Mr. Packer

• Disclaimer: This project is not in any capacity involved with Modrinth or the Modrinth team. This is purely a labor of love for the modding community, and the Modrinth platform in particular.

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Mr. Packer (Modrinth Packer, affectionately called "Mister Packer") is a graphical tool that aims to create a cross-platform GUI for modpack development. It's called "Mr. Packer" because of the file format "mrpack" generated by Modrinth's Theseus App when exporting a created modpack, and it's used for packing a bunch of resources together for an enhanced minecraft experience.

TODO

• base functionality
  • add a pack viewer
    • add a mod viewer
      • markdown renderer
      • version selector
    • add a config modifier
      • client config
      • common config
      • server config
    • add a recipe modifier
    • add a datapack viewer
    • add a resourcepack viewer
  • generate separate server and client mrpacks (and a merged mrpack)
  • perform pack validation to look for any incompatibilities, dependency issues, and any other issue that may arise during pack development
  • address incorrect "env" variables for mod files in theseus' generated mrpacks
  • generate changelogs from one version to the next
  • add a mod validator
    • validate 'mods.toml' for forge
      • dependency validator
        • version string validator
    • validate '<???>.<???>' for fabric

Milestones

• get a basic blockout graphic design for Mr. Packer done in figma (WIP)
• design the application state
• design the application messages
• design the application renderer
• design the application update logic