Masterzach32 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 You need a dropbox public folder in order to distribute the pack. I don't know how to get one if it already doesn't have it. Check the dropbox website. That's where the modpack needs to go in order to get a public link though. it seems like this was a new feature added to dropbox. you no longer have a public folder. do you know any other places to host the modpack that work?
lukeb28 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I have no clue whats wrong so I'm here to ask for a hand. Heres the pack and I hope that hellps. http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/industrial-age Vanilla runs fine on it and the mods seem to download but the mods don't get installed and the modpack.jar does not show up.
Masterzach32 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I have no clue whats wrong so I'm here to ask for a hand. Heres the pack and I hope that hellps. http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/industrial-age Vanilla runs fine on it and the mods seem to download but the mods don't get installed and the modpack.jar does not show up. i finally fixed the downloading problem, but its still running vanilla, like lukeb28 heres my modpack: http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/factory-craft
lukeb28 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 You made me hope that someone replied with a fix by quoting me...
Darklord6229 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I am also having this issue, I have gone through your tutorial a multitude of times and gone through a couple others. The modpack.jar is a jar file and they are in the correct folder. Zipped together and uploaded to dropbox under the public folder I coppied the link and put it in my mod pack on the Technic site. When I launch it in the launcher it downloads it all but when it runs it is not modded. I know it has to do something with the jar / bin because when I look in the modpack folder the technic launcher makes everything else is there. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36325003/Frostcastpack.zip
PsiCoTix Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I Have two notes I'd Iike to make... I wanna make them so much I signed up for the forums lol So First point: modpack.jar This File can be the jar of ALL mods that you'd normally drop into minecraft.jar ie: you can download the lastest release of forge and save your self a ton of trouble, and just rename the whole package to modpack.jar (Mo Creatures for one has a dependency last i checked that you would drop into minecraft.jar or modpack.jar.. the author is awesome and points this out...) 2nd Point: You MUST have at least one mod in your coremods folder, else it just runs vanilla or buggers up... took me reading this post over and over and over and then magnifying it and then gnawing my leg off after about 3 hours to figure out them two points. feel free to call me a n00b and point out some help file I missed...
Masterzach32 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I Have two notes I'd Iike to make... I wanna make them so much I signed up for the forums lol So First point: modpack.jar This File can be the jar of ALL mods that you'd normally drop into minecraft.jar ie: you can download the lastest release of forge and save your self a ton of trouble, and just rename the whole package to modpack.jar (Mo Creatures for one has a dependency last i checked that you would drop into minecraft.jar or modpack.jar.. the author is awesome and points this out...) 2nd Point: You MUST have at least one mod in your coremods folder, else it just runs vanilla or buggers up... took me reading this post over and over and over and then magnifying it and then gnawing my leg off after about 3 hours to figure out them two points. feel free to call me a n00b and point out some help file I missed... I have 3 mods in my core mods folder and at least 10 in the mods folder.it still doesn't work
Ragnar Homsar Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 i finally fixed the downloading problem, but its still running vanilla, like lukeb28 heres my modpack: http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/factory-craft Here's your problem: Your ZIP has a folder in the root that stores the modpack stuff. Do not do this. The bin, coremods, mods, etc. folders need to be in the root of the ZIP.
Ben_Holy_Land Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 I have no clue whats wrong so I'm here to ask for a hand. Heres the pack and I hope that hellps. http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/industrial-age Vanilla runs fine on it and the mods seem to download but the mods don't get installed and the modpack.jar does not show up. Can you link the direct download link and not the platform link?
