# Modpack Tech Age [techage]

This modpack covers all necessary and useful mods to be able to use techage.
All mods have their own README.txt. For further information please consult these files.

This modpack contains:
- techage: The main mod
- ta4_jetpack: A Jetpack for techage with hydrogen as fuel and TA4 recipe
- ta4_paraglider: A Paraglider for techage with TA4 recipe
- ta4_addons: A Touchscreen like the TA4 display, but with additional commands and features
- autobahn: Street blocks and slopes with stripes for faster traveling (the only need of bitumen from techage)
- compost: The garden soil is needed for the TA4 LED Grow Light based flower bed
- signs_bot: For many automation tasks in TA3/TA4 like farming, mining, and item transportation
- hyperloop: Used as passenger transportation system in TA4
- techpack_stairway: Ladders, stairways, and bridges for your machines
- minecart: Techage transportation system for oil and other items
- towercrane: Simplifies the building of large techage plants
- basic_materials: Needed items for many recipes
- stamina: The "hunger" mod from "minetest-mods"
- unified_inventory: Player's inventory with crafting guide, bags, and more.
- tubelib2: Necessary library
- networks: Necessary library
- safer_lua: Necessary library
- lcdlib: Necessary library
- doclib: Necessary library
- nanobasic: Optional library with support for the BASIC programming language (TA3 terminal)


### Techage Manual

All techage manuals (EN/DE) are available ingame (craft the 'TA Construction Board')
or use the manual on [GitHub](https://github.com/joe7575/techage/wiki).


### Licenses

All mods have their own licenses. See the license files in the subfoldes.
The modpack itself has the same license as the Mod Techage.


### Further Dependencies  

Required: Minetest Game

ta4_jetpack requires the modpack 3d_armor. 3d_armor is itself a modpack and can't be integrated into the techage modpack.


### History

#### 2026-03-27

Updated Mods:

- techage:
  - Bump version to V1.24
  - Add TA5 Digitizer and TA5 Control Unit with Lua/Beduino command interface
  - Add TA5 Cordless Screwdriver with preserve/restore feature
  - Add TA5 SSD as intermediate Digitizer ingredient
  - Add per-player active quarry limit (#65)
  - Add binary AND, OR, and XOR operators for NanoBasic
  - Add support for the mod too_many_stones
  - Add configurable basalt gravel sieving (Evgeniy)
  - Add Smartshop mod compatibility (Evgeniy)
  - Add no_silktouch group to burning lighters (Niklp09)
  - Display names for connected TA5 Teleport Blocks
  - Allow to take all items from a chest
  - Settable volumes for oven (acmgit)
  - Changed capacity of oven (acmgit)
  - Ensure generators are oriented correctly (Thomas--S)
  - Add missing valid sides registrations (Thomas--S)
  - Fix flywheel texture (Thomas--S)
  - Avoid unnecessary texture alpha blend for reactor shell (Thomas--S)
  - Fix injector issues (Thomas--S)
  - Replace square brackets with parenthesis for formspec image (Thomas--S)
  - Update translation script for stable sort order (Thomas--S)
  - Translation maintenance: add missing German translations (Thomas--S)
  - doorcontroller2: check node inventory before use (standmit)
  - Fix smartshop compatibility (standmit)
  - Restore French manual files (François Delpierre)
  - Improve TA5 fusion reactor error messages, manuals, and pump wrench menu
  - Thermal Storage: improve validation error messages
  - Controller: show error on insufficient experience points, add /help descriptions
  - Improve shell shape error message: show number of magnets with complete shell
  - Fix #215 (ta4_movecontroller stuck)
  - Fix #232 (Displays unable to write to row 10+ with string-type payload)
  - Fix #233 (Unable to read state of buttons 1 or 2 of 4x button using Beduino)
  - Fix #234 (Digging a pole-mounted yellow traffic light drops a black one)
  - Fix #242 (Nitrogencylinder = Hydrogencylinder)
  - Fix #245 (Pipe and pump water to boiler for TA3 Coal Power Station)
  - Fix #246 (TA4 Fuel Cell loses H2 charge when moved)
  - Fix #247 (TA2 Quarry sound keeps playing after turned off)
  - Fix #248 (TA4 Manual typos about Hydrogen)
  - Fix #249 (TA3 Chest + Injector + Furnace items lost)
  - Fix #250 (TA3 Booster name missing in Power Terminal)
  - Fix #157 (Admin Forceload Block Overview)
  - Fix #264 (Document ability to change radius of ta4 player detector)
  - Fix #267 (Crash: remove dofile of .test/ files not present in repo)
  - Fix everness bug (#27)
  - Fix growlight bug
  - Fix: re-register node number after cordless screwdriver placement
  - Fix: remove semicolons from textarea formspec strings in TA5 manuals

