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First off, Mekanism is mature and well made, the textures are very good compared to similar mods such as GregTech and Immersive Engineering and systems feel refined and modern. Unlike many tech mods of a similar age or older, Mekanism still feels like it fits in with the modern game, albeit not in a vanilla-plus way, textures don't clash and mechanics feel polished like players have come to expect from modern mods.

My only complaints are mostly shared by other reviewers here in that sometimes the sheer amount of materials can make logistics frustrating or cause performance issues. Server owners should be careful about the destruction potential of nuclear reactors as well, as radioactive fallout can be incredibly detrimental especially in multiplayer.

Unforunately, the scale of the mod means it often doesn't play well alongside other tech mods for balance reasons without being highly tweaked, however I would still recommend anyone who likes tech mods to check it out in a proper pack or standalone.

While many of the mods in this pack are actually very good, it is clear the developers are not willing to put in the effort to integrate the mods properly.

This pack is notorious for having performance issues, crashes and world breakages across updates due to how volatile the mod list is. What I say in my title is only barely hyperbole and I would genuinely recommend to anyone that if they want to play this pack they'd just be better off throwing their favourite mods together instead, because you won't gain anything extra from this pack except some bloat and potentially more crashes caused by MCreator mods.

The crux of the issue is the fact this pack appears to be barely tested between updates with crashes and issues found by the community. When issues inevitably arise, the offending mod often gets immediately removed, potentially causing breakages for people updating from older versions of the pack.

If you do decide to play this pack, choose an older version that was standing for a while and stick with it to keep the smallest chance of it breaking on you.

Not much to say about this mod except what I already wrote in my review for the original. This mod serves as an excellent performance mod with extra fixes, speeding up packs and helping to prevent issues. Being able to utilise the tweaks ModernFix provides across more versions is incredibly useful!

I've never had any issues or crashes from this mod and the patches and performance improvements can really help, especially when making modpacks.

This is a mod that I add to every pack I make now because there's no reason not to include it and I highly recommend it to other pack users.

For end users, you can install this mod if you want but there's a very small chance it breaks other mods in packs so be careful if you don't know what you're doing

I have used this mod more than I can even put into words and cannot recommend it highly enough for pack creators. However, the reason I cannot give 5 stars is due to limited documentation on how to learn it.

I am a highly active member of KubeJS support (within the top ten) and can say that support is generally very good, but due to it being volunteer run and with a slightly lacking wiki I have seen this be off putting to new users.

This mod has served as the main factor in the ability for modpacks to add custom functionality such as its use in packs such as Create Above & Beyond and the ATM series.

If you are making a modpack, include this mod, then come say hi at the discord and we can help you learn it!

This mod is by far the most complete, visually appealing and vanilla friendly tech mod out by far. The only shortcomings are the at times poor performance compared to other tech mods caused by the impressive visuals and emphasis on building large factories.

Some people argue this mod is overused in packs, but that isn't a detriment to the mod itself and instead serves to reinforce how ubiquitous it has become in the modding scene. The building possibilities combined with the accessibility of the mod makes it a must-play. Highly recommended!

(P.S.) I highly recommend playing at your own pace and avoiding giant schematics so you can properly learn the mod, the built in ponder mechanic should be sufficient to learn