modpack

README

modpack

A simple and light mod pack for Fabric users with the bare essentials.

This is a GUI installer that makes it easy to install and update the mods.

Installation

Download the latest version for your platform from here, open it and let it download and install mods. Currently supports Windows 10, macOS and Linux.

Update

This installer supports downloading and updating the mods in your mods folder with the latest versions currently available in the modpack, without removing any mods you added or adding back any mods you removed. Download the latest installer, and you will receive this prompt to update when you press Continue.

For Developers

The ui/ folder contains the webview UI written in React. To build modpack, run yarn build in the ui/ folder to build a JavaScript bundle (after running yarn to install JavaScript dependencies), then run go build -ldflags="-s -w" -v . in the top-level folder to package a Golang executable. On Windows, you may need WebView2Loader.dll and webview.dll (check the .github/workflows/go.yml file).

For convenience when developing, yarn start in the ui/ folder will start the Golang app automatically for you.

Updates

Whenever mods are updated, an entry is made in a mods.json in the zip file for that version of the mod. Upon installing when mods from this pack are already installed, the installer will match the major Minecraft version selected for install with the version of the mods in the mods folder, determined by modsversion.txt. If both belong to the same major Minecraft version, the existing mods will be updated instead by looping through mods.json, finding old mods, and replacing them. If they do not/the folder does not exist, the folder will be renamed to oldmods and a fresh install will occur.

Servers

It is possible to repurpose this mod installer for other packs of your own. The modpack in its current state can be made to use an alternate server to get mod data using the MODS_JSON_URL environment variable, however, it will only be able to use the pre-defined Minecraft versions. You can modify the headers, FAQ and available Minecraft versions fairly easy to create your own spins of the installer with all of its functionality.