- signs_bot:
  - Fix farming crop grow bug
  - Fix compatibility with everness mod hammer functionality (François Delpierre)
  - Bugfix

- minecart:
  - Add Russian translation (randomei)

- hyperloop:
  - Prevent deprecation warning (use initial_properties)

- ta4_jetpack:
  - Fix bug with almost empty fuel tank

- ta4_addons:
  - Use \[png for matrix screen (Thomas--S)

- towercrane:
  - Add support for non-default games using xcompat (maplemedley)

- unified_inventory:
  - Support multiple craft outputs
  - Preserve metadata when using "Give me:"
  - Fix accessibility of the first and second inventory categories (z-op)
  - Include implicit tools in tools category (The4codeblocks)
  - Multiple bug fixes and improvements
  - Extend and improve the API documentation
  - Log warning for recipes that were registered too late
  - Update translation files
  - Add Danish translation (jeppebundsgaard)

#### 2025-07-25

Updated Mods:

- techage:
  - Fix misspelled words (ghost)
  - Fix the recipe output name for aluminum handrail recipe (jfanjoy)
  - Add CRT monitor
  - TA4 Furnace Heater listed wrong on TA3 Power Terminal
  - Add TA4 displays
  - Update spelling of German manuals (mineplayer)
  - Revise Lua controller
  - Fixes gravel ore probability when using the everness mod (acarrico)
  - Add a recipe to convert iron ingot to steel using the industrial furnace (jfanjoy)
  - Add move2 command from move controller to fly controller (jfanjoy)
  - Add new movecontroller2
  - Fix bug with values and junctions behind the ta4_reactor
  - Add ta1 iron block recipes and texture (jfanjoy)
  - Improve Lua controller formspec
  - Add NanoBasic daytime functions
  - Add reset command to fly controller (jfanjoy)
  - Improve movecontroller2
  - Improve doorcontroller2
  - Fix #199 (Everness gravel sieve not working)
  - Add observation window block
  - Adds nitrogen, ammonia, tnt chemistry (Evgeniy)
  - Add French translation (François Delpierre)
  - TA4 Doser: Fix farming:salt recipe

- safer_lua:
  - Add feature to control runtime via credits

- signs_bot:
  - Fix command crash when running "print <num>" (Niklp09)
  - Add support for shop mod
  - Fix bot command and status bugs
  - Add support for shop mod
  - Filling of bot slots improved
  - Prevent the AND gate from accepting a signal while the bot is running
  - Falling nodes don't fall when placed by signs bot

- stamina:
  - Fix Deprecated 'hud_elem_type' field warning
  - Merge changes from minetest-mods/stamina

- nanobasic:
  - Chance trace mode
  - Improve compiler
  - Add SGN function
  - Add ELSEIF statement

- lcdlib:
  - Fix bug when placeing wallmounted displays

#### 2025-01-27

Updated Mods:

- nanobasic:
  - Allow to run techage without proper installation of nanobasic

#### 2025-01-24

Updated Mods:

