Sophisticated Core in FTB Skies 2: Aero

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.12 guide

Sophisticated Core is included in this pack at version 1.0.5, shipped as the Minecraft 1.21.1 build sophisticatedcore-1.21.1-1.0.5.813.jar. It has been in the pack since version 0.32 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the mod list rather than a recent addition.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Sophisticated Core does in gameplay, who it is aimed at, or where it fits in the pack's progression. They also don't show it on the ATM Star path or tied to any quests, so I'm not making claims about those. Check back once more detail is available.

Sophisticated Core is the shared base that supplies the screens and controls for storage and backpack GUIs. There is no big setup to do. The first thing to try is the one item the pack's recipe dump lists for this mod: the Ender Linker.^[2][3]

Step 1: Craft the Ender Linker

The Ender Linker is the only Sophisticated Core item with a recipe in this pack's dump. It is a shaped crafting recipe, and the block below shows the exact in-pack version.^[2]

Ender LinkerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian
Blaze Rod	Obsidian	Blaze Rod
Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian

Recipe id: sophisticatedcore:ender_linker

Step 2: Get to know the storage screen

The mod's language file shows what its screens can do. You get a Sort Inventory button, with sorting options By Count, By Mod, By Name and By Tags. There are also transfer buttons: Transfer to Inventory, Transfer to Storage, and filtered versions that move only matching items. On the filtered transfers, hold Shift to transfer all.^[3]

The settings screen also has Keep Search Phrase and Keep Tab Open toggles. With Keep Search Phrase on, a storage GUI remembers your search when you reopen it. With Keep Tab Open on, it reopens the upgrade tab you last used.^[3]

Pack config

The pack's own settings for this mod are in config/sophisticatedcore-common.toml. Check that file if you want to see what the pack changed.^[4]

Sophisticated Core supplies the shared screens and settings that backpacks and storages use. The mod's language file shows how that works: sorting, searching, moving items in bulk, per-slot rules, upgrade limits and the Ender Linker. The sources here show no capacities or slot counts, so this section sticks to how the screens behave.^[3]

Sorting and searching

Backpack and storage screens have a Sort Inventory button. You can sort by count, by mod, by name or by tags.^[3]

The search box says "Click to search". Start your search with @ to search by mod name. If nothing matches, the screen tells you no items match the search.^[3]

There is also a Keep Search Phrase toggle. When it is OFF, the screen clears your search on close and shows everything unfiltered next time. When it is ON, it remembers your phrase and filters by it when you reopen the screen.^[3]

Moving items in bulk

The screen has buttons to transfer to your inventory and to transfer to the storage. There are also "Transfer Matching" versions of both, and their tooltips say to hold Shift to transfer all.^[3]

Shift clicking has its own setting. With "Shift Click Into Inventory First", a shift click tries the inventory or storage on the other side before an open upgrade tab. With "Shift Click Into Open Tab First", it tries an open tab first.^[3]

Slot settings

The settings screen has several per-slot tools. In each one you select slots with left click or drag, and unselect them with right click or drag.^[3]

• Memory: slots remember their contents and only allow matching stacks.^[3]
• No Sort: selected slots are ignored when you sort.^[3]
• Item Display: you pick a slot whose item is shown on top of the storage. The settings also let you show it on the front, left or right side.^[3]

The Player context applies your settings to all backpacks and storages unless a specific one overrides them. A Keep Tab Open toggle makes a storage remember which upgrade tab was open and reopen it next time.^[3]

Saving settings as templates

You can save your settings to a slot and load them again later. Scroll to change slot, and you can give a slot a name. If the settings don't fit in a storage, the screen tells you so. You can also export settings, which creates a data pack with an snbt file. The file name can't be empty or contain invalid characters.^[3]

Upgrade rules

Upgrades have their own settings panels, and the mod's text names Adv. Alchemy, Adv. Compacting, Adv. Feeding, Adv. Filter and Jukebox among them. Each upgrade tab also has an ON, OFF or INACTIVE switch. The mod blocks some combinations and shows an error when you try them.^[3]

• Only one Battery Upgrade can be in a backpack. If the backpack can't support its energy, you need a better backpack or a stack multiplier.^[3]
• A backpack can hold at most two Tank Upgrades. If its capacity is too low for a tank upgrade, you need a better backpack or a stack multiplier.^[3]
• Some upgrades can only be used once, or only a set number of times, per backpack. Others can't be used in a given storage at all.^[3]
• Some upgrades need the last few inventory slots to be empty. If an item is in one of them, the upgrade is refused.^[3]
• You can't remove an upgrade while a slot or another upgrade still needs a higher stack limit, or while a banned item is still in place. Only admins can remove the Infinity Upgrade.^[3]

Ender Linker

The Ender Linker links storages into a group. The mod's status messages show what can stop a link: the storage is already linked, it has contents, it is incompatible with the linked storage group, or it cannot be linked at all.^[3]

Ender LinkerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian
Blaze Rod	Obsidian	Blaze Rod
Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian

Recipe id: sophisticatedcore:ender_linker

This is the recipe the pack uses for the Ender Linker.

The sources for this pack show only one thing about Sophisticated Core progression: a single craftable item, the Ender Linker. There is no tier ladder to climb for this mod on its own.^[2]

The Ender Linker uses a shaped crafting recipe, and the pack lists it as a mod recipe, not a pack-specific change. Here is the exact in-pack recipe.^[2]

Ender LinkerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian
Blaze Rod	Obsidian	Blaze Rod
Obsidian	Ender Pearl	Obsidian

Recipe id: sophisticatedcore:ender_linker

Shaped crafting recipe, listed as a mod recipe in the pack.

The options you are most likely to touch in Sophisticated Core are all client-side, and they live in config/sophisticatedcore-client.toml. Here is exactly how this pack sets them.^[5]

• client.sortButtonsPosition is set to "TITLE_LINE_RIGHT" in this pack. The other allowed values are BELOW_UPGRADES, BELOW_UPGRADE_TABS and HIDDEN. The option exists to help with conflicts with controls from other mods, so change it if the sort buttons get in the way of something else.^[5]
• client.mouseTweaksScrollEnabled is set to true. It controls whether scrolling in the inventory is handled by the Mouse Tweaks mod, if that mod is in the pack.^[5]
• client.playButtonSound is set to true, so a click sound plays when you press the custom buttons in the GUI. Set it to false if you want them silent.^[5]