Azimuth API in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Azimuth API is a library mod for Create addon developers. It expands Create's APIs so that addon authors have more to work with when they build on top of Create's systems.^[1]

What it offers developers

• Super Block Entity Behaviours: composable behaviour components for SmartBlockEntity, including lifecycle hooks, kinetics and rendering extensions.^[1]
• Advancements: Create-style advancement definitions and awarding systems.^[1]
• Outlines: extra animated outliner types for visual guidance, especially useful in Ponder scenes.^[1]

In this pack

This pack ships Azimuth API 1.4.8. It has been included since version 1.6.0 or earlier.^[2]

Because it is a library, there is nothing for you to craft or configure directly. It is there so that other Create addons in the pack can use it, and the project page says to install it alongside the mod that requires it.^[1]

Good news: there's nothing to build first for this one. Azimuth API is a library for Create addons. It expands Create's APIs for addon developers, so it isn't something you play with directly.^[1]

The mod's own description tells players to install it alongside the mod that requires it and then have fun. In this pack that's already done for you.^[1]

What the library adds for other mods

• Composable behaviour components for SmartBlockEntity, including lifecycle hooks, kinetics and rendering extensions.^[1]
• Create-style advancement definitions and awarding systems.^[1]
• Extra animated outliner types for visual guidance, especially useful in Ponder scenes.^[1]

The one thing you can see

The mod's language file includes a block called Ponder Coordinate. That fits the Ponder focus above, but the sources don't say how you would get it or use it, so I'm not going to guess.^[1][3]

The config

The pack ships one config file for the mod, and it has a single option. common.logDirtBlock is set to true, which makes the mod log the dirt block on common setup. It only affects what appears in the logs, not your gameplay.^[4]

Azimuth API is a library for Create addon developers. Its project page describes it as an addon API that extends Create's capabilities and makes Create's systems easier to reach. The sources describe no machines, multiblocks or power, fluid and item handling for this mod, so there is nothing here for you to build or automate.^[1]

What the library provides

The project page lists these key features. They are aimed at the addon developers who depend on the library.^[1]

• Super Block Entity Behaviours: composable behaviour components for Create's SmartBlockEntity, covering lifecycle hooks, kinetics and rendering extensions.^[1]
• Advancements: Create-style advancement definitions and the systems that award them.^[1]
• Outlines: extra animated outliner types for visual guidance, especially useful in Ponder scenes.^[1]

For players, the page says the mod is a library, so you install it alongside the mod that requires it.^[1]

What you may see in the pack

The mod's language file names one block, the Ponder Coordinate (Ponder Coordinate). The sources don't say what it does or how to get it.^[3]

The pack's config file for this mod, azimuth-common.toml, shows one option: common.logDirtBlock. The pack sets it to true, and it controls whether the dirt block is logged on common setup.^[4]

Azimuth API is a library for Create addons, so it has very little for you to tune. This pack ships two options, one in the common config and one in the client config. Neither changes gameplay.^[1][4][5]

Common config

• common.logDirtBlock is set to true in this pack. It controls whether the mod logs the dirt block during common setup, so all it does is add a line to the game log.^[4]

Client config

• tooltipBuilder.tooltipBuilderDebug is set to false in this pack. If you turned it on, goggle tooltips would show their translation keys literally for live updates. That is a debugging aid for addon developers, so leave it off for normal play.^[5]

Unverified The mod's own default values for these two options are not shown in the sources, so it is unconfirmed whether the pack changed either one.

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 ships Azimuth API 1.4.8. The mod was first included in FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.6.0 or earlier, so it has been in the pack for a good while.^[2]

Azimuth API is a library mod, so its changelogs are small and technical. These are the entries I have for the versions around the one you are running:^[6][7][8]

• 1.4.8 (the version in this pack): improved error logging when a class casting crash happens.^[2][6]
• 1.4.7: fixed an incompatibility with the Drill Drain ponder.^[7]
• 1.4.5: ensured the PENDING_TYPE_PREDICATES field is synchronised.^[8]

None of these entries describe a change to gameplay or to a recipe, so you shouldn't notice anything different in your world. The 1.4.8 logging improvement mainly helps when you are reading a crash report.^[6][7][8]