1.25.8

More bugs squashed!

This versions also brings the availability of our Electron only version of the FTB App for Windows! You can get it from the FTB website.

Added

• CurseForge mods will now have a "CurseForge" badge in the mod details that will take you to the mod page on the CurseForge website

Changed

• All authentication methods now use the ftb:// protocol instead of a local web server. This should improve the reliability of the authentication process
• We now refresh your Minecraft Authentication token if it's within 6 hours of expiring to ensure you can continue to play your instances without interruption
• Improved the wording around the "Instance relocation system" so it is clear that this is a relocation process and not a just a settings value
• Ram will now actually save if you change it via the input box
• Ram values now show the correct ram calculation. Thanks to @bryce-schultz
• Hopefully fixed the app icon not working on linux machines
• Some modpack names breaking the file path due to trailing spaces
• Instances can now be relocated to basically anywhere instead of having safeguards around nested folders
• Java Licenses not linking to their respective Github Pages correctly

1.25.7

Pins and fixes

We're still working hard on getting our Electron only version of the FTB App ready for windows (It's already out for MacOS and Linux) but in the meantime we've got some new features and fixes for you!

Added

• Instance pinning in the Library (Right click and select "Pin" to pin an instance)
• Modpack favourites, you can now add modpacks to your favourites / save for later list to make them easier to find for later
• New and improved instance logs viewer
• You can now filter logs by type (Info, Warn, Error, Debug)
• Auto scrolling should now behave correctly
• We've moved to JetBrains Mono font for better readability
• We've improved the log line colors for better readability

Changed

• Instances are now stored under a system friendly, human readable name in the instances folder instead of being stored under a UUID (Unique Identifier)
• Reworked our MineTogether integration to be more reliable
• Reworked the settings storage to be more reliable
• Reworked the way we handle some credentials to improve security
• Reworked the Overwolf backend to be more reliable
• Updated to Electron 28
• We no longer inject our startup mods for user created packs

Fixed

• Overwolf not being able to relaunch the app after it was closed
• Electron auto updating should now work correctly when updating
• Electron ftb:// protocol should now work on linux correctly
• Forge and Neoforge installer not working for 1.20.4+
• Fixed a few possible memory leak locations

1.6.4

Bug fixes and improvements

Changed

• We've added a lot more logging to the app in general to help us track down issues in the future
• The app log uploader in the app settings has been improved to support for logging locations and include more information

Fixed

• An issue causing the user settings values to read incorrectly causing MineTogether sessions and Instance directories to be interpreted incorrectly
• We've moved over to a new backing library for our internal app communications system. We've already seen great improvements in reliability from the limited testing we've done so far.
• A couple of issues causing install issues
• The app should now properly throw an error when it fails to start an install

1.6.3

Bug fixes and improvements

Added

• The app changelog popup will now show older changelogs when the data is available

Fixed

• Instances not being able to be migrated to different locations... Whoops! Thanks
• Windows not being able to be moved on Linux. Thanks\
• A minor issue causing a scrollbar to be present on app load
• Improved web request timeout code to provide better reliability for slow internet
• We now update your profile data when your Minecraft token is refreshed. Thanks to

1.6.2

Quick hotifx!

Fixed

• Mac & Linux issue causing update issues

1.6.1

Context menus! Bug fixes! More instance settings

Added

• Context menus!
• You can now right click on your instances and the settings icon to open a context menu with some useful options
• We'll be adding more context menus in the future!
• Rewritten the move instance code to be more reliable, safer and provide proper feedback
• Global RAM slider for all new instances in the main app settings instance settings
• You can now set shell arguments for your instances
• This is primarily for advanced users but can be used to set things like application wrappers for Java to run within
• This also has a global setting in the main app's settings
• Packs now have a "Report issues" button that will take you to the issue tracker for that pack if one is available
• Changelog History! You can find this in the settings page under "Info -> Changelogs"

Changed

• We no longer download 0 byte files from the CDN reducing the amount of small files we download. This also fixes some issues with instances failing to install.
• There is now a message that lets you know that the Modloader step of instance creation can take a while
• MacOS and Linux now have a nicer platform name for the app. Instead of "FTBApp" it is now "FTB App"
• Merged app info and app settings into the same options page

Fixed

• An issue not allowing you to downgrade or upgrade instances...
• Modpacks sometimes showing the wrong pack provider

1.6.0

Instance creation, Cloud instances, improved mod management, performance improvements, and more!

