Following steps were done for fresh game install:
- Installed Minecraft for java (latest)
- Installed Forge Client (1.16.1-forge-32.0.92) and can successfully launch the game from the minecraft launcher.
- Installed the Forge Server from the same installer, and it generates a bunch of errors:
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C:\Users\Illum\Desktop\Minecraft Forge Server>java -jar forge-1.16.1-32.0.92.jar --installServer
2020-07-27 23:04:41,624 main WARN Advanced terminal features are not available in this environment
[32m[23:04:41] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher running: args [--gameDir, ., --launchTarget, fmlserver, --fml.forgeVersion, 32.0.92, --fml.mcpVersion, 20200625.160719, --fml.mcVersion, 1.16.1, --fml.forgeGroup, net.minecraftforge, --installServer]
[m[32m[23:04:41] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher 6.1.1+74+master.966c698 starting: java version 1.8.0_261 by Oracle Corporation
[m[32m[23:04:41] [main/INFO] [ne.mi.fm.lo.FixSSL/CORE]: Added Lets Encrypt root certificates as additional trust
[m[32m[23:04:41] [main/INFO] [mixin/]: SpongePowered MIXIN Subsystem Version=0.8 Source=file:/C:/Users/Illum/Desktop/Minecraft%20Forge%20Server/libraries/org/spongepowered/mixin/0.8/mixin-0.8.jar Service=ModLauncher Env=SERVER
[m[33m[23:04:41] [main/WARN] [ne.mi.fm.lo.FMLConfig/CORE]: Configuration file C:\Users\Illum\Desktop\Minecraft Forge Server\config\fml.toml is not correct. Correcting
[m[33m[23:04:41] [main/WARN] [ne.mi.fm.lo.FMLConfig/CORE]: Incorrect key [defaultConfigPath] was corrected from null to defaultconfigs
[m[32m[23:04:42] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.LaunchServiceHandler/MODLAUNCHER]: Launching target 'fmlserver' with arguments [--gameDir, ., --installServer]
[m[1;31m[23:04:42] [main/FATAL] [minecraft/Main]: Failed to start the minecraft server
joptsimple.UnrecognizedOptionException: installServer is not a recognized option
at joptsimple.OptionException.unrecognizedOption(OptionException.java:108) ~[jopt-simple-5.0.4.jar:?] {}
at joptsimple.OptionParser.handleLongOptionToken(OptionParser.java:510) ~[jopt-simple-5.0.4.jar:?] {}
at joptsimple.OptionParserState$2.handleArgument(OptionParserState.java:56) ~[jopt-simple-5.0.4.jar:?] {}
at joptsimple.OptionParser.parse(OptionParser.java:396) ~[jopt-simple-5.0.4.jar:?] {}
at net.minecraft.server.Main.main(Main.java:79) ~[?:?] {re:classloading}
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_261] {}
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261] {}
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261] {}
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261] {}
at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLServerLaunchProvider.lambda$launchService$0(FMLServerLaunchProvider.java:51) ~[forge-1.16.1-32.0.92.jar:32.0] {}
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:37) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?] {}
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:54) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?] {}
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:72) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?] {}
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:81) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?] {}
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:65) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?] {}
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.runLauncher(ServerMain.java:63) [forge-1.16.1-32.0.92.jar:?] {}
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.access$100(ServerMain.java:60) [forge-1.16.1-32.0.92.jar:?] {}
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain.main(ServerMain.java:57) [forge-1.16.1-32.0.92.jar:?] {}
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