nods sagely. most of the links from that modbot are useless if the most current version won't fly. not every location has old versions available.(forestry beta current and last release, then nada save the old stable versions. 2.2.x.x break current extrabees and thaumicbees. 2.2.0.1 is current. 2.2.0.0 is last. 2.1.3.xx is needed for the bee addons til they update. for one good example)
anyone have any thought or word on private modpacks through ftb getting working, or is that still pretty much new tekkit land and direct download only?( i say this as i think i recall kirin mentioning this some time ago and figure he might actually know).
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still having nada on luck trying to induce what vaygrim was experiencing at will without using mod versions that don't match, or otherwise breaking minecraft by doing too much manual mc.jar editing as well. half a dozen vms with varying versions of things installed .. just. no. dice. and if you can't reproduce the problem...
i think i hit the "slam-head-on-wall,-turn-and-flip-table,-walk-away-mumbling- cursing-and-gesticulating-wildly-at-the-universe" point trying to find a way to isolate the cause.
that said if one can follow instructions, the .rar'ed set of mods at those specific versions i had up at least worked together without being totally broken (excepting whatever mysterious nightmare bug is affecting vay), and sidelines have managed to get that list of 74 up to 100 through use of idresolver. having a hard time convincing myself to keep the ue modset in(again thanks for the tip on basic components kirindave) due to seeming general performance and instability(well, and their wiki isn't much more than nei with fluff, and frequently less).