This gives you the ability to get the best out of two great Mods. Minecraft Forge is a great step forward for Minecraft players and Mod developers because we know if we use Minecraft Forge everything will work smoothly. For example if two Mods have added the item oil to the game Minecraft Forge will recognise both of the items as the same item and forge or merge them together.
There’s a list on the forum of what Mods work together, and im sure the list will continue to grow.
How to Install Minecraft Forge API for Minecraft 1.4.2:
- Download Minecraft Forge API
- Open your minecraft.jar
- Drag the ModLoader files over
- Delete META INF
- Drag over forge files
- Now Minecraft forge is installed you can install some of there compatible mods together for example better than wolves mod and buildcraft.