Feed the Beast Launcher Not Curse

Feed The Beast (also known as FTB) is a launcher, community, and large group of modpacks created by the FTB Team. It originated as a custom challenge map that made heavy use of multiple tech mods, developed by a small team led by Slowpoke. It later evolved into into a launcher and many modpacks.

History

Slowpoke's image of "The Beast".

Feed The Beast was originally created as a custom challenge map, developed by a small team led by Slowpoke. It was announced on February 24th, 2012 on the Minecraft Forums ^[1]. The map was a Sky Block map; the player spawned on a small platform in a void world, and must overcome a series of challenges. Using the tech mods in the modpack, these goals would be checked and give rewards automatically.

The map was adapted to allow multiple players to compete against each other in a race to complete the objectives. This version gained large popularity after being live-streamed on Twitch.tv with Direwolf20 competing against Mattabase, both very well known users of the mods included in the map.

After the map was released, the FTB Team decided to simplify the installation of the modpack by creating a launcher to automatically distribute the map, mods and configuration for those interested in playing it.

The map went through various iterations, including the bedrock map - known for the challenge and reward structure made of bedrock. However most players that refer to the "FTB map" mean the pyramid map, known for its large basalt pyramid that included various rooms that listed a set of items the player had to create in order to solve each challenge. That version was then updated to a harder version, known as FTB Insanity, which took many players 50 to even over 100 hours of play time to fully complete.

Slowpoke's FTB mod pack announcement image.

After hearing about many players using the modpack without playing the modpack, Slowpoke announced the creation of a new, general kitchensink modpack on August 13th, 2012 with a post on the Minecraft Forums ^[2].

An important feature of the new modpack was the solicitation of permissions^[3] from the mod developers prior to inclusion of that developer's mods in the FTB modpack, which had previously caused Technic controversy.

The modpack was centered around mods built using Minecraft Forge. It initially focused on mods of a technical theme, such as IndustrialCraft 2, BuildCraft, and RedPower 2, but it expanded to include magic mods like Thaumcraft 3 and Mystcraft.

The initial mod pack was released as a beta in November 2012. It stayed in beta status for some time because of the necessity for mod authors to update their mods to Minecraft version 1.4, where everything became server based. This process proved a long road for a few of the mods that were core to the pack.

Other versions of the FTB modpack were created, including a Lite version, which slimmed down the list of mods to assist new users learn the ins and outs without being overwhelmed. A Magic World version, which focused on mods of a magical nature, was also released.

Many recent FTB modpacks include built-in quests with Hardcore Questing Mode, and some focus on other themes and difficulties. FTB Infinity Evolved contained two modes: a normal mode and an "Expert Mode". In the Expert Mode, several of the recipes of various blocks and items were modified, forcing players to progress through many mods' tech trees in order to progress. FTB Infinity Evolved has sometimes been cited as the most popular Minecraft modpack in history.

The FTB Launcher

The launcher was released during a livestream by Slowpoke101. The number of downloads initially overwhelmed the server, leaving many users frustrated. After resolving the server issues, a beta version was released. A website, feed-the-beast.com, soon followed. The first production release also suffered from the sheer number of downloads, but the issues were shortly resolved.

The main features of the launcher were:

• It automatically downloaded a list of FTB modpacks and approved 3rd party modpacks.
• It automatically downloaded all mod installation files and creation of the minecraft instance.
• It had full distribution support from all developers of the mods included in the pack.
• It had a planned set of config files, assigning unique ids to all mod blocks, preventing overlaps that cause Minecraft to crash and were the frequent bane of users trying to manually install mods.
• It automatically downloaded featured and 3rd party maps, such as the Feed the Beast challenge map.
• It supported downloading of pre-configured server instances, making it very easy for admins to host the mods on a server.
• It automatically downloaded featured and 3rd party texture packs.

