Hi, everyone. It is really nice of people to volunteer their time here, and I appreciate your being here.
I enjoy helping other people too, but first I have to learn a lot more, though. My head is spinning from TMI on this whole subject, and the more I try to "help myself", the more messed up my installing gets.
OK, after playing vanilla and learning a lot about client/player, I am taking the next step of playing modded. I have done this with elder scrolls games, and had a lot of fun. I am finding it hard to figure out what to do with MC though. I have been all over the Internet for a couple days and downloaded a bunch of stuff and moved files around and changed paths, etc. followed steps carefully and then installed the first mod I wanted to try (Not Enough Items) and it is just not working. The mod is not appearing at all in my launch screen.
So technically, I am still running vanilla and am not playing modded yet. I can't get there. I am inbetween the two. Which is why I am posting here and not over there i modded...? (should I be?) o_0
I was running Minecraft 1.7.9. and downloaded Forge 1.7.0_60 (I have Windows Vista 64 bit)? I think I have to run a legacy version of Minecraft in order to use the Forge? Tried to do that (1.6.2), still not working?
Should I delete everything Minecraft except for saves file with my personal stuff in it and start fresh with fresh installs of both Minecraft and MCForge? If so, then which ones work together? Where do you download them from and what are the files names and how to install? Should I reverse the change I made to the Environment Variable Path (Minecraft Forge Installation/Source page on Internet)?
Please don't point me to FAQs. I have read a hundred of them. I am so lost it isn't funny, at this point, and need some serious help. I just want to play modded, real simple to start with, and I think I have gone way too far in adding/changing things on my PC trying to get there. Hoping for some guidance here.
Yikes. You messed up a lot. Download Forge 1.7.2 (whatever version) Installer. This makes a everything a whole lot easier. Then run this installer and press ok. Now create a new profile in the launcher and scroll down the versions until you see the Forge version. Use it. Save, and then run it. Now, go to your mods folder in the directory you specified, and drop Not Enough Items in and its coremod CodeChickenCore. Make sure both are 1.7.2 versions. You should have both installed when you run Forge.
Thank you for your answer! Should I just delete the whole .minecraft folder except for the saved games (which I have backed up elsewhere), reverse stuff I did already, and start clean with no Minecraft stuff at all on my PC? Or follow these steps on top of what I have already done?
Yikes. You messed up a lot. Download Forge 1.7.2 (whatever version) Installer. This makes a everything a whole lot easier. Then run this installer and press ok. Now create a new profile in the launcher and scroll down the versions until you see the Forge version. Use it. Save, and then run it. Now, go to your mods folder in the directory you specified, and drop Not Enough Items in and its coremod CodeChickenCore. Make sure both are 1.7.2 versions. You should have both installed when you run Forge.
OK, deleted Minecraft folder except for saves. Created new profile etc. Did all that as you suggested above. Now it is saying there is a problem with Java JRE (which I had mucked with previously because the Forge instructions page said to do this). Version 7 JPK. Changed user permissions and all for that, so it's not that....wow, Elder Scrolls was so, so easy to mod, compared to this! Further ideas, anyone? Can't believe it's this hard, but there is so much stuff all over the Net, pointing this way and that. You don't know what is valid and applies to your case, and what isn't.
OK, deleted Minecraft folder except for saves. Created new profile etc. Did all that as you suggested above. Now it is saying there is a problem with Java JRE (which I had mucked with previously because the Forge instructions page said to do this). Version 7 JPK. Changed user permissions and all for that, so it's not that....wow, Elder Scrolls was so, so easy to mod, compared to this! Further ideas, anyone? Can't believe it's this hard, but there is so much stuff all over the Net, pointing this way and that. You don't know what is valid and applies to your case, and what isn't.
You can also use MultiMC, which you can use to add in all the mods and install forge with single clicks. http://multimc.org/
And there are several modded minecraft launchers you can use that have pre made modpacks on them such as the ATLauncher, FTB Launcher, and the Technic launcher.
