diff --git a/NonServerFriendlyMods.txt b/NonServerFriendlyMods.txt
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+DistantHorizons-2.1.2-a-1.20.1-forge-fabric.jar
diff --git a/env.txt b/env.txt
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+# Standalone config. Only read when ../instance.cfg is missing (i.e. not launched
+# by Prism/MultiMC). Delete this file on a Prism-managed instance - the launcher's
+# own instance.cfg and mmc-pack.json take priority and this is ignored.
+[General]
+
+# Shown in the launch banner. Any string.
+name=My Modpack
+
+# Minecraft version. Used to build the Fabric server jar URL.
+MinecraftVersion=1.21.1
+
+# Must be exactly "NeoForge" to get the NeoForge install path.
+# Anything else falls through to the Fabric branch.
+ModloaderName=NeoForge
+
+# Modloader version, NOT the Minecraft version. This builds the NeoForge Maven URL
+# and the libraries/net/neoforged/neoforge/<version>/ argfile path - a wrong value
+# here means a 404 on download, or a "could not find main class" at startup.
+ModloaderVersion=21.1.209
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diff --git a/launchClient.py b/launchClient.py
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+import sys, json, subprocess, configparser, shutil, os, urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# User Variables
+REPO_URL = ""
+BRANCH = "main"
+
+InstanceConfig = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+if Path("../instance.cfg").is_file():
+    # Launched by Prism/MultiMC - read the instance's own metadata
+    InstanceConfig.read("../instance.cfg")
+    with open("../mmc-pack.json", "r") as file:
+        Components = json.load(file)["components"]
+    # ponytail: match on uid, not list index - component order isn't guaranteed
+    Minecraft = next(c for c in Components if c["uid"] == "net.minecraft")
+    Modloader = next(c for c in Components
+                     if c["uid"] != "net.minecraft" and not c.get("dependencyOnly"))
+    MinecraftVersion = Minecraft["version"]
+    ModloaderName = Modloader["cachedName"]
+    ModloaderVersion = Modloader["version"]
+elif Path("env.txt").is_file():
+    # Standalone - same INI format, plus the versions mmc-pack.json would have given us
+    InstanceConfig.read("env.txt")
+    MinecraftVersion = InstanceConfig['General']['MinecraftVersion']
+    ModloaderName = InstanceConfig['General']['ModloaderName']
+    ModloaderVersion = InstanceConfig['General']['ModloaderVersion']
+else:
+    sys.exit("* Found neither ../instance.cfg nor env.txt - cannot identify this instance.")
+
+PackName = InstanceConfig['General']['name']
+
+# Program Variables DO NOT TOUCH
+MINGIT_URL = "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.45.2.windows.1/MinGit-2.45.2-64-bit.zip"
+MINGIT = Path(".mingit/cmd/git.exe")
+
+print("****************************************")
+print(f"* Launching {PackName}")
+print(f"* {MinecraftVersion} / {ModloaderName} {ModloaderVersion}")
+
+# ponytail: check the local MinGit before downloading - which() never sees it, it's not on PATH
+GIT = shutil.which("git") or (str(MINGIT.resolve()) if MINGIT.is_file() else None)
+if GIT is None:
+    if os.name != "nt":
+        sys.exit("* Git not found, please install Git!")
+    print("* Git not found, downloading and installing Git.")
+    urllib.request.urlretrieve(MINGIT_URL, "MinGit.zip")
+    shutil.unpack_archive("MinGit.zip", ".mingit")
+    Path("MinGit.zip").unlink()
+    GIT = str(MINGIT.resolve())
+
+def git(*args):
+    with open("launchClient.log", "a") as log:
+        subprocess.run([GIT, *args], stdout=log, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, check=True)
+
+if Path(".git").is_dir():
+    print("* Detected git repo. Updating Pack!")
+
+    print("* * Fetching changes from upstream")
+    git("fetch", "origin")
+
+    # ponytail: reset straight to the remote - pull-down-only means local history never matters,
+    # and this can't produce a merge conflict the way fetch + merge could
+    print("* * Resetting local to match upstream")
+    git("reset", "--hard", f"origin/{BRANCH}")
+
+    # ponytail: clears leftovers that would block the reset. Respects .gitignore - no -x flag,
+    # so anything the game generates stays put as long as the repo ignores it
+    print("* * Clearing stale untracked pack files")
+    git("clean", "-fd")
+
+    print("* Pack Update Complete!")
