Create: Mechanical Workshop [UPDATE]

🎉 UPDATE v0.2.0 IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED! 🎉

Version 0.2.0 is now live for both Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge) and Minecraft 1.21.1 (NeoForge)! This monumental milestone introduces full Mechanical Crafter Wall orchestration, dynamic animated emojis for machines states, some new machine textures, complete Create 5.1 & 6.0+ cross-compatibility, deep TOML configuration, automated world safety backup diagnostics, and balanced crafting progression.

(v0.2.0 • 10/25/2026)

In base Create, scaling up late-game production and massive recipe matrices (5×5, 7×7, 9×9, or colossal Mechanical Crafter walls) is notorious for causing extreme performance bottlenecks: dozens of moving block entities, item entities bouncing across belts, funnel overflows, synchronized mechanical arm loops, and excessive network packet spam that rapidly destroys server TPS and client framerates.

Create: Mechanical Workshop was specifically conceived and built to solve this exact problem: Lag-Free Mass Crafting & Up-Scaling, while adhering 100% to the core aesthetic and mechanics of the Create mod, there are no “magic one-block GUI cheats”:

• 100% Kinetic Authenticity: Every process relies on rotational speed (RPM), stress capacity (SU), and mechanical network connection.
• Mechanical Punchcard Automation: Crafting patterns are physical encoded punchcards, organized via brass magazines and stamped on mechanical engravers.
• Server-Grade TPS Optimization: Replaces hundreds of ticking item entities, dropped items, and hopper arrays with optimized wireless logistics, instant aperture indexing, and direct memory matrix crafting.
• Seamless Ponder & Visuals: Native 3D interactive Ponder tutorials, live Engineer’s Goggles HUD displays, wrench configuration, and sound design that feels like an official Create expansion pack.

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• Rotational Assembly Drive: Consumes rotational kinetic force (RPM × SU) to execute automated crafting cycles encoded on punchcards. Features a built-in top mechanical cutting blade whose rotation synchronizes perfectly with shaft speed.
• Dynamic Billboard Emojis: High-performance in-world animated face display projecting active status in real time: Idle, Crafting, Completed, Out of Ingredients, Stressed/Overloaded, Obstructed, and Malfunction/Error.
• Hologram Recipe Projection: The top casing projects a floating, preview of the active recipe and ingredients (smoothly switching to an elegant flat andesite plate when running massive matrices).
• Foldable Side Panel & Logistics Buffer: Click the > button to unfold the side panel containing the crafting matrix and a dedicated 9-slot Hopper/Belt Buffer. Funnels and hoppers insert into this buffer to guarantee materials never jam crafting slots.
• Three Operation Modes: Toggle between Always, Only Orders, or Only Remote. If an Order Terminal attempts to dispatch to a machine set to Only Remote, the request is cleanly blocked with warning sounds and alert emojis.
• Optional Hybrid FE Boost: Connect Forge Energy cables to boost assembly speed or maintain operation during rotational power drops. Can be completely disabled in the config for 100% pure kinetic purism.
• Matrix Scaling (3×3 to 20×20): Natively handles standard 3×3 recipes and scales to 5×5, 7×7, 10×10, and 20×20 when upgraded with Hardware Drives.

• Precision Recipe Stamping: Engraves exact crafting patterns onto Blank Punchcards with mechanical sound effects and tactile feedback.
• One-Click JEI / REI / EMI Ghost Transfer: Full integration with recipe viewer mods! Click the [+] button to automatically lay out the ghost recipe on the grid and slot in punchcards from your inventory.
• Flash Formatting: Red [X] button allows instant clearing of ghost recipes or transfers without ejecting or damaging installed punchcards.
• Tag Support & Oredict Flexibility: Stamped punchcards intelligently preserve ingredient tags (such as #forge:ingots/iron or #minecraft:planks), dynamically accepting compatible modded equivalents.
• Overhauled Casing Textures: Some new textures for some machines.

• Universal Storage Interface: Seamlessly hooks into Create Item Vaults, Double Chests, Barrels, and modded storage systems (Storage Drawers, Sophisticated Storage, Iron Chests).
• Multi-Aperture Flow: Use a Wrench to toggle each of the 6 sides open or closed. Only open apertures interface with adjacent inventories, allowing granular routing across complex storage layouts.
• Zero-Entity Lag Indexing: Directly queries, categorizes, and accesses warehouse storage contents in real time without laggy hopper clocks, belts, or floating dropped items.
• Wireless Dispatch Channels: Safely routes required ingredients across encrypted wireless frequencies directly to paired Kinetic Assemblers, Order Terminals, or Crafter Walls.

