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Minecraft mods like Create or IC2 really change the game fundamentally, but i think mods like the Yungs Better minecraft series are one of, if not the most known mods from name alone. Luckily i was able to interview yungnickyung about his creations and future plans!
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[@YUNGNICKYOUNG]

It was great talking with you man, thanks for having me!

[@Cygnus_MC]

Its been an pleasure!

[@qSolid21_]

W mods, do you plan on changing the end cities?

[@WynnicWither]

Please make "Yung's Better Villages"

[@plastered_crab]

Loved listening to this as a new modder. I have been taken onto the Cobblemon dev team and it's been a blast learning and being part of their team. Great to hear the insights from you as well Yung!

[@Earth-To-Zan]

hi

[@terenx5]

“If you like farming, you’re more likely to add something along the lines of Pam’s Harvestcraft or Botania” I’m tired of pretending Botania is a farming/magic mod, it’s a tech mod disguised as a magic mod

[@equilibrum999]

then call it something new, like 'biotech alchemy' or somethjin

[@heheep]

Its just a tech mod which has power as mana and flowers are generators with mana pools as storage

[@taytayaxolatte]

plus farmers delight is like 10x better than pam's harvestcraft lol. harvestcraft feels kinda low quality compared

[@soupra]

harvestcraft is extremely outdated and has no where near as much expandability as farmer's dedlight does with it's hundreads of addons@@taytayaxolatte

[@glowdonk]

It's why people love it so much, It's basically a more realistic take on typical fantasy magic, since if you already know how magic works, it ends up being science instead

[@Nic4Las]

I swear with the amount of time me and my buddies wasted on getting the same mod to run on both forge and fabric we could have probably created a completely new mod. Architectury is actually a godsend. You could probably do a video on architectury as it has made multi loader mods acualy doable for normal people. :D

[@Nio7714]

I honestly wish more library mods were made for Architectury. It would make casual mod development a streamlined, incredibly easy process

[@NiksGold.]

My Favorite mod was the Orespawn mod. Loved how unfair it is and just how big it truly was

[@keggie2174]

i also love to laugh at reading the website of that mod

[@tuwoast]

a shame that the dev was a weirdo

[@blahthebiste7924]

Chaos Awakens will surely have a full release soon, copium

[@corneraction6765]

Me and my friends probably got the most benefits out of it. We have the original orespawn downloads and his most recent 1.12.2 downloads all while laughing at the insanity of the website

[@melodicdumpster]

​@@tuwoast context?

[@glowdonk]

Personally, my most favorite mod of ALL TIME will always be Tinker's Construct Yes, Silent Gear basically replaced it and simplified it, but I enjoy feeling like a dwarven blacksmith, forging my weapons and tools with the very metals I mined, alloying them into finer, stronger metals, and using my creations to smite down the foes who dare harm me and my villagers

[@Cygnus_MC]

I imagine a fair ammount of diggy diggy hole was played

[@glowdonk]

It was mostly a mix between the Killer Instinct 2013 OST, Sonic music, and some Argent Metal@@Cygnus_MC

[@tuftela]

Right?! And I love how you keep the same tools and just upgrade the parts, no need to craft entirely new tools. And I love how colourful they end up being 😁

[@KnightMinson]

Tinker's mattock my beloved

[@ellyhunter7252]

That's a smart marketing strategy. I always get excited for new mods that have Yung's name in the title, bc I know his past work has been great. It's the same with other mods that have consistent naming strategies, I always know theq quality and kind of gameplay to expect.

[@TheGreatYukon]

My favorite mod is more of a category, and that is JEI/REI/NEI. That's a bit boring, but imagine playing any modpack without one of those. It's so critical that it's basically vanilla Minecraft for modded players, and that's regardless of the kind of mods you're using. Magic, industrial, adventure, whatever. You want JEI.

