Simply Light in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.16 guide

Simply Light is in the pack at version 1.4.6+1.21-b53 (file simplylight-1.4.6+1.21-b53.jar). It has been part of the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Simply Light adds, who it is aimed at, or how it fits into the pack's progression. I also have no confirmed recipes, config options or quests for it, and no guidebook, so I'm not guessing at any of that. I'll fill this in once there is something to back it up.

Welcome to Simply Light! In this pack the lights are made in the crafting grid, and there are no quests for this mod, so the recipes below are your guide. Here is the order I would make things in, starting with the simplest lights.^[2]

Start with the Simple Light Bulb

Make the Simple Light Bulb first. One craft gives you 8 of them, so a single batch covers a lot of ground.^[2]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

One craft makes 8 bulbs.

Dynamic Edge Lights for hallways

Next, make the Dynamic Edge Light (bottom). One craft gives you 6. It follows the walls around it, which makes it a good fit for hallways. It morphs depending on the blocks around it when you place it, and that shape persists afterward. That means you can place temporary blocks to get the shape you want.^[2][3]

6× Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Empty slot	any stone
Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	Empty slot	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light

One craft makes 6 bottom edge lights.

If you need the top version, Dynamic Edge Light (top) is a shapeless craft from the bottom one, and there is a shapeless recipe to turn it back.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Illuminant Blocks

The Illuminant Block is a simple light block. The pack changes its recipe, so go by the recipe below and not by what you remember from the mod. One craft gives you 4.^[2][3]

4× Illuminant BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

The pack changed this recipe. One craft makes 4 blocks.

Illuminant Block(Inverted) is the inverted version: where the normal block activates, this one deactivates. You can craft it directly, and one craft gives you 4. You can also swap a normal Illuminant Block into its inverted form with a shapeless craft.^[2][3]

4× Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone Torch	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on

Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle

This toggle recipe turns a normal block into the inverted one.

Illuminant BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block(Inverted)

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_toggle

This one turns an inverted block back into the normal one.

Slabs and panels

The Illuminant Slab gives you 6 per craft. Coloured slabs can then be split into panels: each split recipe turns one slab into 6 matching panels. The panels are simple LED panel lights that you can place in any direction.^[2][3]

6× Illuminant SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Glowstone	Glowstone	Glowstone
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_slab

6× Illuminant Blue PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Illuminant Blue Slab

Illuminant Blue Slab

Illuminant Blue Slab

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_blue_split

Every colour has its own split recipe. Blue is shown here as an example.

Fixtures, rods and columns

When you want more variety, try the Illuminant Fixture (6 per craft) and the Illuminant Rod (8 per craft).^[2]

6× Illuminant FixtureMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any stone
any stone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone

Recipe id: simplylight:walllamp

8× Illuminant RodMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust
any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust
any glowstone dust	any stone	any glowstone dust

Recipe id: simplylight:rodlamp

The Illuminant Column makes 2 per craft. One of its ingredients is a lamp from the mod's lamp-on group, so make a lamp first.^[2]

2× Illuminant ColumnMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any any lamp on	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wall	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:lamp_post

Colours

Once you have edge lights, you can dye them. Each dye recipe takes any edge light and makes 8 of the coloured one. Blue is shown below, and the other colours have their own dyed recipes.^[2]

8× Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Blue Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed

Simply Light is about placement behaviour and crafting conversions, not machines. The pack's data for this mod describes light blocks, so the mechanics to learn are how each block is placed and how you convert one into another.^[2][3]

How the lights are placed

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) and Dynamic Edge Light (top) follow the walls around themselves, which makes them good for hallways. They morph depending on the blocks around them at the moment you place them.^[3]
• An edge light keeps its shape after placement. That means you can build a shape by placing temporary blocks next to it, placing the light, and removing the blocks afterwards.^[3]
• Simple Light Bulb is described as a simple bulb you can place in any direction.^[3]
• Illuminant panels are simple LED panel lights, and illuminant slabs are half-slab lights. Both can be placed in any direction, for example Illuminant Blue Panel and Illuminant Blue Slab.^[3]
• Illuminant Column (the Illuminant Column) is a 3 block tall lamp post, and only the top block emits light.^[3]

Edge light top and bottom

The edge light comes in a bottom and a top version, and you can switch between them by crafting. Each direction is a shapeless recipe with a single input, so you only need the light itself.^[2]

Dynamic Edge Light (top)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_top

Turns a bottom edge light into a top one.

