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@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ This plugin was originally coded by StevenLawson (Madgeek1450), with Jerom van d
 Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) if you are interested in developing TotalFreedomMod.
 
 For information on how TotalFreedomMod is licensed, please see [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).
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+### Compiling ###
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+You need Maven to build. You'd also need to set the JDK version to Java 8 as that is the current standard as of now.