Can anyone help me install a mod for my son on Ubuntu (10.04.)?
I've opened /brent/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar and deleted META.INF and then put the entire contents of the mod my son downloaded (buildcraft) in. All the instructions say that's it. It should be installed.
But when we open up the game nothing is different.
What now? How do we make the mod start doing something? What should it look like with a mod installed?
Any pointers appreciated.
Thanks,
Brent.
(followup question - what's modloader do? Do I need to install that first?)
I'm going to assume that you/he is using Minecraft 1.4.6 or 1.4.7 , otherwise let us know
The thing you did incorrect was placing Buildcraft in the jar ,
and not installing Forge ...
Start by downloading the version of Forge required for your MC and Buildcraft versions
The Forge website is at http://www.minecraft...x.php?board=3.0
Forge is a modding API that most mods are built upon (including Buildcraft ) and it has it'sown built-in modloader.
To install Forge, open the jar and delete the META.INF folder
then drag the contents of the zip file for Forge into the jar and save it.
Now run Minecraft once, this will allow Forge to create the extra folders you need.
When you get to the Single Player / Multi Player selection screen, you can close MC and install Buildcraft.
DO so by placing the entire zip file for buildcraft into the "\Mods\" subfolder.
Don't unzip.
MasterJynx, thanks heaps for your help. I ended up not being able to install Forge. I did a totally fresh install of MC and updated it to 1.4.7, then deletedMETA.INF and copied the contents of the Forge zipfile into /brent/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar. But then it would stick at 0% loading forever. So that didn't end up working. I googled around for a bit and the advice to fix it seemed to be to completely delete the minecraft installation and start from scratch (which is what I did).
I'll have to look at it some other time I guess. I'm kind of stuck now.
MasterJynx, thanks heaps for your help. I ended up not being able to install Forge. I did a totally fresh install of MC and updated it to 1.4.7, then deletedMETA.INF and copied the contents of the Forge zipfile into /brent/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar. But then it would stick at 0% loading forever. So that didn't end up working. I googled around for a bit and the advice to fix it seemed to be to completely delete the minecraft installation and start from scratch (which is what I did).
I'll have to look at it some other time I guess. I'm kind of stuck now.
In the past, when the game has frozen on that screen (for me), it was because the meta inf file wasn't deleted or the jar
was damaged when installing forge.
Also the newer versions of Forge uses it'd own META-INF folder, you have to delete the original, before installing
Forge, while keeping the one Forge adds, intact.
You can also check to see if the archiver you're using is corrupting the jar, by renaming it as a .zip file and trying to
extract its contents to a new folder.
Any error messages means the archiver is corrupting it.
I checked all the things you mentioned - I think the thing I was doing was dragging the contents directly from the forge jar into the minecraft jar. When I extracted the forge jar, and then added the contents to the minecraft jar in two steps it worked fine.
Just to prove that I'm also trying to solve my own problems - I installed buildcraft but it was hanging at the Mojang screen. I fixed this by googling for a buildcraft that was intended for my MC1.4.7.
Ok. Works now. Son very excited.
Thanks heaps for all your help. I really appreciate it.
Can anyone help me install a mod for my son on Ubuntu (10.04.)?
I've opened /brent/.minecraft/bin/minecraft.jar and deleted META.INF and then put the entire contents of the mod my son downloaded (buildcraft) in. All the instructions say that's it. It should be installed.
But when we open up the game nothing is different.
What now? How do we make the mod start doing something? What should it look like with a mod installed?
Any pointers appreciated.
Thanks,
Brent.
(followup question - what's modloader do? Do I need to install that first?)
The thing you did incorrect was placing Buildcraft in the jar ,
and not installing Forge ...
Start by downloading the version of Forge required for your MC and Buildcraft versions
The Forge website is at http://www.minecraft...x.php?board=3.0
Forge is a modding API that most mods are built upon (including Buildcraft ) and it has it'sown built-in modloader.
To install Forge, open the jar and delete the META.INF folder
then drag the contents of the zip file for Forge into the jar and save it.
Now run Minecraft once, this will allow Forge to create the extra folders you need.
When you get to the Single Player / Multi Player selection screen, you can close MC and install Buildcraft.
DO so by placing the entire zip file for buildcraft into the "\Mods\" subfolder.
Don't unzip.
The game should be playable now.
I'll have to look at it some other time I guess. I'm kind of stuck now.
In the past, when the game has frozen on that screen (for me), it was because the meta inf file wasn't deleted or the jar
was damaged when installing forge.
Also the newer versions of Forge uses it'd own META-INF folder, you have to delete the original, before installing
Forge, while keeping the one Forge adds, intact.
You can also check to see if the archiver you're using is corrupting the jar, by renaming it as a .zip file and trying to
extract its contents to a new folder.
Any error messages means the archiver is corrupting it.
I checked all the things you mentioned - I think the thing I was doing was dragging the contents directly from the forge jar into the minecraft jar. When I extracted the forge jar, and then added the contents to the minecraft jar in two steps it worked fine.
Just to prove that I'm also trying to solve my own problems - I installed buildcraft but it was hanging at the Mojang screen. I fixed this by googling for a buildcraft that was intended for my MC1.4.7.
Ok. Works now. Son very excited.
Thanks heaps for all your help. I really appreciate it.
and happy minecrafting to you and your son