{"id":55587,"date":"2026-06-03T05:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/default-options\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:05:23","slug":"default-options","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/default-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Default Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blay09.net\/files\/brand\/defaultoptions.png\" alt=\"Default Options\" width=\"836\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: flex;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mods.twelveiterations.com\/img\/requires-balm.png\" alt=\"Requires Balm\" width=\"260\" height=\"80\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 26px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mods.twelveiterations.com\/img\/new-patreon.png\" alt=\"Support on Patreon\" width=\"550\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p>This mod can be used by Modpack developers to distribute default options and keybindings without overriding user changes on every modpack update.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of shipping the options.txt directly, you will ship a &#8220;defaultoptions&#8221; folder in your modpack which contains the defaults previously saved through the \/defaultoptions command.<\/p>\n<p>This mod is available for NeoForge, Fabric and Forge. 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