modpack.json

[JaronZ]

Background

Blocksmith needs a place to store information like the name of the modpack, version of the modpack, but also other information like the mods included and what loader with version the modpack uses. To solve this, we could make use of a json file that contains this information.

Proposal

A json file containing the information of the modpack. This should include at least the following:

• name
• version
• loader
• loader version
• mods

Other ideas could be the following:

• transitive mod replacements
• specifying what mods have what dependencies (useful for when mods don't specify this themselves)
• multi-loader support

This file could look like the following:

{
	"name": "modpack",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"loaders": [
		{
			"name": "neoforge",
			"version": "21.1.200",
			"primary": true
		},
		{
			"name": "fabric",
			"version": "..."
		}
	],
	"mods": ...,
	...
}

Motivation

No response

Stage

• Draft
• Proposal
• Ready
• In Progress
• Implemented