+else:
+    print("* No .git folder was found. Installing Pack!")
+
+    print("* * Cloning repo into temp folder")
+    tmp = Path("repo.tmp")
+    git("clone", "--branch", BRANCH, REPO_URL, str(tmp))
+
+    print("* * Copying repo out of temp and into current folder")
+    shutil.copytree(tmp, ".", dirs_exist_ok=True)   # ponytail: merges like robocopy /E; move refuses existing dirs
+    shutil.rmtree(tmp)
+
+    print("* Pack Installation Complete!")
+
+print("****************************************")
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diff --git a/launchServer.py b/launchServer.py
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+import sys, json, subprocess, configparser, shutil, os, platform, urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# User Variables
+MAXRAM = "8G"
+MINRAM = "4G"
+JVMARGS = ""
+REPO_URL = ""
+BRANCH = "main"
+
+InstanceConfig = configparser.ConfigParser()
+
+if Path("../instance.cfg").is_file():
+    # Launched by Prism/MultiMC - read the instance's own metadata
+    InstanceConfig.read("../instance.cfg")
+    with open("../mmc-pack.json", "r") as file:
+        Components = json.load(file)["components"]
+    # ponytail: match on uid, not list index - component order isn't guaranteed
+    Minecraft = next(c for c in Components if c["uid"] == "net.minecraft")
+    Modloader = next(c for c in Components
+                     if c["uid"] != "net.minecraft" and not c.get("dependencyOnly"))
+    MinecraftVersion = Minecraft["version"]
+    ModloaderName = Modloader["cachedName"]
+    ModloaderVersion = Modloader["version"]
+elif Path("env.txt").is_file():
+    # Standalone - same INI format, plus the versions mmc-pack.json would have given us
+    InstanceConfig.read("env.txt")
+    MinecraftVersion = InstanceConfig['General']['MinecraftVersion']
+    ModloaderName = InstanceConfig['General']['ModloaderName']
+    ModloaderVersion = InstanceConfig['General']['ModloaderVersion']
+else:
+    sys.exit("* Found neither ../instance.cfg nor env.txt - cannot identify this instance.")
+
+PackName = InstanceConfig['General']['name']
+
+# Program Variables DO NOT TOUCH
+MINGIT_URL = "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.45.2.windows.1/MinGit-2.45.2-64-bit.zip"
+MINGIT = Path(".mingit/cmd/git.exe")
+
+IS_NEOFORGE = ModloaderName == "NeoForge"
+SERVER_JAR = Path("server-installer.jar")
+# ponytail: version-stamped path - a modloader bump makes this vanish and the install re-runs for free
+ARGS_FILE = Path("libraries/net/neoforged/neoforge", ModloaderVersion,
+                 "win_args.txt" if os.name == "nt" else "unix_args.txt")
+SERVER_JAR_URL = (
+    f"https://maven.neoforged.net/releases/net/neoforged/neoforge/{ModloaderVersion}/neoforge-{ModloaderVersion}-installer.jar"
+    if IS_NEOFORGE else
+    f"https://meta.fabricmc.net/v2/versions/loader/{MinecraftVersion}/{ModloaderVersion}/1.0.1/server/jar"
+)
+
+JAVA_DIR = Path(".Java21")
+JAVA = JAVA_DIR / "bin" / ("java.exe" if os.name == "nt" else "java")
+# ponytail: Adoptium takes os/arch as path segments - build them instead of hardcoding windows/x64
+JAVA_OS = {"Windows": "windows", "Linux": "linux"}[platform.system()]
+JAVA_ARCH = {"AMD64": "x64", "x86_64": "x64"}[platform.machine()]
+JAVA_URL = f"https://api.adoptium.net/v3/binary/latest/21/ga/{JAVA_OS}/{JAVA_ARCH}/jre/hotspot/normal/eclipse"
+JAVA_ARCHIVE = "java.zip" if os.name == "nt" else "java.tar.gz"
+
+print("****************************************")
+print(f"* Launching {PackName} Server")
+print(f"* {MinecraftVersion} / {ModloaderName} {ModloaderVersion}")
+
+# ponytail: check the local MinGit before downloading - which() never sees it, it's not on PATH
+GIT = shutil.which("git") or (str(MINGIT.resolve()) if MINGIT.is_file() else None)
+if GIT is None:
+    if os.name != "nt":
+        sys.exit("* Git not found, please install Git!")