- techage:
  - Add Traffic Lights and accessories
  - Add TA4 water remover device
  - Improve door and fly controller
  - Fix several issues
  - Add Everness support #187 (ore sieving)
  - Add BASIC mode to TA3 terminal (requires to install nanobasic. See: mods/techage_modpack/nanobasic/README.md)
  - Improve russian translation (z-op)
  - Many bug fixes by Niklp09, joe7575, and others
  - Add pre-assignment menu to the furnace
  - Improve recording for move/fly/turn controllers
  - Allow to move the TA4 terminal with the assembly tool
  - Add aluminum recipes for techpack_stairway items (jfanjoy)
  - Change forceload block menu
- signs_bot:
  - Support `ethereal` and `moretrees` saplings (Niklp09)
- minecart:
  - Try to fix rare carts sound playing to all users (Niklp09)
- unified_inventory:
  - See: https://github.com/minetest-mods/unified_inventory/commits/master/
- nanobasic:
  - Newly added

#### 2024-08-25

Updated Mods:

- techage:
  - Fix bug 'TA2 boiler work without requiring boiler'
  - Improve move/fly controller
  - Add replacement to electricmeter recipe (Eternal-Study)
  - Fix injector bug
  - Fix flowers detection when using ethereal (Niklp09)
  - Fix issue #175 (TA3 Furnace Does not implement replacements in recipes)
  - Water to Salt + River Water Recipe, add Salt.lua (Eternal-Study)
  - Add new button commands
  - Fix bug with injector with a full 8x2000 chest
  - Fix forceload block formspec list (Niklp09)
  - Improve techage:ta4_power_box node_box (Niklp09)
  - Allow to move the TA4 terminal with the assembly tool (#165)
  - add aluminum recipes for techpack_stairway items (jfanjoy)
  - Replace techage_invisible.png w/ engine provided blank.png (Niklp09)
  - adds a new chat command and column to forceload formspec (jfanjoy)
  - Fix bug #24 (Energy Storage respawn red gravel infinit)
  - Allow TA3 screwdriver to get repaired by anvil (Niklp09)
  - Add translations and fix bug with growlight
  - Add manual for pt-BR language (hephaestus-br)
  - Add reverse mode for ta5 pump
  - Fix assembly tool bug with non-empty chests
- hyperloop:
  - add luacheck workflow
  - Change code so that no luacheck warnings are issued
  - Fix set_look_horizontal bug
  - Prevent 'deprecated warnings'
- signs_bot:
  - Fix to Fall_Down when non-walkable nodes are in path (Eternal-Study)
  - Fix to fall_down (Eternal-Study)
  - hold aux1 to invert signal (blaboing)
  - Fix flowers detection when using ethereal (Niklp09)
  - Fix bug #38 (Colon in print command breaks jumps)
- tubelib2:
  - Replace deprecated meta:set_string(*, nil) calls (Niklp09)
- lcdlib:
  - Use initial_properties for text entity (Niklp09)
- safer_lua:
  - Add safe variants for string.rep() and string.find()

#### 2023-11-26

Updated Mods:

- tubelib2:
  - Improve pipe/tube placement
- doclib:
  - Add a NIL check to prevent crashes
- minecart:
  - Replace some global_exists by get_modpath
  - Fix crash when using techage (Niklp09)
- techage:
  - Fix crash with collider magnets
- basic_materials:
  - Update to current version

#### 2023-11-05

Updated Mods:

- techage v1.18:
  - see readme.md
- ta4_jetpack:
  -  Fix translation issue
- minecart:
  - Fix bug with missing techage mod 
- signs_bot:
  - Fix bug #36 (pattern/copy 5x3 is off center)
  - Adapt bot box for techage assembly tool
  - Escape equal sign in german translation (Niklp09)
- autobahn:
  - Add support for player_monoids (Niklp09)
- compost:
  - User proper player creative check (Niklp09)
  - Fix drop bug
- techpack_stairway:
  - Add stairways without handrails
- networks:
  - Add support for colored nodes by unifieddyes
  - Improve debugging tool

