Advanced TFC Tech Unofficial guide for All the Mods - Gravitas 3.4

Advanced TFC Tech Unofficial is part of this pack, and the version you get is 1.7 (AdvancedTFCTechUnofficial-1.7.jar). It isn't a new addition either. It has been in the pack since version 2.8a or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the mod list.^[1]

Unverified I couldn't confirm what the mod adds, who it is aimed at, or where it fits in the progression. There is no in-jar guidebook or platform description to draw on, and nothing I found places it on the ATM Star path or ties it to a quest in this pack. Treat any claims about its machines, recipes or balance as unconfirmed until they're checked in game.

Advanced TFC Tech adds machines for large-scale production. The first thing you'll deal with is the pirn, the small spool that goes into the Power Loom. The steps below follow the order of the in-pack recipes.^[2][3]

First, make a Pirn

Every winded pirn starts from a plain Pirn, so this is the first thing to craft. In this pack it is made from treated wood and treated wood rods.^[2]

PirnMod recipe

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any treated wood

any treated wood rod

any treated wood

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/pirn

Next, wind it for the cloth you want

The pack has a winded pirn for each cloth the Power Loom makes: Fiber-Winded Pirn for burlap, Wool-Winded Pirn for wool and Silk-Winded Pirn for silk. You craft each one from a plain pirn.^[2]

Fiber-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Pirn	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/fiber_winded_pirn

The fiber-winded pirn is wound with jute fiber.

Wool-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Pirn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/wool_winded_pirn

The wool-winded pirn is wound with wool yarn.

Silk-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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String	String	String
String	Pirn	String
String	String	String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/silk_winded_pirn

The silk-winded pirn is wound with string.

The mod also has an advancement for crafting all the winded pirns, so making one of each is a good early goal.^[3]

Then, turn pirns into cloth

The Power Loom takes a winded pirn plus more of the matching material and gives you cloth. Each of these recipes also returns a plain pirn, so you keep your spool.^[2]

8× Burlap ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Fiber-Winded Pirn
• 2× Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/burlap_cloth

Gives Burlap Cloth and returns the pirn.

4× Wool ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Wool-Winded Pirn
• 2× Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/wool_cloth

Gives Wool Cloth and returns the pirn.

4× Silk ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Silk-Winded Pirn
• 2× String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/silk_cloth

Gives Silk Cloth and returns the pirn.

The sources for this mod are thin, so this section sticks to what they confirm: the multiblock machines, the pirn and Power Loom chain, and the client-side texture settings.^[3]

The multiblock machines

The mod's root advancement describes it as "Machines for large-scale production". Forming each of the Grist Mill, the Power Loom and the Thresher multiblocks has its own advancement.^[3]

Other advancements hint at what these machines are for: obtaining a full stack of every grain, and obtaining a full stack of every flour. The sources don't say which machine produces which, so I won't guess at the exact processing chain.^[3]

Pirns and the Power Loom

The Power Loom works with pirns. There is the plain Pirn and its winded versions: Fiber-Winded Pirn, Silk-Winded Pirn and Wool-Winded Pirn. The recipes are shown below. There is also an advancement described as "Craft all Winded Pirns".^[2][3]

PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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any treated wood

any treated wood rod

any treated wood

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/pirn

The plain pirn is crafted in a crafting grid.

Fiber-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Pirn	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/fiber_winded_pirn

Silk-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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String	String	String
String	Pirn	String
String	String	String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/silk_winded_pirn

Wool-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Pirn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/wool_winded_pirn

The pack has a Power Loom recipe for each cloth type: burlap, silk and wool. Each one takes the matching winded pirn and returns the plain pirn alongside the cloth.^[2]

8× Burlap ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Fiber-Winded Pirn
• 2× Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/burlap_cloth

4× Silk ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Silk-Winded Pirn
• 2× String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/silk_cloth

4× Wool ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Wool-Winded Pirn
• 2× Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/wool_cloth

Custom loom recipes and textures

If you add your own Power Loom recipe with a custom in-progress texture, that texture must be listed in compatibility.additionalPowerLoomClothTextures. In this pack that list is empty.^[4]

A custom pirn in a Power Loom recipe needs an entry in compatibility.additionalPowerLoomPirnTextures. Each entry is the pirn's registry name plus its texture location. This list is also empty in the pack.^[4]

Unverified The sources for this guide include no quests for this mod, so there is no quest-driven tier order to follow. What follows is only the order the in-pack recipes imply.

