Configuration/Installation Issues
FAQs and how to fix common issues
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FAQs and how to fix common issues
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q1: Why am I getting an "Exit Code 1" after a few seconds whenever I press play?
A1: This is a very complicated issue, but usually the causes are simple.
You don't have updated drivers for your graphics card (AMD on Windows or Similar, macOS shouldn't ever have these issues)
Your using the wrong modloader (Fabric mods on Forge, vise-versa, Forge mods on Quilt, Quilt on Forge, etc, etc.)
Your using an incompataible mod version with your installation of mods (If a mod says it needs Forge 47.2.0, you use that version of Forge).
Your using a NeoForge mod in a Forge environment (which will only be compatible if the mod developer says so, and if the NeoForge developers have said as much)
Your using a higher/lower version of Forge (or other modloader) than the mod supports.
Q2: The game shows a screen when it starts up that says mods need something!
A2: Most likely, you didn't get the dependencies that some mods require. If the screen states what versions of required mods it needs, download them and put them in your 'mods' folder in your 'minecraft' directory. Keep doing this until the title screen appears (technically the game has crashed, but Forge is keeping it from looking as such, other mod loaders and older versions of Forge just tend to crash the game cryptically, never telling you what happened, in those cases, go look at the folder named 'crash logs' in your 'minecraft' folder and find the latest log).
Q3: The stonecutter is just making my items disappear from Thingamajigs! What's up with that?
A3: A bug regarding recipes. In Thingamajigs 1.6.7+, this bug has been reduced or removed entirely by reducing the amount of recipes that appear in the stonecutter with one item. Survival players should never have this issue again if all goes well for new recipes using Components and the stonecutter.
Q4: My hand won't swing when I right click the sink! Why isn't a block making noises? Is my computer broken?
A4: Nope! Thingamajigs has some quirks with user interaction, and this is being worked on when possible to make things more friendly instead of static feeling (visuals and interactions usually should be polished, but some may have been missed). Sorry about that.
Q5: Why are your buckets crashing my game?
A5: If you installed Ad Astra and it's dependencies, you may have noticed a major problem. Thingamajigs' buckets don't work in Ad Astra's dimensions because of a crash caused by Ad Astra's oxygen mechanic. However, as of Ad Astra 1.15.7, this bug is no longer present. The rewrite of the mod has fixed many buggy things including the weird bucket fluid crash.
The buckets have been allowed in dimensions with Ad Astra starting in 1.6.8+. Buckets should place the fluid whether or not you're in and oxygen filled room or not, and should update to freeze or evaporate accordingly if the dimensions' allow it.
The buckets no longer show any messages, but if they are still in an invalid, unsupported dimension, they will just not work, but still tell the game that the player has used the bucket in that dimension (but no chat message directly). This includes mods that are in a 'box' or 'small dimension'. So the buckets can't be exploited and must be used in full size infinite worlds, not worlds inside blocks. This may affect some mods that use other 'fake' worlds to do special tasks but only if the fluid is used in that dimension.
Also note that this doesn't stop you from creating a dimension with datapacks/other mods specifically for this purpose. If the namespace of the mod isn't on the following list, you can't use the buckets there:
RFTools Dimensions (anything that contains the namespace 'rftools')
Custom Dimensions (vanilla datapack dimensions with the 'minecraft' namespace)
Vanilla Dimensions (locations' 'overworld', 'overworld_caves', 'the_nether', 'the_end')
The Aether (by TheAetherTeam, specifically, not the older versions or other ones, and must contain the 'aether' namespace)
CreativeMasterBonin mods' Dimensions (anything that contains the namespace 'thingamajigs', 'propamajoogles', 'snackimadoodles', etc.)
Twilight Forest (namespace 'twilight_forest')
Tropicraft (namespace 'tropicraft')
and other legacy mod dimension names (for future and particular 'dimension_type' compatibility, if said mods release for supported versions)
Ad Astra has been re-added to this list as of Thingamajigs 1.6.8 (the namespaces supported are 'adastra' and 'ad_astra').
The hard coded method may limit usage of these buckets to certain places, but shouldn't interfere with normal gameplay and expected results. Most mods/modpacks can just disable buckets with code/progression systems anyways.
Q6: Where are the paintbrushes and guide books? Wheres my asphalt blocks? Why is everything I want missing!?!?
A6: If you are using NeoForge Thingamajigs 1.21+, you are using Thingamajigs 2, which means some features will not be in the base mod, but in addons (whether they are all released or not). Currently, there is one addon out, that adds Balloons, Converters, and other blocks called Thingamajigs 2 Goodies. It requires the base mod and re-adds some of the older content back into the mod. Road stuff and railroad stuff will be back some point in the future in other addons. Guidebooks aren't always updated nor do the mods that allow them to exist always update (or allow for easy use), so sometimes some patience is in order until the problems are resolved.
To fix common issues, do some research first. Many people over the years have created very handy methods to fix the most ridiculous things, or have made special edits of mods and modloaders to fix key bugs until they are officially and publicly released for everyone.
If you know your way around crash reports, bug reports, code, and have basic knowledge and the ability to problem solve, you should be able to fix your modded game in no time, and get playing!