Commands & Configs

Below are some of the things players may want to turn on/off at various points to customize their gameplay experience. The overlays can get a bit cluttered, but most of its parts can be toggled as needed. Other items here are game functions, such as Taint, Warp and Pollution that may be impacting difficulty.

Overlay Elements

Remove the status icons in the upper left.

Esc > Mod Options… > Adventure Backpacks > Config > graphics > status > enable overlay > false

The map in the (default upper right corner) is JourneyMap. Configure it with (default J), then the Options button.

Options > MiniMap Preset 1/2 > Enable MiniMap (remove checkmark to disable)

The text in the upper right is InGame Info XML. It has a Toggle Overlay keybind in Controls, or you can use the following commands. This also affects the armor/held item display in the middle left edge of the screen.

/igi disable turn off upper left hand corner GUI and armor durability.
/igi enable turn on upper left hand corner GUI and armor durability.
/igi config configuration options for InGameInfo. Also accessible from Mod Options...

The box in the (default lower right) is WALIA, or ‘what am I looking at’. Configure it with (default NumPad0). Change the keybind under Controls.

Walia > Show/Hide Walia > Hidden

Main Menu

Silence the main menu song. If you wish to disable temporarily, its volume works off the Music slider.

/config/txloader/load/minecraft/sounds/music/menu/menu1.ogg -> Replace this file with a renamed copy of any of the other three (blanks).

Accessibility

Unable to see ores, having issues with colorblindness? The Outlined Ores texture pack might help.

Loot Tables

The standard structure loot tables are handled by the Too Much Loot mod.

/config/TooMuchLoot/loot/ chest1-4 are tables specifically for lootgames dungeons.
/config/EnhancedLootBags/LootBags.xml this table is used for reward bags given by the Quest Book.

Mod Configurations

Stop Taint spread. This will not remove existing Tainted Land biomes nor stop new ones from being generated in new chunks.

Esc > Mod Options… > Thaumcraft > biome_taint_spread > 0

Toggle Thaumcraft Warp.

Esc > Mod Options… > Thaumcraft > wuss_mode > set to true to disable Warp.

Toggle GregTech Pollution mechanic. Be aware this will not remove existing pollution, so let it clear up first.

/config/GregTech/GregTech.cfg > find B:EnablePollution=true, change to false

Toggle Spice of Life's diminishing hunger/saturation when eating food.

/config/SpiceOfLife.cfg > find B:food.modifier.enabled=true, change to false.

Adjust Infernal Mobs allowed traits.

/config/InfernalMobs.cfg > find general {, choose which traits to turn off by changing true to false.

Restore default spawner breaking difficulty.

/config/GregTech/GregTech.cfg > find B:harderSpawners = true, change to false.

Adjust Blood Moon parameters; frequency, ability to sleep, visual effects.

/config/RandomThings.cfg/settings { (various settings)

Change the back up frequency for AromaBackup.

/config/aroma1997/AromaBackup.cfg > find I:delay=30, number represents minutes, 0 disables backups.

Change number of backups kept by AromaBackup.

/config/aroma1997/AromaBackup.cfg > find I:keep=20 Change to 0 to never delete backups.

Commands

Show Chunk borders/boundaries

F9

Show lighting overlay (yellow X's can spawn mobs at night, red X's can spawn mobs at any time of day.)

F7

Toggle show/hide of entity collision hit boxes.

F3+B

Trigger a manual backup with AromaBackup

/backup

Trigger a manual backup with FTB Utilities (if installed, admin privileges required)

/admin backup start

Display TPS (ticks per second), helpful for diagnosing some problems. The numbers appear in the top left corner in the format: Lowest ticktime(highest TPS), average ticktime(average TPS), highest ticktime(lowest TPS) The average tick time and TPS are the important numbers- as long as your tick time is below 50, your TPS should be 20, if it goes above 50, your TPS will decrease.

/xu_tps

Recover items from a player's grave. Requires cheats enabled; open to LAN and turn on cheats if necessary. Use the file ending in .grave rather than .death, otherwise baubles will not be returned. Tab key can be used to cycle though valid grave file names after entering the player's name.

/ob_inventory restore [player name] [file name] Replace '[player name]' and '[file name]' with the correct values.

Teleport to other planets. Use caution with this command, as prior to 2.2.9 it does not have a cancel option once invoked, and will drop the player high up in the sky. Not intended for use outside of fixing game breaking bugs or creative testing.

/dimensiontp

Force Twilight Forest progression. <player> is the name of the player for whom to adjust progress. In <boss> you specify past which boss the progression would be set. List of bosses: none, naga, Ilch, mooshroom, hydra, knights, urghast, yeti, snowqueen, giants, final.

/tfprogress <player> <boss>

Better Questing

Reload/update the Quest Book. Always use this command after updating the pack.

/bq_admin default load

Fix a broken quest that won’t complete. First check it's not a crafting task you haven't actually crafted, and you have the exact item it wants. If you are on a server try logging out/in again first; repeatable quests sometimes get stuck. Requires cheats enabled. Open to LAN if needed and not on by default.

F3 + H First to enable extended tooltips. This will let you see quest ID#s in the quest book, after the name
/bq_admin complete [quest id] [player name] Do not include the # symbol. Replace '[quest id]' and '[player name]' with the appropriate values.
/bq_admin edit Use this command instead if you have many quests to change.
/bq_admin reset all [player name] Resets ALL quests. Use only if you want to start over!
/bq_admin reset [quest id] Reset a specific quest. Ensure you have extended tooltips on to see quest IDs. do not include the # symbol.
/bq_admin hardcore Enable hardcore mode, starting with three lives. CAUTION: Running out of lives deletes your world.

FTB Utilities

Note that FTB Utilities and FTB Lib both have to be installed separately, they are not part of the default install package.

Claim Chunks

Open in-game inventory, click on the map icon () to the left, then left click on chunks to claim. Right-click to unclaim. Claimed chunks are marked with a green border/overlay.

Chunkload Chunks

Open in-game inventory, click on the map icon () to the left, CTRL-left click on a claimed chunk to chunkload it. The border/overlay will turn red.

Adjust the maximum number of allowed chunkloaded chunks per player

/your_instance/local/ftbu/config.json -> "max_loaded_chunks": 50, Change 50 to your preferred value.