Added

• Instance creation 🎉
• You can now create your own instances either from Vanilla or a common Modloader. We currently support Forge, Fabric, and NeoForge
• You can now set your own icon for the instance and can provide a category for the instance
• Cloud instances! ☁️
• Firstly, we'd like to apologize for the delay in getting this working again but we're happy to announce that cloud instances are back!
• You can now sync your instances to the cloud as long as you have a paid Minetogether Plan OR you are a CreeperHost customer
• You can set to sync your instances from the Instance setting page
• Complete instance rewrite
• You can now queue instance installs and this no longer locks up the app whilst they are installing
• Updating packs also no longer locks up the app
• You can now create your own instances!
• Set categories for your instances
• Set your own icon for your instances
• We've greatly improved the load time of the app and modpacks
• We've redesigned the Pack Cards and Pack preview (When you're searching for a pack) design and improved their overall usability
• You can now override an instances ModLoader as well and update it
• Instance locking is now enabled by default
• This locks adding custom mods and changing the ModLoader of the instance but can be unlocked via the instance settings
• News page is now the Blog page and now loads the blog posts from the website in a nicer format
• Custom content
• You can now update mods you have added to an unlocked instance
• You can now toggle mods on and off
• You can now search for updates for mods
• Modpack release channels
• We have introduced Modpack release channels to the app, by default you will only be recommended stable modpack versions but you can either change this on a per pack basis or globally via the settings page or app settings respectively
• And a bunch of other nice to have quality of life improvements, there are too many to list here

Changed

• The settings page has been moved around and tidied up
• We've improved the way we handle web requests which should improve consistency and reliability
• We've dumped a bunch of old code that was no longer used which has reduced the size of the app, a 10MB reduction on all platforms, nothing to be sniffed at!

Fixed

• Changelogs will no longer try and load on CurseForge modpacks as they are not available right now
• Noticeable lag and performance issues when navigating the app and loading data
• MacOS had a tiny 3.2 pixel gap at the bottom of the app... Yes this is the kinda thing we fix 😂
• A bunch of other bugs, crashes, and issues that we've found and fixed
• MacOS and Linux users will no longer redownload the CreeperHost advert every time the ad refreshes. We now cache the advert to reduce bandwidth usage

Removed

• MineTogether chat and friends list has been removed for now
• We're working on a new chat system that will be available in the future. We felt that the current system was not up to the standard we wanted and so we've removed it for now and are working on a new system to replace it
• MineTogether server listings
• Again we're working on a new system that will be available in the future

This update has been a labour of love and we're very excited for it to be released! With every big update we're expecting to see some issues... If you find anything, please report it to our issue tracker or you can try and contact us on our Discord

1.5.15

Hotfix for Mac & Linux

Fixed

• Reverted ARM support from the JRE downloading whilst we work on a fix

1.5.14

Minor fixes

Added

• Improved support for MacOS Arm/Arm systems. When a modpack is installed using an Arm system, if available, an Arm version of Java will be used automatically. This greatly improves performance for Minecraft.

Fixed

• Links within modpack descriptions & changelogs will no longer navigate within the app causing the app to deadlock on a website.

1.5.13

Fixes and improvements

Changed

• Improved logging around authentication to better help debug issues
• Added retry attempts to login which should help with some login issues
• Updated internal DNS fallback ip to our new one (Our DNS is always the last to be used. Your own, then Cloudflare, Google and finally ours)

Fixed

• Spelling of socks5 on the proxy settings page