MultiMC
Global recourse packs
Role
I play with many instances, all with the same recourse pack
Suggestion
I would like to have a folder, that automatically copies a file into every (new) instance, that is created.
Benefit
To make the time from clicking "new instance" to having a fully playable and personalized instance
This suggestion is unique
- [X] I have searched the issue tracker and did not find an issue describing my suggestion, especially not one that has been rejected.
Edit: spelling
Adding to this, instead of copying the file over it can use symlinks which will reduce redundant file size and disk usage for the copying operations.
use symlinks
MultiMC is a portable application.
Furthermore on windows to create a symlink requires the use of elevated permissions on an OS where symlinking is known to be ...unstable at best.
No.
Furthermore on windows to create a symlink requires the use of elevated permissions Oof. That would not be good for a Minecraft launcher, and may take away potential users
You are right, I didn't take portability and other operating systems into account. I'm not sure how copying symlinks works but it would be nice if the end user could put a symlink instead resource pack and get the behavior I described, without drawbacks for other users.
What about instead of using symlinks or copying the files over, could you not just redirect Minecraft to use a "global resoucepacks" folder outside of the "instances" folder? I mean like similar to the official Launcher where you can select your on repository for the installation. Wouldn't it be possible to do just that, but split it up into the seperate folders like "resourcepacks", "saves", etc, so you can assign one resourcepacks folder to all of your instances, that is, if you want of couse, I'd keep the current system and just make it optional.
