Create: Bits 'n' Bobs in FTB Skies 2: Aero

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.13.0 ships version 2.3.5 · First seen in 1.0.3

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Create: Bits 'n' Bobs is a mod in FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.13.0, where it is version 2.3.5. Decorative and mechanical additions to create! (Summary from the mod's Modrinth page.)

What is Create: Bits 'n' Bobs?

2 parts

Create: Bits 'n' Bobs is a set of small, polished additions built to integrate closely with Create. This pack includes version 2.3.2 of the mod. It mixes decorative blocks, a few new kinetic machines and some behaviour tweaks for things you already use in Create.[1][2]

What it adds

  • Behaviour tweaks: you can swap the wood type of wooden cogwheels, including ones from addons. Fluid pipes and tanks can be dyed, and pipes of different colours ignore each other.[1]
  • Cogwheel Chain Drives: a kinetic transfer option that works with all Create cogwheels and many addons. Flanged cogwheels let you build chain drives with other materials such as belts or ropes, and the Cogwheel Chain Carriage attaches contraptions to a chain drive.[1]
  • Other kinetic blocks: the Flywheel bearing smoothly rotates a contraption based on its mass, and it has a config option that makes it act as a kinetic battery. The Chain Pulley is a rope pulley variant that uses a chain.[1]
  • Decorative blocks: cable, girder and weathered girder struts, dyeable chairs, larger Nixie tubes and boards with an ornate font, tile block palettes for stone types, industrial truss, grating panels and grating blocks, headlamps and lightbulbs, and weathered metal girders and brackets.[1]
  • Encasings: piston poles can be encased, and Industrial Iron and Weathered Iron can be used to encase blocks.[1]

Config and compatibility

Every feature can be disabled in the mod's config, and the config can also change the balance of certain values. I can't confirm which of those settings this pack changed, so check the config in game before you rely on any default.[1]

The mod also hides duplicate content from other addons, such as the wooden cogwheels from Create: Encased, in creative tabs, interaction and crafting. This behaviour is configurable.[1]

How do you get started with Create: Bits 'n' Bobs?

5 parts

Create: Bits 'n' Bobs adds small decorative and mechanical extras that plug straight into Create. The order below starts with the mechanical pieces and moves on to decoration.[1]

Every feature in this mod can be switched off in its config. In this pack almost all of them are on. The exception is the legacy featureFlags.blocks.brassLamp, which is set to false, so don't go looking for it.[1][3]

Flanged cogwheels

Start with the Flanged Cogwheel and the Large Flanged Cogwheel. They are what you use to build cogwheel chain drives, which are a different way to transfer rotation. A chain can connect 2 or more cogwheels, and gear ratios are preserved across it.[1][4][5]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/small_bevel_cogwheel

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_bevel_cogwheel

This pack also leaves featureFlags.behaviours.undedicatedCogwheelChainDrives on, so you can build chain drives on cogwheels that aren't flanged too. Chain drives are capped at 64 for both the bounds (cogwheelMaxBounds) and the node count (cogwheelMaxNodeCount). Both are the mod defaults.[3][6]

Cogwheel Chain Carriage

Next comes the Cogwheel Chain Carriage, which lets you attach contraptions to a chain drive. The pack changed this recipe, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults.[1][4]

Cogwheel Chain CarriageChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron Nugget
any woolEmpty slot
Andesite CasingEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cogwheel_chain_carriage

Struts and girders

The Girder Strut spans the gap between two blocks, and can be placed at different angles. A strut can only move in 2 axes at the same time, so it can't bend. The Cable Girder Strut is the cable version, and the pack changed its recipe.[1][4][5]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Metal GirderMetal GirderMetal Girder
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/girder_strut

6× Cable Girder StrutChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cable_strut

For a weathered look, some versions come from splashing recipes as well as the crafting grid. That covers the Weathered Girder Strut, the Weathered Metal Girder and the Weathered Metal Bracket.[4]

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_girder_strut

Light and displays

The Lightbulb recipe gives you 3 at once. Craft it first, because the Headlamp is made from lightbulbs. You can place multiple headlamps within one block and dye each one individually.[1][4]

3× LightbulbMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/lightbulb

2× HeadlampMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/headlamp

The Nixie Board and the Large Nixie Tube both show custom text, and the pack changed both recipes. Use a Wrench to change the display mode, and dye to recolor every connected piece at once. A board's text can be set with Clipboards, Display Links or Name Tags.[4][5]

8× Nixie BoardChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Empty slotIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/nixie_board

4× Large Nixie TubeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Iron PlateIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_nixie_tube

Industrial blocks

The Metal Truss can also be used to encase pipes or shafts. In this pack the truss and the grating blocks use changed recipes, and the Industrial Grating is made with a stonecutter.[1][4]

8× Metal TrussChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/industrial_truss

3× Industrial GratingChanged by the pack

Stonecutting

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:stonecutting/industrial_grating_from_iron

How does Create: Bits 'n' Bobs work?

8 parts

Bits 'n' Bobs adds small, polished mechanical and decorative pieces that plug straight into Create. Most of it is toggled by feature flags in the config, so this page covers the systems that actually change how you build and automate.[1]

Cogwheel chain drives

Chain drives are the mod's headline kinetic feature: chains can connect 2 or more cogwheels, and gear ratios are preserved across the chain. A chain can even change axis when it links two large cogwheels, as long as they share a common tangent for the chain to follow.[5]

In this pack you are not limited to flanged cogwheels. featureFlags.behaviours.undedicatedCogwheelChainDrives is on, so you can build chain drives on cogwheels that are not dedicated for chains. featureFlags.blocks.flangedChainDrives is also on, so flanged cogwheels work too.[3]

The Large Flanged Cogwheel is made from a Create large cogwheel plus an iron nugget, and the pack leaves that recipe as the mod ships it.[4]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_bevel_cogwheel

  • cogwheelMaxBounds is 64 (allowed range 1 to 256), the maximum bounds of a chain drive.[6]
  • cogwheelMaxNodeCount is 64 (allowed range 1 to 256), the maximum number of nodes in one chain.[6]
  • cogwheelChainDriveCostFactor is 1, a multiplier on how many chains a drive needs. The minimum cost is always 1 chain unless the value is set to 0, and existing drives do not change how many chains they return.[6]

All three of those values match the mod defaults, so the pack has not changed them.[6]

Watch out: The config notes that the maximum bounds setting may have undefined behaviour at large values, so be careful if you raise it.[6]

Carriage and chain pulley

The Cogwheel Chain Carriage lets you attach contraptions to a chain drive. The pack changed its recipe, so use this one rather than any default you may have seen elsewhere.[1][4]

Cogwheel Chain CarriageChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron Nugget
any woolEmpty slot
Andesite CasingEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cogwheel_chain_carriage

The Chain Pulley is a variant of Create's rope pulley that uses a chain. You make it by applying a chain to a rope pulley.[1][4]

Chain PulleyMod recipe

Item Application (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:item_application/chain_pulley_from_rope_pulley

Flywheel bearing

The flywheel bearing smoothly rotates a contraption based on its mass, and it can optionally act as a kinetic battery. The block is available in the pack, but flywheelBearingStorageCapability is false. That means it is purely decorative here and does not store kinetic energy.[1][3][6]

If storage were switched on, the other flywheel settings would apply. flywheelMaxRpmFactor is 0.25, a multiplier of Create's max rotation speed (default 256), giving 64 RPM. Setting it to 1.0 would give 256 RPM. flywheelStorageFactor is 1 for storage capacity, and flywheelTransferCapacityPerAngularMass is 5 stress units per tick per angular mass, which controls how fast a flywheel fills and drains.[6]

Dyed pipes and tanks

Fluid pipes and tanks can be dyed in this pack, since both featureFlags.behaviours.dyeablePipes and featureFlags.behaviours.dyeableTanks are on. Dye acts as a connection filter, which is handy for keeping separate fluid lines from touching.[3][5]

