Jerryfb

Did that - it works fine now. Many thanks. Now all I need to do is find a list of mods that work with Forge and server. Any easily browsable lists around? I set up a batch file that runs server from the forge.zip file. So anything that I can just dump in the mods folder would be awesome.

I've a vanilla minecraft server in a separate folder and now want to install Forge on it. I have downloaded the latest Forge.zip to the same folder but when I try to java -jar the file I get the following error 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 4.7.22.539 for Minecraft 1.4.7 loading 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/argo-2.25.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] There was a problem downloading the file argo-2.25.jar automatically. Perhaps you have an environment without internet access. You will need to download the file manually or restart and let it try again 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/guava-12.0.1.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] There was a problem downloading the file guava-12.0.1.jar automatically. Perhaps you have an environment without internet access. You will need to download the file manually or restart and let it try again 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/asm-all-4.0.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] There was a problem downloading the file asm-all-4.0.jar automatically. Perhaps you have an environment without internet access. You will need to download the file manually or restart and let it try again 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/bcprov-jdk15on-147.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] There was a problem downloading the file bcprov-jdk15on-147.jar automatically. Perhaps you have an environment without internet access. You will need to download the file manually or restart and let it try again 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] There were errors during initial FML setup. Some files failed to download or were otherwise corrupted. You will need to manually obtain the following files from these download links and ensure your lib directory is clean. 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] *** Download http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/argo-2.25.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] *** Download http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/guava-12.0.1.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] *** Download http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/asm-all-4.0.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] *** Download http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/bcprov-jdk15on-147.jar 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] <===========> 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] The following is the errors that caused the setup to fail. They may help you diagnose and resolve the issue 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] A download error occured 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] A download error occured 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] A download error occured 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] A download error occured 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] <<< ==== >>> 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] The following is diagnostic information for developers to review. 2013-01-28 14:56:00 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] Error details There's a lot more detail but to put it briefly - I am connected to the internet but for some reason the files just dont download. I turned off my firewall and still no joy. Any help much appreciated.