Power Armor in FTB Evolution 2

Power Armor is part of the pack's mod list. This pack ships version 1.0.7 (file power_armor-1.0.7.jar), and the mod has been included since pack version 1.0.2 or earlier.^[1]

Same as in the FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 guide

Power Armor adds armor pieces, a Battery, an Armor Modification Table and a set of Armor Modules. The pack has a crafting recipe for each item in this guide, so you can start right away. Here is the order we will go through, with the exact in-pack recipe shown for each step.^[2][3]

First: the Machine Frame

Start with the power_armor:machine_frame. Heads up: the pack changed this recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Use the recipe below.^[2][3]

Next: Armor Plating

One craft of power_armor:armor_plating gives you 2 plates.^[2][3]

Then: the Armor Modification Table

The power_armor:armor_modification_table has its own energy buffer. Its capacity (energy.capacity.armor_modification_table_energy_capacity) is 256,000 and its transfer (energy.transfer.armor_modification_table_energy_transfer) is 128. Both match the mod defaults.^[3][4]

The armor pieces

Now craft the armor pieces: power_armor:power_armor_helmet, power_armor:power_armor_chestplate, power_armor:power_armor_leggings and power_armor:power_armor_boots. The in-pack recipes follow.^[2][3]

The armor's energy settings are energy.capacity.power_armor_energy_capacity at 64,000 and energy.transfer.power_armor_energy_transfer at 32. Both are the mod defaults.^[4]

The Battery

The power_armor:battery is an item with its own energy storage. Its capacity (energy.capacity.battery_energy_capacity) is 64,000 and its transfer (energy.transfer.battery_energy_transfer) is 32, the same numbers as the armor.^[3][4]

Modules

Modules start from the power_armor:armor_module_blank. One craft makes 3 of them.^[2][3]

The mod has these modules, and every one has its own recipe in the pack:^[2][3]

• power_armor:armor_module_energy: its energy multiplier (module.energy.power_armor_energy_module_multiplier) is 4.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_solar: its energy production (module.energy.production.power_armor_solar_module_energy_production) is 4.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_night_vision: energy usage (module.energy.usage.power_armor_night_vision_energy_usage) is 1.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_speed: energy usage (module.energy.usage.power_armor_speed_module_energy_usage) is 2.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_jetpack: energy usage (module.energy.usage.power_armor_jetpack_module_energy_usage) is 2.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_plating: energy usage (module.energy.usage.power_armor_plating_energy_usage) is 200.^[2][3][4]
• power_armor:armor_module_laser: it has a recipe in the pack, but the sources here show no energy setting for it.^[2][3]

Power Armor is built around energy. The armor, the Battery and the machines all have an energy buffer and a transfer rate, and the modules you fit to the armor either use energy or produce it. Every energy value in this pack's config file is the same as the mod's own default, so the pack hasn't rebalanced any of them.^[5]

Energy storage and transfer

The table, the Battery, the armor and the Compressor each have a capacity and a transfer rate, with their own config options. Here is how they compare in this pack:^[5]

• power_armor:armor_modification_table: capacity 256,000 (energy.capacity.armor_modification_table_energy_capacity) and transfer 128 (energy.transfer.armor_modification_table_energy_transfer). It has the biggest buffer and the fastest transfer in the config.^[5]
• power_armor:battery: capacity 64,000 (energy.capacity.battery_energy_capacity) and transfer 32 (energy.transfer.battery_energy_transfer).^[5]
• Power armor pieces: capacity 64,000 (energy.capacity.power_armor_energy_capacity) and transfer 32 (energy.transfer.power_armor_energy_transfer). The config has a single option for the armor, so the same values apply to power_armor:power_armor_helmet, power_armor:power_armor_chestplate, power_armor:power_armor_leggings and power_armor:power_armor_boots.^[5]
• Compressor: capacity 16,000 (energy.capacity.compressor_energy_capacity) and transfer 32 (energy.transfer.compressor_energy_transfer).^[5]

The Battery, the armor and the Compressor all share the same transfer rate of 32. Only the Armor Modification Table is higher, at 128.^[5]

Module energy values

Each module that uses or makes energy has its own number in the config. These are the pack's values:^[5]

