A feature or a bug? IC2 + TE

If you can still use the metal to craft what you need, what difference does it make?

It appears to be an overriding setting in the coth config. Everything in IC2 is properly Ore Registered to work with other mods. Now, if TE stuff is registered properly, then that's a question you'll have to pitch at them...

Quote from MagusUnion

If you can still use the metal to craft what you need, what difference does it make?

I was actually going to post regarding this.
Is there any way it could be set up to where smelting tin/lead/copper can produce TE's ingots?
(I also hope to ask them to add a feature to produce IC2 ingots in configs if this is possible)

I ask because I really like that configs from both mods can be set up to prevent ore generation and that
either mod can use the ore that is left enabled, but figured I would ask (beg really)
if ingots could be unified as well.

My opinion is that the difference it makes is that the ingots from each mod will not stack with the other, thus
occupying more inventory space than is neccesary. Additionally, It's nice to be able to glance in one's inventory
and immediately recognize (that's tin!) rather than (is that this mod's x ingot, or other mod's y ingot?)

Things do work currently, and there's no true harm, but some of us really appreciate when things are
tidy and uniform. Obviously this would not be a priority request, but if at all possible please consider
adding some sort of config option like: "custom tin ingot output: 'Item ID # here' "

you need a mod that unifies outputs, and possibly to turn recipe overrides on in the TE configs. As best I can tell Gregtech is the only one up to date (doesn't give options for which type of ingot anymore though, so no TE ingots, but everything will be the same).

Hmmm. I do prefer TE's ingot visually, but greatly appreciate your advice to unify things. Thanks!
will have to look into this. anyone else know of mods that are capable of unifying outputs?

Does GT override the IC2 ones? I've never tried your addon

Quote from Chocohead

Wait why? What's wrong with IC2's copper?

I prefer the look of TE's copper ingot, and there's nothing 'wrong' with it per se-
mostly I don't like that both mods can't stack with one another despite the fact that they are
wonderfully interchangeable in recipes.

I also think the tin cable looks more consistent with the TE tin, and I wish the tin plates
had a slight bluish hue. I believe that if IC2 2.0 got new textures for the ingots (and plates)
the colors would be best if they were a happy medium between the current ones from both mods
(but not so greenish lead, not as dark as TE's- more of a gunship gray with blue undertones)

Quote from Chocohead

I prefer (IC2) copper and tin over any other mod which adds it.

The fact that our preferences are polar is mostly why I wanted to appeal to both parties to add
the function to use one or the other in the first place, but I will need to settle for a workaround
unless those to whom I make my appeal like the notion of adding such functionality and are willing.

Quote from GregoriusT

Ofcourse you can still use the OreDict Unification Config to use other Mods Materials if you want,

Is this something users can do already? or do you mean what devs generally do?

I am not familiar with the unification config. where is it located? what is the filename?