Everything the pack's recipe dump shows for this mod is one short chain: craft a Pirn, wind it with a material, then run it through the power loom to get cloth. There are no tiers beyond that in the sources, so I'm not going to invent any.^[2]

The pirn

The Pirn is the base item for everything else. It is crafted by hand, so you can make it before you touch any machine.^[2]

PirnMod recipe

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any treated wood

any treated wood rod

any treated wood

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/pirn

Winding the pirn

Each cloth type has its own winded pirn. Pick the one that matches the cloth you want: Fiber-Winded Pirn for burlap, Wool-Winded Pirn for wool and Silk-Winded Pirn for silk. The recipes are below.^[2]

Fiber-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Pirn	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/fiber_winded_pirn

Wool-Winded PirnMod recipe

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Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Pirn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/wool_winded_pirn

Silk-Winded PirnMod recipe

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String	String	String
String	Pirn	String
String	String	String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/silk_winded_pirn

The power loom

Power loom recipes turn a winded pirn, plus more of the matching material, into cloth. You get the empty pirn back each time, so one pirn can be rewound and reused.^[2]

8× Burlap ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Fiber-Winded Pirn
• 2× Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/burlap_cloth

4× Wool ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Wool-Winded Pirn
• 2× Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/wool_cloth

4× Silk ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Silk-Winded Pirn
• 2× String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/silk_cloth

In this pack, the clearest link between Advanced TFC Tech and another mod is cloth making. The mod's power loom produces TFC cloth: Burlap Cloth, Silk Cloth and Wool Cloth. Each of those loom recipes also returns an empty Pirn.^[2]

Winding pirns

The loom recipes start from a wound pirn. The pack has crafting recipes that turn a plain pirn into a Fiber-Winded Pirn using Jute Fiber, or into a Wool-Winded Pirn using Wool Yarn.^[2]

Fiber-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Pirn	Jute Fiber
Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber	Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/fiber_winded_pirn

Wool-Winded PirnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Pirn	Wool Yarn
Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn	Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:crafting/wool_winded_pirn

Power loom recipes

Burlap cloth uses a Fiber-Winded Pirn together with more Jute Fiber. Wool cloth uses a Wool-Winded Pirn together with more Wool Yarn. Silk cloth uses the Silk-Winded Pirn together with String.^[2]

8× Burlap ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Fiber-Winded Pirn
• 2× Jute Fiber

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/burlap_cloth

4× Wool ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Wool-Winded Pirn
• 2× Wool Yarn

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/wool_cloth

4× Silk ClothMod recipe

Power Loom (advancedtfctech)

• Silk-Winded Pirn
• 2× String

Recipe id: advancedtfctech:power_loom/silk_cloth

Good news: the only config file for this mod that the pack gives us is the client one, and it's tiny. There's nothing here that changes how machines behave. Both options are about custom Power Loom textures, and the pack leaves both at their defaults (empty lists).^[4]

Power Loom texture options

• compatibility.additionalPowerLoomClothTextures is set to an empty list in this pack. You only need it if a Power Loom recipe uses a custom "in_progress_texture". Those textures have to be added to this list.^[4]
• compatibility.additionalPowerLoomPirnTextures is also an empty list. You only need it if a Power Loom recipe uses a custom "pirn" (the second item in the recipe's input list). In that case you add the pirn's registry name and its texture location as a pair.^[4]

If you're not adding custom Power Loom recipes with your own textures, you can leave both options alone. The sources don't show any value the pack changed from the mod default, and I can't confirm any other config options for this mod.^[4]