#### 2023-08-25

**The mod doclib is a new hard dependency !**

Updated Mods:

- techage v1.17:
  - see readme.md
- autobahn:
  - Make motor sound mono (Niklp09)
- lcdlib v1.02:
  - see readme.md
- signs_bot v1.13:
  - see readme.md
- minecart v2.05:
  - see readme.md
- mod 'doc' removed
- mod 'doclib' v1.00 added
- mod 'datastorage' removed

#### 2023-05-09

Updated Mods:

- techage v1.15:
  - see readme.md
- hyperloop:
  - Remove intlib support

#### 2023-03-05

Updated Mods:
- techage v1.11:
  - see readme.md
- signs_bot v1.12:
  - Add bot command 'set_param2'
- minecart v2.04:
  - New API functions added
  - EOL blanks removed
- hyperloop:
  - Fix some bugs
- networks v0.13:
  - New API function networks.power.get_storage_percent added
- autobahn:
  -  fix reset_player_privs bug
- basic_materials:
  - Switched back to tag "2021-01-30"

#### 2023-02-04

Updated Mods:
- techage:
  - V1.10 (see readme.md)
- signs_bot:
  - Fix fall_down on rail bug
- minecart:
- hyperloop:
  - Fix some bugs

#### 2022-12-31

Updated Mods:
- techage:
  - Add wafer recipe with 'mesecons_materials:silicon'
  - Add TA5 AI Chip II to the manual
  - Fix movecontroller wrench menu bug
  - Improve chemical reactor description
  - Improve player detector wrench menu
  - Fix 'count' command bug: default value is 0 again
  - Movecontroller: Allow moving blocks through unloaded areas
  - Player detector: Add wrench menu to configure search radius
  - Movecontroller: Place unloaded flying blocks to dest pos
  - Furnace: Don't use items filled from the top as fuel
  - Manual improvements for the move controller
  - Make a use for cotton seeds #104
  - Merge pull request #102 from Niklp09/mvps2
  - Fix broken mesecons detection
  - Fix bug with TA1 hammer used by pipeworks nodebreaker
  - Merge pull request #99 from Niklp09/mvps
  - Register mvps stopper for complex techage nodes
  - Merge pull request #98 from Niklp09/glow_gravel
  - Fix hammer bauxite bug
  - Fix mesecons_materials bug
  - Add cracking recipe for isobutane
  - Merge pull request #96 from Niklp09/ethereal
  - Grind ethereal leaves to leave powder
  - Improve manual, fix bug in electrolyzer menu description
- networks (Add API function used by the techage tool)
- safer_lua (Limit code execution time for recursive function calls (#3 by Thomas--S))
- tubelib2:
  - Merge pull request #18 from IFRFSX/cn
  - Add chinese translation
  - Merge pull request #17 from Niklp09/master
  - Fix minor translation issue
- signs_bot:
  - Fix stop command bug
  - Fix #23 (Water is moved up when a bot builds upward from under water)
  - Fix bug remove foot after move_up command
- hyperloop (Fix elevator area protection bug)

#### 2022-09-24

Updated Mods:
- techage (fix database backend bug, further bugfixes and improvements)
- lcdlib (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- signs_bot (add new commands)
- networks (add 'networks.liquid.get_liquids')
- ta4_paraglider (Fix bug "Add nil player check in paraglider")
- unified_inventory (Add support for colored items (#213))

#### 2022-08-17

Updated Mods:
- techage (fix "Invalid field use_texture_alpha" errors)


#### 2022-08-06

Updated Mods:
- autobahn (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- compost (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- hyperloop (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings, add french translation)
- tubelib2 (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- networks (Add improvement for liquid handling)
- signs_bot (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- minecart (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- safer_lua (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- techpack_stairway (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- techage (many improvements, see: https://github.com/joe7575/techage/commits/master)
- ta4_jetpack (Fix the 3d_armor _material issue)
- datastorage (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)
- stamina (fix MT5.5+ "deprecated" warnings)


