FramedBlocks in FTB Skies 2: Aero

FramedBlocks adds blocks in lots of shapes, like slopes, stairs, slabs and doors, that can be made to look like almost any other block in the game. You pick the shape and the look separately.^[1]

This pack includes FramedBlocks 10.6.2.^[2]

Where the quest book puts it

The pack's quest book covers the mod in the quest "Framed Blocks" quest. It sits in the "Useful Items & Tips" chapter, which is chapter 2 of 31 in the book and has 30 quests. The quest's tasks are to get a Framed Cube, a Framed Hammer and a Framed Wrench.^[3]

The same chapter also has other building helpers, such as "Building Gadgets" quest, "Faster Building" quest and "Cable Facades" quest.^[3]

Unverified The sources here do not show where the Framed Blocks quest sits in the order of its chapter, or whether the ATM Star path uses this mod. Check the quest book for that.

The basics

• Place a framed block, then right click it with the block whose texture you want. The framed block copies that look.^[1][3]
• Right click a framed block with Glowstone Dust to make it produce light. The quest book also points this out as a neat feature.^[1][3]
• Right click with the Framed Hammer to remove the camo again.^[1]
• The Framed Wrench rotates a framed block. On most blocks, the result depends on which face you click.^[1]

Framed Blocks lets you build custom shapes that copy the texture of almost any other block in the pack. The pack's quest book covers it in the quest "Framed Blocks" quest, in the chapter "Useful Items & Tips" (chapter 2 of 31). The quest asks for a Framed Cube, a Framed Hammer and a Framed Wrench, so that is the order to follow.^[3]

Step one: make Framed Cubes

The Framed Cube comes first because many other Framed Blocks recipes use it as an ingredient, including the Hammer, the Wrench, the button and the glowing cube. One craft gives you 4 cubes.^[4]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

Step two: make the Hammer and the Wrench

Both tools are crafted from a Framed Cube, so you can make them right after your first batch of cubes.^[4]

Framed HammerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot
Empty slot	Stick	Framed Cube
Stick	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_hammer

Framed WrenchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Cube	Empty slot	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_wrench

They are useful for more than the quest. The Hammer is used to make a Framed Centered Panel from a Framed Panel and a Framed Centered Slab from a Framed Slab. Any wrench tool can also swap a Centered Panel and a Centered Slab back and forth.^[4]

Framed Centered PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Panel
• Framed Hammer

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Slab
• Framed Hammer

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_slab

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Panel
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel_rotate_to_framed_centered_slab

Step three: copy a texture onto a framed block

Place a framed block, then use the block with the texture you want on it. The framed block copies that look.^[3]

Step four: make it glow

Use Glowstone Dust on a framed block and it will glow. The light level it gives off is set by general.glowstoneLightLevel, which is 15 in this pack, the same as the mod default.^[3][5]

There is also a dedicated Framed Glowing Cube that you can craft from a Framed Cube.^[4]

Framed Glowing CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any glowstone dust	Empty slot
any glowstone dust	Framed Cube	any glowstone dust
Empty slot	any glowstone dust	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_glowing_cube

Where to go next

Many of the other shapes, such as slopes, rail slopes and bouncy cubes, also have Framing Saw recipes. The recipe dump counts 161 recipes of that type.^[4]

The Powered Framing Saw is tuned in the same server config file. In this pack it stores 5,000 energy, can receive 250 per tick, and uses 50 per tick over 30 ticks per craft, all matching the mod defaults.^[5]

FramedBlocks is a building mod, so its "mechanics" are mostly about camouflage and shaping rather than big machines. The one real machine is the Powered Framing Saw, and the sources only explain its power settings. Here is what the pack tells us, and where it differs from the mod's own behaviour.^[1][5]

Camouflage: how framed blocks work

Every framed block starts as a plain shape and takes on the look of another block. Right click it with almost any solid block to copy that block's appearance. On 1.19 and later you can also right click with a fluid container to look like that fluid, and use an empty fluid container to remove it again.^[1]

