In regards to adding new stuff... I don't know. I'm trying to maintain the normal feel of Minecraft, just with more variation. Saguaro cacti are an example of me pushing my self-set limitation quite a lot. Acorns and cherries feel like pushing it a bit too far. I will think about it, but unless there is significant support for going down that path, I'll probably leave it alone.
Second point, about removing vanilla stuff and replacing it with mine. I leave it there for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because as above, I don't want to overhaul the game. Secondly, because various mods that haven't been coded to make use of Forge properly will break if I remove the only blocks they can grow or generate on. Trust me, it would make life much easier for me to remove them, but they're just too essential.
Finally, fences, gates etc. for all the woods. It's coming. That will be in the 1.8 release. There will probably be one more massive release for 1.7.10, and then that.
It seems that there isn't. I'll add it to my list of things for the next update.
In terms of the mobs, other mods will be fine if they've been coded properly. Most haven't, so you'll encounter issues. Everything is good on my side, they just need to make use of the BiomeDictionary.
The new stone and grass will work fine with other mods that have made use of the OreDictionary, which allows various mods to automatically have crafting recipes using different forms of a block from other mods, in this case stone.
Their ores are more difficult to fix. I have all the code ready, but I'd need to go through and individually code compatibility for each mod. It's a work in progress. Essentially the plan is to use an 'overlay' ore texture on top of my stones, but I'd need them all to provide both the overlay texture and the list of ores.
I just think its a bit weird that oak trees drop apples and other trees drop nothing. And I think you've already broken away from vanilla a bit with the new dirt stone types.
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Hm... This seems a little bit high tech. I don't know. Maybe it could be crafted by surrounding a block of tnt with iron in a crafting table.
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YES! UPDATED!
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I just think its a bit weird that oak trees drop apples and other trees drop nothing. And I think you've already broken away from vanilla a bit with the new dirt stone types.
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This looks really awesome. I'm going to have to try this out.
Also, wild chickens look more like this.