.zip to .jar

Discussion in 'Minecraft Help' started by BurningIce2, May 11, 2014.

  1. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    When I am downloading mods they are often in a .zip file, but in order for them to work in need them in .jar form. Anyone know how to convert .zips in to .jars?

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  2. Z_Millla

    Z_Millla Well-Known Member VIP Creative Architect

    I'd suggest you start using forge mod loader (get the installer/installer-win for 1.7). Basically you just install forge, then put all mods (zip or jar versions, doesn't matter) into your mods folder the minecraft directory. For 1.7 and later you should never have to manually copy over files while installing mods, just drag and drop.
     
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  3. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    Weird... I already use forge but it doesn't load the mods that are in .zip format....

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  4. StephenP67

    StephenP67 Well-Known Member VIP

    As Z_Millla mentioned most mods don't need to be unzipped for Forge, you just place the zips in the mods sub-folder. There are some mods though that are actually multiple mods that may need unzipping. If that is the case it should unzip automatically if you just double-click the file. Zip is a pretty universal format and most systems should be able to handle them natively without the need for additional software. If they don't open you could try right-clicking and select a program from the "open with..." pop out menu.
     
  5. sharqman

    sharqman Well-Known Member VIP

    You're talking about client side mods right? If you open the .zip file and there is a .jar in there just drag it out and use that.
     
  6. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    1.yes, I wanted to download Rei's minimap
    2. In the .zip file there was no .jar file, only .class files

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  7. Rem

    Rem Active Member VIP

    An easier map to download is Zan's minimap. Its a jar file, and works the same way. Just remember to turn off the player and hostile mob radar

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  8. sharqman

    sharqman Well-Known Member VIP

    I just checked and rei's and zan's maps don't look like they've updated in a while, try voxelmap.
     
  9. Rem

    Rem Active Member VIP

    o shoot im using voxelmap xD
     
  10. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    Voxelmap it is then.

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  11. THEdeadRETURNED

    THEdeadRETURNED Active Member VIP

    voxel is zan's :p
     
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  12. SpaceCadetKevin

    SpaceCadetKevin Well-Known Member VIP

    Winrar drag and drop still works fine for me.

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  13. StephenP67

    StephenP67 Well-Known Member VIP

    Sounds like that was the jar file. You could try just renaming it from .zip to .jar as I know you can rename .jar to .zip if you want to extract the contents of the file.
     
  14. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    I tried that but it wouldn't work....

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  15. SkinnedRat

    SkinnedRat New Member

    This is correct. When I've made jar files in the past, I just use the zip on the command line. The file format is exactly the same.
     
  16. BurningIce2

    BurningIce2 Active Member VIP

    Hmm... weird...