Ack I know I will sound like another noob that hasn't read your instructions but seriously I did everything it says,
clean Minecraft 1.5 downloaded, delete Meta-Inf
install minecraftforge-universal-1.5-7.7.0.582.zip, test run, All works, coremods folder created
Place CodeChickenCore 0.8.4.zip and NotEnoughItems 1.5.2.2.zip into coremods
run minecraft, click mods, CodeChickenCore and NEI is not in there
start singleplayer press O and nothing
try another coremod, works fine, shows in mods list and everything.
seriously I don't understand, I opened the zips thinking I forgot to unzip it but neither need it.
What am I doing wrong?
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