[@CaptainEffort]

Don forget TMI

[@aidencraft32]

​@@CaptainEffort that's the OG

[@CaptainEffort]

@@aidencraft32 damn right

[@Discount_Jesus]

Yungs mods are easily up there with The Aether (which is available on 1.20.1) for my favorite mods

[@diogoextreme2]

If the aether mod did not stop for like 5 years it would be very very huge, but ia true yungs stuff is in like all the modpacka possible

[@Nord_Act]

Going for big names now I see. Wanna admit, a great interview for both modders and average users. Wonder now if is there any plans for more interviews with other known people from modding/server side soft/other helpful tools dev scene. Ngl, myself would probably be interested how such stuff as MCreator even happened

[@Cygnus_MC]

Ive got a few interviews lined up with some memorable mod makers, so stay tuned

[@boboftibia]

Super interested in Botanias mod maker! I remember finding out how young he was when he released Botania. I was blown away

[@Joker22593]

Millénaire is my favorite mod. It's a much better village system than vanilla, and even came out before vanilla villages. I like leveling up the villages and getting the reward houses.

[@arcdaeva8972]

me too, i like watching the villages grow by themself and watching them building houses, doing chores, etc. it makes the world feel more alive

[@RossLemon]

I love his jungle temples. They feel like actual fun challenges. Of course the loot is still underwhelming and only beneficial in the early game, but the fun for me is in the challenge.

[@Ellybisa]

I just answered Aether without hesitation man, the nostalgia just kicks too hard. Thaumcraft was also really great.

[@Discount_Jesus]

My favorite mod aswell. I'm really glad it's back for 1.20.1. Ever since it was ported I haven't loaded Minecraft with out it installed. And thaumcraft, thats a mod I haven't heard in a longtime. I really miss classic mods like extra utilities and open blocks

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

@@Discount_Jesus I concur/agree. I miss playing with Thaumcraft as I haven't gotten to in depth with it, and also heard that the makers of Thermal series is/as the rights to work on Thaumcraft. (So I hope it comes back.)

[@ThePC007]

I answered Mystcraft, lol. There was a time where I’d refuse to play a modpack if it didn’t have Mystcraft in it.

[@furryfan1416]

ngl every since Distant Horizons came it has been a must have, it does something so little yet so grand i cant imagine a single world/mod/server etc to play without it

[@SirDizarm]

I started making mods just with the thought of making a mod for trowing trash under carpets, the way a old cartoon showed them doing. But I never learned java, I only started watching modding tutorials for minecraft java. Why I never learned java is due to my dyslexia and adhd I tend to have a hard time learning things and having them stick. But like yung said its so much easier to understand how it all fits together than going in blind. Some funtions are just inside minecraft and not something that is normal java, and learning the difference between them is a must if you wish to add more advance things to your mod. I have managed to released a few mods, and still am developing more. But I plan on trying to do a irl java course to learn the basics so I better understand and can dev outside minecraft.

[@bigboom2438]

Yung's mods are definitely fantastic to have if you're bored of vanilla structures. I've been playing modded for a while now and seeing the exact same stronghold, dungeons and fortresses everytime got stale very easily. He essentially brought back the fun of exploring those structures again. My favorite mod of his has to be the End Island mod. I won't spoil anything for anyone but it is such a cool overhaul that he did.

[@iamsushi1056]

A few of my favorite mods are the delight suite for food and farming (farmer’s delight, chef’s delight, et cetera), Spelunkery for caves and mining, the CTOV-aka Choice Theorem’s Overhauled Villages-suite for villages (along with other villager mods with CTOV compat). But the Yung’s Better Minecraft suite is also a classic. I don’t usually use all of them, but that’s just personal preference.

[@Filbo_Fraggins]

Tbf my fave mod might have to be farmers delight, it expands the game without making it feel un-vanilla, also works well with create wich is another fave of mine and probably everyone

[@shadowfox8084]

The Minecraft mods I like: from the fog (if you feel like not sleeping tonight) more illagers shaders with overworld ambiance the mods were mobs from Minecraft dungeons are in Minecraft

[@playerzero0000]

One of my favorite aspects of MC is adventuring and seeing all the amazing world generation, so naturally, some of my favorite mods are world gen. IMO, the undefeated king is still Terraforged

[@vittoriovenetov9655]

Terraforged is just the best. Idk how nothing better has come since. Im glad reterraforged is out now, but it amazes me that no mods can even compete with not only the level or realism in terrain but also the insane amount of customization allowed.

