I've used TMI and NEI many times in my SMP adventures, but I always find myself thinking "Well, I can just cheat in a few Stone to build this house. I mean.. I can get it easily anyhow so it's not really cheating." A little cheating opens the door to massive cheating like building entire structures in Creative mode and re-gifting myself items after dying.
So the question is, how can I use an inventory mod to look up recipes without that mod tempting me with a "cheat mode" button, or Creative mode toggle?
Best Answer
NEI can be set to
Recipe Mode. And if you think you'll still be too tempted to switch to cheat mode, open the file%appdata%\.minecraft\config\NEI.cfgand modify the following setting:This will make it impossible to switch to another mode ingame.
If you consider the ability to delete items (instead of having to burn them) no cheating, you could also set
to lock to utility mode, where the delete item icon is available in addition (I removed magnet, since that's already a cheat)