Here's (hopefully) the last update before 3.0.

New features

• Added support for HTTP proxies, this might fix issues with VPNs getting ignored (courtesy of @GlodBlock)
• Added an option to ignore the HTTPS certificate check, for launchers which may break the certificates list somehow (courtesy of @DrParadox7)

Feature changes and fixes

• Reworked the retry system for failed downloads, now allows a configurable amount of retries.

Technical changes

• A few changes and cleanups in the codebase
• Bumped version number to 2.7

Here is a small update before 3.0 to fix compatibility issues with custom main menus from mods.

Feature changes and fixes

• Fixed the mod not working with certain mods loaded
• Rewrote the main menu GUI detection code to be cleaner and more stable
• Removed the gui class path config (since it's no longer needed)

Technical changes

• Refactored some code internally to prepare for 3.0
• Bumped the version number to 2.6
• Updated the Zip4J library to 2.11.5

Here is a surprise update before christmas :D Most of the additions were done by @DrParadox7 on Github via a pull request.

Feature changes and fixes

• Added sided overrides, you can now create a client-overrides or a server-overrides folder that contains files to override only when on a specific side. (This feature was initially planned for 3.0)
• The server will now shutdown correctly after the mcinstance file has been installed or when the installation has failed.
• Fixed the mod deleting subfolders in the mods folder, as it thought those were always empty.
• Reworked the logs when on a server, servers now clearly see when a mod gets downloaded and that the server restarts and doesn't crash.

Technical changes

• Bumped the version number to 2.5
• IOExceptions from the WebHelper class will also print their stack trace
• IOExceptions from the FileHelper class won't get printed twice anymore

Feature changes and fixes

• The info screen no longer can be exited of by pressing escape (the timer would've caused issues anyways)
• Fixed the mod overwriting folders (and deleting the files it could)
• Fixed the mod adding resources from the wrong side to the download list
• Fixed the mod not using the URL given by the curseforge API if the generated URL is invalid.
• Fixed the mod not ignoring invalid properties in the optional.packconfig file.

Technical changes

• The FileHelper.copy method will now overwrite an existing file with a 0-byte file instead of trying to delete it
• The FileHelper class will now try to use its own methods in more places.
• The PackConfigParser.parseResources method will not return resources that shouldn't be downloaded on the current side anymore
• The parsing of the side property for resources has been redone to accomodate the change above.
• Bumped the version number to 2.4

Feature changes and fixes

• Fixed a crash that happened when the config directory wasn't created.
• Fixed an infinite recursion that happened when an IOException occured when downloading a file.

Technical changes

• IOExceptions that happen from a method in the FileHelper class will now print their stacktrace in the game's logs
• Bumped the version number to 2.3