Amatheiya

Back from testing, that was indeed it, thank you both for everything, mark this problem as Solved! 😄

*insert image of Captain Picard facepalming* So the script I blindly followed that my husband, who was unable to get mods working in single player all week, procured for me, was and is the problem. Further proof that if you want something done right, ask your kids not your spouse. I will go test that out now but I'm willing to bet you just solved my issue. Thank you for putting up with me breaking down, and for the magic step I needed. (I hope)

Maybe the better question is, if the .bat file is how I start the server, why is it only starting in vanilla instead of modded? What needs to change to make the modded server start up? How do I start the modded jar? Is there a modded jar? Every tutorial I read or watch has not had this secret extra step to making things work properly and I'm extremely frustrated. Everyone else apparently just drags and drops and boom, everything magically works. Where is the magic file I need to access? What is the missing step here and why is it nowhere online for me to fix it myself?

Ok, I'm with you so far, I think. So then how do I start the modded server?

This is the tutorial I used. (If it helps.) https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Setup-a-Modded-Minecraft-Server-1122/ The script in the .bat file my husband located on some other tutorial, I don't have a link for that.

I'm not tech saavy, I'm doing the best I can with what I can locate online.

inside the .bat folder is the following Minus the quotation marks " @ECHO OFF java -Xms4G -Xmx8G -jar minecraft_server.1.15.2.jar --nogui pause " I have been trying to get a server up for more than just this morning and the only tutorial that worked was one for 1.12 with a substitution of this file's contents being what they are above in order to be updated as we were not actually making a 1.12 server.

server_launcher.bat file in the server's folder

I have followed the instructions to create a Forge Server, which runs, on 1.15.2. I have followed the instructions to mod my client game, on 1.15.2, and have tested the mods to ensure they all work, which they do. I have followed the instructions to add mods to the server, making sure that both the server's mod files and my client's mod files are the exact same files. Yet the server does not load up with the mods. Single player works just fine, but when I switch to multiplayer and connect to my server, it's just vanilla. As though nothing I did all morning existed. I do not get error messages. I am at a loss for how to correct this. What further information is needed to help me, and where do I locate it?