The major revolution here was the addition of a power system - Minecraft Joules. It was the first version to depend on Minecraft Forge. (Interesting historical note: the initial commits were put in place by SpaceToad on July 12, 2011, and LexManos started commiting in October in early 2012, he had beenīack to BuildCraft, version 2.0.0 came out at the very end of July 2011. Eloraam, FlowerChild and SpaceToad had created an API that was supposed to sit on top of Risugami’s ModLoader and bring inter-mod compatibilityįor patches required by multiple mods. 1.7.2.1 was the first version to add support for SMP via ModLoaderMP.Īt the same time, a new idea has begun to happen: Minecraft Forge. Pipes and a much better Landmark model, now based on torches. In 1.6.6.4, we got filler enhancements, stone In those days, a power system was a rather innovative concept! What is interesting to note, though, is that the recipes are currently very similar, the primary difference being that pipes are no longer part ofĪ lot of the later history is lost to time, Minecraft Forum moves and the lost CVS tree of early BuildCraft development, however we can try to piece it back with SpaceToad’s videos.īuildCraft 1.6.5.1 added Vacuum Pipes (now Obsidian Transport Pipes), the Land Marks and the Filler - at which point the mod finally had both Buiilding and Crafting. Back then, they still were powered by fast-clocked redstone Iron, gold and diamond - their functions didn’t change much until today.īuildCraft 1.5_01.1 brought Mining Wells and a port to beta 1.5_01, and 1.5_01.3 added Quarries and Automatic Crafting Tables (now Auto Workbenches). Instead, it had five pipe types: wooden, cobblestone, Back then, it actually didn’t have building or crafting - much like the first releases of Minecraft. (the first release) came out on the 25th of April, 2011. MineFactory was primarily conveyor belts, Redstone Advanced was the (buggy) gate mod of choice and nobody imagined that Pistons would become an official part of Minecraft. IndustrialCraft 1 had only come out a month before, Yes, that was April 2011 - almost 4 years ago! To give you a sense of perspective, almost none of the mods that exist today were out back Let’s begin with a Christmas Carol-esque introspection of the Past, the Present and the Future of BuildCraft as it were when I joined the development team in October 2014. Please note that if you want to read up on the recent history of BuildCraft (1.6.4-1.7.10), you might be better off reading my previous BC blog post from To briefly discuss the history of it and my design views. BuildCraft History and Design Published on January 30, 2015īuildCraft is one of the few ancient Minecraft mods which has made it through almost 4 years of modding up until the present day, as well as m any changes of the maintainer/developer team.
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