[How to]Install Zan's minimap (Voxelmap) to FTB 1.7.10

[ameelia]

I, like may others have had various problems with the mapping mods shipped with Direwolf20's latest modpack, such as very poor framerates, crashes and periodic stalling. Zan's map has 3 advantages over the current offerings, being lightweight, having highly configurable rendering options, and including a radar (which Opis does not).

Zan's minimap used to be packaged with DW20, but now is only supported as a Litemod, and not included in DW20 and other 1.7.10 packs. It is possible to get Zan's working with FTB, but requires some setting up as the Litemod installer does not play well with FTB installations.

After a bunch of fiddling and taking jars apart, I've worked out how to get litemod to play nice with FTB and decided to share with the rest of the community.

1. Download Litemod Loader .jar from http://www.liteloader.com/download .
2. Start the FTB launcher, select the modpack you wish to use Voxelmap with, and press the "edit modpack" button.
3. Disable Opis map and Journeymap (they should show in the right hand list when disabled).
   
4. Shut down FTB launcher.
5. Use a regular zip file program such as winzip or archive manager (linux) to open the liteloader-installer-1.7.10-04.jar.
6. Navigate to your ftb folder and create the following nested folder structure /libraries/com/mumfrey/liteloader/1.7.10/
   
7. Extract the liteloader-1.7.10.jar file in the root of the litemod installer jar to the 1.70.10 folder you created in the previous step.
8. Locate the minecraft folder for the modpack you wish to change, for example ftb/direwolf20.17/minecraft. Backup the pack.json file in this folder, then open the original in a text editor such as notepad or gedit and modify the start of the file as follows. The bold-italic sections are the modifications you need to add.
   
   "minecraftArguments": "--username ${auth_player_name} --version ${version_name} --gameDir ${game_directory} --assetsDir ${assets_root} --assetIndex ${assets_index_name} --uuid ${auth_uuid} --accessToken ${auth_access_token} --userProperties ${user_properties} --userType ${user_type} --tweakClass com.mumfrey.liteloader.launch.LiteLoaderTweaker --tweakClass cpw.mods.fml.common.launcher.FMLTweaker",
   "libraries": [
   {
   "name": "com.mumfrey:liteloader:1.7.10",
   "url": "http://dl.liteloader.com/versions/"
   },
   {
   "name": "net.minecraftforge:forge:1.7.10-10.13.2.1272:universal",
   "url": "http://ftb.cursecdn.com/FTB2/maven/",
   "checksums" : [ "2405b3bb9e39dde1061064a5e18b391666ef10fa"]
   },
   
   
9. Save your pack.json.
10. You have now installed liteloader into that modpack. If everything has worked correctly, you should now get a progress bar at the bottom of the Mojang load screen, and a pull-out tab to access the liteloader configuration can be seen top-right of the main menu.
11. The final step is to add Zan's minimap, the appropriate version can be got here:- http://minecraft.curseforge.com/mc-mods/225179-voxelmap/files
12. If FTB/minecraft is loaded, close it.
    
13. Copy the mod_voxelMap_1.2.2_for_1.7.10.litemod jar file to the appropriate mod folder. In my example ftb/direwolf20_17/minecraft/mods.

You now should be done and enjoy much smoother FTB-ing.

I recommend you backup your modified pack.json to another location such as MyDocuments once you have got it working, as updating the modpack with the FTB launcher will likely remove your changes.

All links in this thread point to the appropriate mod authors official download pages. Original authors release posts follow.
Zans/reis/voxelmap:-
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum...s/2261180-voxelmap-1-8-a-minimap-and-worldmap
Litemod:-
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum...-mods/1290155-liteloader-for-minecraft-1-7-10

Having liteloader installed will also give you access to a whole bunch of mods such as shader mods, other map and inventory mods without worrying about compatibility errors with your favourite FTB servers.

 

[Watchful11]

Or you can just drop the extracted liteloader jar in the mods folder.

 

[Solex]

Or you can just drop the extracted liteloader jar in the mods folder.

Had to remember my old account just to say thanks. This worked, much easier.

 

[Rynak]

I know this thread is old, but I cant use this method for FTB Infinity. My Client crushes during Loading Screen.

 

[GreenZombie]

I know this thread is old, but I cant use this method for FTB Infinity. My Client crushes during Loading Screen.

liteloader is, itself, a forge mod. And it would be way more stable to just drop the liteloader.jar in your ./mods folder.

 

[Bagman817]

Way easier method: Import pack to MultiMC. Select 'Edit Instance'. Select 'Install LiteLoader'. Add Voxel Map to mod folder. Delete Journey map. Enjoy.

 

[Rynak]

liteloader is, itself, a forge mod. And it would be way more stable to just drop the liteloader.jar in your ./mods folder.

I just tried it: I used FTB Launcher 1.4.7, deleted the Folder and reinstalled FTB Infinity.
Without liteloader, Minecraft launched and I could play.
After putting liteloader-1.7.10.jar into the minecraft/mods/ folder, Mincraft crashes at 2/7 or 3/7 in Mojang screen.

 

[GreenZombie]

Well. Then you are going to have to fiddle forge / liteloader versions until you find a compatible pair.

 

[Tepig4321]

great guideline