I am in the process of setting up a Feed The Beast (FTB) server, and in doing so I am required to choose which edition of the pack I want to use. The FTB site has a comparison page, and from that I've assembled a quick comparison between the Direwolf20 and MindCrack packs (the two that seemed most interesting to me).
First, the mods included in both packs:
Now the mods only included in the MindCrack pack:
* Extra Bees is due to be added to the Direwolf20 pack in v5.
** Twilight Forest is due to be added to the Direwolf20 pack in v5.
*** XyCraft is not listed for the Direwolf20 pack on the comparison page, but is listed on the wiki page for the pack itself.
The mods only included in the Direwolf20 pack:
And (for completeness) the mods mentioned on the page but included in neither:
* Minecraft Forge is not listed for the DireWolf20 pack on the comparison page, but is listed in the pack's forum thread.
Is this enough information to figure out which is the best FTB modpack? Probably not, as it depends entirely on your definition of "best", but hopefully someone will find reading these tables a little easier than scrolling up and down the big comparison list on the site.
First, the mods included in both packs:
| Buildcraft 3 | Thermal Expansion | Chickenbones Core |
| ChickenChunks | Ender Storage | Not Enough Items |
| Wireless Redstone CBE | ComputerCraft | MiscPeripherals |
| ExtrabiomesXL | Factorization | Forestry |
| IndustrialCraft 2 | GraviSuite | MFFS |
| Nuclear Control | Inventory Tweaks | Iron Chests |
| Obsidian Pressure Plates | OmniTools | Portal Gun |
| Railcraft | RedPower 2 | Rei's Minimap |
| Soul Shards | Steve's Carts 2 | Thaumcraft 3 |
Now the mods only included in the MindCrack pack:
| Extra Bees * | Advanced Machines | Advanced Solar Panels |
| GregTech | Petrogen | Traincraft |
| Twilight Forest ** | VoxelMenu | XyCraft *** |
** Twilight Forest is due to be added to the Direwolf20 pack in v5.
*** XyCraft is not listed for the Direwolf20 pack on the comparison page, but is listed on the wiki page for the pack itself.
The mods only included in the Direwolf20 pack:
| NEI Plugins | Equivalent Exchange 3 | Gravity Gun |
| Compact Solars | Mystcraft |
And (for completeness) the mods mentioned on the page but included in neither:
| Forge IRC | Logistics Pipes | Minecraft Forge * |
| Music Box | YUNoMakeGoodMap |
Is this enough information to figure out which is the best FTB modpack? Probably not, as it depends entirely on your definition of "best", but hopefully someone will find reading these tables a little easier than scrolling up and down the big comparison list on the site.
