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Now that you have the mod pack installed, you're probably wondering where to start or what to do next. Well, you've come to the right page. By now, you should already know how to make all your basic tools, shelter and most of everything found in vanilla Minecraft. Unlike Tekkit, the Voltz mod pack expands on vanilla Minecraft while maintaining a "universal electricity" system. It also adds many new features, equipment, and ores. Here we will go over some of the things that will help you get started on new projects and gameplay.
Now that you have the mod pack installed, you're probably wondering where to start or what to do next. Well, you've come to the right page. By now, you should already know how to make all your basic tools, shelter and most of everything found in vanilla Minecraft. Unlike Tekkit, the Voltz mod pack expands on vanilla Minecraft while maintaining a "universal electricity" system. It also adds many new features, equipment, and ores. Here we will go over some of the things that will help you get started on new projects and gameplay.


==First Steps: Preparing Materials==
==First Steps: Prepare Materials==
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Once you have done that, we can move onto the next step.
Once you have done that, we can move onto the next step.


==Second Step: Get Power==
==Second Step: Acquire Power==


===Steel and Bronze===
===Steel and Bronze===
Now that we have our stuff we need to start combining it all together. First we need to turn some of our materials into [[Bronze Ingot]]s and [[Steel Ingot]]s.
Now that we have collected some of the fundamental items, we must combine them to create the mod's first essential crafting materials.[[Bronze Ingot|Bronze]] and [[Steel Ingot|Steel]] ingots are some of the most utilized components, so we will craft these first.


In order to get them, we first need to craft the [[Metallurgic Infuser]].
In order to get these, we must first have crafted a [[Metallurgic Infuser]]. This machine allows us to create more advanced ingots like Bronze and Steel by taking two items and fusing them together.


 
To craft our infuser, we will need the two items shown below:
:Craft 3 [[Enriched Alloy]]s
3 [[Enriched Alloy]]s
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=|B1=Redstone (Dust)|C1=
|A1=|B1=Redstone (Dust)|C1=
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|Output=Enriched Alloy}}
|Output=Enriched Alloy}}


:Craft 2 [[Control Circuit]]s  
2 [[Control Circuit]]s  
{{Grid/Crafting Table  
{{Grid/Crafting Table  
|B1 = Platinum Ignot  
|B1 = Platinum Ignot  
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|Output = Control Circuit}}
|Output = Control Circuit}}


:Finally, craft the [[Metallurgic Infuser]]
 
Integrate the above items along with 2 furnaces and 4 iron ingots to craft the [[Metallurgic Infuser]]
 
{{Grid/Crafting Table  
{{Grid/Crafting Table  
|A1 = Iron (Ingot) |B1 = Furnace |C1 = Iron (Ingot)
|A1 = Iron (Ingot) |B1 = Furnace |C1 = Iron (Ingot)
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|Output = Metallurgic Infuser}}
|Output = Metallurgic Infuser}}


Before we can make Bronze and Steel, we need some [[Enriched Iron]] and some [[Compressed Carbon]] to be used inside the infuser:


:To make Enriched Iron, we need [[Enriched Alloys]]
Although we have the machine, we cannot yet create our ingots. We still require some [[Enriched Iron]] and [[Compressed Carbon]] to be used inside the infuser.
 
To make Enriched Iron, we need 2 [[Enriched Alloy]]s
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1 = |B1 = Redstone Dust |C1 =
|A1 = |B1 = Redstone Dust |C1 =
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|Output = Enriched Alloy}}
|Output = Enriched Alloy}}


:Use those to make [[Enriched Iron]]
Use the alloys with an iron ingot to make [[Enriched Iron]]
 
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Enriched Alloy
|A1=Enriched Alloy
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}}
}}


:Then make some [[Compressed Carbon]]
Then smelt some [[Compressed Carbon]] in a furnace
{{Grid/Furnace|Input=  Coal |IA= 1|Output= Compressed Carbon |OA= 1|Fuel=  Coal  |FA= 1}}
{{Grid/Furnace|Input=  Coal |IA= 1|Output= Compressed Carbon |OA= 1|Fuel=  Coal  |FA= 1}}


