Forge Installer

Install Forge mod loader

Installer.Forge

Use this library to install Forge mod loader automatically.

Install Forge without installer

1. Extract forge files

2. Upload extracted forge files into your file server or bundle it into your launcher

3. Write codes that copy extracted forge files into game directory

Extracting forge files

1. Delete .minecraft directory

2. Launch vanilla version of forge that you want to extract using official mojang launcher. (not thrid party launcher including CmlLib.Core launcher)

3. Install forge using official forge installer.

4. In .minecraft directory, copy libraries directory and versions/<forge-version-name> directory. These two directory is extracted forge files.

Example:

<root>
 |- libraries
 |  |- org
 |  |- net
 |  |- (many other directories)
 |
 |- versions
    |- <forge-version-name>
        |- <forge-version-name>.json
        |- <forge-version-name>.jar

NOTE: some forge version does not have <forge-version-name>.jar file. it's okay

Launching forge

After installing forge, you can get version name of installed forge using launcher.GetAllVersions() or await launcher.GetAllVersionsAsync(). Minecraft Launcher

Launch game using forge version name.

var process = await launcher.InstallAndBuildProcessAsync("forge-version-name", options);
process.Start();

Example 1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2855:

var process = await launcher.InstallAndBuildProcessAsync(("1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2855", new MLaunchOption
{
    Session = MSession.CreateOfflineSession("hello"),
    MaximumRamMb = 4096
});
process.Start();