Setting up a Minecraft Forge environment for my youngest one to get into programming, I keep being reminded that there are almost no simple step-by-step recipes to install Minecraft Forge on MacOS:
- If needed, download and install Java JDK 1.8 from our friends at Oracle at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/jdk8-downloads.html
- If you want to avoid having to register, follow the suggestion in this thread
- Download and install Eclipse from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
- Download and install GIMP from https://www.gimp.org/downloads
- Download Forge 1.11.2 from https://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/index_1.11.2.html (pick the Mdk download option)
- Move the ‘forge’ directory in ‘Downloads’ to a folder of your choice, i.e.
Documents - Create a new directory ‘eclipse’ inside the ‘forge’ directory
- Open a terminal and navigate to the ‘forge’ directory, i.e.
cd Documents/forge - Execute the following command inside of ‘forge’ directory:
./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies - Upon successful build, execute the following command:
./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace eclipse
- Move the ‘forge’ directory in ‘Downloads’ to a folder of your choice, i.e.
- Open eclipse and select the ‘eclipse’ directory inside your ‘forge’ directory as workspace
- You should now see the MDKExample mod inside the package explorer
The above versions are tailored to be used with the Minecraft Modding Course on Udemy.