Using the Compressed Carbon, some Enriched Iron and some Redstone for power, we can finally create Steel:
 
Using Compressed Carbon, Enriched Iron, and some Redstone to power the Metallurgic Infuser, we can finally create the first of our two essentials, a Steel ingot:


[[File:Metalurgic_steel_dust.png]]
[[File:Metalurgic_steel_dust.png]]


Using Steel, we can create the [[Enrichment Chamber]], which is the final machine needed to produce [[Bronze Dust]]. First, create a [[Steel Block]] with 9 [[Steel Ingot (Mekanism)|Steel Ingot]]s:


Using this Steel, we can create an [[Enrichment Chamber]], which is the final component needed to produce [[Bronze Dust]], and thus Bronze ingots. First, craft a [[Steel Block]] with 9 [[Steel Ingot (Mekanism)|Steel Ingot]]s:


{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
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|Output=Steel Block}}
|Output=Steel Block}}


Then make 2 more [[Control Circuit]]s, 4 more [[Enriched Alloy]] and get 2 more Redstone Dust, then put them all together to craft the Enrichment Chamber:


Using the previous recipes, make 2 more [[Control Circuit]]s, 4 more [[Enriched Alloy]]s. With the addition of 2 Redstone Dusts, combine all of the materials to craft the Enrichment Chamber:


{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
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|Output=Enrichment Chamber}}
|Output=Enrichment Chamber}}


Now that we have the Enrichment Chamber, we can get dust straight from ore. We will do this with [[Tin Ore]] to get our [[Tin Dust]]:
 
With the addition of the Enrichment Chamber, we can turn freshly mined ores into pairs of dust, some of which can then be further smelted into ingots at a 2:1 ration or used in later recipes found throughout Voltz. However for our purposes we need only do this with [[Tin Ore]] to create [[Tin Dust]].


[[File:EC_Tinore_to_dust.png]]
[[File:EC_Tinore_to_dust.png]]


Using the dust and some copper ore, create some [[Bronze Ingots]]:
 
Using the tin dust and some copper ingots, create [[Bronze Ingot]]s using the Metallurgic Infuser:


[[File:Bronze_metallurgic.png]]
[[File:Bronze_metallurgic.png]]


Finally, we have the materials to make our power generation and storage.
 
With these materials that we have collected, we can begin to create the items necessary for power generation and storage.


===Motors, Batteries, and Wire===
===Motors, Batteries, and Wire===


Now we can start making some components.
To begin crafting the machines and items necessary for a successful power configuration, we must first create more items that will be used in their recipes.


:[[Insulated Copper Wire]] - These are used for the Motor below
[[Insulated Copper Wire]]: These are used for the Motor below, as well as connecting your machines and other components together.
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Leather;White Wool|B1=Copper Ingot|C1=Leather;White Wool
|A1=Leather;White Wool|B1=Copper Ingot|C1=Leather;White Wool
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|Output=Insulated Copper Wire,6}}
|Output=Insulated Copper Wire,6}}


:Now we can make a [[Motor]]
Using the wires, we can now craft a [[Motor]]
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Insulated Copper Wire|B1=Steel Ingot|C1=Insulated Copper Wire
|A1=Insulated Copper Wire|B1=Steel Ingot|C1=Insulated Copper Wire
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|Output=Motor}}
|Output=Motor}}


:The last components we need are some [[Battery|Batteries]].
 
Lastly, we will need a set of [[Battery|Batteries]].
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Tin Ingot
|B1=Tin Ingot
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|Output=Battery}}
|Output=Battery}}


After all your crafting you should have {{Grid|Motor}}, {{Grid|Insulated Copper Wire,2}}, and {{Grid|Battery,3}}
After completing all of the necessary crafting, you should have these items: {{Grid|Motor}}, {{Grid|Insulated Copper Wire,2}}, and {{Grid|Battery,3}}


===Put It All Together===
===Connection===
Finally, we have everything we need to make our first power connection. Here are the final things we need to build.
Finally, we have everything we need to make our first power connection. Here are the final things we need to build.