[@EIIoSunnyJim]

Mod i used while following a tutorial on modding java edition was Fossils and Archeology revival for 1.12.2, shoutout to those devs as they're nearly done on an AWESOME 1.18.2 port! Favourite mod ever since

[@OwnZar]

My friends and I call Yung "The Macaw's of structures" cause he's got so many mods that he might as well come installed in our modpacks before even creating them xD Great content, although our latest modpack is having issues to start with his dungeons and WDA as well xD

[@LazerDisk]

I've got a lot of java experience, but it's very hard for me to understand how to actually change aspects of the game itself. Every tutorial under the sun teaches you how to add new things, but making changes to features in the vanilla game is so intimidating and the info is really hard to find. Would be nice to have a fast-firing 100 essential tips for java modding type of video, maybe?

[@Providence83]

My dream mod is one which simply toggles Vanilla MC features and allows you to choose from what version of the game the mechanics use. There's a lot of _stuff_ in the game I want to strip away, really but also a handful I would keep.

[@silentstranger49]

Thats certainly doable, just requires an absurd amount of code due to the absurd amount of vanilla features. you could start by just making a toggle for one version@@Providence83

[@silentstranger49]

I learned using tutorials by kaupenjoe but yeah i ran into the same problem of videos only showing the basics. I've had to take deep dives into the code itself since all of the internal methods are completely arbitrary and not super intuitive. I just focused on one task at a time until i learned how to do it. taught myself a lot of features that way

[@BasalteJ]

The mod better than wolves changes a lot of vanilla mechanic, maybe looking there can help you get pointers ? ( it's for 1.5.2 so maybe not applicable anymore)

[@kameib]

Mixins to the rescue!

[@GeflGabe]

I have all of YUNGs mods in my currrent modlist, every single one is a joy to play with. Of course I also used the YUNG's Cave gen mod after using Worleys for a while, before the time of the cave update.

[@Sqwily]

Oh man, this video really motivated me to get back into learning java and start making my own mods :D

[@sn0wix_983]

Cool video! I've been modding for a while now and i find this advice very good for every modder out there. And i totaly agree with Yung saying learn java first. I've seen a loooooot of people who want to start modding and they don't know any java. It's a waste of time if you don't know it. And if you don't wan't to learn it for some reason, just use Mcreator. And if you're just staring and you can't decide what loader you should learn, go with fabric or quilt. Happy modding everyone!

[@unowong3084]

Is there an interview with gregoriusT planned? i think it would be very interesting and would benefit us gregtech players greatly

[@Cygnus_MC]

Ill try and contact him!

[@GiovanniDeMedici98]

Yung's Caves is my favorite, sad to seem him have it discontinued... Cave update didn't cut it for me, I like more spacious and interconnected caves.

[@huggedjacker6946]

Terralith exists.

[@GiovanniDeMedici98]

@@huggedjacker6946 Yeah, No. You can't configure caves to your liking (:

[@lanz228]

you: man i wish there was a mod for the caves alex:

[@GiovanniDeMedici98]

​@@lanz228 Won't be playing that, it's only on Forge. Fabric has superior performance.

[@ThePC007]

@@huggedjacker6946 Isn’t Terralith compatible with Yung’s world-generation mods? If so, adding both would be ideal.

[@ElRinconDeLaPapa]

I'll be honest, at first (initially) I thought Yung was kinda full of it. Placing his name in every mod and calling it a "better, superior" version of >anything in the mod

[@Dreadika97]

Tinkers construct, and Immersive engineering.

[@f0x1ro1]

My favorite mod ever - thaumcraft. Such a shame its in the grave.

[@ThePC007]

When it comes to the multiple loader issue: Forge was so slow for me (particularly when booting the game) that I found modded Minecraft to be barely playable. I think it’s great that Fabric is offering some competition in that regard.

[@miiexx]

I think The Betweenlands for 1.12.2 is one of the most well-designed dimensions I have ever seen, genuinely a whole new place to explore with differing environmental conditions and etc. Truly great, ost matches beautifully as well.

[@tempermen6032]

I stumbled on yung’s mods, looked at the images, tested it in game, never looked back.

