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Hello all! With the new update of 1.6.2, and the new launcher, I cannot find the "bin" folder to get to my "minecraft.jar" file, so I cannot install any mods at all! I tried a mod installer (timber! mod) but that didn't do anything, the mod just showed in a mods folder, and the game behaved like normal If someone could give me precise, descriptive steps to install Minecraft Forge, that would be EPIC! As I have many mods to try out, including one I'm working on now with my colleagues (I'm not coding; I'm building and texturing).

I will make you a skin if you help me (only 1 skin will be made, and I will choose the person who helped me best).

The forge installer doesn't work for you? Or does the Timber mod not work for you? Also, there is no bin folder anymore, it's useless.

Well, I just ran the installer, and there was a mods folder, with the timber mod inside, but there were no indications in the game that it worked (i.e. trees didn't fall down like the mod said etc. and there was no "Mods" option in the menu. I saw that the bin folder was gone, but do you know what its replacement is?

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I saw that the bin folder was gone, but do you know what its replacement is?

Here's what the wiki has to say:

Installation for the new launcher

1. Open the new launcher and make sure the version of Minecraft the mod requires is already installed.
2. Click "Edit Profile" in the launcher, then open the game directory.
3. Go into the subfolder "versions".
4. Rename the folder for the version you require to something else. In this example, rename "1.6.2" to "1.6.2_Modded".
5. Open the 1.6.2_Modded folder.
6. Rename "1.6.2.jar" to "1.6.2_Modded.jar".
7. Rename "1.6.2.json" to "1.6.2_Modded.json".
8. Open "1.6.2_Modded.json" with a text editor and replace "id":"1.6.2" with "id":"1.6.2_Modded", save the file and close it.
9. Open the class files from the mod with an archiver such as WinRAR or 7-Zip and copy-paste the files into 1.6.2_Modded.jar.
10. Delete META-INF.
11. Start the new launcher.
12. Click "Edit Profile"
13. In "Use Version", select "1.6.2_Modded".
14. Click Save Profile.
15. Login and play as normal.

Don't forget, not all mods get put into the JAR file so you would drop them in the mods folder as usual. Also with Forge you don't delete the META-INF, only the files that start with mojang.

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Here's what the wiki has to say:

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Installation for the new launcher

1. Open the new launcher and make sure the version of Minecraft the mod requires is already installed.
2. Click "Edit Profile" in the launcher, then open the game directory.
3. Go into the subfolder "versions".
4. Rename the folder for the version you require to something else. In this example, rename "1.6.2" to "1.6.2_Modded".
5. Open the 1.6.2_Modded folder.
6. Rename "1.6.2.jar" to "1.6.2_Modded.jar".
7. Rename "1.6.2.json" to "1.6.2_Modded.json".
8. Open "1.6.2_Modded.json" with a text editor and replace "id":"1.6.2" with "id":"1.6.2_Modded", save the file and close it.
9. Open the class files from the mod with an archiver such as WinRAR or 7-Zip and copy-paste the files into 1.6.2_Modded.jar.
10. Delete META-INF.
11. Start the new launcher.
12. Click "Edit Profile"
13. In "Use Version", select "1.6.2_Modded".
14. Click Save Profile.
15. Login and play as normal.

Don't forget, not all mods get put into the JAR file so you would drop them in the mods folder as usual. Also with Forge you don't delete the META-INF, only the files that start with mojang.

Thankyou! But one more thing; does Minecraft Forge go into the .jar? Or do I put it somewhere else?

Minecraft Forge has its own installer now but if you choose to use the do-it-yourself version then yes, it goes in the JAR file (1.6.2_Modded.jar if following the example in the wiki).

Thanks guys! I'll leave this thread up for others who might want it.

Can you please help me? I'm so confused. I want to download ferrulo's gun mod and animal bikers mod and I don't know how but then I saw your post. My question is after I opened the "Edit Profile" I can't see the "versions" so what I did is I opened the %appdata% and opened the versions there and there I found the .json file but I can't find the .jar file so I changed the other file (there was only 2 files there).

After changing I can't open the .json file. So how do I open it? do I need to download a text editor?
I don't know what to do Please help me and please answe3r all my questions thankyou.

I really need it fast please. I am creating a world and I want to post it in planetminecraft. If you can help me I may finish it fast thanks.

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Can you please help me? I'm so confused. I want to download ferrulo's gun mod and animal bikers mod and I don't know how but then I saw your post. My question is after I opened the "Edit Profile" I can't see the "versions" so what I did is I opened the %appdata% and opened the versions there and there I found the .json file but I can't find the .jar file so I changed the other file (there was only 2 files there).

After changing I can't open the .json file. So how do I open it? do I need to download a text editor?
I don't know what to do Please help me and please answe3r all my questions thankyou.

I really need it fast please. I am creating a world and I want to post it in planetminecraft. If you can help me I may finish it fast thanks.

There should be a text editor on your computer, what OS are you running?

I'm experiencing this same problem.

I have a similar problem here as well!

I followed the steps 1-15 (and varied with deleting the META-INF, no difference)
but when I hit the "PLAY" Button, it starts over again but won't start the actual game!

The devcon says:

Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
Deleting /Users/jonastraber/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.6.2_Modded/1.6.2_Modded-natives-1375484640835135000

Help would be much appreciated!

I have no idea the only mod I have is mod is optifine so I wouldn't know how to help... Good luck trying to install the mod though!

Hello there. I shall help you. You have to paste your mods into the 1.6.1 folder in the appdata/roaming/.minecraft/versions folder. I hope I have helped. And if I did meet the requirements post me on my profile page. Thank you and I hope I've helped.

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I have a similar problem here as well!

I followed the steps 1-15 (and varied with deleting the META-INF, no difference)
but when I hit the "PLAY" Button, it starts over again but won't start the actual game!

The devcon says:


Help would be much appreciated!

99.9% sure that you shouldnt edit, but copy the 1.6.x folder, then rename the copied one(rename json, id in json, jar and folder)
then paste your mods in there...

Sorry for not replying in a very very long time. My friend taught me and followed all your instructions. What I did was play the user "chartile" instead of playing the user "Forge". Sorry about that,this instruction helped me a lot. Thank you and I'm really sorry.