To take a normal camo off, right click with a Framed Hammer. Right click with Glowstone Dust to make the block produce light.^[1]

Glowstone light is set by general.glowstoneLightLevel, which is 15 here, the same as the mod default and the top of its 0 to 15 range.^[5]

What the pack's server config changes

• general.allowBlockEntities is false, so blocks that have block entities can't be placed in framed blocks as camo.^[5]
• general.enableIntangibleFeature is false. The intangibility feature is off, and that also stops you moving through blocks already marked as intangible.^[5]
• general.fireproofBlocks is true, so framed blocks are completely fireproof.^[5]
• general.oneWayWindowOwnable is true, so only the player who placed a Framed One-Way Window can change its direction.^[5]

Shaping and rotating

Slopes, corner slopes and inner corner slopes can also be placed vertically. For slope slabs and double slope slabs, hold sneak while placing to put them upside down.^[1]

The Framed Wrench, or any other item in the wrench tool tag, rotates a framed block. On most blocks the result depends on which face you click. The Framed Screwdriver cycles through different states of the camo block.^[1]

Prism-style corners switch on a texture offset automatically based on where you place them, so large surfaces line up. If you don't want that, left click the block with the Framed Hammer to toggle the offset.^[1]

The pack also has 44 recipes of the rotate-shape type that turn one shape into another using a wrench. For example, a Framed Centered Panel becomes a Framed Centered Slab and back again.^[4]

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Panel
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel_rotate_to_framed_centered_slab

Framed Centered PanelMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Slab
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_slab_rotate_to_framed_centered_panel

Copying builds

The Framed Blueprint copies framed blocks including their camo and glowing state. It does not copy the rotation of the framed block itself.^[1]

Framed BlueprintMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot
Framed Cube	Paper	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_blueprint

Crafting: table and framing saw

Everything starts with the Framed Cube, and the recipe below makes several at once. Many other shapes are made from it, for example a Framed Button, a Framed Stone Button or a Framed Bouncy Cube.^[4]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

Framed ButtonMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Cube

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_button

The pack has 161 recipes of the framing saw type, each making a different result. Some shapes can be made either at a crafting table or with the saw. The Framed Bouncy Cube is one of them, as the two recipes below show.^[4]

Framed Bouncy CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any slime ball	Empty slot
any slime ball	Framed Cube	any slime ball
Empty slot	any slime ball	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_bouncy_cube

Framed Bouncy CubeMod recipe

Frame (framedblocks)

• 4× any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:framing_saw/framed_bouncy_cube

The pack has changed two tool recipes: the Framed Axe and the Framed Key. If you know the mod's default recipes, check these two.^[4]

Framed AxeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Ingot	Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Framed Cube

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_axe

Framed KeyChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wooden rod	any wooden rod	Framed Cube
Iron Nugget	Iron Nugget	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_key

Powered Framing Saw

The Powered Framing Saw runs on power. In this pack every one of its settings matches the mod default.^[5]

• powered_framing_saw.energyCapacity: it stores up to 5,000 power.^[5]
• powered_framing_saw.maxReceive: it can take in 250 power per tick.^[5]
• powered_framing_saw.consumption: it uses 50 power per tick while crafting.^[5]
• powered_framing_saw.craftingDuration: each crafting operation takes 30 ticks.^[5]

Unverified The sources don't explain how framed storage blocks such as the Framed Chest and Framed Hopper handle items for automation, or how the Powered Framing Saw connects to pipes and cables. Test these in your world before you build around them.