[@fluf201playz]

i remember when this channel had just 150 subs how far this channel has come

[@Cygnus_MC]

Its been an insane ride

[@rasmuspedersen4891]

shout out to TiC for being an old classic that's still getting good updates!

[@Jay2480]

Tinkers construct my beloved

[@karateka-qy5pr]

I was already motivated but now Im even more! Ty! Very great interview

[@Ghost_Boardy]

Always good when more of your great content comes out! Enjoyed watching it!

[@Cygnus_MC]

Thanks!

[@diamond2k997]

I’ve been looking forward to go into modding for so long now, and took a in-school Java class specifically for it. The only thing demoralizing was “which mod loader do I choose” due to the fact that I don’t want to waste time porting mods over to different loaders. I appreciate this video really well and gave me motivation when Yung was talking about his API making it extremely easy to port over mods, I thank you for this video Cygnus, and might make a api that makes my future mods easier to become multiloader like yungs api. And what you described the reaction of the community if Mojang made a marketplace for Java is something I’d do. And as for the multi loaders nowadays I hate it even even when I’m not a mod developer(I enjoy making modpacks) I hope one day in the future the modding community would come back to a even greater mod loader, I’m hopeful.🙏🏻 I hope that mod loader makes it easier to port mods to different minecraft versions

[@SarzaelX]

Fabric is surpassing Forge as the most popular mod loader, so it's probably the better one to start with.

[@rufavulpes]

Bro yung’s mods are unironically fire, I actually experience withdrawal when I come across a vanilla stronghold xD

[@theisgood0]

Yung makes some banger mods. I also like Team Abnormals mods. Pams harvest craft is just hands down needed for anyone who loves to farm and cook in MC :). Great video!

[@Kolateak_]

Team Abnormals, hell yeah Honestly, for how popular and big the mods are, by downloads, it's kinda shocked how much it's not talked about, especially for a huge set of interconnected mods that all add things in a great way

[@theisgood0]

right?! I love how all the abnormals mods work together :) They are so underrated its almost as if Mojang made some of their mods due to how vanilla how they feel :).@@Kolateak_

[@Hunterxio2]

Epic Fight Mod with Yung's Expansion and Parcool! movement makes the perfect Adventure modpack

[@-eternal]

Dude spot on about the marketing thing. I completely fell for it lol. Been using all the young structure mods as well as some of the others for my dedicated fantasy server. The really add so much life to the game.

[@MysticcMarcel]

Nice Video. Enjoyed it while playing some MC ^^

[@MysticcMarcel]

Also: Pebble :)

[@FireDragon91245]

im a special type of person i

[@thegoldenatlas753]

Arguably ichun's mods are the best. Iconic to the modding scene.

[@wither_tm]

sadly ichun is stuck on 1.16

[@thegoldenatlas753]

@@wither_tm i wasn't sure if ichun was still even working on mods tbh

[@wither_tm]

@@thegoldenatlas753 don't think so

[@IzntKez]

Watching this and seeing those logos is giving me some nostalgic vibes. XD

[@PineappleIndustries]

One of the most underrated KZbinrs I can think of. I was wondering if you'd considered making a video on Modrinth's launcher.

[@Cygnus_MC]

Dahw ur too kind! And yes, ive been meaning to get a hold of Emma

[@noelka8134]

This is some of the few mods that realy should be in vanilla game imo

[@iplayminecraft2248]

once again, look at xkcd 927 Situation: There are four separate modloaders "four!? Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal modloader that covers everyones needs." Situation: There are five separate modloaders

[@lelouchvikurogane1127]

yung's better cave is such a great mod.

[@violet_steak3412]

I like all types of mods. If I feel it fits minecraft (or if it's cool enough), I'll try it out.

[@Kexedraws]

When you asked that question at the very beginning the first thing that came to my head was terraria calamity mod, it just shows how unbothered I am to the minecraft modding scene lol

[@yaB0i_Hawkx]

my fav mods are what enhances my vanilla game experience. Ive been a Minecraft fan since probably a decade and though it's mostly me watching others do cool stuff, I still was heavily invested. When I finally bought Minecraft myself I realized how annoying some aspects of this game could be. So mods that make quality of life changes increases my fun till 110. I can now play all day without getting an burnout. But one of the biggest chances is shaders. I'm an artistic kind of person, so I really put my attention towards the look of something. Shaders just make Minecraft so much more lively and aesthetically pleasing. It in turn makes me want to look at the game and just enjoy the scenery.