  • Pipes with no dye connect automatically when touching, and they also connect to dyed pipes of any color.[5]
  • Dyed pipes only connect automatically to pipes of the same color.[5]
  • Placing a pipe with dye in your off-hand applies the dye color to the pipe immediately.[5]
  • Tanks are recolored by applying dye. Sneak to dye a single block within a tank.[5]
  • Dyed tanks will not connect to tanks without a matching dye. Pipes and tanks of the same color connect as usual, while pipes of different colors will not connect automatically.[5]

Nixie displays

The Large Nixie Tube displays custom text and symbols. Tubes combine when they sit in compatible rows, a Wrench changes the display mode, and dye recolors all connected tubes at once. The pack changed its recipe.[4][5]

4× Large Nixie TubeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Iron PlateIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_nixie_tube

The Nixie Board works in a similar way. It extends when connected to neighbours, and boards placed above or below connect into larger displays. Clipboards, Display Links or Name Tags change the displayed text, a Wrench cycles the display mode, and some modes support more characters and multiple lines.[5]

Struts, trusses and gratings

The Girder Strut spans a gap between two anchor points and can be placed at different angles. A strut can only move in 2 axes at the same time, so it cannot bend.[5]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Metal GirderMetal GirderMetal Girder
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/girder_strut

Washing two girder struts with Create's splashing makes one Weathered Girder Strut. The Cable Girder Strut has a pack-changed recipe.[4]

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_girder_strut

6× Cable Girder StrutChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cable_strut

The Metal Truss can encase pipes and shafts, which makes it useful for tidying up an automation line. Its recipe was changed by the pack, and so was the stonecutting recipe for Industrial Grating.[4][5]

8× Metal TrussChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/industrial_truss

3× Industrial GratingChanged by the pack

Stonecutting

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:stonecutting/industrial_grating_from_iron

Lights and chairs

The Headlamp can be dyed and placed multiple times in the same block. Right-click with an empty hand to toggle whether the lightbulb is always on, regardless of redstone power. For ComputerCraft setups, the setLamp peripheral function has a maximum range of headlampCCBlockRange blocks, which is 32 in the pack.[5][6]

3× LightbulbMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/lightbulb

2× HeadlampMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/headlamp

The legacy Brass Lamp is disabled in the pack through featureFlags.blocks.brassLamp.[3]

Chairs such as the Black Chair seat you when you right-click them, and you press left shift to leave. They anchor a player onto a moving contraption, and they form corners and flat backs when placed against other chairs and blocks.[5]

Black ChairMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/black_chair

Wooden cogwheel handling

The mod can swap the wood type of any wooden cogwheel, including ones from addons. To avoid duplicates, compatabilityOptions.suppressExternalWoodenCogwheels is on in the pack, so wooden cogwheels from other mods, such as Create: Encased, are suppressed in favour of the mod's own system.[1][3]

How do you progress through Create: Bits 'n' Bobs?

5 parts

Bits 'n' Bobs adds building blocks, lighting and a few mechanical parts on top of Create. This section orders them by how much their in-pack recipes ask of you, from simple stone blocks up to parts that need more of Create.[4]

Stage 1: stone tiles and chairs

Tiles come first in this order. Each stone type has a tile variant, such as Andesite Tiles, Asurine Tiles and Calcite Tiles. In this pack they come from stonecutting recipes, and the same stonecutting route also gives you the slab, stairs and wall versions directly.[4]

Andesite TilesMod recipe

Stonecutting

  • any andesite stone type

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:andesite_tiles_from_stone_types_andesite_stonecutting

The stonecutting route for the base andesite tile block.

If you already have tiles, crafting gets you the shapes too. One andesite tile block makes 6 slabs, 4 stairs or 6 walls, and two slabs can be turned back into a tile.[4]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite TilesAndesite TilesAndesite Tiles

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:andesite_tile_slab

One tile block makes 6 slabs.

Chairs are just as simple. They come in many colours, for example Black Chair, and each colour also has a second recipe that recolours an existing chair with dye.[4]

Black ChairMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

  • any black dye
  • any chair

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/black_chair_from_other_chair

Recolouring an existing chair with dye.

