>>532562665
pretty sure there's a modern version of IC2, dunno it's name
Create is like knex, you just make whatever the fuck you want with it, usually it's an automatic food or mob farm, a train, a network of automated trains, plane that's actually a train on invisible rails, elevator or cool gate or something along those lines like the good ol quarry, but can also make crazier stuff like fully working tanks and mechas with the right addons for it
Create: Mekanized is a good pack that mixes the two mods(even though their aesthetics are completely different) so maybe check that out, unless you really want 1.20 toymy
>Also I do want a world gen where there are veins of ore set far apart. Can that be done fucking with the vanilla sliders?
no, gotta get this and fiddle with it's settings to disable normal ore spawns and shit like flower hints https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/large-ore-deposits
>MUST HAVE QoL shit that isn't obvious
I guess it's pretty obvious at this point but Distant Horizons. Can't play without that shit. It's especially nice if you don't plan on using a map mod
also, nobody uses optimeme on nuversions, get embeddium/rubidium/whatever the best current fork is called