Feed The Beast/de

Feed The Beast, auch bekannt als FTB, entstand aus einer Herausforderungskarte für Minecraft welche regen Gebrauch von mehreren Technik Mods machte. Entwickelt von einem Team angeführt von und angekündigt am 24. Februar 2012 im Minecraft Forum, wurde die Karte schnell als eine anspruchsvollere Herausforderungskarte bekannt und inspirierte verschiedene Derivate.

Slowpoke kündigte die Erstellung eines neuen Modpacks am 13. August 2012 mit einem Beitrag im Minecraft Forum an, welche von der Feed the Beast Karte und seinen Mods inspiriert wurde.

Die Karte
Die Karte spielte sich ziemlich ähnlich zu einem Kartentyp, welcher als Sky Block bekannt ist, wo der Spieler in einer leeren Welt auf einer kleinen Plattform starten und eine Serie von Herausforderungen bewältigen musste. Da FTB Technik Mods enthielt, war es möglich verschiedene spezielle Blöcke und Gegenstände zu benutzen, um den Fortschritt der Herausforderungen und des Spielers festhalten, sowie automatisch Auszeichnungen zu vergeben, wenn eine Herausforderung erfüllt wurde.

The map was then 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 vs Mattabase, both very well known users of the mods included in the map.

As the map was released to the public, it became apparent that it was very difficult to distribute the map file, mods, and configuration settings to those interested in playing it. At some point a decision was made to combine all of the mods into an easily distributable pack, as well as create a launcher that would stream-line installation.

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, truly 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.

The FTB Modpacks
A key feature of the new mod pack would be the solicitation of permissions from the mod developers prior to inclusion of that developer's mods in the FTB modpack.

The modpack is centered around mods built on the Minecraft Forge platform. It initially focused on mods of a technical theme, such as, , and. However it then expanded to other genres, such as magic mods like and.

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 version, which slimmed down the list of mods to assist new users learn the ins and outs without being overwhelmed. A version, which focused on mods of a magical nature, was also released.

Recent FTB modpacks include built-in quests with, and some focus on other themes and difficulties.

The FTB Launcher
The launcher was released as alpha during a livestream by Slowpoke101. The number of downloads quickly 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 are:
 * It automatically downloads a list of FTB modpacks and approved 3rd party modpacks.
 * It automatically downloading all mod installation files and creation of the minecraft instance.
 * It has full distribution support from all developers of the mods included in the pack.
 * It has 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 downloading featured and 3rd party maps, such as the Feed the Beast challenge map.
 * It supports downloading of pre-configured server instances, making it very easy for admins to host the mods on a server.
 * It automatically downloading featured and 3rd party texture packs.

CurseVoice
After a partnership with Curse, Inc., the FTB Launcher is being replaced with CurseVoice. It allows for easier modpack creation, configuration and usage, although it is in beta.