Stage 2: lighting

Lighting is the next small step. One craft gives you 3 Lightbulb, and the Headlamp is made from those bulbs, with one craft giving 2 headlamps.[4]

3× LightbulbMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/lightbulb

One craft makes 3 lightbulbs.

2× HeadlampMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/headlamp

Headlamps are crafted from lightbulbs.

Stage 3: girders, struts and weathering

Struts build on Create's metal girders, and the weathered versions come from Create's splashing. The Weathered Metal Girder, Weathered Metal Bracket and Weathered Girder Strut each have a splashing recipe in this pack, shown below along with the Girder Strut craft.[4]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Metal GirderMetal GirderMetal Girder
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/girder_strut

One craft yields 6 girder struts.

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_girder_strut

Splashing 2 girder struts gives 1 weathered strut.

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_girder

Splashing a metal girder makes a weathered metal girder.

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_metal_bracket

Splashing a metal bracket makes a weathered metal bracket.

The Chain Pulley is made by item application on a Create rope pulley, so you need that pulley first.[4]

Stage 4: recipes the pack changed

Several metalwork and display items have recipes the pack changed, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. These are:[4]

8× Metal TrussChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/industrial_truss

The pack's recipe makes 8 metal trusses per craft.

8× Nixie BoardChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Empty slotIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/nixie_board

The pack's recipe makes 8 nixie boards per craft.

Cogwheel Chain CarriageChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron Nugget
any woolEmpty slot
Andesite CasingEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cogwheel_chain_carriage

This recipe was changed by the pack.

Final stage: rotation parts

The rotation parts build on Create's own cogwheels and casings. The Flanged Cogwheel and Large Flanged Cogwheel each start from the matching Create cogwheel, and the Flywheel Bearing needs Create parts too, as the recipes below show.[4]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/small_bevel_cogwheel

The flanged cogwheel is made from a Create cogwheel.

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_bevel_cogwheel

The large flanged cogwheel is made from a Create large cogwheel.

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Empty slotany wooden slabEmpty slot
Andesite AlloyBrass CasingAndesite Alloy
Empty slotLarge CogwheelEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/flywheel_bearing

The flywheel bearing uses a brass casing and a large cogwheel from Create.

How does Create: Bits 'n' Bobs work with other mods?

3 parts

Create: Bits 'n' Bobs is a Create addon, so nearly all of its connections to other mods are Create items showing up in its recipes. There is also one link to the pack's own materials mod: Iron Plate appears in several of the recipes below. The sources list no other mod crossovers.[1][4]

Kinetic blocks built on Create parts

The Flanged Cogwheel and the Large Flanged Cogwheel are the mod's flanged takes on Create's Cogwheel and Large Cogwheel. Both are mod recipes, unchanged by the pack, and you can see them below.[1][4]

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/small_bevel_cogwheel

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_bevel_cogwheel

The Chain Pulley is a variant of Create's Rope Pulley, and the recipe is a Create item application recipe, so you upgrade the pulley itself rather than crafting from scratch.[1][4]

Chain PulleyMod recipe

Item Application (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:item_application/chain_pulley_from_rope_pulley

The Flywheel Bearing is built from Create parts, with Create's Brass Casing and Large Cogwheel among them. It is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack, and the recipe block below shows the full set.[4]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Empty slotany wooden slabEmpty slot
Andesite AlloyBrass CasingAndesite Alloy
Empty slotLarge CogwheelEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/flywheel_bearing

Girders, struts and weathered blocks

The girder decorations tie into Create's Metal Girder. The Girder Strut recipe below is the mod's own and makes 6 struts per craft.[4]

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Metal GirderMetal GirderMetal Girder
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/girder_strut

The weathered blocks come from Create's splashing process, with a splashing recipe for the Weathered Metal Girder and another for the Weathered Metal Bracket. They are the weathered counterparts of Create's Metal Girder and Metal Bracket. The Weathered Girder Strut has its own crafting recipe too, which makes 6.[4]

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_girder

Splashing (create)

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:splashing/weathered_metal_bracket

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Weathered Metal GirderWeathered Metal GirderWeathered Metal Girder
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/weathered_girder_strut

