Hello, why was this last updated in 2021? Technic Plus Beta seems maintained, as it was updated in 2024, but this mod is just staying idle after 2021.
Why is that? Did you forget to create a stable version of Beta? I think this is important because e.g. I would prefer a more stable experience instad of staying on the bleeding edge (beta).
Technic Plus Beta is mostly stable though, it's the version we use on the Pandorabox server, so you don't need to worry about things suddenly breaking.
Alright, thank you, I earlier thought Technic Plus Beta meant things suddenly breaking, but I can live with minor issues if they arise, so I'll try it out.
I earlier thought Technic Plus Beta meant things suddenly breaking
Things can break suddenly with beta release as any changes get directly deployed to content db beta release before large scale play tests on actual servers.
However badly broken release on beta is very rare and issues usually get fixed very fast.
Basically beta release gets updates before large scale play tests but there's still a lot of automated testing with pretty good coverage for every release.
Beta release also has a lot worse backwards compatibility with original Technic mod, stable release still comes with fairly good backwards compatibility.
This means it is a lot easier to return to original Technic from stable Technic Plus release but trying to return to original from Technic Plus Beta will more likely fail / cause all kinds of issues or require a lot of manual work or migration scripts.
That said upgrading from original Technic to Technic Plus should work just fine with both stable and beta but upgrading to Technic Plus Beta from original Technic mod isn't really tested that much.
Things can break suddenly with beta release as any changes get directly deployed to content db beta release before large scale play tests on actual servers. However badly broken release on beta is very rare and issues usually get fixed very fast.
Basically beta release gets updates before large scale play tests but there's still a lot of automated testing with pretty good coverage for every release.
So it's like a rolling release, that every change gets directly uploaded, and sometimes things could break?
But lets define breakage; after an update, can Technic Plus Beta crash the world or straight up not work? Maybe it can make annoying bugs like this happen instead? Or more minor things? And do you know what the automated testing really covers?
I didn't get any bugs after switching to Plus Beta after already having a technic circuit in my world, even when I started checking out Plus's features like HV machines.
Beta release also has a lot worse backwards compatibility with original Technic mod, stable release still comes with fairly good backwards compatibility. This means it is a lot easier to return to original Technic from stable Technic Plus release but trying to return to original from Technic Plus Beta will more likely fail / cause all kinds of issues or require a lot of manual work or migration scripts.
That said upgrading from original Technic to Technic Plus should work just fine with both stable and beta but upgrading to Technic Plus Beta from original Technic mod isn't really tested that much.
I don't see any reason to go back to the original technic (I can't live without my HV furnace, and other improvements) and already knew about it being able to break after reading the stable description, but if something breaks, then is it possible to switch to stable from beta, and vice versa?
Hello, why was this last updated in 2021? Technic Plus Beta seems maintained, as it was updated in 2024, but this mod is just staying idle after 2021.
Why is that? Did you forget to create a stable version of Beta? I think this is important because e.g. I would prefer a more stable experience instad of staying on the bleeding edge (beta).
No, a 2.0 release is planned, but there's still stuff that needs to be done before that. See https://github.com/mt-mods/technic/milestone/1 and https://github.com/mt-mods/technic/issues/122
Technic Plus Beta is mostly stable though, it's the version we use on the Pandorabox server, so you don't need to worry about things suddenly breaking.
Alright, thank you, I earlier thought Technic Plus Beta meant things suddenly breaking, but I can live with minor issues if they arise, so I'll try it out.
Things can break suddenly with beta release as any changes get directly deployed to content db beta release before large scale play tests on actual servers. However badly broken release on beta is very rare and issues usually get fixed very fast.
Basically beta release gets updates before large scale play tests but there's still a lot of automated testing with pretty good coverage for every release.
Beta release also has a lot worse backwards compatibility with original Technic mod, stable release still comes with fairly good backwards compatibility. This means it is a lot easier to return to original Technic from stable Technic Plus release but trying to return to original from Technic Plus Beta will more likely fail / cause all kinds of issues or require a lot of manual work or migration scripts.
That said upgrading from original Technic to Technic Plus should work just fine with both stable and beta but upgrading to Technic Plus Beta from original Technic mod isn't really tested that much.
So it's like a rolling release, that every change gets directly uploaded, and sometimes things could break?
But lets define breakage; after an update, can Technic Plus Beta crash the world or straight up not work? Maybe it can make annoying bugs like this happen instead? Or more minor things? And do you know what the automated testing really covers?
I didn't get any bugs after switching to Plus Beta after already having a technic circuit in my world, even when I started checking out Plus's features like HV machines.
I don't see any reason to go back to the original technic (I can't live without my HV furnace, and other improvements) and already knew about it being able to break after reading the stable description, but if something breaks, then is it possible to switch to stable from beta, and vice versa?