Warning

This template is no longer valid/working as everything it runs on has been deprecated and/or removed (IntelliJ dropped support for Gradle < 4.5, Forge removed its built jars from the repo, etc). Use an architectury-loom based template instead.

1.8.9ForgeTemplate

A fixed and ready to use template for minecraft forge modding on 1.8.9 with shadow plugin integrated including two useful artifacts. Tested flawlessly on IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2022.2

       java   8
     gradle   3.1
     shadow   2.0.4
  minecraft   1.8.9
forgegradle   2.1-SNAPSHOT

Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Import build.gradle as a project.
3. Let it configure.
4. Run setupDecompWorkspace in Gradle: Tasks > forgegradle > setupDecompWorkspace
5. Reload gradle project.

Check out #build, #run and #artifacts for more information.

Build

Note: If the build ever finishes with an error looking like duplicate entry, then run clean in Gradle: Tasks > build > clean

 Run build in Gradle: Tasks > build > build

Output .jar will be located in build/libs/

Run

 Run genIntellijRuns in Gradle: Tasks > forgegradle > genIntellijRuns

This will create the run configurations.
Note: you will need to change the classpath module to .main

You should add CopyResources from #artifacts as a Task before launch and drag it in front of build.

Artifacts

Note: If the artifacts are not detected on setup, you might need to restart your IntelliJ.

 I have included two useful artifacts that I always use when developing mods:

• CopyMod copies the mod from your #build folder into your %appdata%/.minecraft/mods
• CopyResources copies the resources folder to your build/classes/main so they are accessible in the development environment