StevesCarts2 guide for FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 to 1.22.0

Same as in the All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.6 guide

This pack includes StevesCarts2 at version 1.2.18, using the file stevescarts-1.21-1.2.18-neoforge.jar. It has been in the pack since version 1.9 or earlier, so it is not a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have for this mod only cover its version and file name, so I can't confirm in-pack details such as its features, recipes, config values or any changes the pack makes to it.

Steve's Carts 2 is about building carts out of parts, so your first goal is the Cart Assembler and the components that feed the rest of the mod's crafting. The recipes below are the ones in this pack, and the pack has changed several of them from the mod's defaults.^[2][3]

Start with the Cart Assembler

The Cart Assembler is the block to make first. The pack changed its recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from other versions. It uses a Component Simple Pcb, and that same part shows up again in many later recipes.^[2]

Cart AssemblerChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	Stone	any iron ingot
Stone	any iron ingot	Stone
Component Simple Pcb	Stone	Component Simple Pcb

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cart_assembler

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Upgrade to the Advanced PCB

Next, turn your Simple PCB into an Component Advanced Pcb. The pack changed this recipe too, and it opens up the next tier of crafting, including the Module Toggler and the Component Blank Upgrade.^[2]

Component Advanced PcbChanged by the pack

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Redstone	any iron ingot	Redstone
Component Simple Pcb	any iron ingot	Component Simple Pcb
Redstone	any iron ingot	Redstone

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_advanced_pcb

This recipe is changed by the pack.

2× Component Blank UpgradeChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
Component Reinforced Metal	Redstone	Component Reinforced Metal
any iron ingot	Component Advanced Pcb	any iron ingot

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_blank_upgrade

This recipe is changed by the pack.

The Module Toggler

The Module Toggler is another block whose recipe the pack changed, and it builds directly on the Advanced PCB from the previous step.^[2]

Module TogglerChanged by the pack

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Orange Dye	any gold ingot	Blue Dye
any stone crafting material	any iron ingot	any stone crafting material
Redstone	Component Advanced Pcb	Redstone

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/module_toggler

This recipe is changed by the pack.

The pane chain and the Cargo Manager

A lot of Steve's Carts parts are built from panes. Start with a Component Chest Pane, which uses the mod's own recipe. Then make an Component Iron Pane from it, which is a recipe the pack changed.^[2]

32× Component Chest PaneMod recipe

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any plank	any plank	any plank
any log	any plank	any log
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_chest_pane

This one is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

8× Component Iron PaneChanged by the pack

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Component Chest Pane	Component Chest Pane	Component Chest Pane
Component Chest Pane	any iron ingot	Component Chest Pane
Component Chest Pane	Component Chest Pane	Component Chest Pane

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_iron_pane

This recipe is changed by the pack.

The Component Large Iron Pane and the Component Huge Iron Pane are the next steps up from the iron pane. The Component Large Dynamic Pane is part of the same pane family, and the Cargo Manager is the payoff. Its recipe is the mod's own, shown below.^[2]

Component Large Dynamic PaneMod recipe

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Empty slot	Component Dynamic Pane	Empty slot
Component Dynamic Pane	Redstone	Component Dynamic Pane
Empty slot	Component Dynamic Pane	Empty slot

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_large_dynamic_pane

This one is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

Cargo ManagerMod recipe

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Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane
Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Dynamic Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane
Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cargo_manager

This one is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

Rails and the Liquid Manager

The Junction Rail is a cheap, unchanged mod recipe. The Liquid Manager is more involved: the pack changed its recipe, so check the block below and look for the Module Advanced Sctank before you start.^[2]

Junction RailMod recipe

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Empty slot	Redstone	Empty slot
Redstone	Rail	Redstone
Empty slot	Redstone	Empty slot

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/junction_rail

This one is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.

Liquid ManagerChanged by the pack

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Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/liquid_manager

This recipe is changed by the pack.

StevesCarts2 is built around modular carts: you pick a hull, fit modules into it, and put it together in a Cart Assembler. Here is what the sources confirm about the assembler's effects and the hull rules.^[3]

The Cart Assembler

Everything starts at the Cart Assembler. The pack changed its recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults.^[2]

Cart AssemblerChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	Stone	any iron ingot
Stone	any iron ingot	Stone
Component Simple Pcb	Stone	Component Simple Pcb

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cart_assembler

This is the pack-changed recipe.