You can also use MultiMC, which you can use to add in all the mods and install forge with single clicks. http://multimc.org/
And there are several modded minecraft launchers you can use that have pre made modpacks on them such as the ATLauncher, FTB Launcher, and the Technic launcher.
Thanks. I will try that. If the problem is no longer with the launchers or Forge, but with my JPK 7 installation on my PC per se, which I had wreaked before ;P what do you suggest? Does anyone know anything about fixing Java? Was it my modification of the path or the version itself that was a problem?
Thanks. I will try that. If the problem is no longer with the launchers or Forge, but with my JPK 7 installation on my PC per se, which I had wreaked before ;P what do you suggest? Does anyone know anything about fixing Java? Was it my modification of the path or the version itself that was a problem?
You can just uninstall Java completely and reinstall. Make sure you install the 64 bit version.
Thanks. I will try that. If the problem is no longer with the launchers or Forge, but with my JPK 7 installation on my PC per se, which I had wreaked before ;P what do you suggest? Does anyone know anything about fixing Java? Was it my modification of the path or the version itself that was a problem?
Thanksthanks thanks - what I did was delete/replace my Java installation but only the JRE. Managed to install launcher and choose Strawberry Vanilla which had the NEI 1.7.2. along with other cool stuff. Let's see what happens now. Installing...
I enjoy helping other people too, but first I have to learn a lot more, though.
OK, after playing vanilla and learning a lot about client/player, I am taking the next step of playing modded. I have done this with elder scrolls games, and had a lot of fun. I am finding it hard to figure out what to do with MC though. I have been all over the Internet for a couple days and downloaded a bunch of stuff and moved files around and changed paths, etc. followed steps carefully and then installed the first mod I wanted to try (Not Enough Items) and it is just not working. The mod is not appearing at all in my launch screen.
So technically, I am still running vanilla and am not playing modded yet. I can't get there. I am inbetween the two. Which is why I am posting here and not over there i modded...? (should I be?) o_0
I was running Minecraft 1.7.9. and downloaded Forge 1.7.0_60 (I have Windows Vista 64 bit)? I think I have to run a legacy version of Minecraft in order to use the Forge? Tried to do that (1.6.2), still not working?
Should I delete everything Minecraft except for saves file with my personal stuff in it and start fresh with fresh installs of both Minecraft and MCForge? If so, then which ones work together? Where do you download them from and what are the files names and how to install? Should I reverse the change I made to the Environment Variable Path (Minecraft Forge Installation/Source page on Internet)?
Please don't point me to FAQs. I have read a hundred of them. I am so lost it isn't funny, at this point, and need some serious help. I just want to play modded, real simple to start with, and I think I have gone way too far in adding/changing things on my PC trying to get there. Hoping for some guidance here.
Thanks a lot.
OK, deleted Minecraft folder except for saves. Created new profile etc. Did all that as you suggested above. Now it is saying there is a problem with Java JRE (which I had mucked with previously because the Forge instructions page said to do this). Version 7 JPK. Changed user permissions and all for that, so it's not that....wow, Elder Scrolls was so, so easy to mod, compared to this! Further ideas, anyone? Can't believe it's this hard, but there is so much stuff all over the Net, pointing this way and that. You don't know what is valid and applies to your case, and what isn't.
You can also use MultiMC, which you can use to add in all the mods and install forge with single clicks. http://multimc.org/
And there are several modded minecraft launchers you can use that have pre made modpacks on them such as the ATLauncher, FTB Launcher, and the Technic launcher.
Thanks. I will try that. If the problem is no longer with the launchers or Forge, but with my JPK 7 installation on my PC per se, which I had wreaked before ;P what do you suggest? Does anyone know anything about fixing Java? Was it my modification of the path or the version itself that was a problem?
You can just uninstall Java completely and reinstall. Make sure you install the 64 bit version.
Thanksthanks thanks - what I did was delete/replace my Java installation but only the JRE. Managed to install launcher and choose Strawberry Vanilla which had the NEI 1.7.2. along with other cool stuff. Let's see what happens now. Installing...