So i downloaded skyfactory and dragged the file to my minecraft mods folder, tried unzipping it, and tried turning it into a .jar file, I have no idea why it doesn't show up
SkyFactory is a modpack, you'll need a modpack launcher to install it. This can be Twitch for Curseforge, Technic for Technic for example.
Mods go in the mods folder but modpacks are a collection of mods and if its just a zip file with few files in it then I'd assume you got it from Curseforge so best to use Twitch for it as Twitch's launcher not only exports them that way but when importing the modpack it reads from those files in the package and downloads the mods/setups up everything for you and once it's done you hit play.
if you'd like any other help just ask or look for launcher tutorials on Youtube. But for the most part I'd say download/install the launcher, follow the steps and you should be fine (or look to Twitch's website if you need to know where to install Minecraft to through their launcher, add mods and so on).
So i downloaded skyfactory and dragged the file to my minecraft mods folder, tried unzipping it, and tried turning it into a .jar file, I have no idea why it doesn't show up
SkyFactory is a modpack, you'll need a modpack launcher to install it. This can be Twitch for Curseforge, Technic for Technic for example.
Mods go in the mods folder but modpacks are a collection of mods and if its just a zip file with few files in it then I'd assume you got it from Curseforge so best to use Twitch for it as Twitch's launcher not only exports them that way but when importing the modpack it reads from those files in the package and downloads the mods/setups up everything for you and once it's done you hit play.
You can get Twitch's launcher: https://app.twitch.tv/download
if you'd like any other help just ask or look for launcher tutorials on Youtube. But for the most part I'd say download/install the launcher, follow the steps and you should be fine (or look to Twitch's website if you need to know where to install Minecraft to through their launcher, add mods and so on).
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NVM asked for help froma friend and he told me to install Feed The Beast and it works
That works too, as long as you have a modpack launcher and the modpack works on it.
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