rotational force" Create is about using the systems and mechanics and physics already established in Minecraft in new creative ways. Create is so Vanilla centric that almost all of it's pieces will interact with Vanilla components and it's machines can make use of them and even require them at time.

Wrench and Goggles
The Wrench and Engineering Goggles are going to be your best friends when working with Create and should be among your first goals. The Wrench allows you to change the functionality, positioning, or settings of various blocks and machines. The Engineering Goggles allow you to see detailed information about Create blocks and machines like their current stress and speed as well as many other things.

When In Doubt, Ponder
Create has a system built into it for explaining each device referred to as Pondering. When hovering over a Create block in JEI if that block has a Ponder scene attached to it you can hold the indicated key to bring up the Ponder scene. Ponder scenes give a detailed and animated explanation of how blocks and machines work as well as what their various uses and functions are. If you aren't sure how something works check out the Ponder scene.

Generating Power
Power generation is the backbone of the Create mod. Create uses single and multi-block machines called Power Generators that are activated and run on mechanical energy. Create refers to this as rotational force or Stress. It's easy to think of it as torque if you understand torque conceptually. A power generator in Create such as an Encased Fan, Water Wheel, Windmill, or Furnace Engine generates rotational force which can then be transmitted to various machines via Shafts, Cog Wheels, Gearboxes, Mechanical Belts, and Encased Chain Drives.

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Understanding Speed and Stress
Much like in real life use of the rotational force generated by Create's power generators puts Stress on the generator so managing Stress and speed becomes an integral part of using Create machinery. Stress Units are generated by Power Generators and consumed by machines. Stress has a proportional relationship with speed. Operating a machine at a higher speed will cause it to consume more Stress. In this way it can be beneficial to operate certain machines or large numbers of machines at lower speeds to reduce Stress however certain machines are required to operate at a certain speed or higher to be effective. Sometimes generating more power will be your only option. Knowing when to slow down your builds, speed them up, or increase their power is the secret to success in Create. Stress and Speed can both be observed directly by wearing Engineering Goggles or by using the Speedometer and Stressometer blocks.

Speedometer and Stressometer
Speedometer and Stressometer blocks can be added to any power output in a system without increasing the Stress on a system. They actively display the speed a system is running at and/or the Stress that is being consumed by the system. Using these blocks to monitor your machines can make finding problems and adjusting power flow much easier and much less time consuming. These blocks can also put out a redstone signal based on their speed or Stress reading allowing for speed or Stress related operational modes. You can combine this with contraptions that move machines in and out of a system to trigger many different kinds of events. Finding a good use for it is just a matter of creativity.

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Crafting With Machines
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Transmitting Power
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Transporting Items
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Transporting Liquids
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Contraptions
Contraptions are Create block based multi-block structures that can be turned into "entities" and do various things like move through the world, travel on minecarts, be pushed around and many other things. Contraptions are among the most useful things you can build with Create and complex contraptions designed to achieve previously unthinkable tasks are the end goal of the Create mod. What a contraption can do is limited almost exclusively by your own imagination and understanding of the Create mod.

Automated Crafting
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Multi-stage Crafting
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Schematics and the Schematicannon
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Create Addons
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