MultiMC Workflow

[masonm12]

So I'm about to create my Direwolf20 FTB MultiMC instance, and it made me wonder what sort of workflows other people have come up with to update/rebase newer versions of FTB pack releases. Say for example I make the instance, remove a mod or two, add a mod or two, what's the bestest way to get the new files? Just copy and paste? Or do you create a new instance, apply your different mods/configs/saves on top, and go about your business?

 

[Greyed]

I only import from FTB once per instance. In fact, I have only done it once and that was for 1.4.2. What I do now is the following:

• In MultiMC click on the open mods folder, this is the folder the "modify mods" command on the instance pulls from.
• I keep a folder for each version. So I have 1.4.2, 1.4.5 and 1.4.6 (so far). Open the folder for the version I'm updating, normally the highest.
• If I am just updating by hand, go down the list of files and do a Google search for that name + version. So, for example, "Railcraft 1.4.6". Download & copy
• If I am updating from FTB, open the FTB folder and copy across.
• Open the instance I am updating, select "modify mods", click add, sort by date, multi-select all mods I just downloaded, remove duplicates from the list.

It sounds labor intensive but it really isn't. Takes a good 20 minutes if I am updating all the mods. Less than 2 if I am just looking for a single mod to address a bug with a known fix. I generally don't do it more than once or twice a week. The upside is that I was playing 1.4.5 several weeks ago and was up to 1.4.6 w/RP2 a full day or so before FTB itself released the pack.

The main reason I do this is two fold:

1. Importing from FTB would import the config, which could change IDs. So my rule of thumb is import only once so the configs are sacrosanct.
2. I strip a lot of mods and modify others. I drop all IC2 mods, Factorization, Portal Gun, Steve's Carts, add in Thaumcraft 3, Optifine, Logistics Pipes, BetterSprint/KeySprint, and tweak Railcraft so I get the tanks, un/loaders and not much else.

FTB is a great pack upon which I build my own experience. I really do appreciate the work the FTB crew put into collecting and tweaking these mods. As much as I appreciate the mod authors themselves. Together they all represent the only reason I am playing Minecraft to this day as I had burnt out on Vanilla over a year ago.