After a few months of work, curse syncing for third party packs is finally here. This will let you maintain a pack through the normal FTB third party system and have it automagically appear on the curse client.
Here are the steps to opt in to this. Create a curse modpack project using
this form. You will need to fill in all the fields, including uploading a square image at least 400x400 pixels. Find the curse project ID in the url. It is just the number part, for example 231835 is the ID for "
http://minecraft.curseforge.com/modpacks/231835-the-hubris-of-magic". Reply to your modpack thread saying your want to opt in to the curse syncing system and give the project ID. You need to either be updating your pack at the same time or have updated your pack in the last two weeks. We will respond when the ID has been added to our system. It may take up to a few hours for your pack to convert the first time, especially if you have a lot of old versions. Future updates should only take 15-20 minutes.
What will be synced:
- All existing modpack versions
- All future modpack versions
- The current recommended version on the launcher will be marked recommended on the client
What will not be synced:
- Images
- Author
- Description
- Mod list in the description (unsupported by curse)
- Server files (unsupported by curse)
If you already have your modpack on the client, you can still use the existing project ID and new versions will simply be added(EDIT: Realized I had that wrong. Old versions on curse will be overwritten by the old versions on FTB. So if you're depending on different versions, this system is not for you). Versions added on the curse side will not sync back to the FTB side.
You must have a public modpack, listed or unlisted, to be eligible. Private modpacks are not currently allowed. In standing with our no profit policy, you may not turn on curse reward points for your project if it goes through this system.
Since this system goes through the normal FTB permission checks, it bypasses the curse permission checks, allowing you to use any mods you can get permission for.
I'm intentionally only posting to this thread for now. I want to test it out for a few days with only the packs from the relatively limited number of people who read this before slamming the system with dozens of packs.
Edit: Since this thread isn't open, feel free to
PM me with any questions