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Minecraft Mod Compatibility Question

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Because Forge (the API that many mods rely on) hasn't been updated to the newest versions of Minecraft yet. (It's still only on 1.13 I think).

 

Different versions of Minecraft have changes in their code. These changes can sometimes remove or severely change things that a mod relies on, which makes the mod is no longer compatible.

 

Minecraft 1.14 includes a complete rewrite of the game's lighting engine and plenty more, so mod authors have to figure out how to work with that and then go from there. Much of which won't be able to happen until Forge is updated. (Forge has many extremely useful tools for modders for interacting with Minecraft's code, which otherwise is incredibly difficult to work with.)

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How come mods are only compatible with very specific versions of the game?

 

I like to play the most up to date version so that I may experience all of the new shite, why do mods not support future versions?

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Because Forge (the API that many mods rely on) hasn't been updated to the newest versions of Minecraft yet. (It's still only on 1.13 I think).

 

Different versions of Minecraft have changes in their code. These changes can sometimes remove or severely change things that a mod relies on, which makes the mod is no longer compatible.

 

Minecraft 1.14 includes a complete rewrite of the game's lighting engine and plenty more, so mod authors have to figure out how to work with that and then go from there. Much of which won't be able to happen until Forge is updated. (Forge has many extremely useful tools for modders for interacting with Minecraft's code, which otherwise is incredibly difficult to work with.)

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4 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

Because Forge (the API that many mods rely on) hasn't been updated to the newest versions of Minecraft yet. (It's still only on 1.13 I think).

 

Different versions of Minecraft have changes in their code. These changes can sometimes remove or severely change things that a mod relies on, which makes the mod is no longer compatible.

 

Minecraft 1.14 includes a complete rewrite of the game's lighting engine and plenty more, so mod authors have to figure out how to work with that and then go from there. Much of which won't be able to happen until Forge is updated. (Forge has many extremely useful tools for modders for interacting with Minecraft's code, which otherwise is incredibly difficult to work with.)

Thanks for the reply

 

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