Create: Vintage Improvements - Expansion for Create Mechanics

Vintage Improvements is an addon for the Create modification that significantly expands mechanical production capabilities by adding new machines, materials, and processing methods.

New Materials and Components

The mod introduces several types of materials that can be created in various ways:

Sheets are made by pressing ingots and serve as the basis for creating other components. Rods are produced from sheets and can be used in crafting various mechanisms.

Wires are created from rods and find application in electrical circuits and mechanical systems.

Machines and Their Capabilities

Belt Grinder

This machine performs material polishing with specific rotation speed limitations. For example, polishing rose quartz requires low speed (16 RPM or less), otherwise the material may be damaged.

Spring Coiling Machine

Creates springs of various sizes and types that can be used in mechanical constructions.

Compressor

Works with basins and has two operating modes: vacuumizing and pressurizing. Modes are switched using a wrench.

Vibrating Table

Performs vibrational material processing, including unpacking storage blocks and processing foliage to obtain corresponding drops.

Centrifuge

Requires installation of 4 basins to work and performs centrifugation of mixtures to separate components.

Curving Press

Performs material bending using various heads, each providing unique recipes.

Helve Hammer

Works with an anvil or smithing table, performing forging and automatic processing in the smithing table.

Lathe

Performs turning of materials, and the process can be automated using a recipe card.

Laser

Performs laser cutting of materials and consumes energy if corresponding mods are installed.

Chemical Processes

The mod adds a system of chemical transformations, including production of sulfur, sulfuric acid, and copper sulfate. Sulfur chunks are obtained by crushing azurite, scoria, and scorchia, which are then transformed into sulfur and various oxides.

New Materials

Vanadium has been added, which can be used to create beacons and as armor trim material. Also, materials from Create (brass, andesite alloy, zinc, and others) can be used for armor trimming.

Compatibility

The mod supports integration with popular technological mods, including Ad Astra, Create Crafts & Additions, Mekanism, Tinker's Construct, Thermal Expansion, and others. This allows using materials from these mods to create rods, wires, springs, and sheets.