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Galacticraft 3 for Minecraft 1.7.10 was officially released on Sunday, November 9 2014. Since its release there have been further developments and improvements, see below. It is recommended to use the latest version which has additional features and the latest bugfixes.

Galacticraft 4 for Minecraft 1.11.2, Minecraft 1.10.2 and Minecraft 1.8.9 - different downloads for each Minecraft version but the in-game features are exactly the same - is currently in beta testing. Galacticraft 4 will likely be released in May/June 2017. You can read about the features here, or participate in the beta testing program through the forum.

Version 3.0.12

Version 3.0.12.490 - (end April 2017) - is likely one of the last 1.7.10 versions which will be released. This version is stable and we recommend players update to this.

Version 3.0.12.483 - (March 21, 2017) - has:

• improved freefall motion on Space Stations - smoother, better jumping and landing, and you can now go up ladders and stairs
• sealable ME Cable for use with AppliedEnergistics2
• improved ease of use of Electric Compressor with Hopper (and other item input mods like AE2)
• safer rocket launch control - rockets which can't reach their destination will now not be auto-launched
• Oxygen Storage Module now accepts piped Liquid Oxygen
• many bugfixes
• many performance increases, including Energy Storage Module and Energy Storage Cluster (we improved, again, the performance of the whole energy system)
• many compatibility improvements, including with iChun's Sync mod, Buildcraft, PlayerAPI, RenderPlayerAPI, BiomeTweaker, Optifine and others
• additional config options requested by server owners.

Version 3.0.12.442 - (February 12, 2016) - has:

• new redstone control for all electrically powered machines in Galacticraft (also for Arc Lamps and Spin Thrusters) - if the machine is receiving a redstone signal, it will stop operating, and will show the message "OFF" in red in its GUI
• new Asteroids Adventure game mode, to create a challenging game for very experienced Minecraft players
• crafting recipe for slimeballs from Cheese Curd
• fixed Short Range Telepad - it now works properly even where the destination is not in a loaded chunk, please try it out!
• improved compatibility with RF mods - RF mod electric items now charge in Galacticraft Energy Storage Module and vice versa
• improved freefall motion - players should no longer become stuck in ceilings
• updated overworld mapping in the Display Screen - more still to come on this

Version 3.0.12.429- (January 21, 2016) - contains a large number of bugfixes, and more:

• Add new basic recipe for cobblestone, and new Compressor recipes for coal and ice blocks using Asteroids materials, in preparation for Asteroids Adventure game mode
• New textures for the solid metal blocks (e.g. Tin Decoration Block) and for Oxygen Concentrator and for Silicon Ore and Silicon
• Fixes recent visual problems with Optifine - oxygen tanks are now visible as they should be
• Fixes recent visual problems with Smart Moving, Animated Player and other similar mods using the RenderPlayerAPI system for cross-mod compatibility
• Fixes multiple issues with the sky on other planets and fog etc
• Increased stability for Launch Controlled rockets - no more rocket loss
• Left-Shift or Right-Mouse-Button now both exit rockets in all dimensions, including on space stations. But you cannot exit from a rocket in flight (unless you are in Creative mode). Exiting using Left-Shift stays in 3rd person view; using Right-Mouse-Button switches to 1st person view.
• Improved server performance
• Beds work a little differently - they will no longer explode in any space dimension, and can be used to set a home location on planets, even though you cannot sleep in them
• Improved compatibility with Buildcraft and IC2 - Sealed BC pipes are working again, Beam Receivers now work with IC2 power systems
• Display Screen now correctly displays any Horses, Villagers, Sheep, Ocelots, Wolves, Sheep, Zombie Villagers, and Wither Skeletons which you want to track
• New Space Station access command: /ssinvite +all to invite all players to your station, and /ssinvite -all to undo that
• New server admin command to change a space station's owner: /ssnewowner
• This version is also compatible with saved oil from pre-version 375 builds (for example if you still have a tank or canister with the older type of oil or fuel, now you can use it)

Version 3.0.12.375 - (October 16, 2015) - includes, as well as everything in the earlier versions:

• Many bug fixes, including an exploit.
• Add Ambient Thermal Controller, an optional extension for sealers allowing you to remove thermal padding in sealed environments.
• Allow addons to add space station capability to their planets.
• Oxygen sealers now use significantly less oxygen.
• Disabled Portable Oil Extractor, buckets are now used to collect oil.

Version 3.0.12.344 includes:

• Improved support for clients logging in to LAN servers
• Improved compatibility with Buildcraft oil
• Display Screen - test satellite mapping and new planet animations [work in progress]
• Astro Miner recipe is now in NEI.
• Fix various minor rendering issues (extended inventory, Evolved Spiders, grapple hook item, Astro Miner item)
• Fix rare issues when building multiblock machines near the build height limit
• Dutch (NL) translation major updates

Version 3.0.12.339 includes:

• Tinker's Construct Stone Torches now extinguish if there is no oxygen, like regular torches
• Improvements to the way torches respond to the Oxygen Distributor
• Astro Miner fully stable and now out of beta testing.
• Golems (Iron Golems, Snowmen, and also Thaumcraft golems) can now survive in airless environments
• The NEI "slight darkening" issue with the Galacticraft inventory has been fixed
• Galacticraft music is now enabled
• Improvements to localizations - several languages updated

Version 3.0.12.335 includes:

• Astro Miner is now obtainable in survival. The Astro Miner Schematic is a rare treasure item from the Tier 2 Treasure Chest on Mars, obtainable only if you already had a Tier 3 Rocket.
• Astro Miner now has a sound, and an animation for its laser when docking
• Added GUI for the Astro Miner Base
• Added Orion Drive, the propulsion system for the Astro Miner. This will also likely be used for other future items in Galacticraft.
• Updated the look of all the Schematics
• Solar Panels can now generate some electricity in the Asteroids dimension
• Added /gcastrominer command for admins to monitor and control how many Astro Miners a player can place
• Galacticraft metal blocks are now interchangeable with other mods, for example they can be used in Big Reactors
• Smaller download size

Version 3.0.11

Version 3.0.11.333 (stable) includes:

• smoother and better movement in freefall on space stations
• jetpacks from IC2 and Simply Jetpacks are now fully operational on space stations (mouse cursor controls the direction heading, Space to move)
• players will now not be kicked for 'flying' when in freefall
• changed arrows from Evolved Skeleton and Evolved Skeleton Boss
• liquid and gas canisters - fixed the duping issue in Thermal Expansion's Transposer and various related issues; but: part-filled canisters now cannot transfer liquid/gas to tanks in some other mods (it depends on the other mod)
• mouse dragging/scrolling now possible in galaxy map
• fixed the issue with Optifine causing Galacticraft oxygen mask, gear and tanks not to show up
• add recipe (and an updated model) for the Astro Miner Base
• changed chicken movement in airless environments
• performance increases, the whole game should be fractionally faster

Version 3.0.11.324 includes updates to the Astro Miner (currently obtainable in Creative Mode only). Its logic is now finalised. It can mine Asteroids - it goes out and finds nearby asteroids and neatly mines out the centre! Also:

• improved freefall motion on space stations, grapples now work
• several language updates including now a Swedish translation
• fixed a bug where the Standard Wrench would not rotate vanilla blocks (e.g. hoppers) correctly
• enabled the Sealable IC2 cables

Version 3.0.11.319 includes a beta preview (Creative-mode only) of the new Astro Miner. Use this machine with caution, it destroys blocks!

Also:

• fixes the issue with the Space Race Manager randomly opening on login
• on the solar system map, Saturn and Uranus now have rings, like on the Galacticraft T-shirt
• improved player tab compatibility with Custom NPCs mod
• solar system map improvements for Add-Ons (now the AWSD keys scroll the map)
• small visual fixes: torches in sealed rooms now have proper flames; Evolved Spiders now have their eyes still visible even when an Invisibility Potion is thrown at them, similar to vanilla Spiders (try it and see!)

Please note that versions 3.0.11.311 through to 3.0.11.318 had a recipe bug where 6 items, including the Tier 1 Booster and Sensor Glasses could not be crafted. That is fixed as of 3.0.11.319.

Version 3.0.11.306 adds stability including several bugfixes.

