You will be prompted to update your client upon launching the game. Added new sounds for the Howler alarm. Fixed the recipe for Trade Booths, and for the Ion Thruster. Updated Additional BuildCraft objects. Updated Applied Energistics. Updated Backpacks Mod, now has a Backpack slot dedicated, backpacks can no longer be worn on the back. Updated BinnieMods. Updated Barrels Mod. Updated Tinker's Construct, now has Slime Islands! Changed a few messages and names for AE.
No he is not. mDiyo is the (original)developer of TinkersConstruct and Natura, only. Biomes o' Plenty is developed by a completely different team (TDWP_FTW, ted80, Amnet, Adubbz)
I should have been clear. The biome generation is similar to mushroom islands, the terrain generation is unique.