In this pack, the quest book puts FramedBlocks in the "Useful Items & Tips" chapter, which is chapter 2 of 31. The quest there is "Framed Blocks" quest. It asks you to get a Framed Cube, a Framed Hammer and a Framed Wrench.^[3]

That quest is the only FramedBlocks entry in the chapter I have, and it doesn't split the mod into formal tiers. So the path below follows the in-pack recipes, starting from the Framed Cube.^[3][4]

Step 1: the Framed Cube

Everything starts with the Framed Cube, and one craft gives you 4 of them. Place one down, then use a block with the texture you want on it to copy that texture over.^[3][4]

4× Framed CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Stick	any plank
Stick	Empty slot	Stick
any plank	Stick	any plank

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_cube

Step 2: your tools

The Framed Hammer and Framed Wrench both come straight from a Framed Cube, so they are your next step. These are the two tools the quest asks for.^[3][4]

Framed HammerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Framed Cube	Empty slot
Empty slot	Stick	Framed Cube
Stick	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_hammer

Framed WrenchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Cube	Empty slot	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_wrench

The hammer is also used in other recipes, such as the Framed Centered Panel recipe below, which takes a Framed Panel. A wrench can then rotate a Centered Panel into a Framed Centered Slab and back again.^[4]

Framed Centered PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Framed Panel
• Framed Hammer

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel

Framed Centered SlabMod recipe

Rotate Shape (framedblocks)

• Framed Centered Panel
• any wrench tool

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_centered_panel_rotate_to_framed_centered_slab

Rotating a Centered Panel into a Centered Slab with a wrench.

Step 3: variants and shapes

From here the Cube branches out. The pack has 161 recipes of the frame type that need no item inputs, each making a different result. It also has 136 shaped recipes that turn Framed Blocks items into other Framed Blocks items, plus 44 shape-rotating recipes that use a wrench.^[4]

• Framed Glowing Cube: has its own recipe built on the Framed Cube. The quest also says you can use Glowstone Dust on a framed block to make it glow.^[3][4]
• Framed Bouncy Cube and Framed Tank: both have recipes built on the Framed Cube.^[4]
• Framed Activator Rail Slope, Framed Detector Rail Slope and Framed Powered Rail Slope: each is built on a Framed Slope and the matching vanilla rail.^[4]

Framed Glowing CubeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any glowstone dust	Empty slot
any glowstone dust	Framed Cube	any glowstone dust
Empty slot	any glowstone dust	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_glowing_cube

2× Framed Adjustable Double SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Block

Framed Collapsible Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_slab

A Framed Collapsible Block makes 2 Framed Adjustable Double Slab per craft.

2× Framed Adjustable Double PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Block

Framed Collapsible Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_panel

The same block makes 2 Framed Adjustable Double Panel per craft.

Recipes the pack changed

Framed KeyChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any wooden rod	any wooden rod	Framed Cube
Iron Nugget	Iron Nugget	Empty slot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_key

Framed AxeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Iron Ingot	Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot	Framed Cube
Empty slot	Framed Cube

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_axe

Framed Collapsible Copycat BlockChanged by the pack

Frame (framedblocks)

• Copper Ingot

Recipe id: framedblocks:framing_saw/framed_collapsible_copycat_block

2× Framed Adjustable Double Copycat SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_copycat_slab

A Framed Collapsible Copycat Block makes 2 Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Slab per craft.

2× Framed Adjustable Double Copycat PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Framed Collapsible Copycat Block

Recipe id: framedblocks:framed_adj_double_copycat_panel

The same block makes 2 Framed Adjustable Double Copycat Panel per craft.

