We will only support two versions at any one time: the Active version, and the LTS version, as can be seen in the readme file.

Only critical, absolute game stopping fixes will be released for older versions, but they will never be supported. If you need support, please update to a modern version of Minecraft.

We cannot help you with issues regarding OptiFine. OptiFine is a closed-source project, and it is almost impossible to debug most issues without the source code, which is in the sole possession of sp614x, the mod's author. Please report your issues to the OptiFine issues tracker, OptiFine subreddit, or their Discord.

The Sponge project is not officially affiliated with the Forge project. Please redirect any issues and questions you have to the Sponge forums.

Please report your crashes and bug reports to the Forge Support Forum first. Post your log files (debug.log for most issues) to a pastebin site (Pastebin, Hastebin, GitHub Gists). The issues tracker is only for final, confirmed bug reports, and complete feature requests.

Search the Minecraft CurseForge websites for mods created using Forge. It is the most trusted website for Minecraft mods, and most mods are only posted to CurseForge.

Do not download or install any mods from untrusted places. Many websites are scam websites, whose downloads are either illegally reposted, outdated, and/or packed with malware and viruses. For more information on these kinds of websites, see the Stop Mod Reposts website.

Please first post your suggestion to the Forge Suggestions Forums, and fully flesh out your suggestion/feature request. Once your suggestion is completely thought out and you are sure that there is no better way to achieve what you are requesting, then you may file a feature request on the issues tracker.

If you can write the code, please submit a Pull Request, and it will be reviewed by other people before it is integrated into Forge. See the wiki page on contributing to Forge.

1. Create your own code
   • Create your own custom code, by extending, implementing, or overriding vanilla classes.
2. Use utilities and events provided by Forge
   • Forge provides a wealth of utilities, helpers, and events to help modders. Consult the official documentation.
3. Ask others
   • Ask on the Modder Support Forum; other people may have different and better ideas on how to solve your problem.
4. Creating an Access Transformer
   • Access Transformers allow modders to convert private and/or final fields and methods into public ones. See its documentation for details.
5. Use Java Reflection
   • Reflection is the ability of a program to modify itself. This is an advanced topic; please research before doing this.
6. Submitting a PR to Forge
   • Forge is a community-driven open-source project, and we appreciate your help in continually adding features to it! Please follow the previous section on submitting suggestions and features.