Stupid dumb question

[Morph33n]

I have set up a server to play with a few buddies. Do they have to run the game via the FTB launcher to get the necessary mods? Are they server side or client side?

 

[Connor Gavitt]

Well going off the fact that this is ftb forums so I only assume you are using ftb so that would entitle using the ftb launcher unless you want to spend days making a pack that is already made that is. And since they are not servers they would be clients.

 

[Morph33n]

Gee. Thanks for not being an ass

I was just making sure my friends needed to download the launcher and that the mods weren't stored on the server.

And since they are not servers they would be clients.

I was referring to the mods...not my friends.

 

[DZCreeper]

I have set up a server to play with a few buddies. Do they have to run the game via the FTB launcher to get the necessary mods? Are they server side or client side?

No. If they are technically competent they could manually download a modpack over HTTP, setup a instance in the vanilla launcher, then move the mods over after installing Forge. It would be much simpler for them to use FTB launcher though.

Both server and all clients need the mods to connect with each other.