Version strategies

How to control what mod version to install

When you tell Pax to add or update a mod, Pax needs to figure out the best version that is both compatible with your modpack, your Minecraft version and your specified loader. Pax has three methods for selecting which version to install: The recommended strategy (default), the stable strategy, and the newest strategy.

When using the ./pax add, ./pax update or ./pax upgrade command, you can select the strategy Pax uses by using the -s or --strategy argument.

For example,

./pax add JEI -s recommended

would install JEI with the recommended strategy, and

./pax update Botania --strategy newest

would update Botania with the newest strategy.

Strategies

• stable: PAX will install/update to the latest release version of this mod for your current modpack version.
• recommended: PAX will install/update to the latest version of this mod for your current modpack version.
  • If your modpack version is 1.16.1, PAX will install the newest version that is compatible with 1.16.1.
• newest: PAX will install/update to the latest version of this mod for the current minor minecraft version.
  • For example, if your modpack version is 1.16.1, PAX may also install versions of your selected mod that only specify 1.16.4 as a working version.
  • Mods installed this way are not guaranteed to work 100%, and are marked with a yellow compability icon in the modlist.