+    print("* Git not found, downloading and installing Git.")
+    urllib.request.urlretrieve(MINGIT_URL, "MinGit.zip")
+    shutil.unpack_archive("MinGit.zip", ".mingit")
+    Path("MinGit.zip").unlink()
+    GIT = str(MINGIT.resolve())
+
+def git(*args):
+    with open("launchServer.log", "a") as log:
+        subprocess.run([GIT, *args], stdout=log, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, check=True)
+
+def AcceptEula():
+    eula = Path("eula.txt")
+    # ponytail: substring check, not a properties parse - the file has one setting
+    if eula.is_file() and "eula=true" in eula.read_text():
+        return
+    eula.write_text("eula=true\n")
+
+if Path(".git").is_dir():
+    print("* Updating Modpack Server from Gitlab")
+
+    print("* * Fetching changes from upstream")
+    git("fetch", "origin")
+
+    print("* * Resetting local to match upstream")
+    git("reset", "--hard", f"origin/{BRANCH}")
+
+    print("* * Clearing stale untracked pack files")
+    git("clean", "-fd")
+
+    print("* Server Update Complete!")
+else:
+    print("* Installing Modpack Server from Gitlab")
+
+    print("* * Cloning repo into temp folder")
+    tmp = Path("repo.tmp")
+    git("clone", "--branch", BRANCH, REPO_URL, str(tmp))
+
+    print("* * Copying repo out of temp and into current folder")
+    shutil.copytree(tmp, ".", dirs_exist_ok=True)   # ponytail: merges like robocopy /E; move refuses existing dirs
+    shutil.rmtree(tmp)
+
+    print("* Server Installation Complete!")
+
+print("****************************************")
+print("* Setting up server runtime")
+
+if not JAVA.is_file():
+    print("* * Downloading Java 21")
+    urllib.request.urlretrieve(JAVA_URL, JAVA_ARCHIVE)
+    print("* * Extracting Java 21")
+    shutil.unpack_archive(JAVA_ARCHIVE)   # ponytail: replaces `tar -xf`, picks zip vs tar.gz by extension
+    Path(JAVA_ARCHIVE).unlink()
+    shutil.move(str(next(Path(".").glob("jdk-*"))), JAVA_DIR)
+
+if IS_NEOFORGE:
+    if not ARGS_FILE.is_file():
+        print(f"* * Downloading {ModloaderName} installer")
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(SERVER_JAR_URL, SERVER_JAR)
+        print(f"* * Installing {ModloaderName} server")
+        subprocess.run([str(JAVA), "-jar", str(SERVER_JAR), "--installServer", "."], check=True)
+    # NeoForge ships an @argfile instead of a runnable jar
+    LoaderArgs = [f"@{ARGS_FILE}"]
+else:
+    if not SERVER_JAR.is_file():
+        print(f"* * Downloading {ModloaderName} server jar")
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(SERVER_JAR_URL, SERVER_JAR)
+    LoaderArgs = ["-jar", str(SERVER_JAR)]
+
+print("* Server runtime ready!")
+
+ModsList = Path("NonServerFriendlyMods.txt")
+if ModsList.is_file():
+    print("****************************************")
+    print("* Removing mods not friendly for servers")
+    for line in ModsList.read_text().splitlines():
+        if line.strip():
+            Path("mods", line.strip()).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    print("* Removed problematic mods")
+
+print("****************************************")
+print("* Starting Modpack Server")
+AcceptEula()
+subprocess.run([str(JAVA), f"-Xms{MINRAM}", f"-Xmx{MAXRAM}", *JVMARGS.split(),
+                *LoaderArgs, "nogui"])
+input("Press Enter to exit...")
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