Installation InstructionsWe currently provide two ways of installation: MultiMC and Vanilla Launcher.
Fabric itself is BTW-version agnostic and compatible with the vast majority of all currently existing addons. It has been tested to work even with 4.BX versions. This guide will also install the BTW CE version.
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MultiMC
Vanilla Launcher
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Installation is done via importing a MultiMC instance. The instance does not always have the most up-to-date BTW: CE version installed, which is often required for up-to-date addons to work. See Updating BTW for that, after the MultiMC instance is imported.
You are now able to launch the instance! It will only have BTW and our Fabric fork installed.
Updating BTW
To update BTW, see Step 5 in this guide. Remember to remove the old BTW entry from the list and keep the correct order! Latest BTW: CE for manual update is available here.
- Download the instance here (this is not the same as the BTW release).
- In MultiMC proceed as follows: Select "Add Instance" → "Import from zip" → "Browse" → Select the downloaded instance
- (Optional: Change the name of the instance to your liking)
- Select "OK"
You are now able to launch the instance! It will only have BTW and our Fabric fork installed.
Updating BTW
To update BTW, see Step 5 in this guide. Remember to remove the old BTW entry from the list and keep the correct order! Latest BTW: CE for manual update is available here.
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- Download the installer from here.
Make sure the vanilla launcher is not running and start the installer. Select "Install". - This will now have generated a new profile in the launcher.
- Navigate into .minecraft/, create a "mods" folder or backup and subsequently empty an existing one. Then put this mod into that folder. It should be the only one there (excluding addons).
- Now you can launch the generated profile from the Minecraft Launcher.
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Installation is done with our fork of the fabric installer. Download it from here. You need Java 8 to launch the server!
- Run the downloaded installer
- Select the "Server" tab
- Click on the settings icon in the lower right corner and change the installation location as you wish
- Click "Install", wait for it to finish.
- A new window will appear, click "Download server jar", wait for it to finish. Then click "Generate".
- Click "Done" and exit the installer. Open your installation directory. Then select one of the two following ways to proceed:
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- Perform the usual BTW server installation: Open both BTW-CE and 1.5.2.jar in an archive explorer (7-zip or similar) and copy all files from BTW-CE into 1.5.2.jar, overriding all duplicates.
- Close both archives.
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- Create a "mods" folder if one doesn't exist already.
- Put this mod into it. Done!
- You can now run the server by launching start.bat (or start.sh if you are on Linux). Remember to not do this before or you will get a vanilla world at spawn!
Fabric Addons are installed by putting them into the "mods" folder!
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Most importantly: Why Fabric?
The answer is simple: Fabric is a modern, very non-invasive modloader which includes substantial support for mixins - one of your most important tools when creating Fabric Addons.
Mixins enable easy to use code injection at runtime and have the following benefits:
The answer is simple: Fabric is a modern, very non-invasive modloader which includes substantial support for mixins - one of your most important tools when creating Fabric Addons.
Mixins enable easy to use code injection at runtime and have the following benefits:
- Remove the need for overwriting base classes. Virtually everything is modifiable and addable via mixins.
- Therefore much higher compatibility with other Addons and likely even different BTW versions! (Example: SleepAddon works with versions BTW 4.BX to CE-1.3.10b!)
- If you want to start developing your own Fabric Addons, take a look here.
- We only provide the basic Fabric loader, more specifically: Not the Fabric API (which does not exist for 1.5.2). Please use the Addon (and vanilla MC) API instead.
- In case of any problems, you can most reliably find me on the official Better Than Wolves Discord. Feel free to message me there!