• Central Command Console: Interactive dispatch terminal for requesting on-demand batch manufacturing jobs directly from indexed warehouse supplies.
• Mechanical Crafter Wall Mastery: Connect the Order Terminal directly to any Create Mechanical Crafter Wall! The terminal automatically surveys the crafter array (up to 20×20), routes ingredients directly to each crafter slot, and triggers the synchronized craft cycle.
• Foldable “Kinetic” Side Menu for Mechanical Crafters: Click the > button to unfold the terminal’s kinetic dashboard, featuring a dedicated Crafter buffer and live matrix preview.
• Dual Expulsion Control: Toggle between Expulse: Crafter (finished items pop out from the Crafter wall) and Expulse: Terminal (completed goods are routed directly into the terminal’s 2×2 delivery tray without duplication or entity lag).
• Batch Presets & Live Tracking: Multipliers (×1, ×10, ×64, and Max) with animated progress bars, order completion counters, and cancel buttons that safely return unused ingredients.
• Isolated 2×2 Delivery Tray: Dedicated output tray prevents logistical deadlocks and hopper contention with active input belts.
• Animated Emojis Diagnostics: Projects animated face emojis indicating active crafting, missing items, or remote lockouts.

• Encrypted Network Pairing: Left-click an Assembler or Crafter Wall, then click an Indexer or Order Terminal to link them instantaneously. Sneak + Left-Click in the air clears your current link.
• Through-Wall Diagnostic Beams: Sneak + Left-Click any workshop machine to cast connection lines and highlighted bounding boxes through walls for 15 seconds to audit your network visually.
• Modular Range Upgrades (Tiers 1–6): Insert Range Upgrades into the connector to expand operational distance from 32 blocks up to a massive 250-block radius.

• Handheld Workshop Dashboard: Telemetry monitor listing all registered machines across the dimension with live RPM, Stress Capacity / Overload state, energy reserves, and remote power toggles.
• Machine Search & Organization: Built-in search bar to filter machines by custom names. Rename machines directly from the GUI or unlink decommissioned stations with a single click.
• Conflict Safety Interlocks: Accurately displays machine mode (Always, Only Orders, Only Remote). If a machine is in Only Orders mode, remote activation is prevented with a clear error message.
• Curios & Accessories Integration: Equip in your Belt or Body accessory slot and press [M] anytime to pull up your workshop monitor.

• 8-Card Blueprint Deck: Brass carrying magazine that stores up to 8 encoded punchcards in a single inventory slot. Dynamic item sprite indicates whether the deck is loaded.
• Hotbar Scroll-Cycling: Hover over the magazine in your hotbar or inventory and scroll the mouse wheel to cycle the active card instantly, accompanied by tactile mechanical click sounds.
• Fast Extraction: Sneak + Left-Click in the air to pop out the active punchcard directly into your hands.

• Tiered Matrix Architectures: Insert into Assembler and Engraver drive ports to upgrade internal processing: Tier II (5×5), Tier III (10×10), Tier IV (20×20), and Tier V (Custom Multiblocks).
• The Omni-Matrix Drive: The ultimate workshop upgrade! Installing an Omni-Matrix Drive permanently unlocks all matrix tiers up to 20×20 and all multiblock recipes simultaneously.
• Dynamic Firmware Installation: Machines display an animated firmware installation gauge. Once flashing completes, the drive can be safely retrieved while the machine retains its upgrade permanently.
• Balanced Crafting Tree: Balanced recipes using electron tubes, brass casings, precision mechanisms, and sturdy sheets, calibrated for polished tech pack progression.

Mod establishes enterprise-grade world safety, deep customization via create_mechanical_workshop-common.toml:

• Automated Version Warning Screen: Upgrading the mod on an existing world automatically prompts an unskippable safety warning screen with a 10-second confirmation timer, urging players to backup worlds before proceeding. Includes full, native translations in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian!
• Full In-Game Guide Book: Access the rich interactive Workshop Guide Book through the mod options menu or via the configuration screen anytime.
• Granular TOML Settings: Customize base kinetic stress impact, recipe size stress multipliers, crafting speed multipliers, crafter link stress multipliers, wireless connection ranges, and hybrid FE toggle.