 
[[Coal Generator]]
:[[Coal Generator]]
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Bronze Ingot|B1=Bronze Ingot|C1=Bronze Ingot
|A1=Bronze Ingot|B1=Bronze Ingot|C1=Bronze Ingot
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|Output=Coal Generator}}
|Output=Coal Generator}}


 
[[Battery Box]]
:[[Battery Box]]
{{Grid/Crafting Table
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Steel Ingot|B1=Steel Ingot|C1=Steel Ingot
|A1=Steel Ingot|B1=Steel Ingot|C1=Steel Ingot
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|Output=Battery Box}}
|Output=Battery Box}}


You can now place the [[Battery Box]] and the [[Coal Generator]] in the world. To connect them, place the remaining [[Insulated Copper Wire]] on the ground like you would redstone, making sure to connect the black hole on the [[Coal Generator]] to the red hold in the [[Battery Box]].  
You can now place the [[Battery Box]] and the [[Coal Generator]] in the world. To connect them, place the remaining [[Insulated Copper Wire]] on the ground like you would redstone, making sure to connect the black hole on the [[Coal Generator]] to the red hole in the [[Battery Box]]. In Voltz, the black holes will always represent a machines output and red holes will always represent a machines input.


[[File:Generator_Battery_Front.png|300px]][[File:Generator_BatteryBox_Back.png|300px]]
[[File:Generator_Battery_Front.png|300px]][[File:Generator_BatteryBox_Back.png|300px]]


 
To generate Electricity from the [[Coal Generator]], place some [[Coal]] in the single middle slot. It should begin to rise in hull heat, eventually reaching a value of 100%. After this point it will begin to generate electricity in the form of Watts(W). One Watt is worth one Joule (J) of energy, which is what the storage units found in Voltz read their current energy levels in. As you leave the generator on it will continue to generate Watts at a steadily increasing rate, capping at 10kW (The k stand for "kilo", which means 1000. This means that the machine is generating 10,000W, or 10,000J per second!).
Place some [[Coal]] into the [[Coal Generator]] and it should spring to life after roughly 10 seconds.


[[File:Coal_Generator_Interface.png|500px]]
[[File:Coal_Generator_Interface.png|500px]]


Right-click on the [[Battery Box]] and you should see it filling with power!
By right clicking on the [[Battery Box]] you should see it filling with power as shown by the power bar in the top middle section of the GUI. The top bar will represent the current level of charge and the bottom number represents the maximum amount of charge (In our case, 5MJ. The M here stands for mega, or million, so the machine can contain a maximum or 5 million joules!).


[[File:Battery_Box_Interface.png|500px]]
[[File:Battery_Box_Interface.png|500px]]


When you think you're ready, go on over to the Electricity Tutorial to continue.
That just about concludes how to get yourself started in Voltz! Naturally, there are many other mods and features left for you to try out, however it is suggest you move from here to the components found in the [[Mekanism]] mod, as much of what is found there will build on the knowledge gained here. The tutorials below will also help to extend your knowledge of Voltz and the numerous mods it contains!


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 21:34, 27 February 2013

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Hello, and welcome to the starting guide for the Voltz mod pack. For information on how to install the Voltz modpack, click here.

Now that you have the mod pack installed, you're probably wondering where to start or what to do next. Well, you've come to the right page. By now, you should already know how to make all your basic tools, shelter and most of everything found in vanilla Minecraft. Unlike Tekkit, the Voltz mod pack expands on vanilla Minecraft while maintaining a "universal electricity" system. It also adds many new features, equipment, and ores. Here we will go over some of the things that will help you get started on new projects and gameplay.

First Steps: Prepare Materials

Basic Electricity

Assuming you already have your basic tool set and a form of shelter, we can begin some of the basic construction.

One of the first tools you'll want to make is a Paxel, this way you can have all the benefits of a shovel, axe, and pickaxe all in one tool. All you need to do is make yourself a stone shovel, pickaxe, and axe, place them along the top row of a crafting table, and then place two sticks down the middle. Now you have yourself a Paxel. Paxels can be made from different types of tool sets such as diamond or gold tools, as well as many other ore tools that have been added to the game by Mekanism.