• power_armor:armor_module_energy: energy multiplier of 4 (module.energy.power_armor_energy_module_multiplier).^[5]
• power_armor:armor_module_solar: energy production of 4 (module.energy.production.power_armor_solar_module_energy_production).^[5]
• power_armor:armor_module_jetpack: energy usage of 2 (module.energy.usage.power_armor_jetpack_module_energy_usage).^[5]
• power_armor:armor_module_speed: energy usage of 2 (module.energy.usage.power_armor_speed_module_energy_usage).^[5]
• power_armor:armor_module_night_vision: energy usage of 1 (module.energy.usage.power_armor_night_vision_energy_usage).^[5]
• power_armor:armor_module_plating: energy usage of 200 (module.energy.usage.power_armor_plating_energy_usage). That is the highest usage value of any module, so plan your armor's energy around it.^[5]

The power_armor:armor_module_laser has no energy option in this config file, so there is no energy figure for it here.^[5]

The Compressor

The mod has a Compressor machine with a buffer of 16,000 (energy.capacity.compressor_energy_capacity) that uses 8 energy per tick (energy.usage.compressor_energy_usage). In this pack, though, it is shut out of the recipe system. The pack's script removes it from the item tags, hides it from recipe viewers, and removes every recipe that makes it or uses it as an input, except Integrated Dynamics facade recipes. It also removes the Compressor's compressing category from the recipe viewer, so don't plan on building a Compressor setup in this pack.^[3][5][6]

Crafting the core pieces

The power_armor:machine_frame recipe is one the pack has changed from the mod's version, so go by the recipe shown here.^[7]

power_armor:armor_module_blank comes out 3 at a time from one craft, and power_armor:armor_plating comes out 2 at a time. The pack leaves both recipes as the mod made them.^[7]

Power Armor in this pack covers power_armor:armor_plating, the power_armor:battery, the power_armor:machine_frame, the power_armor:armor_modification_table, the armor pieces and a set of armor modules. The exact in-pack recipe for each one is shown below.^[7]

What the pack changes

The Machine Frame is the one recipe here that the pack has changed from the mod's own. Use this version, not what you may remember from the mod by itself.^[7]

The pack also removes the mod's Compressor from play. Recipes that make or use it are removed, it is hidden from recipe viewers, and the compressing category is taken out of the recipe viewer. If you remember the Compressor from the mod on its own, you won't find it in this pack.^[6]

Basic parts

Start with the parts the rest of the gear is built around. Armor Plating gives you 2 per craft, and Blank Armor Modules give you 3 per craft.^[7]

The armor pieces

The armor comes as a power_armor:power_armor_helmet, power_armor:power_armor_chestplate, power_armor:power_armor_leggings and power_armor:power_armor_boots.^[7]

Armor modules

Besides the Blank Armor Module, the pack has recipes for these modules:^[7]

• power_armor:armor_module_plating^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_energy^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_jetpack^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_laser^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_night_vision^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_solar^[7]
• power_armor:armor_module_speed^[7]

Same as in the FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 guide

Everything tweakable for Power Armor lives in one file, config/power_armor-common.toml. Here's the good news: in this pack every option in that file is set to the mod's own default, so the pack changes nothing. Every option also accepts any value above 0.^[4]

Energy capacity

• energy.capacity.armor_modification_table_energy_capacity is 256,000 for the Armor Modification Table.^[4]
• energy.capacity.battery_energy_capacity is 64,000 for the Battery item.^[4]
• energy.capacity.power_armor_energy_capacity is 64,000 for the Power Armor.^[4]
• energy.capacity.compressor_energy_capacity is 16,000 for the Compressor.^[4]

Energy transfer and compressor usage

• energy.transfer.armor_modification_table_energy_transfer is 128 for the Armor Modification Table.^[4]
• energy.transfer.battery_energy_transfer, energy.transfer.compressor_energy_transfer and energy.transfer.power_armor_energy_transfer are all 32.^[4]
• energy.usage.compressor_energy_usage is 8 per tick for the Compressor.^[4]

Module energy

• module.energy.power_armor_energy_module_multiplier is 4, the multiplier for the Power Armor Energy Module.^[4]
• module.energy.production.power_armor_solar_module_energy_production is 4 for the Solar Module.^[4]
• module.energy.usage.power_armor_jetpack_module_energy_usage is 2 for the Jetpack Module.^[4]
• module.energy.usage.power_armor_speed_module_energy_usage is 2 for the Speed Module.^[4]
• module.energy.usage.power_armor_night_vision_energy_usage is 1 for the Night Vision Module.^[4]
• module.energy.usage.power_armor_plating_energy_usage is 200 for the Plating Module.^[4]