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+# Modpack Tech Age [techage]
+
+This modpack covers all necessary and useful mods to be able to use techage.
+All mods have the own README.txt. For further information please consult these files.
+
+This modpack includes:
+- techage: The main mod
+- autobahn: Street blocks and slopes with stripes for faster traveling (the only need of bitumen from techage)
+- compost: The garden soil is needed for the TA4 LED Grow Light based flower bed
+- signs_bot: For many automation tasks in TA3/TA4 like farming, mining, and item transportation
+- hyperloop: Used as passenger transportation system in TA4
+- techpack_stairway: Ladders, stairways, and bridges for your machines
+- minecart: Techage transportation system for oil and other items
+- towercrane: Simplifies the building of large techage plants
+- basic_materials: Needed items for many recipes
+- doc: Ingame documentation mod, used for minecart and signs_bot
+- unified_inventory: Player's inventory with crafting guide, bags, and more.
+- tubelib2: Necessary library
+- safer_lua: Necessary library
+- lcdlib: Necessary library
+- datastorage: Necessary library
+
+
+### Techage Manual
+
+All techage manuals (EN/DE) are available ingame (craft the 'TA Construction Board')
+or use the manual on [GitHub](https://github.com/joe7575/techage/wiki).
+
+
+### Licenses
+All mods have their own licenses. See the license files in the subfoldes.
+
+
+### Further Dependencies  
+Required: Minetest Game
+
+