thanks for reply
I have decided to just build it from the ground up rather than use the tekkit install. Its not that difficult and I think it would help people if the guide went in that direction, rather than using an existing modpack, but that is my opinion.
Also I have a suggestion for the hosting part, which is where I became incredibly frustrated, as I thought you just put the mods zip url straight into the launcher, and kept getting the invalid url message. After trying like 10 different hosts, and reading google for a few hours I finally worked it out.
something along the lines of:
- go to http://www.technicpack.net/ and make an account, or login if you have an existing account
- click 'dashboard' link in the top right of the page
- click 'create a new modpack'
- give it a name and choose version of minecraft you are using
- click hidden if you are testing the modpack, you can publish it at any time later
- click on dashboard link again
- click on 'my modpacks' and click on modpack you just created
- to the right of 'platform url' box click 'edit'
- put the link to your modpack's zip file (must be a direct download ie dropbox)
- click 'save modpack' at the bottom right of the page
- click dashboard again, my modpacks again, and your modpack again
- this will give you the platform URL which will be something like: http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/yourpackname
- in the techinc launcher go to 'add new pack' and paste this URL into the box that pops up
- it should now download and install your modpack to your technic folder
- friends can help test your pack with just this URL
thanks for the guide anyway luke, it was a great help for a first timer like myself, even though I did get pretty confused at these points I have mentioned.
edit: also you may want to edit out the " in the ID error section