FAQ

[CoconutCurry]

There've been quite a few posts asking about the same things, so I decided to make a FAQ. Most of these are copy pasted from threads where these questions are asked.

There is also some up-to-date information on the unofficial site maintained by one of our forum-memebers.

I'm having trouble installing MineColony!

One of our users, bcoebiged21gamer, has created a tutorial video for installing ModLoader and MineColony. Check it out!

Make sure you have the correct version of MineColony and ModLoader for your version of Minecraft.

What version of MineColony should I be using?

RC17 for Minecraft 1.1
RC16 for Minecraft 1.0.0
RC15 for Minecraft 1.9.5

The game blackscreens!
I can't place my Town Hall!

Both of these problems are caused by installing the mod incorrectly.
Step by step instructions for installing ModLoader and MineColony are avaliable on the wiki.

My game crashes, and I don't get an error report!

If you have ModLoader installed correctly, there will be a ModLoader.txt file in your .minecraft folder. ModLoader records all errors in this file.

I have multiple mods installed, and there is a block ID conflict!

Most of the blocks added by MineColony are listed in the properties file, located in your .minecraft folder. You can edit the block IDs there. If the conflict is with a block ID that is not listed in that file, you can try ID Resolver.


How do I get more than 8 villagers?

You have to build the citizen houses to get more colonists. The first 8 live in the first 4 houses you build. You get 2 more for every house after that.

My builder won't build!

You have to give the builder a build order. If you wanted to build, say, a house... You go to the house, and open the citizen's chest. On the top right of the chest menu, there's an info button. Click that, and there should be a button that says "build house." Click that. It'll put up a sign that tells the builder to build the house.

Make sure that you're facing so your back is where you want the front door to be. Your builder doesn't need any tools, but depending on your build, he may need building supplies, like wood or cobble. He'll tell you if he does.

The Scepters aren't working!

The Scepter items are leftovers from older builds. They don't work at all in current builds. I don't know what builds they worked in. There is no official word from the mod devs on when, or even if, the scepters will be fixed. The mod is now built in such a way that you shouldn't need them, anyway.

Sound files not found?

For some reason, when copying over the MineColony files, sometimes the sound files don't copy correctly. They should be in the .minecraft folder, in the mods folder, in the MineColony folder. Usually, replacing these files with new copies from the zip folder fixes this problem.

MineColony crashes in Multiplayer!

MineColony is NOT multiplayer compatible, nor are there plans to make it compatible with multiplayer.

[CoconutCurry]

Okay, I have it installed, now what?

For RC17:
Find somewhere with a large body of water. Make 5 boats, and craft them in a boat shape to create the Supply Chest. The name's misleading, since when you place it next to water, it actually creates a ship. It turns into a regular chest with some stuff in it. Toss some torches around the sides of the ship, and home sweet home!

Find sugarcane. Minecraft 1+ has lots of uses for paper. MineColony uses paper to create the TownHall chest. In the crafting table, surround a piece of paper with wood. Note:While you can create more than one Town Hall, placing more than one in your world can cause problems.

Settlers will show up after you place the Town Hall chest. They will not get jobs until you give them a home. Create a Citizen Chest by surrounding a torch with wood in the crafting table. You need one Citizen Chest for every male and female pair of settlers. The males get jobs, the females kill things and gather the item drops. Citizens say they need food, but currently they don't actually require it.

The first 4 workers will work for free. Any workers after that will not work until the work building has been built. You should start with the Builder. In the crafting table, surround a door with wooden planks to create the Builder Chest. The Builder requires supplies to construct buildings. He will tell you if he's out of something. Note: Having more than one builder causes problems with the AI! The Builder will take supplies from any chest, including locked chests from other mods, even through walls!

Then I suggest hiring a Farmer, Lumberjack, and Miner. Each of these is a tool surrounded by planks in the crafting table. The better the tool, the more chests you get. For example, a wooden tool gives you one chest, but an iron tool gives you 3. A hoe for Farmers, an axe for Lumberjacks, and a pick for Miners. Be careful not to have workers too close to each other. You can check your config file for distances, or to set custom work area sizes. I prefer to just place one of each type at a time, as I need them. Farmers also need shovels and hoes to work; Lumberjacks need axes; Miners need shovels, picks, and torches, and require better picks to get better ores!

A Delivery Man will collect items from worker chests and put them all in his chest. He will also deliver tools to workers. Surround a chest with planks in the craftin table for the Delivery Chest. Having more than one Delivery Man in an area can mess up the AI. You can get around this by placing sign paths (as explained in this video about a much older version of the mod), though I haven't tried it, so I can't guarantee it works.

If you surround leather with planks, you can get a Hunter's Chest. The hunter goes out and kills hostile mobs. Unfortunately, this includes creepers. He tends to get himself blown up.

Putting iron in a pattern like this:
_I_
I _I
I I I
will give you a Warning Bell. Place it up high, as it only detects mobs beneath it! The max range is 40 blocks.

Surrounding a gold ingot with planks gives you the Bank Chest. There is no NPC for this chest. You can use the chest to turn iron, gold, and diamonds into coins, or from coins into ingots and diamonds!