The mod's tooltips describe a set of effects that apply to the assembler. The sources don't say which item or upgrade gives which effect, so treat this as a list of what the assembler can do:^[3]

• Enable the use of Blueprint carts, and enable deployment of finished carts.^[3]
• Disassemble and modify carts, including picking up carts for modifying.^[3]
• Redstone-controlled assembling.^[3]
• An input chest with a set number of slots.^[3]
• A link between the assembler and a Manager.^[3]
• Power for the assembler: generating power per minute, generating power while in the sun, or running the assembler on lava from an internal tank.^[3]
• Faster work: an assembling efficiency percentage, plus set times for assembling modules, assembling whole carts and disassembling modules.^[3]

The recipe dump also shows the pack changed several crafting parts that feed into these builds, such as Component Advanced Pcb, Component Blank Upgrade and Component Advanced Solar Panel. The pack-changed recipes are the ones to check in-game.^[2]

Hull limits and module rules

Each hull has limits. Tooltips show a modular capacity, a module complexity cap, a maximum engine count and a maximum addon count. If a build breaks a limit, the assembler tells you why.^[3]

• Cost too high: your cost is greater than the capacity of the hull.^[3]
• Too complex: a module's complexity is too high for that hull.^[3]
• Missing parent: some modules require another module to work.^[3]
• Duplicates: some modules can't be added twice, while others are marked as allowing duplicates.^[3]
• Conflicts: some modules won't work with certain others, and tooltips list which ones they conflict with.^[3]
• Side clashes: modules occupy sides of the cart, or none at all, and two modules can't clash on the same side.^[3]

The Information Provider addon reports the cart's position as X, Y and Z coordinates. It also tells you when a tool is being repaired, and when a tool isn't damaged and you should remove the material.^[3]

Managers, distributor and control blocks

The mod adds several support blocks around the assembler: Cargo Manager, Liquid Manager, External Distributor and Module Toggler. For track work it also has Junction Rail and Advanced Detector Rail. The pack changed the Liquid Manager and Module Toggler recipes. The other blocks here use the mod's own recipes.^[2]

Liquid ManagerChanged by the pack

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Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/liquid_manager

This is the pack-changed recipe.

Module TogglerChanged by the pack

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Orange Dye	any gold ingot	Blue Dye
any stone crafting material	any iron ingot	any stone crafting material
Redstone	Component Advanced Pcb	Redstone

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/module_toggler

This is the pack-changed recipe.

Cargo ManagerMod recipe

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Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane
Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Dynamic Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane
Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cargo_manager

External DistributorMod recipe

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any stone crafting material	Component Simple Pcb	any stone crafting material
Component Simple Pcb	Redstone	Component Simple Pcb
any stone crafting material	Component Simple Pcb	any stone crafting material

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/external_distributor

Unverified The sources here show no quests for this mod, so the pack's quest book does not guide you through it. The order below is read from the in-pack recipes and from which components feed into which.

Many of these recipes were changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Where I say a recipe was changed, that is the pack's version you will craft.^[2]

Circuits and the Cart Assembler

Everything starts with the Component Simple Pcb. The pack changed its recipe. It is an ingredient in the Cart Assembler, the Advanced PCB and the External Distributor, among other things.^[2]

Component Simple PcbChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	Redstone	any iron ingot
Redstone	any gold ingot	Redstone
any iron ingot	Redstone	any iron ingot

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_simple_pcb_1

The Cart Assembler is where you build your carts, and the pack changed its recipe too. It needs a Simple PCB, so make that first.^[2]

Cart AssemblerChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	Stone	any iron ingot
Stone	any iron ingot	Stone
Component Simple Pcb	Stone	Component Simple Pcb

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cart_assembler

Wheels and the Advanced PCB

Wheels come in wooden, iron, reinforced and Galgadorian versions. The pack changed the recipes for Component Iron Wheels and Component Reinforced Wheels. Component Wooden Wheels and Component Galgadorian Wheels still use the mod's own recipes. The two upper tiers depend on Component Reinforced Metal and the Galgadorian materials covered below.^[2]

The Component Advanced Pcb is the next circuit step after the Simple PCB, and the pack changed its recipe. The pack also changed the recipes for the Module Toggler, the Component Blank Upgrade and the Component Entity Scanner, so check those before you craft.^[2]

Module TogglerChanged by the pack

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Orange Dye	any gold ingot	Blue Dye
any stone crafting material	any iron ingot	any stone crafting material
Redstone	Component Advanced Pcb	Redstone

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/module_toggler

The Module Toggler is one of the pack-changed recipes that builds on the Advanced PCB.