[@Cuprite1024]

My only attempts at mods have been with MCreator, and I know that severely limits what I'm able to do, but its still an enjoyable process (Y'know, when the program doesnt break on me cause my laptop is so old. Lol). Helps that I've always just made them for myself and simply uploaded them in case anyone else was interested. Its kinda funny tho, i havent properly played Minecraft in FOREVER despite me doing that. Whenever I finally do again tho, I'm definitely using most of Yung's stuff. They're just really nice additions.

[@modernghost0]

The witchery mod! It was lasted updated to 1.7.10. I love that mod so much I still play it, and I desperately wish it could be updated

[@braydentreleaven9370]

Ok this is proving the point but I make Minecraft modpacks for myself and my friends very often, and his mods are some of the first I add to any pack, they just objectively make the structures more fun

[@Sytex6452]

Great video as always :)

[@Cygnus_MC]

Thanks!

[@legendaerycraft2226]

Ic2 and buildcraft are two mods I have in my instances whenever I can... I absoluteley love them (Galacticraft and Electroblobs wizardy too). I love playing them with my friends... Its fun

[@alexjackyperson101]

Besides the mods I always have, any sort of a map mod, Jei, waypoint mod, a mod makes my fps better. Those mods I always use because they pretty useful, mods I like but not always use, mod that add more enemies, mod add more blocks and a mod adds more things to do

[@grandmanitou6563]

Been using mods since forever, never heard of this guy

[@MBlazeXY]

Thaumcraft! Favorite mc mod ever, disappointed that it was discontinued

[@AdaTheWatcher]

I recently made a modpack, And almost all of Yung's mods are included.

[@lamproskostopoulos365]

favourite mod is definetly ice and fire with astral sorcery, botania and ars nouveau coming after

[@lorenzofalorni3961]

Steve Jobs of Minecraft for real

[@anomalocaris_man]

my favorite mod is prehistoric nature, its like fossils and archaeology but better

[@inxomnyaa]

"as for a Mojang modloader ... granted with the way Mojang's been operating in the past few years i hope they don't ... i am not confident in their ability to handle it properly" is a statement i, as a bedrock thirdparty server & plugin developer and artist, can highly agree on

[@unknownplayercap]

IC2 hands down, one of my most fav mod ever on Mc.

[@dexterity494]

My favorite mod is squake. I'm so sad the dev said they would update the mod, and then never did.

[@Railgun_Enjoyer]

This is what I hate about Minecraft's current modding situation. The different mod loader devs aren't even fostering healthy competition, they're just stroking their own egos.

[@unintellyjellie]

Simple voice chat is just the greatest.

[@impliqued1910]

Its all about the twilight forest baby

[@kitty_gunshooter]

My favourite mod is berdinski's armour hud

[@oliver-nation4377]

There is an old mod that adds mini blocks / cubes, so you can build nicer things. That is the best mod ever.

[@Cygnus_MC]

Chislle?

[@oliver-nation4377]

@@Cygnus_MC Yeah [Chisels & Bits] Is the name of the mod. You like it?

[@shingshongshamalama]

Favourite mods? Applied Energistics. Equivalent Exchange.

[@Djheffeson]

0:13 industrialcraft, buildcraft and computer craft is the base of my modpacks lol

[@Cygnus_MC]

In that case why not watch my interview with the maintainer of Industrialcraft :)

[@user-ed2gq9zp5n]

hows this guy not even got 5 k subs? hes great

[@Cygnus_MC]

Apreciate the compliment:)

[@ItzEndrr]

pretty sure the abyss mod and yung are connected btw, worked for the abyss part 2 im pretty sure, i was a translator, and if im not wrong, it was in yungs server

[@garmadongg]

Blocklings is my favourite mod they’re so cute

[@LunarPriestessYT]

Thaumcraft is my favorite mod

[@dirtblock4232]

HBM's nuclear tech mod is fun...

