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More Modding Examples
In this chapter, we will look at other aspects of modding that were not covered in Chapter 10. But first we will discover how to use the Thorium mod that we created so that we can run it without having to use Eclipse.
Releasing a Mod
So far, we have only been using our Thorium mod when running Minecraft from Eclipse rather than our normal Minecraft installation. This is the best way to do this while you are developing your mod, but when it comes time to share the mod with other people, this approach does not work.
Forge mods are distributed as a single Java Archive (JAR) file. This is a type of zip file, and if you have ...
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