Phantom Paste

Phantom Paste has two recipes. One uses chorus fruit and makes 8, and the other uses a phantom membrane and makes 16.^[4]

8× Phantom PasteMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball
any slime ball	Chorus Fruit	any slime ball
any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:phantom_paste_from_chorus_fruit

16× Phantom PasteMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball
any slime ball	Phantom Membrane	any slime ball
any slime ball	any slime ball	any slime ball

Recipe id: framedblocks:phantom_paste_from_phantom_membrane

Framed Blocks has one quest in this pack, and it sits in the "Useful Items & Tips" chapter. That chapter is chapter 2 of 31 in the quest book and has 30 quests. It is a collection of handy mods and tricks rather than a single questline.^[3]

The Framed Blocks quest

The quest "Framed Blocks" quest has three item tasks: the Framed Cube, the Framed Hammer and the Framed Wrench.^[3]

The quest text explains the core idea. Framed blocks let you make custom blocks and shapes that use the texture of almost any other block in the pack. Place a framed block, then use the block with the texture you want on it to copy that texture over.^[3]

The quest also mentions one extra trick: using Glowstone Dust on a framed block makes it glow.^[3]

The sources don't say what comes directly before or after this quest in the chapter, so I can't give you its exact position in the order.^[3]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

FramedBlocks has a server config that changes how the blocks behave and a client config that only affects how they look on your screen. Here are the options you're most likely to care about, with the exact values this pack uses.^[6][7]

Server options: how framed blocks behave

• general.allowBlockEntities is false in this pack, so blocks that have block entities can't be placed inside framed blocks as a camo.^[7]
• general.consumeCamoItem is true. Applying a camo uses up the item, and removing the camo drops it again.^[7]
• general.fireproofBlocks is true, so framed blocks are completely fireproof.^[7]
• general.enableIntangibleFeature is false, so the intangibility feature is switched off. The config notes that disabling it also stops you moving through blocks that are already marked intangible.^[7]
• general.oneWayWindowOwnable is true. Only the player who placed a Framed One-Way Window can change its direction.^[7]
• general.glowstoneLightLevel is 15, which is the mod default. Glowstone dust on a framed block gives it the maximum light level in this pack. The allowed range is 0 to 15.^[7]

Powered Framing Saw

The Powered Framing Saw settings in this pack all match the mod defaults. The saw uses 50 power per tick while crafting (powered_framing_saw.consumption) and takes 30 ticks per crafting operation (powered_framing_saw.craftingDuration). It stores up to 5,000 power (powered_framing_saw.energyCapacity) and can receive 250 power per tick (powered_framing_saw.maxReceive).^[7]

Client options: placement preview and visuals

• general.showGhostBlocks is true, so you see a ghost preview while holding a framed block. general.ghostRenderOpacity is 170, the mod default, on a range of 30 to 255 where 255 is fully opaque.^[6]
• general.altGhostRenderer is false. Turn it on if the placement preview misbehaves with certain shaders.^[6]
• general.camoMessageVerbosity is DEFAULT. You get a message when a block with a block entity isn't explicitly allowed as a camo, or when a block is explicitly disallowed.^[6]
• general.renderCamoInJade is true. According to the config, that means framed blocks are rendered with their camo in Jade, and with it off they would be rendered blank.^[6]
• general.showCamoCraftingInJei is true, which the config describes as showing camo application recipes in JEI. general.showAllRecipePermutationsInEmi is false, and the config says that with it off only the Framing Saw permutations using the Framed Cube are added to EMI. That setting only has an effect when EMI is installed.^[6]
• overlay.maxOverlayMode is DETAILED, the highest setting, and every individual overlay option in this pack is also DETAILED. Set the max to ICON or HIDDEN if the overlays clutter your screen.^[6]

Only the values with a mod default noted next to them are confirmed to match it, and the others are unverified against the mod defaults. None of the values shown here is marked as changed from the default.^[6][7]

FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 ships FramedBlocks 10.6.2. The mod has been in the pack since Aero 1.0.3 or earlier, so it's been with you from the very early releases.^[2]

Notable mod changes

• FramedBlocks 10.6.1: fixed Layered Cube shapes not aligning with the model in horizontal orientations. If you built with horizontal layered cubes and the hitbox looked off, this is the fix. The pack's 10.6.2 is a later version than this one.^[2][8]

Unverified No pack changelog entries for FramedBlocks were available, so any changes the pack itself made to this mod across releases are unverified.