Twitch Desktop App

Main article: Twitch Desktop App

After a partnership with Curse, Inc., the FTB Launcher was planned to be replaced with the Curse application, later renamed to the Twitch Desktop App. The Twitch Desktop App allows for easier modpack creation, configuration and usage. However, as the application currently does not support Linux, the FTB Launcher was still supported, but it was considered deprecated.

On October 8 2019, it was publicly announced that the partnership between FTB and Twitch.tv had ended. As a result, on November 1 of that year, FTB planned to pull all of its content (modpacks and mods) from Twitch/CurseForge and migrate to self-hosting it. A revamp of the FTB Launcher was released on 6 April 2020.^[4] Despite the announcement, the content has not yet been pulled from CurseForge

References

1. ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1052619-125-feed-the-beast-insanity-ssp-released/
2. ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1423409-ftb-the-mod-pack/
3. ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1233642-ftb-mod-pack-permissions-thread/
4. ↑ https://reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/df2b0l/on_the_31st_october_2019_the_partnership_between/

"Feed The Beast"

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v · d · e Feed The Beast
1.19 modpacks	FTB One
1.18 modpacks	FTB Plexiglass Mountain Direwolf20 1.18 FTB Chocolate
1.16 modpacks	FTB Endeavour Direwolf20 1.16 Unstable FTB Cotton FTB Academy 1.16 FTB University 1.16 FTB Ultimate: Anniversary Edition
1.15 modpacks	FTB Omnia
1.14 modpacks	Unstable
1.12 modpacks	FTB University FTB Academy FTB Builders Paradise FTB Interactions FTB Sky Odyssey FTB Ultimate Reloaded FTB Stoneblock 2 FTB Sky Adventures FTB Continuum FTB Pyramid Reborn FTB Revelation Feed The Beast Egg Hunt Horizons III Unstable Direwolf20
1.10.2 modpacks	Beyond Direwolf20 HermitPack Infinity Lite SkyFactory 3 Skyfactory Challenges Unstable
1.9.4 modpacks	Unstable
1.8.9 modpacks	Unstable
1.7.10 modpacks	Crackpack Cloud 9 Departed Direwolf20 FTB Horizons: Daybreaker FTBLite 3 Mage Quest MOTM: Botania Infinity Infinity Evolved Skyblock Inventions SkyFactory 2.5 FTB Terra Trident Resurrection PAX Prime 2015 Challenge Unstable Vanilla Plus
1.6.4 modpacks	Direwolf20 FTBLite2 Horizons Magic World 2 Monster Tech World 2
1.5.2 modpacks	Direwolf20 Unhinged Unleashed
1.4.7 modpacks	Direwolf20 FTB Lite FTB Ultimate Magic World MindCrack Pack Pax Challenge Pack Slow's Stream Pack Tech World YogCraft Modpack
1.4.2 modpacks	Feed The Beast Beta Pack A
1.2.5 modpacks	Feed The Beast Retro SMP Feed The Beast Retro SSP
Mods	FTB Industrial Contraptions FTB Quests FTB Structures FTB Sluice FTB Jar Mod FTB Money FTB Chunks FTB Teams FTB Ranks FTB Ultimine FTB Essentials FTB Power Pots FTB Dripper FTB Backups FTB Team Islands FTB Banners FTB Utilities FTB Library FTB Academy Mod FTB Tutorial Mod FTB Guides FTB Tweaks FTB Islands
Bedrock maps	Vampires Mystery Isles Aqua Challenge Dome Disaster Stoneblock Glimmerfrost Tarn
Bedrock skin packs	Steampunk Teens Cyber Hacked Neko Pumpkin Patch Monster High Teens Dune Warriors Vamp Teens Japanese Festival Animal Print Teens Underwater Teens Pirates Virtual Pop Stars
Bedrock misc content	More campfires
Comparisons	1.7.10 modpacks 1.6.4 modpacks 1.5.2 modpacks 1.4.7 modpacks

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