Dynamic Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dynamic Edge Light (top)

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_bottom_from_top

Turns it back into a bottom one.

Illuminant blocks and their inverted versions

Illuminant Block is described as a simple light block that activates, and Illuminant Block(Inverted) (the inverted version) as one that deactivates. The in-game tooltip fills in the trigger for both. The inverted versions are separate items, and a shapeless crafting recipe converts between each pair.^[2][3]

The pack changed the recipe for the standard Illuminant Block. This is the pack's version, not the mod default.^[2]

4× Illuminant BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

The pack's changed recipe for the standard Illuminant Block.

4× Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone Torch	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on

The inverted Illuminant Block is crafted directly.

Illuminant Block(Inverted)Mod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Block

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block_on_toggle

Converts a normal block into its inverted version.

Illuminant Black BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Illuminant Black Block (Inverted)

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_black_block_toggle

The black variant has its own toggle back to the normal block.

Recipe yields and colour conversions

• One craft of the edge light recipe gives 6 Dynamic Edge Light (bottom).^[2]
• Dyeing an edge light gives 8 lights of that colour per craft, for example Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom) and Dynamic Cyan Edge Light (bottom). The recipe accepts any edge light as input, not only the plain one.^[2]
• One craft of the bulb recipe gives 8 Simple Light Bulb, and one craft of the rod recipe gives 8 Illuminant Rod.^[2]
• One craft of the column recipe gives 2 Illuminant Column. It takes any lamp that is on as an input.^[2]
• Each coloured slab splits into 6 panels of the same colour, for example Illuminant Black Slab into Illuminant Black Panel.^[2]

6× Illuminant Cyan PanelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Illuminant Cyan Slab

Illuminant Cyan Slab

Illuminant Cyan Slab

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_panel_cyan_split

One cyan slab makes 6 cyan panels.

Simply Light has no tier ladder in this pack. Every recipe in the pack's recipe list is a crafting-grid recipe, so progression here is two small steps: craft a base light, then turn it into variants.^[2]

Step 1: the base lights

These are crafted directly and give you several lights per craft, so one batch goes a long way.^[2]

• Simple Light Bulb: 8 per craft.^[2]
• Dynamic Edge Light (bottom): 6 per craft.^[2]
• Illuminant Slab: 6 per craft.^[2]
• Illuminant Rod: 8 per craft.^[2]
• Illuminant Fixture: 6 per craft.^[2]
• Illuminant Block: 4 per craft.^[2]
• Illuminant Block(Inverted) (the inverted block): 4 per craft.^[2]

8× Simple Light BulbMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Glowstone	Empty slot
any stone	any stone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:bulb

The Simple Light Bulb is a single craft that makes 8.

4× Illuminant BlockChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Glowstone	any stone
Glowstone	Redstone	Glowstone
any stone	Glowstone	any stone

Recipe id: simplylight:illuminant_block

The pack changed this recipe, so use the version shown here, not the mod's default.

Step 2: variants from the base lights

Once you have base lights, the rest of the mod is conversion. These recipes take items you already made.^[2]

• Dyeing an existing edge light gives you 8 of the coloured version, for example Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom). Top versions such as Dynamic Blue Edge Light (top) have their own dye recipes that also give 8.^[2]
• You can swap Dynamic Edge Light (bottom) and Dynamic Edge Light (top) back and forth with a shapeless craft of one item.^[2]
• Splitting a slab gives 6 panels, for example Illuminant Black Slab into Illuminant Black Panel.^[2]
• Each coloured block has a shapeless toggle recipe that flips it between normal and inverted, for example Illuminant Black Block and Illuminant Black Block (Inverted).^[2]
• Illuminant Column (the Illuminant Column) makes 2 per craft and builds on other lights from this mod.^[2]

8× Dynamic Blue Edge Light (bottom)Mod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light
any any edge light	Blue Dye	any any edge light
any any edge light	any any edge light	any any edge light

Recipe id: simplylight:edge_light_blue_dyed

One dyed edge light recipe as an example: 8 coloured lights per craft.