FTB question, Noob

[DJHenjin]

Hello, I am a bit of a noob to FTB, and i know from some older FTB videos that the objective is to feed the beast. How do i get to the beast in order to feed it?

 

[EternalDensity]

I thought the beast was a metaphor.

 

[DJHenjin]

older FTB videos on youtube have a box that you have to put certain items into, if this is not that, then i am afraid i downloaded the wrong mod

 

[Chocorate]

older FTB videos on youtube have a box that you have to put certain items into, if this is not that, then i am afraid i downloaded the wrong mod

That was what FTB originated from, it was a special map that was a race between two players to use items from each mod to complete an objective. It is still downloadable via the launcher.
Nowadays, it's just a collection of different mods.

 

[DJHenjin]

so which do i want to DL from the launcher to play the old style?

 

[Silent_007]

If you want to play singleplayer you want "Feed the Beast Retro SSP".
If you want to play multiplayer you want "Feed the Beast Retro SMP".

Keep in mind that these will be 1.2.5 mods, so some things will be a little different from what you're used to if you've been playing the more recent versions of the modpacks.

 

[Freyr]

AFAIK new version of original FTB map is currently build by FTB team... we must just wait to release

 

[Bibble]

The original FTB was an objective-based skyblock map, with progression heavily centred around EE2. These versions can be found in the retro SSP/SMP packs. The current pack is, eventually, intended to be for similar map styles, however the central EE2 mechanic is no more. Slowpoke has said that there will be more maps coming, when EE3 proper is released.

There is the new tournament map available too (I think you need to activate it through the maps section of the launcher), this is intended as a quicker, more intensive version, for tournaments, etc.