Add Contributing and Code Of Conduct guidelines

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code_of_conduct.md

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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to make participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
+level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+  advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+  address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies within all project spaces, and it also applies when
+an individual is representing the project or its community in public spaces.
+Examples of representing a project or community include using an official
+project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting
+as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of
+a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the team lead James Seibel through Discord at `@BackSun#4157`. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
+

contributing.md

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+## Contributing
+
+Thanks for your interest in contributing to Distant Horizons!
+
+Check out the [Core Wiki](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons-core/-/wikis/home) for a rough overview of Distant Horizon's project structure.
+
+
+
+## Submitting a merge request
+
+We love merge requests from everyone.
+
+By sending a merge request, you agree to abide by the Distant Horizons [Contributor Code of Conduct](code_of_conduct.md). \
+Contributions to this project are under the [lesser GPL v3 license](LICENSE.txt) Copyright James Seibel, so please include the [license header](license_header.txt) at the top of any new code files.
+
+1. Fork, then clone the repo: \
+`git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod.git`
+
+2. Set up your dev environment: \
+`./gradlew build`
+
+3. (Optional) Confirm the tests pass: \
+`./gradlew test`
+
+4. (Optional) Confirm the game runs with either Forge or Fabric: \
+`./gradlew forge:runClient` \
+`./gradlew fabric:runClient`
+
+5. Make your change(s). 
+6. Add tests (if appropriate). 
+
+7. Confirm the tests pass \
+`./gradlew test`
+
+8. Confirm the game runs with both Forge **and** Fabric: \
+`./gradlew forge:runClient` \
+`./gradlew fabric:runClient` \
+When running the game, load or generate a world to confirm Distant Horizons initializes correctly.
+
+9. Push to your fork, make sure to include the Core submodule, and submit a [new merge request](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/merge_requests/new).
+
+
+
+## General Guidelines
+
+* Check the existing issue list to verify that a given [bug](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Bug&first_page_size=100), [feature](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Feature&first_page_size=100), or [improvement](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Improvement&first_page_size=100) hasn't already been submitted.
+* Please open an issue if things aren't working as expected.
+* Open a merge request to: fix bugs, fix documentations, improve an existing system, or complete a feature.
+* When contributing:
+  * Put any Minecraft independent code in the [Core](https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/distant-horizons-core) repo when possible.
+  * Comment and format your code so other people can easily understand it.
+