#Minecraft building mod forge install
#Minecraft building mod forge mods

#Minecraft building mod forge mods

Provides an api for downloading mods that isn't crippled by Curseforge's monetization obsession (this makes it easier for third party apps to integrate with them).They have their own modpack format that can be imported by ATLauncher, MultiMC, and Prism Launcher.It's nice to support platforms that prevent one company from having a total monopoly on mod distribution.Much faster and prettier website than Curseforge.

Modrinth is an open source alternative to Curseforge. Page often load slowly and somewhat regularly its just completely down for a few hours.

They have a popular launcher that integrates tightly with their mod and modpack platform.

Your mod will probably reach more players if it can be used in popular modpacks.

Lots of modpacks are developed using the Curseforge platform which only makes it easy to include mods from Curseforge.

If your mod gets a lot of downloads you will earn Curse Points which can be redeemed to paypal.

Include Minecraft specific meta data (version, mod loader, etc) with your uploaded files.

You can upload files but there's no integrated system for marking which minecraft version and mod loader is supported (you can just write it in the description tho).Ĭurseforge has been the most popular website for hosting Minecraft mods for a long time.

Doesn't have special support for minecraft mods.

Don't have to create a new project on a new website if you're already using Github for version control.

It also has 'Github Releases' which lets you upload files and tag them as the release corresponding to a certain commit. Github is a great place to host your mod's code if you want it to be open source. If you want to give players the choice of what distribution platform they prefer, nothing's stopping you from uploading your mods to multiple websites.

#Minecraft building mod forge install

There are many websites that will let you upload your mods and make it easy for players to install them. To install the mod, just drop that jar file in minecraft/mods and launch the game with forge installed. When the task is finished running, your built jar file will be in the build/libs folder. Make sure you use cd to navigate to your mod project folder before running the command.