u/Zer0Studioz

I'm working on a modpack with Patchouli, and I need to be able to give players a guidebook. From what I understand, I need to make a datapack to add a crafting recipe and to give the book to players when making a new world. I'm a bit of a novice to doing that. Is this something I can make using MCreator or something, or maybe a template I should edit?

I am trying to make a Patchouli book for my modpack, but I can't even get a basic test entry to work. It keeps telling me I don't have a valid category. Issue is, it looks like it matches what I named my folders and files, so idk what's wrong. Any suggestions?

I am looking to start my collection for Dimensions, and I have a couple questions regarding the NFC tags

First off, I'm aware that NFCs, by design, have a shelf life, and I am prepared to try and replace the tags in my minifig and vehicle bases, if necessary. That said, I want a little help from those who know a bit more about the Dimensions tags and NFCs in general

My first question is pretty simple, and that's the portal pad itself. It can write info to vehicle pads when they get upgraded, which leaves me to wonder if all vehicle tags are blank by default. If this is the case, can I get away with not programming them at all, and just rely on the game to do it for me?

My second question is for the minifigs. There doesn't seem to be anything regarding the game writing minifig data to tags, so I know that one will be a bit tricky. I have looked up some stuff about that, and everything I've seen so far is to use your phone and a special app to write to the tags, which can do both the minifigs and vehicles. Does it have to be via my phone? Is there some sort of device I can buy on Amazon or something, and an app for my PC that can do the same thing? Or maybe software, either for PC or console via homebrew, that can use the portal pad's NFC writing feature so I don't have to buy new equipment?