1. Download and install the Java JDK [here](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7u9-downloads-1859576.html). Just scroll down.
* Go to `Control Panel\System and Security\System`, and click on `Advanced System Settings` on the left-hand side.
* Click on `Environment Variables`.
* Under `System Variables`, click `New`.
* For `Variable Name`, input `JAVA_HOME`.
* For `Variable Value`, input something similar to `;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_09` exactly as shown to the end.(or wherever your Java JDK installation is), and click `Ok`.
* Scroll down to a variable named `Path`, and double-click on it.
* Append `;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_09\bin` (or wherever your Java JDK installation is \bin), and click `Ok`.
2. Download and Apache Ant [here] (http://ant.apache.org).
* Unzip the files anywhere you want, eg `C:\Program Files (x86)\Ant`.
* Again, go to `Environment Variables` just like you did for the Java JDK.
* Under `System Variables`, click `New`.
* For `Variable Name`, input `ANT_HOME`.
* For `Variable Value`, input `C:\Ant\apache-ant-1.8.4` (or your Ant directory \apache-ant-1.8.4).
* Scroll down to `Path`, and double-click on it.
* Append `;C:\Ant\apache-ant-1.8.4\bin` exactly as shown to the end (or your Ant directory \apache-ant-1.8.4\bin).
3. Download and install Github [here] (http://windows.github.com/).
* Create an account.
* Go back to the Equivalent-Exchange-3 directory [here] (http://github.com/pahimar/Equivalent-Exchange-3).
* Click `Clone to Windows` near the top-left of the page.
* You should see Github flash and `pahimar/Equivalent-Exchange-3` appear. (The local repository defaults to `C:\Users\(username)\Documents\GitHub\Equivalent-Exchange-3`, you can change it if you want but then you have to find it again on Github).
4. Create an empty directory for EE3 development. This directory is refernced as `mcdev` from now on. It can be where you cloned EE3, but it'll be a little messy.
1. Download the latest version of MCP from [here] (http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_Releases) , e.g. mcp723.zip. Install MCP dependencies as listed on the website if neccessary.
2. Inside `mcdev`, create a directory named `mcp` and unzip the MCP .zip file into it.
3. To verify, check if a file name `CHANGELOG` exists inside the `mcp` directory.
4. Get a clean (unmodded!) copy of minecraft's `bin` folder. Currently EE3 runs on 1.4.5 but that might have changed.
5. From your `.minecraft` directory (on Windows, defaults to `%appdata%\.minecraft`), copy the `bin` and the `resources` (I don't think you need resources on Windows 7) directory to the `jars` directory inside `mcp`. (I actually believe Forge's installation might do it for you)
6. Get a clean (unmodded!) copy of `minecraft_server.jar` and also place it into `jars`. (Forge might do this for you)
7. Download the latest forge **source** for Minecraft 1.4.5 and unzip it into `mcp` so that `mcp/forge/install.sh` exists. You need at least Forge 6.4.0, best way is to get it from [here] (http://files.minecraftforge.net/).
8. Execute `install.sh` (Linux and Mac?) or `install.cmd` (Windows), both found in `mcdev/mcp/forge`. On Linux you might have to `chmod +x``install.sh` before you can execute it. On some system configurations you need to execute `install.sh` from within the `forge` directory whereas on others it doesn't matter. Just check the output for error messages to find out what you need to do.
#### Setup EE3 (Some tested for Linux, some for Windows)
1. Inside `mcdev`, create a directory named `source`. If you're doing this from the default clone directory, make two folders: `source` and `Equivalent-Exchange-3`. Copy and paste the original files into `Equivalent-Exchange-3`, and then move that into `source`.
7. Inside `sources\Equivalent-Exchange-3` execute `ant release`. If you've done everything right, `BUILD SUCCESSFUL` is displayed. If not, you probably did something wrong.
8. Go to `mcdev\source\Equivalent-Exchange-3\Releases\1.4.5\pre2` (or whatever you put into `build.properties` for `dir.release`, `release.minecraft.version`, and `release.mod.version`). You should see a .jar named `ee3-universal-pre2.jar` (or whatever you put into `release.mod.version`).