Recipes the pack changed

Several recipes are marked as changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's standalone behaviour for them. These are the ones that bring in Create items or the Iron Plate from the pack's materials mod:[4]

6× Cable Girder StrutChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Andesite AlloyEmpty slotEmpty slot
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Empty slotEmpty slotAndesite Alloy

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cable_strut

4× Large Nixie TubeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzEmpty slot
Iron PlateIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/large_nixie_tube

8× Nixie BoardChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Polished Rose QuartzPolished Rose QuartzPolished Rose Quartz
Empty slotIron PlateEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/nixie_board

8× Metal TrussChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget
Iron PlateIron PlateIron Plate

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/industrial_truss

Cogwheel Chain CarriageChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped
Iron PlateIron Nugget
any woolEmpty slot
Andesite CasingEmpty slot

Recipe id: bits_n_bobs:crafting/cogwheel_chain_carriage

Tip: Since the Nixie recipes that involve Polished Rose Quartz and the Iron Plate are pack-specific, check the recipe blocks above rather than any outside guide before you start building Nixie displays or trusses.[4]

Which Create: Bits 'n' Bobs config options matter?

4 parts

Good news first: every server setting in this pack's Bits 'n' Bobs config that shows a mod default is left at that default. The pack hasn't changed any of those values, so what you read here is also what the mod does out of the box. The main pack-specific details are which features are switched on or off.[6]

Cogwheel chain drives

Flywheel bearing

The featureFlags.blocks.flywheelBearing flag is true, so the block is available. However, flywheelBearingStorageCapability is false in this pack. That means the bearing is not set up as kinetic storage (a battery). The config describes that storage feature as in development and disabled in feature flags by default.[3][6]

Because storage is off, the other flywheel options only matter if you turn it on. flywheelMaxRpmFactor is 0.25 (mod default 0.25), which multiplies Create's maxRotationSpeed (default 256) and gives 64 RPM. flywheelStorageFactor is 1 (mod default 1), and flywheelTransferCapacityPerAngularMass is 5 (mod default 5).[6]

Headlamp range

headlampCCBlockRange is 32 blocks (mod default 32, range 1 to 128). It sets the maximum range of the CC peripheral setLamp function. Lamp coordinates must be within [3 - blockRange * 2, blockRange * 2].[6]

Feature flags and compatibility

Almost every block and behaviour flag in the common config is true in this pack. The one block I can see switched off is the legacy Brass Lamp, via featureFlags.blocks.brassLamp. Use the Headlamp or Lightbulb instead; both flags are on.[3]

Tip: If a Bits 'n' Bobs block seems to be missing, check its flag in the common config first. The project page says individual features can be disabled from the config.[1][3]

What changed in Create: Bits 'n' Bobs between versions?

1 part

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 ships Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.3.2, and the mod was already in the pack by version 1.0.3 or earlier. I have no pack changelog entries for this mod, so everything below comes from the mod's own changelogs.[2]

Changes in the mod's own changelogs

  • 2.3.2 (the version in this pack): fixed chain drive behaviour overriding gears n kinetics behaviour, and added a missing lang entry for the message shown when a chain fails to be added by using it on other types of cogwheel. It also restored a deprecated old signature of a chain rendering method to avoid a crash with bits n tracks.[7]
  • 2.2.9: fixed encasing chain cogwheels deleting the chain.[8]
  • 2.2.7: flanged cogwheel encased rendering was redone.[9]
  • 2.2.5: reduced the NeoForge version requirement.[10]
  • 2.2.3: internal refactors to the dye system, and a fix for DnDecor item models not being corrected.[11]
  • 2.2.2: added a proper incompatibility warning for an incompatible TMFG version, fixed a mixin issue when loading without an optional compat, and potentially fixed cogwheel material and fluid dying mechanics not working.[12]
  • 0.0.44: fixed girder struts and cogwheel chain drives in schematics.[13]
Tip: If you build with chain drives or encased chain cogwheels, the 2.3.2 and 2.2.9 fixes are the ones that matter most for you, and both are already included in this pack version.[2][7][8]