Stone Axe Stone Pickaxe Stone Shovel Grid layout Arrow (small).png Stone Paxel
  Stick  
  Stick  

Note: The Paxel has the same durability as a single normal tool. While it will save inventory space by combining three tools into one, it will also wear out after as many uses as a single normal tool.

Now that you have your Paxel we can go do some mining for some of the new ores introduced by the Voltz mod pack. Some of the basic materials we are going to need to mine right now are Iron Ore, Tin Ore, Copper Ore, and Platinum Ore. You will also need to mine a whole bunch of coal and redstone to power the machines in the beginning. Once you have collected all of the materials, melt some of your metal ores into ingots, but not all of them. Here is a good minimum shopping list of materials for a Coal Generator and a Battery Box.

Furnace3Copper Ingot10Leather6Iron Ingot22Tin Ingot10Coal64Redstone (Dust)64Redstone (Dust)64Platinum Ignot16

Once you have done that, we can move onto the next step.

Second Step: Acquire Power

Steel and Bronze

Now that we have collected some of the fundamental items, we must combine them to create the mod's first essential crafting materials.Bronze and Steel ingots are some of the most utilized components, so we will craft these first.

In order to get these, we must first have crafted a Metallurgic Infuser. This machine allows us to create more advanced ingots like Bronze and Steel by taking two items and fusing them together.

To craft our infuser, we will need the two items shown below: 3 Enriched Alloys

  Redstone (Dust)   Grid layout Arrow (small).png Enriched Alloy
Redstone (Dust) Iron (Ingot) Redstone (Dust)
  Redstone (Dust)  

2 Control Circuits

  Platinum Ignot   Grid layout Arrow (small).png Control Circuit
Platinum Ignot Enriched Alloy Platinum Ignot
  Platinum Ignot  


Integrate the above items along with 2 furnaces and 4 iron ingots to craft the Metallurgic Infuser

Iron (Ingot) Furnace Iron (Ingot) Grid layout Arrow (small).png Metallurgic Infuser
Control Circuit Enriched Alloy Control Circuit
Iron (Ingot) Furnace Iron (Ingot)


Although we have the machine, we cannot yet create our ingots. We still require some Enriched Iron and Compressed Carbon to be used inside the infuser.

To make Enriched Iron, we need 2 Enriched Alloys

  Redstone Dust   Grid layout Arrow (small).png Enriched Alloy
Redstone Dust Iron Ingot Redstone Dust
  Redstone Dust  

Use the alloys with an iron ingot to make Enriched Iron

Enriched Alloy     Grid layout Arrow (small).png Enriched Iron6
Iron Ingot    
Enriched Alloy    

Then smelt some Compressed Carbon in a furnace

Coal Grid layout Furnace Progress.png Compressed Carbon
Grid layout Fire.png
Coal


Using Compressed Carbon, Enriched Iron, and some Redstone to power the Metallurgic Infuser, we can finally create the first of our two essentials, a Steel ingot:

Metalurgic steel dust.png


Using this Steel, we can create an Enrichment Chamber, which is the final component needed to produce Bronze Dust, and thus Bronze ingots. First, craft a Steel Block with 9 Steel Ingots:

Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Grid layout Arrow (small).png Steel Block
Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Steel Ingot
Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Steel Ingot


Using the previous recipes, make 2 more Control Circuits, 4 more Enriched Alloys. With the addition of 2 Redstone Dusts, combine all of the materials to craft the Enrichment Chamber:

Enriched Alloy Redstone (Dust) Enriched Alloy Grid layout Arrow (small).png Enrichment Chamber
Control Circuit Steel Block Control Circuit
Enriched Alloy Redstone (Dust) Enriched Alloy


With the addition of the Enrichment Chamber, we can turn freshly mined ores into pairs of dust, some of which can then be further smelted into ingots at a 2:1 ration or used in later recipes found throughout Voltz. However for our purposes we need only do this with Tin Ore to create Tin Dust.

EC Tinore to dust.png


Using the tin dust and some copper ingots, create Bronze Ingots using the Metallurgic Infuser:

Bronze metallurgic.png


With these materials that we have collected, we can begin to create the items necessary for power generation and storage.

Motors, Batteries, and Wire

To begin crafting the machines and items necessary for a successful power configuration, we must first create more items that will be used in their recipes.