No more guessing how mechanics work! Hold [W] over any block or tool from Create: Mechanical Workshop to view rich, interactive 3D Ponder scenes complete with animated building steps, wiring instructions, and practical automation examples. Fully compatible across both classic Create 0.5.1 and modern Create 6.0+ Ponder architectures!

• Required Dependencies:
• Create • Full dual support for Create 0.5.1 (Create 5.x) AND Create 6.0+ on both Forge 1.20.1 & NeoForge 1.21.1!
• Recommended Integrations:
• Curios API (Forge) / Accessories (NeoForge) • Hotkey access to the Kinetics Manager
• JEI / REI / EMI • One-click recipe transfer directly into the Punchcard Engraver
• Engineer’s Goggles • Native in-world HUD display showing active recipes, RPM, stress impact, linked machines, and aperture states (Already in game from Create)

🛠️ Developer & Modpack Maker Documentation

Create: Mechanical Workshop offers extensive integration for pack makers. Custom recipes, matrix tiers, kinetic stress consumption, and FE requirements can be registered via standard Datapacks, KubeJS, or CraftTweaker.

📜 Recipe Type: create_mechanical_workshop:assembling

The Kinetic Assembler supports two recipe formats:

1. Shaped (Pattern & Key): Standard 3×3 grids as well as extended matrix layouts (5×5, 7×7, 10×10, 20×20).
2. Shapeless (Ingredients List): Compact item list definitions for batch fabrication.

Recipe Parameters

* Either pattern + key OR ingredients must be declared.

📂 Datapack Examples

1. Shaped Matrix Assembly (data/<namespace>/recipes/precision_mechanism_assembly.json)

(JSON)

{
  "type": "create_mechanical_workshop:assembling",
  "pattern": [
    " C ",
    "RSR",
    " C "
  ],
  "key": {
    "C": { "item": "create:cogwheel" },
    "R": { "item": "minecraft:redstone" },
    "S": { "item": "create:shaft" }
  },
  "result": {
    "item": "create:precision_mechanism",
    "count": 1
  },
  "processing_time": 100,
  "stress_cost": 8.0,
  "energy_cost": 500
}

2. Shapeless Batch Assembly (data/<namespace>/recipes/bulk_andesite_alloy.json)

{
  "type": "create_mechanical_workshop:assembling",
  "ingredients": [
    { "item": "minecraft:iron_nugget" },
    { "item": "minecraft:iron_nugget" },
    { "item": "minecraft:andesite" },
    { "item": "minecraft:andesite" }
  ],
  "result": {
    "item": "create:andesite_alloy",
    "count": 2
  },
  "processing_time": 40,
  "stress_cost": 2.0
}

☕ KubeJS Integration

Register custom workshop recipes in kubejs/server_scripts/mechanical_workshop.js via event.custom:

(JavaScript)

ServerEvents.recipes(event => {
    // 1. Shaped Assembly Recipe
    event.custom({
        type: 'create_mechanical_workshop:assembling',
        pattern: [
            'ABA',
            'CDC',
            'ABA'
        ],
        key: {
            A: { item: 'create:brass_sheet' },
            B: { item: 'create:electron_tube' },
            C: { tag: 'forge:gears/iron' },
            D: { item: 'create:precision_mechanism' }
        },
        result: {
            item: 'create_mechanical_workshop:hardware_drive_tier_2',
            count: 1
        },
        processing_time: 120,
        stress_cost: 16.0,
        energy_cost: 2000
    }).id('modpack:hardware_drive_tier_2_assembly');

    // 2. Shapeless Fast Conversion
    event.custom({
        type: 'create_mechanical_workshop:assembling',
        ingredients: [
            { item: 'create_mechanical_workshop:blank_punchcard' },
            { item: 'minecraft:amethyst_shard' }
        ],
        result: {
            item: 'create_mechanical_workshop:encoded_punchcard',
            count: 1
        },
        processing_time: 30,
        stress_cost: 4.0
    }).id('modpack:quick_card_imprint');

    // 3. Remove native recipe
    event.remove({ id: 'create_mechanical_workshop:assembling/default_recipe' });
});

🏷️ Item & Block Tags

Standardized resource tags for automation filtering and pack balance: