Aura Cascade Mod for Minecraft 1.8.9/1.7.10

At its heart, the Aura Cascade mod provides players with an interesting new way to generate power and get their various devices running. Because of the many different blocks, the way the aura flows and the code used to write this particular mod, it’s more or less impossible to optimize any power system made using this mod – at least according to the author, anyhow. New documentation is released with the mod, so be sure to check out the in-game help book if you run into problems and can’t find the answer at the mod’s website instead. Now, to talk about the aura itself.

It’s important to note that this new aura substance does not represent power. It isn’t energy in the conventional sense, and so it doesn’t really move like one would expect energy to move. While it will flow along a circuit you create, aura can do a lot of things electricity never would. For starters, it naturally descends as it moves, as if it has a weight to it. Electricity does not do this. There are a number of blocks in the Aura Cascade mod which exist solely so players can get the aura to move in the direction they want. These can be difficult to figure out at first, but they’re also highly useful once understood.

Sooner or later you’ll want the aura in your circuitry to take a plummet, since it only generate energy or power when it is falling. Aura will move in a fashion similar to redstone, rolling in any direction up to 15 blocks before it needs to hit a node, which is kind of like a redstone repeater except for the new aura substance instead. There are several different colors of aura too, each with unique features. Some will pump up easier, or generate more power when moving down, or work better at certain times of the day. There’s a lot to learn here and a lot of fun to be had once you get the hang of the mod.