Ben_Holy_Land Posted March 5, 2013 Author Posted March 5, 2013 I am also having this issue, I have gone through your tutorial a multitude of times and gone through a couple others. The modpack.jar is a jar file and they are in the correct folder. Zipped together and uploaded to dropbox under the public folder I coppied the link and put it in my mod pack on the Technic site. When I launch it in the launcher it downloads it all but when it runs it is not modded. I know it has to do something with the jar / bin because when I look in the modpack folder the technic launcher makes everything else is there. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36325003/Frostcastpack.zip I just went through your modpack and I can't seem to find any issues. The only thing I might be able to think of is possibly all the configs are messing things up somewhere along the line. Maybe try isolating the problem by removing the configs and try running again.
lukeb28 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Can you link the direct download link and not the platform link? Ya sure. I can't do it right now but I will tonight.
Masterzach32 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Here's your problem: Your ZIP has a folder in the root that stores the modpack stuff. Do not do this. The bin, coremods, mods, etc. folders need to be in the root of the ZIP. omg thank you so much. it finally works!!!!!!! heres my modpack: http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/factory-craft heres my new modpack, Explosivescraft: http://www.technicpack.net/api/modpack/explosives-craft For those of you who find that Platform isn't downloading you pack: Dropbox users: You no longer need a public folder anymore! Just place your modpack in the dropbox folder, and right-click to select share link. This will open your browser to something that will look like this: You want to right click the download button and then click copy link: Then this wil be the link that you put in the platform modpack location: For Mediafire, you want to do the same thing: right click the green download button and click copy link (correct me if im wrong, i dont use Mediafire)
tacoriffic926 Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Do you guys know how to get the mod tab to show?
lukeb28 Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Here's that file directly: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sw251l1fzuqf7az/Industrial%20Age%20Mod%20Pack.zip?m
miniboxer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Here's that file directly: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sw251l1fzuqf7az/Industrial Age Mod Pack.zip?m Your modpack.jar is named modpack.jar.zip, google search how to unhide file extensions.
conradorion Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Curious, do I set it to run with Java SE Binary to change it to .jar? I'm a newbie. Wait, nvm. What if you don't need any configs? Mod edit: Learn to use the edit button.
Ben_Holy_Land Posted March 6, 2013 Author Posted March 6, 2013 Curious, do I set it to run with Java SE Binary to change it to .jar? I'm a newbie. Wait, nvm. What if you don't need any configs? Mod edit: Learn to use the edit button. If you don't need any configs you can just leave the folder empty. Do you guys know how to get the mod tab to show? Are you referring to the mod tab in the minecraft home screen? That will only show if FML is properly installed (which the guide shows you how to do). Mod edit: Learn to use the edit button.
Neowulf Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Guys, post counts don't confer status, respect, or privileges here. So use the edit button before I start warning you for the double/triple posts.
supergameplayer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 Can you use Google Drive? That's what I use.
Ben_Holy_Land Posted March 6, 2013 Author Posted March 6, 2013 Can you use Google Drive? That's what I use. You might be able to if it has an option for the direct download of files. I don't know though for sure. You would have to consult google for that information.
supergameplayer Posted March 6, 2013 Posted March 6, 2013 You might be able to if it has an option for the direct download of files. I don't know though for sure. You would have to consult google for that information. I found a way to get a direct link: https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=no_antivirus&id=0B5MmyF6CM52TWjY3enhkZTVfeWc
lukeb28 Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Fixed that and still loading as vanilla. Here's the file.
Ben_Holy_Land Posted March 7, 2013 Author Posted March 7, 2013 Fixed that and still loading as vanilla. Here's the file. Try wiping your client side and start with a fresh download of the modpack. Sometimes it doesn't overwrite the files properly.
Choxy Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 Fixed that and still loading as vanilla. Here's the file. My files did the same thing but I finally managed to fix it. Do not use dropbox to host your files. It doesn't work 90% of the time to host for the mod packs. The main issue with using Dropbox is that it starts the download via the Technic launcher and it times out only a few KB into it because the Technic launcher doesn't know how to deal with DropBox's download permissions. At least that is my educated guess on it. I do know that it only downloads a few kb of data though and now that I moved it onto my webserver it is running flawlessly.
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