Modern Industrialization
Modern Industrialization (v1.8.6) is a second full industrial tech tree, distinguishing itself from Tech Reborn and Industrial Revolution by leaning heavily into multiblock machines and chemistry-flavored processing chains — Distillation Towers (server-capped at 9 blocks tall via maxDistillationTowerHeight), Electric Blast Furnaces, and cable/hatch-based multiblock assembly instead of single-block machines. It runs its own EU-style energy tier system with its own cable network, separate from Forge Energy, that other mods bridge into rather than the other way around.
This server explicitly enables Modern Industrialization’s cross-mod hooks: enableAe2Integration = true wires it into Applied Energistics 2’s storage/crafting system, and enableFtbQuestsIntegration = true powers its dedicated Quest Book chapter (modern_industrialization.snbt, 307 quests, icon modern_industrialization:guidebook), positioned last at slot 7 of 7 in the book’s order — the pack treats it as the most involved, latest-game tech tree of the bunch. Its questline opens with a Bronze Age framing (“Engineering School?!”, “Are we Blacksmiths?”, “Bronze Ingots”, “Your First Bronze!”) before escalating into “Mechanical Press, but more Modern!” — a nod to Create’s own Mechanical Press, since MI expects players to already have overlapping tech trees running in parallel.
Anticipated questions
Q: What sets Modern Industrialization apart? A: It’s a second full industrial tree leaning into multiblock machines and chemistry-flavored chains — Distillation Towers (capped at 9 blocks tall here), Electric Blast Furnaces, and cable/hatch multiblock assembly — with its own EU-style energy tier and cable network separate from Forge Energy.
Q: Where does it sit in progression? A: Last, at slot 7 of 7 in the Quest Book (307 quests) — the pack treats it as the most involved, latest-game tech tree of the bunch.
Q: Does it tie into AE2?
A: Yes — enableAe2Integration = true wires it into Applied Energistics 2’s storage/crafting system, and enableFtbQuestsIntegration = true powers its Quest Book chapter. See Storage & Applied Energistics — Getting Started.
Q: How does its questline start? A: With a Bronze Age framing (“Engineering School?!”, “Bronze Ingots”, “Your First Bronze!”) before escalating into “Mechanical Press, but more Modern!” — a nod to Create, since MI expects overlapping tech trees running in parallel.