modpack-template/README.md

Update Pack Template

This is a template modpack makers can use to easily release their modpack onto multiple platforms. currently this template only supports

• Curseforge
  • Please note recent API changes to curseforge have broken support for most mods from curseforge in the other three formats
  • Multi/PolyMC requires users to download mods manually
  • Technc requires modpack makers to download mods manually
  • Modrinth just doesnt support it at all
• Multi/PolyMC
• Technic
• Modrinth

How to use this?

• Modpack Makers

  • Well first your going to need to install busybox, git, go 7zip, and make on your computer,

  • On Windows I personally reccomend getting all of these through Scoop

    • After installing scoop, just run
      • scoop install busybox git go make 7zip

  • On Linux,

    • Ubuntu/Debian
      • sudo apt install git p7zip make
      • golang needs the latest release, which is unfortunately not in the repos, please manually install it, there are plenty of guides online for this
    • Arch
      • please use an AUR helper such as yay
      • yay -Syu git go p7zip make

  • after you install go, run this command to install packwiz

    • go install github.com/packwiz/packwiz@latest

  • I reccomend using VSCode to manage your modpack as you have a full visual editor and git manager built in.

  • to add mods, run packwiz <curseforge or modrinth> install <modid>

    • for sodium from curseforge, packwiz cf install sodium

  • to make a release, run make multimc or make technic

  • Dont forget to make a git repo for your modpack, I reccomend using GitLab due to its free Large File Support.

    • or a place to host the packwiz-data folder!

• Modpack Users

  • MultiMC
    • Use Java 17, MC 1.16.5 runs just fine on forge AND fabric on java 17