Component Advanced PcbChanged by the pack

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Redstone	any iron ingot	Redstone
Component Simple Pcb	any iron ingot	Component Simple Pcb
Redstone	any iron ingot	Redstone

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_advanced_pcb

2× Component Blank UpgradeChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
Component Reinforced Metal	Redstone	Component Reinforced Metal
any iron ingot	Component Advanced Pcb	any iron ingot

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_blank_upgrade

Hardened and Galgadorian materials

The high-end parts run through a chain of treated materials. The pack changed the recipes for Component Raw Hardener and Component Stabilized Metal. Component Hardened Mesh and Component Refined Hardener are part of the same chain.^[2]

5× Component Stabilized MetalChanged by the pack

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any iron ingot	Component Hardened Mesh	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
Component Refined Hardener	Component Refined Hardener	Component Refined Hardener

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_stabilized_metal

The pack changed the recipe for the Component Lump Of Galgador, shown below. The Component Eye Of Galgador and the Component Large Lump Of Galgador use the mod's own recipes.^[2]

2× Component Lump Of GalgadorChanged by the pack

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Glowstone Dust	any diamond gem	Glowstone Dust
Component Eye Of Galgador	Glowstone Dust	Component Eye Of Galgador
Component Stabilized Metal	Component Eye Of Galgador	Component Stabilized Metal

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_lump_of_galgador

Component Large Lump Of GalgadorMod recipe

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9 × Component Lump Of Galgador

Recipe id: stevescarts:component/component_large_lump_of_galgador

Reinforced Metal Block, Galgadorian Block and Enhanced Galgadorian Block each have a matching component ingot recipe, and these are the mod's own recipes. The Galgadorian and Reinforced ones are shown below.^[2]

9× Component Galgadorian MetalMod recipe

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Galgadorian Block

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/galgadorian_ingot

9× Component Reinforced MetalMod recipe

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Reinforced Metal Block

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/reinforced_metal_ingot

Saw blades

The pack changed the recipes for Component Saw Blade, Component Hardened Saw Blade and Component Galgadorian Saw Blade. The hardened blade needs Reinforced Metal and the Galgadorian blade needs Galgadorian Metal, so those come from the later materials above.^[2]

Logistics blocks

The managers and rails sit alongside the main chain. The pack changed the recipe for the Liquid Manager, and the recipe below shows how it uses the Module Advanced Sctank. The Cargo Manager, External Distributor, Junction Rail and Advanced Detector Rail use the mod's own recipes.^[2]

Liquid ManagerChanged by the pack

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Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank
any iron ingot	Empty slot	any iron ingot
Module Advanced Sctank	any iron ingot	Module Advanced Sctank

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/liquid_manager

Cargo ManagerMod recipe

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Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane
Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Dynamic Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane
Component Large Iron Pane	Component Huge Iron Pane	Component Large Iron Pane

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/cargo_manager

External DistributorMod recipe

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any stone crafting material	Component Simple Pcb	any stone crafting material
Component Simple Pcb	Redstone	Component Simple Pcb
any stone crafting material	Component Simple Pcb	any stone crafting material

Recipe id: stevescarts:block/external_distributor

The one link between StevesCarts2 and another mod that the pack's recipes confirm is the Dimensional Memory Fragment. The pack adds this recipe itself, so it is not part of the mod's own recipes.^[2]

It is made in a PneumaticCraft pressure chamber. One of the inputs is Component Enhanced Galgadorian Metal from StevesCarts2, and the other inputs come from other mods.^[2]

Dimensional Memory FragmentAdded by the pack

Pressure Chamber (pneumaticcraft)

• Library of Alexandria
• 4× Grains of Prescience
• Dimensional Crystal Matrix
• 16× Component Enhanced Galgadorian Metal
• 32× any shard

Recipe id: ftb:dimensional_memory_fragment

Pack-added pressure chamber recipe that uses a StevesCarts2 component.