Insulated Copper Wire: These are used for the Motor below, as well as connecting your machines and other components together.

Leather Copper Ingot Leather Grid layout Arrow (small).png Insulated Copper Wire6
Leather Copper Ingot Leather
Leather Copper Ingot Leather

Using the wires, we can now craft a Motor

Insulated Copper Wire Steel Ingot Insulated Copper Wire Grid layout Arrow (small).png Motor
Steel Ingot Iron Ingot Steel Ingot
Insulated Copper Wire Steel Ingot Insulated Copper Wire


Lastly, we will need a set of Batteries.

  Tin Ingot   Grid layout Arrow (small).png Battery
Tin Ingot Redstone (Dust) Tin Ingot
Tin Ingot Coal Tin Ingot

After completing all of the necessary crafting, you should have these items: Motor, Insulated Copper Wire2, and Battery3

Connection

Finally, we have everything we need to make our first power connection. Here are the final things we need to build.

Coal Generator

Bronze Ingot Bronze Ingot Bronze Ingot Grid layout Arrow (small).png Coal Generator
Bronze Ingot Furnace Bronze Ingot
Bronze Ingot Motor Bronze Ingot

Battery Box

Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Grid layout Arrow (small).png Battery Box
Battery Battery Battery
Steel Ingot Steel Ingot Steel Ingot

You can now place the Battery Box and the Coal Generator in the world. To connect them, place the remaining Insulated Copper Wire on the ground like you would redstone, making sure to connect the black hole on the Coal Generator to the red hole in the Battery Box. In Voltz, the black holes will always represent a machines output and red holes will always represent a machines input.

Generator Battery Front.pngGenerator BatteryBox Back.png

To generate Electricity from the Coal Generator, place some Coal in the single middle slot. It should begin to rise in hull heat, eventually reaching a value of 100%. After this point it will begin to generate electricity in the form of Watts(W). One Watt is worth one Joule (J) of energy, which is what the storage units found in Voltz read their current energy levels in. As you leave the generator on it will continue to generate Watts at a steadily increasing rate, capping at 10kW (The k stand for "kilo", which means 1000. This means that the machine is generating 10,000W, or 10,000J per second!).

Coal Generator Interface.png

By right clicking on the Battery Box you should see it filling with power as shown by the power bar in the top middle section of the GUI. The top bar will represent the current level of charge and the bottom number represents the maximum amount of charge (In our case, 5MJ. The M here stands for mega, or million, so the machine can contain a maximum or 5 million joules!).

Battery Box Interface.png

That just about concludes how to get yourself started in Voltz! Naturally, there are many other mods and features left for you to try out, however it is suggest you move from here to the components found in the Mekanism mod, as much of what is found there will build on the knowledge gained here. The tutorials below will also help to extend your knowledge of Voltz and the numerous mods it contains!

See also

Complete Video Tutorial Guides

Click here for link to complete playlist!

Example: Episode 1


Episode 1 - Basic Electricity

Episode 2 - Using the RailGun

Episode 3 - Missiles & ICMB

Episode 4 - How To Make Steel

Episode 5 - Conveyor Belts

Episode 6 - Nuclear Power - Fission Reactor

Episode 7 - Nuclear Power - Fusion Reactor

Episode 8 - Force Field

Episode 9 - Defense! Radar & EMP

Episode 10 - Particle Accelerator - Large Hadron Collider

Episode 11 - Heat Generator

Episode 12 - Solar Generators

Episode 13 - Advanced Solar Generators

Episode 14 - Manipulators, Robot Arms and Encoders

Episode 15 - Power Armour

Episode 16 - Anti-Matter and Red Matter Missile

Episode 17 - Assembly Line Automated Furnaces

Episode 18 - Teleporters

Episode 19 - Hidden Missile Base (ICMB)

Episode 20 - Automatic Deuterium Extractor with Pumps and Pipes

Episode 21 - Power Bow / Electric Bow

Episode 22 - Blast Proof Test

Episode 23 - Duplicate Ores

Episode 24 - Centrifuge and Uranium

Episode 25 - S-Mine and the Detonator

Episode 26 - Cruise Launcher and Radar Gun

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