#### 2022-07-11

Updated Mods:
- techage V1.08 with improvements and bug fixes
- signs_bot
- tubelib2
- unified_inventory
- lcdlib

#### 2022-01-28

Updated Mods:
- techage (fusion reactor added)


#### 2022-01-04

Updated Mods:
- techage (bugfixes)


#### 2022-01-03

Updated Mods:
- techage (see readme)
- hyperloop (see readme)
- minecart (bugfix)
- unified_inventory (see readme)
- ta4_addons (see readme)


#### 2021-10-30

Updated Mods:
- techage (see readme)
- signs_bot (see readme)
- minecart (bugfix)
- lcdlib (improvement)


#### 2021-09-18

Updated Mods:
- techage (see readme)
- signs_bot (see readme)
- networks (see readme)
- ta4_addons (add matrix screen)


#### 2021-09-04

Updated Mods:
- minecart (bugfix)


#### 2021-09-03

Updated Mods:
- techage (bugfixes)
- minecart (see readme)
- signs_bot (see readme)


#### 2021-08-19

Changed Mods:
- techage (see readme and constuction board)

Updated Mods:
- minecart


#### 2021-08-01

Newly added mods (must be activated!):
- networks
- ta4_addons (Touchscreen)

Changed Mods:
- techage (see readme and constuction board)
- minecart (see readme "Migration to v2")

Updated Mods:
- autobahn
- signs_bot
- hyperloop
- ta4_jetpack


#### 2021-05-14

Updated Mods:
- compost
- minecart
- signs_bot
- techage
- towercrane
- unified_inventory


#### 2021-02-07

Updated Mods:
- basic_materials
- compost
- hyperloop
- minecart
- signs_bot
- ta4_paraglider
- techage
- towercrane
- tubelib2
- unified_inventory


#### 2020-12-11

Updated Mods:
- autobahn
- basic_materials
- minecart
- techage v0.25
- ta4_jetpack
- tubelib2


#### 2020-10-25

Updated Mods:
- techage v0.24
- signs_bot
- minecart
- techpack_stairway
- stamina

ta4_paraglider newly added


#### 2020-09-13

Updated Mods:

- techage v0.23
- signs_bot
- minecart


#### 2020-08-08

Updated Mods:
- autobahn
- compost
- hyperloop
- lcdlib
- minecart
- safer_lua
- signs_bot
- techage v0.21


#### 2020-07-21

Updated Mods:
- signs_bot
- techage v0.18
- towercrane
- unified_inventory
- basic_materials

#### 2020-07-02
Updates (see local readme files):
- mod 3d_armor removed again (please install separately) 
- techage v0.15 improvements and bugfixes
- autobahn v0.04 improvements

#### 2020-06-29

Updates (see local readme files):
- autobahn, towercrane, ta4_jetpack, 3d_armor, and stamina now use a common player physics lockout mechanism
- the new mod ta4_jetpack added
- mod stamina added (adapted to the player physics lockout mechanism)
- mod 3d_armor added (needed for ta4_jetpack, adapted to the player physics lockout mechanism) 
- minecart v1.07 with many improvements
- techage v0.14 with many improvements
- hyperloop v2.06 update
- autobahn update


#### 2020-06-21

Updates (see local readme files):
- signs_bot v1.03
- techage v0.13
- hyperloop v2.06


#### 2020-06-18

- techage v0.12 
  - cart commands added for both controllers
  - support for moreores added
  - Ethereal support added, manual correction
  - tin ingot recipe bugfix
  
- minecart v1.06 
  
  - API changed and chat command added
  
- signs_bot v1.02
  - some bugfixes
  
  

#### 2020-06-04

- techage v0.10
  - minor changes and bugfixes
  - stone hammer added
  - quarry 'depth' command added
  - manuals adapted
  - QSG added

#### 2020-05-31

- first commit