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+GT5-Unofficial
+===
+
+## About
+
+GT5-Unofficial is a decompiled and modified version of GT5.07.07. The goal of the mod is to maintain and extend the end game of GT5.
+
+## Downloads
+
+Builds can be found on the [IC2 Forums](http://forum.industrial-craft.net/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=11488).
+
+## Installation
+
+GT5U requires IndustrialCraft2-experimental. Version 2.2.780-experimental or newer is recommended.
+Forge versions 1428-1480 are known to break multiplayer. 1481 or newer are recommended.
+Place the downloaded jar file into your mods/ folder.
+
+## Issues
+
+Please report any issues you to find the issue tracker on this repository. Include as much information as possible including as version and steps to reproduce.
+
+## Contribution
+
+Please do! However, please take a note of current issues and what is currently being worked on.