Modpacks (short for mod packages, or modification packages) are packages of mods. Over fifteen thousand modpacks for Minecraft currently exist[1], all with various themes. Virtually all modpacks use mods created for the Java Edition.
History
Due to how complex configuring mods to work together was, modpacks were created. One of the earliest modpacks was Technic, which was released in Beta 1.7. After being spotlighted by The Yogscast, it became very popular, and inspired further modpacks as well as the Technic launcher.
Over time, other platforms arose, including Feed The Beast and ATLauncher. Many, perhaps even most, players of modded Minecraft use modpacks rather than downloading and configuring mods manually.
Originally, most modpacks were "kitchen sink" modpacks; they included a number of mods designed to work together, but nothing more. Various modpacks with themes, custom maps, and goals rose over time, such as Feed The Beast Retro, Agrarian Skies, Infinity and Blightfall. Hardcore Questing Mode and similar mods have been frequently used to give modpacks a goal or a storyline.
Permissions
The original Technic modpack and sequel modpacks did not include express permission from the mod authors to redistribute their mods. This later became a problem when SirSengir introduced malicious code to make the Vindictive Bee destroy blocks around it when the mod jar was inside a "technic" folder. Later modpack platforms, including Feed The Beast and ATLauncher, required all modpacks to have permission from all mods inside their modpacks. Due to Curse, Inc. having permission to distribute all mods uploaded to CurseForge, all CurseForge modpacks created through mods hosted on CurseForge automatically have permission.
Although the legal status of modpacks requiring permission to distribute their mods has never been challenged in court, the general consensus is that it is legally required. Because mods are derivative works of Minecraft, Mojang has the right to regulate them[2]. However, they still can be released under licenses that restrict distribution[3]. Additionally, the use of mods without having express permission is generally seen as unethical in the modded community, although mod authors using restrictive licenses is also commonly frowned upon[4][5][6].
List of modpacks
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By letter – A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AbePack • Age of Engineering • Agrarian Skies: Hardcore Quest • All the Mods (modpack) • All the Mods 3: Lite • All the Mods 3 • All the Mods 6 • All the Mods 7 • Ampz Modpack • Arrrg's MineCraft Overhaul • Awakening • Banished • Blightfall • BloodNBones • BronyModPack • Cloud 9 • Compact Claustrophobia • Crackpack • Crash Landing • Create: Astral • DNS Techpack • Departed • Direwolf20 (1.6.4) • Direwolf20 (1.7.10) • Direwolf20 1.10.2 • Direwolf20 1.12 • Direwolf20 1.16 • Direwolf20 1.20 • Direwolf20 1.5 • Direwolf20 Pack • Enigmatica 2 • Explorer's Mystery • FTB Academy • FTB Beyond • FTB Builders Paradise • FTB Continuum • FTB Endeavour • FTB Horizons III • FTB Horizons: Daybreaker • FTB Inferno • FTB Infinity Evolved Skyblock • FTB Infinity Evolved • FTB Infinity Lite 1.10 • FTB Interactions • FTB Lite • FTB Mage Quest • FTB Omnia • FTB One • FTB Pyramid Reborn • FTB Revelation • FTB Sky Adventures • FTB Sky Odyssey • FTB Skyfactory Challenges • FTB Stoneblock 2 • FTB Terra • FTB Ultimate Reloaded • FTB Ultimate • FTB Unhinged • FTB Unleashed • FTBLite 3 • FTBLite2 • Fabulously Optimized • Feed The Beast Beta Pack A • Feed The Beast Egg Hunt • Feed The Beast Retro SMP • Feed The Beast Retro SSP • Fine&Refined • Fire in the Pipe 2 • FoolCraft 3 • FoolCraft • GT New Horizons • Getting Started (FTB Revelation) • Hellworld • HermitPack • Hexxit • Horizons • Hypothermia • Infamy Modern Warfare • Into The Betweenlands • Inventions • Krafted • La Enkoda Pack • Lapito's Galacticraft Modpack • Magic Farm 2 • Magic Farm • Magic World 2 • Magic World • Magicraft • Material Energy^3 • MindCrack Pack • MinecraftEdu • Monster • NOW that's what I call Minecraft! • New World Mod Pack • Omnifactory • Panilla • Pax Challenge Pack • Project Ozone 2: Reloaded • Project Ozone Lite • RLCraft • RPG Immersion Pack • Regrowth • Resonant Rise • Resurrection • Running Red • SkyFactory 2.5 • SkyFactory 2 • SkyFactory 3 • Slow's Stream Pack • Tech World 2 • Tech World • Tekkit 2 • Tekkit Classic • Tekkit Lite • Tekkit • Test Pack Please Ignore • Thaumcraftian Adventures 2 • The Technical Diversity • TolkienCraft II • Trident (modpack) • Unstable 1.7.x • Valhelsia 3 • Vanilla Plus • Volcano Block • VoxelModPack • WikiPack 3 • WikiPack 5 • YogCraft Modpack • Zombe's Modpack
References
- ↑ https://www.technicpack.net/modpacks?page=500 [There are 20 modpacks per page times more than 500 pages, meaning there is more than 10,000 modpacks] plus https://minecraft.curseforge.com/projects [more than 5000 at the current count]
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/1w2v2i/marc_irl_says_the_mojang_eula_forbids_modders_to/ceyhl68/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/3bjvk9/whats_the_deal_with_mods_and_ownership/csmvo68/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/mods-discussion/2219868-no-need-for-permissions-to-make-a-modpack?comment=3
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Ig2v820zwpzKk0sMN7HhIXEW_FS0HrSFcj__oBSlp4
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/3d36if/a_discussion_on_mod_distribution_policies/