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## Update Pack Template
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This is a template modpack makers can use to easily release their modpack onto multiple platforms.
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currently this template only supports
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- Windows
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- Technic
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- MultiMC
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## About the EXE
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The exe is a tool made by me
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https://github.com/Merith-TK/busybox64.portable
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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
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### How to use this?
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- Modpack Makers
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- 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](https://scoop.sh/)
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- After installing scoop, just run
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- `scoop install busybox git make 7zip`
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- and everything should be there,
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- I reccomend using VSCode to manage your modpack as you have a full visual editor and git manager built in.
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- 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`
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- Dont forget to make a git repo for your modpack, I reccomend using [GitLab](https://gitlab.com) due to its free Large File Support.
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- There are a few files you will need to edit as a maintainer to properly use this tool,
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- `.gitignore`
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- 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)
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- `.minecraft/icon.png`
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- 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
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- Also change the file name for it
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- `instance.cfg`
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- iconKey=icon, change this to whatever you named your modpack icon (excluding file extension)
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- name=Example Modpack, change this to your modpack name
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- `Makefile`
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- Edit this so that you can name your release zips how you want them to
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- 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
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- https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/yosbr
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- Modpack Users
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- MultiMC
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- Add this into your instance settings if not already there
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- `$INST_DIR/update-pack.exe`
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- 
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- Technic
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- Nothing, your modpack maintainer will use this tool to make new technic releases automatically |