Adding metadata

Why add metadata to your MCInstance file?

As you may have seen, the goal of MCInstance files is also to serve as a convenient and small platform to share modpacks on. This means that you can, and should add metadata to your .mcinstance file.

Sure, the mod doesn't use it as of now, but a third party launcher may use it at some point to provide more info for your pack. Things like the modpack name, description, which version to install etc. It takes two minutes and makes your modpack future-proof.

How to do it

Doing so is pretty easy, just create a packconfig file, and name it metadata.packconfig, then place it at your mcinstance's root. Finally, just copy and fill out this template:

[file]
formatVersion = 1 # Don't change this for now, only do if there's a significant format update in the future.

[modloader]
type = forge
version = [Your forge version, ex: 1614]
minecraftVersion = [Your Minecraft version, ex: 1.7.10]

[pack]
name = [Your pack name]
author = [Your name]
description = [A short description, only on one line]
version = [Your pack version]