As expected, I have no idea what I'm doing, having never used anything beyond normal MC with a few mods. Currently having issues with this step:
From there, you want to download the DIREWOLF20 1.5 V2 (v1.1.3) MODPACK. It has a picture of a dude with a cape on the info screen.
Getting this error in the console window:
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Login complete.
Direwolf20_1_5_2
From Console: java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified
From Console: at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
From Console: at java.io.File.createNewFile(Unknown Source)
From Console: at net.ftb.tools.ModManager.upToDate(ModManager.java:260)
From Console: at net.ftb.tools.ModManager.access$000(ModManager.java:56)
From Console: at net.ftb.tools.ModManager$ModManagerWorker.doInBackground(ModManager.java:70)
From Console: at net.ftb.tools.ModManager$ModManagerWorker.doInBackground(ModManager.java:66)
From Console: at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source)
From Console: at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
From Console: at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
From Console: at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source)
From Console: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
From Console: at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
From Console: at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
dirs mk'd
Loading Jar URLs
Downloading Jars
Connection failed, trying again
Connecting.. Try 2 of 5 for:
http://assets.minecraft.net/1_5_2/minecraft.jar Connection failed, trying again
Connecting.. Try 3 of 5 for:
http://assets.minecraft.net/1_5_2/minecraft.jar Connection failed, trying again
Connecting.. Try 4 of 5 for:
http://assets.minecraft.net/1_5_2/minecraft.jar Connection failed, trying again
Connecting.. Try 5 of 5 for:
http://assets.minecraft.net/1_5_2/minecraft.jar Connection failed, trying again
Download Failed
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