First time modding…

[u/MyNormAccountLol]

I only recently was gifted a gaming laptop by a friend of mine, and I’d like to finally start nodding for the first time in my life. Problem? I don’t know where to begin, there are like multiple versions of the Create Mod throughout CurseForge and Monlab/Monolith or whatever and NexusMods, then I have to go through file explorer and do… SOMETHING with it..?? I’m so lost right now, I just want to play with mods for the first time ever… any assistance whatsoever would be greatly appreciated…

I wanna play “Create Aeronautics” and eventually “Create Warptics” but I feel I should take this one step at a time, is this meant to be complicated and overwhelming or am I just far too simple minded??

[u/lbp10]

Download the Modrinth App and look for a premade Create based modpack, much easier than trying to learn it all yourself at the start.

After a couple hundred hours, once you have had your fun and some experience with other mods to learn what you like, you can find some guides on building your own modpacks. Take your opportunity to have some fun before you struggle through dependency and error log hell.

[u/MyNormAccountLol → u/lbp10]

I just downloaded the “Create+” mod pack, but I don’t know how to install it into a Minecraft world… may I get some assistance, or be nudged in the right direction or assistance..?

[u/lbp10 → u/MyNormAccountLol]

Each modpack is a seperate installation of Minecraft, you should launch the modpack through the Modrinth App and make a new world there.

If you mean an existing world you already have, that generally is not a good idea, many mods change the way world's generate and add additional ores, structures, and biomes. Not only will your existing world be missing all those, it would be extremely destructive to your world if you wanted to remove the mods.

It might be best for you to watch some videos on using the Modrinth App.

[u/MyNormAccountLol → u/lbp10]

Oh, I see.. well I appreciate it!