server -> client mod propagation

[Juanitierno]

Hello!

I believe many server-owners are limited in disabling mods because doing so require client-changes too.
A server CAN disable a mod, but then the clients will still see it in NEI, and will have the wrong recipes for example.

For example if on an ultimate server greg was disabled, players would be at a loss on how to craft stuff because all the greg stuff would still show up, MPS would still (for their NEI) expect greg stuff, machine blocks would require plates (latest versions) etc.

Is there a way to propagate server mod preferences to the clients?
So if i set up an ultimate server and disable a certain mod, the clients dont need the knoweledge on how to do the same thing?

I realize you cant allow a server to ADD mods (mods are arbitrary java code after all, that in many many cases run with full access), but it would be cool if disabling or changing configs for a mod could propagate to any client based on the same modpack.

 

[Hydra]

The easiest way is to create a multi-MC setup and just let users download those. No real 'configuring' on their part. It's really sad that the FTB launcher still does not provide a way to distribute config packs for your server.

 

[Juanitierno]

yeah, im aware of that option, but still, kinda defeats the purpose of the standar launcher

 

[Golrith]

It's a shame that MC has to load all it's resources first, before you connect to a server. Otherwise the server could tell the client what mods to load to be able to connect, and provide the configs for said mods. If a user doesn't have these mods in their mod library, then they have to go download them. Even fancier, if there was an official mod library that MC could connect to, it would download the mods automatically.

 

[Hydra]

It's a shame that MC has to load all it's resources first, before you connect to a server. Otherwise the server could tell the client what mods to load to be able to connect, and provide the configs for said mods. If a user doesn't have these mods in their mod library, then they have to go download them. Even fancier, if there was an official mod library that MC could connect to, it would download the mods automatically.

That would cause a nice shitstorm

 

[PeggleFrank]

That would cause a nice shitstorm

Unless it downloaded from the modder's download page.

 

[Neecro]

Unless it downloaded from the modder's download page.

And manually

 

[Bibble]

One thing that would be nice (if mc supported it) would be loading straight into a server, so you put the server details into the launcher, it queries forge on the server, downloads the appropriate pack and configs, boots it, and logs you in automatically.

Failing that, I wonder whether it might be worth replacing the "private pack" code with a server address option (possibly also auto-adding the server into the server list).

As far as I know, the private pack option does pretty much what you're looking for, but is "non-standard", and requires some work on the server-owners part.

 

[Juanitierno]

Just out of curiosity, whats the procedure to get a private pack added?

is it something everyone can do, or we need to get someone in the FTB team to build it for us?