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Workflow to manage Minecraft Curseforge modpacks
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Required apps

  1. Git or Github Desktop
  2. ModpackUploader
  3. Cat-Downloader-Legacy
  4. Cat-Downloader-Legacy_Setup

Curseforge

  1. Create custom instance in the Curseforge App
  2. Add mods
  3. Test compatibility of added mods

Add automation stuff

  1. create automation folder in %HOMEPATH%/curseforge/minecraft/Instances/<modpackname>
  2. Extract ModpackUploader in %HOMEPATH%/curseforge/minecraft/Instances/<modpackname>/automation
  3. Fill in the settings.ps1 file with your modpack information and change $INSTANCE_ROOT value to ("$PSScriptRoot/.." | Resolve-Path)
  4. Fill in the secrets.ps1 file with your CurseForge Upload API Token.
  5. Run the modpack-uploader.ps1 when you're ready to upload your modpack to Curseforge
  6. update Curseforge Instance through the launcher (minecraftinstance.json will be updated)

Git workflow (windows)

(create a blank repo in Github)

  cd %HOMEPATH%/curseforge/minecraft/Instances/<modpackname>
  git init .

edit .gitignore (e.g. https://github.com/adamico/mechanical-mastery-plus/blob/main/.gitignore)

  git add .
  git commit -m "initial commit"

Collab and beta testing without using CF

  1. copy Cat-Downloader-Legacy and Cat-Downloader-Legacy_Setup.bat in %HOMEPATH%/curseforge/minecraft/Instances/<modpackname>/automation
  2. rename Cat-Downloader-Legacy-.jar to Cat-Downloader-Legacy.jar
  3. launch Cat-Downloader-Legacy_Setup.bat
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