Hello future Minecraft modders, I will be teaching you the basics of Minecraft modding in this tutorial. (And yes I know 1.6.4 is outdated but it is the latest version that is easy to mod)
First, you need to know for sure that your computer can run Minecraft, most older computers can not run Minecraft.
Next you need to download the stuff:
Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Use Eclipse Kepler(4.3) or Luna(4.4)
Minecraft Forge: http://files.minecraftforge.net/
Do not use version 9.11.1.965 for Minecraft Forge for 1.6.4, use 9.11.1.963 you will see many options next to it, click src.
Then, install everything, make a shortcut of Eclipse to your desktop, and unzip Minecraft Forge and put it on your desktop. Rename it to something like "Modding 1.6.4" if you change it later you will get an error and lose all your current work.
Go inside the Forge folder. Windows OS: Use the cd command to navigate to the correct directory. You can also hold shift, right click and click Open command window here to open it in the current directory. Run the following in command prompt:
gradlew.bat setupDecompWorkspace
Then run:
gradlew.bat eclipse
This should take about 5-10 minutes depending on your computer, take a little snack break.
Open Eclispe and press the browse button. Click the folder you put the Minecraft Forge stuff in. Then, select the subfolder eclipse. The following is my version of eclipse and the folder name is
"Minecraft Tutorial 1.6.4" yours may be different:
Once you get in you will see something like this:
If you didn't get in, try going back to the beginning and redoing the cmd thing, if that doesn't work, try looking for a video tutorial.
Click the run button on the top left. This is the ultimate test to see if you got everything right.
If everything is correct Minecraft should launch. It will say 4 mods, including Minecraft Forge, Minecraft Coder Pack. and Forge Mod Loader.
And that's it for the first tutorial of Minecraft modding. You can look around the code but
DO NOT CHANGE THE CODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT CHANGE THE CODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