Sources

  1. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs project page (modrinth) · official mod data
  2. FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 mod list · pack file
  3. FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 config: config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml · pack file
  4. FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 recipe dump: recipes making Create: Bits 'n' Bobs items · pack recipe dump
  5. bits_n_bobs names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  6. FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 config: config/bits_n_bobs-server.toml · pack file
  7. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.3.2 changelog · changelog
  8. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.2.9 changelog · changelog
  9. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.2.7 changelog · changelog
  10. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.2.5 changelog · changelog
  11. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.2.3 changelog · changelog
  12. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 2.2.2 changelog · changelog
  13. Create: Bits 'n' Bobs 0.0.44 changelog · changelog
Where this guide comes from

Written from what FTB Skies 2: Aero itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.

Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.

Guides for other versions: 1.0.3 to 1.5.1

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Sep 28, 2026
2.3.5bits_n_bobs-2.3.5.jarFrom the published release
1.12.1
Sep 22, 2026
2.3.5bits_n_bobs-2.3.5.jarFrom the published release
1.12.0
Sep 21, 2026
2.3.5bits_n_bobs-2.3.5.jarFrom the published release
1.10.0
Sep 8, 2026
2.3.2bits_n_bobs-2.3.2.jarFrom the published release
1.9.1
Sep 2, 2026
2.2.9bits_n_bobs-2.2.9.jarFrom the published release
1.9.0
Sep 1, 2026
2.2.9bits_n_bobs-2.2.9.jarFrom the published release
1.8.0
Aug 25, 2026
2.2.7bits_n_bobs-2.2.7.jarFrom the published release
1.7.3
Aug 19, 2026
2.2.5bits_n_bobs-2.2.5.jarFrom the published release
1.7.2
Aug 18, 2026
2.2.5bits_n_bobs-2.2.5.jarFrom the published release
1.7.1
Aug 18, 2026
2.2.5bits_n_bobs-2.2.5.jarFrom the published release
1.6.1
Aug 13, 2026
2.2.3bits_n_bobs-2.2.3.jarFrom the published release
1.6.0
Aug 11, 2026
2.2.2bits_n_bobs-2.2.2.jarFrom the published release
1.5.1
Aug 8, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.4.1
Aug 4, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.4.0
Aug 3, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.3.0
Jul 30, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.2.1
Jul 28, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.2.0
Jul 28, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.1.1
Jul 25, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.1.0
Jul 24, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release
1.0.3
Jul 17, 2026
0.0.44bits_n_bobs-0.0.44.jarFrom the published release

"From pack files" means the list came from the pack's own files; "from the published release" means ForgeBase read the jars of the release itself.

Items and blocks

111 items from the 1.10.0 recipe dump.

...and 51 more.

Config options (how FTB Skies 2: Aero sets them)

31 settings shipped in the pack's config files; 0 differ from the mod's documented default.

See all 31 settings →

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SettingFTB Skies 2: Aero valueMod default
compatabilityOptions.suppressExternalWoodenCogwheels
. Suppresses wooden cogwheels from other mods in favour of Bits 'n' Bobs' behaviour system. Intended for Create: Encased but may work with other mods with proper tags.
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
truenot documented
featureFlags.behaviours.dyeablePipes
. Ability to dye fluid pipes.
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
truenot documented
featureFlags.behaviours.dyeableTanks
. Ability to dye fluid tanks.
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
truenot documented
featureFlags.behaviours.undedicatedCogwheelChainDrives
. Ability for the player to create chain drives on components that are not dedicated for chains (i.e. not flanged)
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
truenot documented
featureFlags.blocks.brassLamp
. Availability of the Brass Lamp block. (Legacy)
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
falsenot documented
featureFlags.blocks.cableGirderStrut
. Availability of the Cable Girder Strut block.
config/bits_n_bobs-common.toml
truenot documented

Which FTB Skies 2: Aero mods work with Create: Bits 'n' Bobs?

The FTB Skies 2: Aero mods that share the most recipes with Create: Bits 'n' Bobs. Highlighted ones have a guide.

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