[@115zombies935]

Yung mods are all amazing. The better ocean temples one unfortunately doesn’t play nice with C2ME and can cause server crashes so I can’t use it, but I use pretty much every other one.

[@Psoewish]

Well his plan succeeded because at this point when I put together a new pack to play, I literally just type his name and install the whole list.

[@thefourfingthing]

I was wanting to create my own mod/mods if it goes well, and I have been holding off cause I didnt know where to start. Now I will attempt to learn JAVA. See how it goes.

[@dzangordenakha3995]

My favourite mod, one word and ano word only: Thaumcraft

[@zockerhopper3428]

I want to be a mod creator and I do have some knowledge of java (from Codeacademy, so it might not be the best) but the mod I want to create is weird. I want to create a Tweaker type of Mod, like Nostalgic Tweaks, but for the old versions of Minecraft, where I can choose features that maybe weren't added yet (like modern combat) and where I can choose to bring back old features that were removed, like flailing arms from classic. I have found that doing that is a lot harder than developing for modern versions of minecraft and since I want to have my mod for all the versions Alpha 1.1.2_01 to Release 1.6.4 it's quite difficult.

[@superruper1209]

Dudes be like "ComputerCraft". My brother in christ, "OpenComputers"!

[@mycethemushroom]

i watched this while playing with computercraft and i feel called out

[@Cygnus_MC]

:3

[@4Bakers]

2:30 looks like the Ultra Key is struggling there. it didn't take away from the video for me, but maybe let a circle mask do some of the heavy lifting?

[@Cygnus_MC]

Shit why didnt i think of that!! Thank you so much

[@sebay4654]

Difficult question i like advanced magic and tech in combination

[@whit9172]

My favorites have always been Emoniphs. Wish he was still around

[@Mido-shonun]

My favorite mod is probably mods I make (I use Mcreator,I cannot code). They are nowhere near as good as other mods, although I think they are decent, but there's just something so fulfilling about playing or testing a mod you yourself made, especially when it works Edit: I don't like doing anything specific in Minecraft. I've never beaten it outside of creative mode, I mostly just test out a ton of mods and make my own, although I like building, and depending on the mods used, fighting or destroying things.

[@SarzaelX]

I hope you find motivation to learn to code, it's not really as complicated as one might assume, and it's a lifelong skill that you can use outside of Minecraft as well.

[@Mido-shonun]

@@SarzaelX yeah but it's not really something Im interested in, so id only use it for Minecraft... But I don't even really care about learning it. I am an artist though, that's my thing

[@SarzaelX]

@@Mido-shonun That's awesome

[@Mido-shonun]

@@SarzaelX thank you

[@mrazbyte3150]

That's why he's EVERYTHING! That's why he's the GOAT! THE GOAAAAAAAAAT!

[@paradoxalrose5787]

Equivalent Exchange 2 from Tekkit when it was in its prime. Totally broken but I loved that mod

[@BanditLeader]

Try tekkit 2

[@psycholamborghini4828]

I have a plan for what I want to make. I just have to learn Java now

[@inxomnyaa]

btw side note, "where awesome" in the end card is a typo (unless intentional lol)

[@Cygnus_MC]

First video it was a typo. Now in doing it out of spite

[@skywanderer]

I'm totally with him on the multi-loader problem. Both as a modder and a player Not being able to port from a loader to another without troubleshooting for hours... Not being able to play a mod because it's on another loader... It's just ridiculous.

[@5TRM]

I have never heard of Yung Nick Young.

[@FamAngus]

my fav is the mod ice & fire.

[@mosshivenetwork117]

I used to want to get into coding for videogames when I was younger but realizing how complicated things can get made me realize it's borderline impossible (for some people at least).

[@asdfghjkl-jk6mu]

people like you give me hope when i feel like things are too easy and anybody could do my work

[@christopherkadamani3172]

@@asdfghjkl-jk6muLMAOO

[@mosshivenetwork117]

@@asdfghjkl-jk6mu aw man I can't see the other reply :(

[@WohHappy]

Clay soldiers mod

[@joescraft123]

If someone came up to me and asked what my favorite mod of all time was I would answer galacticraft and it’s addons a close 2nd is create mod