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Update Pack Template

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

  • Windows
    • Technic
    • MultiMC

About the EXE

The exe is a tool made by me https://github.com/Merith-TK/busybox64.portable

it downloads and runs a prebuild busybox.exe to perform tasks, this updating modpack template is an example of what my tool is capable of

How to use this?

  • Modpack Makers

    • Well first your going to need to install busybox, git, 7zip, and make on your computer, I personally reccomend getting all of these through Scoop

    • After installing scoop, just run

      • scoop install busybox git make 7zip
      • and everything should be there,

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

    • TO build a release, you simply need to open a terminal, (git-bash, cmd, or even powershell) inside the modpack folder, and run make <insert release>, for example, make technic will make a technic release zip, and running it again will modify it so it doesnt have issues with having to make a new file share link, same with multimc

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

    • There are a few files you will need to edit as a maintainer to properly use this tool,

      • .gitignore
        • Your modpack will create files that can and most likely will create issues with the updater, input the filepaths you wish for the updater to ignore, (usually files/folders that do not need to be bundled as they will be automatically created)
      • .minecraft/icon.png
        • This is your Modpack Icon, please change it, you may alter this one if you do not have one made specifically for you, the image is a 32x32 pixel image scaled up to 1024x1024
        • Also change the file name for it
      • instance.cfg
        • iconKey=icon, change this to whatever you named your modpack icon (excluding file extension)
        • name=Example Modpack, change this to your modpack name
      • Makefile
        • Edit this so that you can name your release zips how you want them to

    • I highly suggest using this mod or simular to push custom configs as players may make changes to their settings which will break the updater

  • Modpack Users

    • MultiMC
      • Add this into your instance settings if not already there
      • $INST_DIR/update-pack.exe
    • Technic
      • Nothing, your modpack maintainer will use this tool to make new technic releases automatically