Not Enough Items

Not Enough Items (NEI) adds the search bar at the bottom of the inventory screen, and a list of matching items on the right while the inventory is open. It is the primary recipe and item usage encyclopedia for crafting. GT:NH's version of NEI has numerous alterations and upgrades from the standard 1.7.10 version to improve the modpack experience and handle the vast quantities of recipes required for this pack. Multiple categories of recipes are hidden by default, including many Tinker's Construct parts, covers, and microblocks to improve performance and usability.

Interface

 * Bookmark View Mode & Current Page controls - Two arrow buttons and (x/y) [x]) bar, upper left corner
 * Bookmarked Items - Left panel, between Bookmark Controls and Bookmark View Mode
 * NEI Config - Wrench button, lower left corner
 * Bookmark Panel Visibility - Book with bookmark button, lower left corner
 * Bookmark Controls - Two Arrow buttons and x/y, bottom left corner, right of NEI Config/Bookmark buttons.
 * Search Bar - Grey outlined rectangle, bottom center. Outline may be yellow if highlight mode is active.
 * Stack Controls - [+] and [-] buttons, grey outlined rectangle in bottom right corner.
 * Item Page - right side
 * Item Page Controls - Two arrow buttons and (x/y), upper right corner
 * Invisible Button - between Bookmark and Item panels, top center.
 * Item Subsets - button & drop down menu, top center. Only visible if Bookmarks are toggled off.
 * Utility Buttons - Square buttons with icons, upper left hand corner. Only visible in Cheat/Utility modes.

Utility Buttons
The Utility Buttons are only available in Utility and Cheat Modes.
 * Delete - toggles one-click delete for removing items more easily.
 * Rain - Toggles rain off/on. Right-click to disable rain, left-click to enable rain again.
 * Gamemode - cycle between Creative, Creative+, Adventure and Survival modes. Individual modes other than Survival can be turned off from NEI Config.
 * Time - Allows the player to set the game time to dawn (half sun icon), noon (full sun icon), dusk (half cresent moon icon) or midnight (full crescent moon icon). Right-clicking disables and left-click enables any time period. Up to three of the four time periods can be disabled, and the game will skip past those times of day.
 * Heal - heal the player to full HP and full hunger/saturation.

Search Bar
Right-click the search bar to clear text, double-click to toggle Highlight Items.

Highlight Items
Double-click the Search Bar to turn the outline yellow, activating Highlight (in any mode). This will dim all GUIs and highlight any matching items, which can be useful to find a specific ingot or dust in a large inventory or a lost tool. Double-click the Search Bar again to remove the highlighting. Highlight Mode works with Holo Glasses, showing only items that match the search text.

Recipe Mode
This is the default and primary mode for NEI. The list of items serves as an encyclopedia, and clicking on an item will show all the ways of crafting or obtaining it. While in Recipe Mode, the NEI Config Wrench icon will be grey.

Utility Mode
A hybrid of Recipe Mode and Cheat Mode. While in Utility Mode, the NEI Config Wrench icon will be golden yellow. Individual Utilities (Time, Rain, Heal, Delete, Magnet, Enchanting, Potions, Items) can be toggled on with left-click and off with right-click from the NEI Config menu. Gamemode is always available and cannot be disabled.

Cheat Mode
A creative type mode that allows infinite items to be spawned or deleted. While in Cheat Mode, the NEI Config Wrench icon will be red. Use caution in Cheat Mode as items dropped into the bookmark or item panel spaces will be deleted.

Crafting
NEI can populate crafting grids when opened from a crafting compatible interface, such as a Crafting Station or Worktable. A [?] icon will show next to the recipe. Hovering over the button shows a green checkmark for items that are available, and a red X for items that are missing. Clicking on the [?] button places ghost items in the crafting grid. Shift-clicking the [?] button will place actual items from available inventories. The click/shift-click behaviour can be reversed

Keybinds
Click on the [#] at the top left to toggle the bookmarked item display between full page and single column. Items in the Quest Book can be bookmarked or recipe checked directly with NEI shortcuts. Keybinds can be modified by opening the inventory, clicking on the wrench button in the lower left, then Keybindings > Inventory. Click on the arrows at the bottom left to go to different pages/tabs of bookmarks.

When looking at how to create an item, it can be confusing because of large number of ways to obtain it. When looking at how to make an alloy ingot, here are some tips:


 * Focus on certain creation methods, in this order: Shapeless (dust), Mixer (dust), Alloy Smelter (ingot), Blast Furnace (ingot/hot ingot), Vacuum Freezer (ingot).
 * When looking at a long list of recipes in a specific machine, click the left arrow on the bottom to go to the last recipe. That is typically where you can find the basic ingredients recipe.
 * If an alloy has two ingredients, the alloy smelter is usually the fastest way to make it. For example, cupronickel can be made with dust or ingots of copper and nickel directly in the alloy smelter instead of mixing the dusts in a mixer and then smelting.