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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
+
+### 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](https://scoop.sh/)
+	- 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](https://gitlab.com) 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, 
+		- `Makefile`
+			- Edit this so that you can name your release zips how you want them to
+		- `.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
+
+	- 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
+		- https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/yosbr
+
+- Modpack Users
+	- MultiMC
+		- Add this into your instance settings
+		- `$INST_DIR/update-pack.exe`
+		- ![](https://i.imgur.com/wjBuHYG.png)
+	- Technic
+		- Nothing, your modpack maintainer will use this tool to make new technic releases automatically