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Introduction

Addons for Backpacked are simply the combination of a carefully constructed resource and data pack. This has many advantages, resource and data packs are already familiar in the community, they are easy to create, can be installed via drag-and-drop, and have been highly documentated. They are also very veristile, allowing you to release them as is, in a mod, or in a modpack as default resources. Backpacked itself uses a built-in resource and data pack to add the backpacks found by default in the mod.

However, Backpacked has taken it a step further and introduced its own special addon pack format, which allows resource and data packs to be merged into a single ZIP file. This has great advantages and will be explained further in the Getting Started section.

Requirements​

  1. Must be using Backpacked 3.0 or above. Prior versions of Backpacked do not have addon support as described in these guides.
  2. A text editor (preferably with syntax highlighting), like Notepad++, Visual Studio Code, or IntelliJ IDEA (if mod developer).
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If your text editor does not have JSON validation, you can use a website like JSONLint to validate your JSON and perform formatting.

Assumptions​

This guide will assume you have experience with the following:

  1. Creating resource or data packs for Minecraft
  2. Basic understanding of the JSON format
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You can continue with this guide even if one or more of these do not apply, but some explanations may be unclear. Below are some resources if you would like to learn more, and will greatly benefit you when creating an addon for Backpacked.

Next Step​

Head over the the Getting Started section to begin creating an addon!