The next step is working the configs so everything is playing nice together. For example, config/forestry/backpacks.cfg. Hop to it!
And also, it's like... not hard to end up with a pack that is cleaner than FTB Ultimate or DW20. They're in kinda weird states right now.
I have to agree on this on both counts. The issue of the public modpacks is that they have to make them compatible for everyone, but not everyone has the same setup. In addition, people add to or take away mods to their liking which can mess with mod interactions.
Take Powercraft. I'm using it as the 1.5.1 alternative to Redpower since there is a lot of overlap with the logic gates and wireless redstone. And chimneys...nothing makes a building look more industrial than some strategically placed chimneys. Powercraft's launcher system is pretty ingenious, but it can seriously break things if you aren't super careful with it. It can even break forge implementation on your worlds if you don't 'massage' the configs.
Mekanism isn't as bad, but it doesn't play well even with other UE mods without some work.
It isn't as bad now as it was, but some mods won't recognize their blocks if they aren't within a certain ID range. I think it was IC2 as the worst offender when the first 4096 block mod came out. I think the worst issue of all with current configs is the Metallurgy 3 configs. It only has about ten block IDs or so, but the blocks use metadata. And the blocks are spread through around ten different config files...and each config contains blocks from each of the different IDs...so you have to keep the new IDs consistent across each config, and God help you if screw up even one number...
I can't find a master number in the config files that can propagate a change through the rest of the configs, so I just changed the mod that was conflicting even though that's a no-no because it can break saves or the mod interactions. For instance, never change Buildraft IDs once they're generated because so many other mods hook into its API.
Anyways, it's incredibly complex and can be very difficult, but the rewards are very satisfying when everything starts working.