• Increased functionality of the Planet Selection Screen for Galacticraft Add-On mods.
• Correct Galacticraft inventory tab position when potion effects are active
• Slimeling Eggs now hatch when right-clicked (as well as when broken with an empty hand)
• Now dual-compatible with Mekanism v.7 and Mekanism v.8.
• Minor fix to airlock controllers ("Player within x meters" and "Redstone signal" options can now be combined)
• Other visual fixes to the GUI and to Thermal Padding item rendering

Version 3.0.10

Version 3.0.10.300 adds stability and compatibility, especially for anyone wanting to update to Mekanism v.8. Details:

• Compatibility with new Mekanism v.8: this is an essential update if you want to play Galacticraft with Mekanism v.8
• Fixes the BungeeCord dimension login issues
• Circuit Fabricator accepts silicon from other mods (exact type is configurable)
• Fuel Loader accepts EnderIO Rocket Fuel
• Applied Energistics 2 meteorites can now generate on the Moon and other space dimensions
• A new config setting to allow retrospective oil generation if adding Galacticraft to existing worlds
• Faster and more stable Moon world generation
• Workaround for the CoFHCore flat bedrock bug which caused rare crashes on the Moon

Version 3.0.9

Version 3.0.9.294 is a major playability update. It adds the following:

• New optional Quick Mode config to play with double compressed metal production, meaning you can build Galacticraft items and blocks with half the regular amount of resources (1/4 the usual amount for building rockets)
• New optional Hard Mode config with a list of tweaks to make the game more challenging
• Improved freefall motion on Space Stations - it's a little easier to move around in survival mode (except in Hard Mode where it's fractionally harder than before)
• Landing animation when you land from freefall onto a surface you can walk on
• Evolved mobs adjust their jump according to the gravity - in low gravity, they don't jump so hard so they stay closer to the ground (and if anyone makes a high gravity planet in future, they will jump harder, meaning they can still jump up 1 block)
• Evolved Zombie, Evolved Skeleton, Evolved Spider, Evolved Creeper now drop rare drops, some of them pretty nice - see each one's wiki page for details. Bring on those space mob grinders!
• New texture for Asteroid rock - it should help with the low visibility issues in the Asteroids dimension
• Fixed a few issues with Sun, Moon and stars visibility in orbit and in the Asteroids.

Version 3.0.8

Version 3.0.8.269 adds these fixes:

• Fixes the Space Race flag image saving issues on servers
• Stops oil burning and fuel explosions if no oxygen is present
• Burning mobs, players and arrows now work correctly in space dimensions - will burn if inside sealed spaces or oxygen bubbles
• The Methane Synthesizer will not fill with CO2 on Mars if it is inside an oxygen bubble
• The Coal Generator can now burn a Block of Coal as well as regular Coal

Version 3.0.8.266 improves stability on servers, restores compatibility with Aether II mod, improves compatibility with Buildcraft oil (all the Galacticraft oil in the world will not now be lost if you install Buildcraft on an existing map), and makes pools of oil flammable and pools of Fuel liable to explode if there is fire nearby. Also adds a config to allow conversion losses when converting energy between Galacticraft and other mods.

Version 3.0.8.262 adds around 20 different stability improvements and bugfixes, including issues caused by other mods using outdated Buildcraft API or RF API. Also better support for Galacticraft Add-Ons with planets with breathable atmospheres.

Version 3.0.7

Version 3.0.7.256 adds compatibility with Gravestone and OpenBlocks/Grave mods for inventory saves on death; also many bugfixes - Sealable Oxygen Pipes are now working.

Version 3.0.6

Version 3.0.6.250 adds compatibility for the newest version 1.0.2 of RF API (used by latest versions of Thermal Expansion and MFR)

Version 3.0.6.249 improves compatibility with EnviroMine and Railcraft, and a couple of small bugfixes

Version 3.0.6.245 fixes entity ID conflicts with OreSpawn mod

Version 3.0.6.243 includes:

• full RF compatibility
• new block: Hydrogen Pipe
• smart automation of Electric Compressor and Circuit Fabricator using Hoppers or item pipes

Version 3.0.6.232 includes:

• new worldgen for Asteroids with solid cores of ore
• new block: Solid Meteoric Iron
• new lighting for the Asteroids
• more support for Add-Ons with custom solar systems

Version 3.0.5

Galacticraft 3.0.5 added:

• Telemetry Unit for tracking players and rockets
• a lot of stability fixes

Version 3.0.4

Galacticraft 3.0.4 added:

• Display Screen
• Bacterial Sludge Bucket
• pipe connections for Water Electrolyzer

Latest pages on the Wiki

These are the latest pages added:

• Astro Miner
• Modpack Permission‎
• Sci-Fi
• Game Balance
• Hydrogen Pipe
• Ores
• BuildCraft and Mekanism pages for cross-mod info, see also Compatibility
• Config (and SealableIDs and Oregen, good info here for advanced players or modpack creators)
• Commands
• Planets
• Videos
• Sun
• Solid Meteoric Iron
• Energy
• Sealed Space