How to start out?

I don't think world anchors work with frames, since their location is stored statically, just like teleport tethers.

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Teleport tethers are working with Frames (see Direwolf20)

plus even if world anchors don't work (like say.. you don't have the TP tethers installed) you could possibly put an anchor cart on the frame contraption.
though i'm not sure if frames works with minecarts.

The anchor cart works fine to my knowledge. The position of the cart is given and rounded.

No, I mean, when the anchor is placed its location is stored in a list, and when removed by hand the location is removed. It was direwolf's error putting chunk loaders in frame quarries - even though it appears the chunks are loaded, they are not.

that might explain some things in my world... sigh.. I thought RP2 energy just had trouble dealing with chunkloaders...

1. Punch some wood.
2. Mine. For a LONG time.
3. Come out.
4. Punch a random tinkling flying EXP orb.
5. Realize that it's a Thaumcraft wisp, which is now pissed and shooting lightning at you.
6. Sprint like hell.
7. Get lost
8. Die with great horribleness.
9. Spend ages tracking down the site of my death.
10. Discover that all of items have despawned.
11. Ragequit
12. Repeat.

all i can say is

fences make good windows

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all i can say is

fences make good windows

I assume you mean wooden fences. You know...I never thought of that. Thanks.

Glass makes even better windows (Panes are seriously cheap, and cobble can be macereated into sand, btw)

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Glass makes even better windows (Panes are seriously cheap, and cobble can be macereated into sand, btw)

when you are building your first hut your are more likely to have wood on hand then sand, and a furnace. plus if you spring for a fence gate then you have a window that you can open and punch zombies from. plus the fences are recyclable when your ready for glass windows you can pop the fences out and make an animal pen out of them or something

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1. Punch some wood.
2. Mine. For a LONG time.
3. Come out.
4. Punch a random tinkling flying EXP orb.
5. Realize that it's a Thaumcraft wisp, which is now pissed and shooting lightning at you.
6. Sprint like hell.
7. Get lost
8. Die with great horribleness.
9. Spend ages tracking down the site of my death.
10. Discover that all of items have despawned.
11. Ragequit
12. Repeat.

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HAH, nice. as to #4, that was my first thought as well when I started a game with thaumcraft. Wondered what an XP orb was doing flying about. Sounds like it was a good thing I missed when I took a swing at it. (I build a stone sword farily early)

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HAH, nice. as to #4, that was my first thought as well when I started a game with thaumcraft. Wondered what an XP orb was doing flying about. Sounds like it was a good thing I missed when I took a swing at it. (I build a stone sword farily early)

Yeah, I didn't even have a sword at the time. Take note future warriors of minecraftia. Ground troops are completely ineffective against air troops if the ground troops don't have ranged support and or weapons.

i actualy hit one of those wisp things while on a small island in the middle of the ocean with nothing else in sight.... running wasn't an option :(.

for ic2 startup i generaly:

1. collect wood
2. dig temporary underground base
3. start burning wood into charcoal
4. make staircase from base to lvl 12
5. dig around for tin, copper and redstone.
6. go back up and search for a rubber tree.
7. create generator, extractor, macerator and batbox (in that order)
8. start building solars

after that i just do what i want realy. no real order of doing things.

sticky resin makes great 1st day torches

I though that resin torches were Nerf'ed.

last time i played minecraft i tapped my rubber tree farm for a stack of torches and i'm on 1.2.5