Can you make a forge server with java 16?

[ShArKy1518]

having issues doing such and wondering if its even possible

[DaemonUmbra]

Forge for 1.16 and older is not compatible with Java 16 at this time

[ShArKy1518]

do you think that they will be compatible in the future ?

 

[DaemonUmbra]

Probably not, just install Java 8 and launch older servers by directly referencing it rather than relying on PATH

[Aaric90]

I've been trying to figure out how to directly reference where i have installed Java 8, but I cant figure it out. I've put the path to the folder. Am I missing something? Just got forge for a server, with a mod that only works on 1.15.2 currently so I have the latest version of 1.15.2. Waiting for the mod to update beyond that so I wont have this headache. 

[InspectorCaracal]

  On 7/2/2021 at 5:51 AM, Aaric90 said:

I've been trying to figure out how to directly reference where i have installed Java 8, but I cant figure it out. I've put the path to the folder. Am I missing something? Just got forge for a server, with a mod that only works on 1.15.2 currently so I have the latest version of 1.15.2. Waiting for the mod to update beyond that so I wont have this headache. 

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Your server will have a default version of java that gets used when you just use the command "java" - in this case, it sounds like java 16

What you need to do is instead of just "java -jar etc", use the path to the java executable in place of java. So instead of "java -jar etc." it's "/full/path/to/java1.8/executable -jar etc"

[Aaric90]

  On 7/2/2021 at 6:06 AM, InspectorCaracal said:

Your server will have a default version of java that gets used when you just use the command "java" - in this case, it sounds like java 16

What you need to do is instead of just "java -jar etc", use the path to the java executable in place of java. So instead of "java -jar etc." it's "/full/path/to/java1.8/executable -jar etc"

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So basically where i messed up was i need to have it point to the java.jar in the folder not just the folder?

so this?

C:\Users\panda\Desktop\DigimonServer\java8\bin\java -jar -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M -jar digimonworld.jar nogui
PAUSE

edit- 

Got it working, thankfully however it will not let me allocate more than 1g of ram.  Fixed, thank you!

Edited July 2, 2021 by Aaric90

[InspectorCaracal]

  On 7/2/2021 at 6:23 AM, Aaric90 said:

C:\Users\panda\Desktop\DigimonServer\java8\bin\java -jar -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M -jar digimonworld.jar nogui
PAUSE

 

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Oooh, a Digimon server! Did you mod it yourself or are you using a pack?

[DaemonUmbra]

There is no reason to rename the Forge jar, and to invoke the program you need to include its file extension

[ShArKy1518]

.

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by ShArKy1518

[ShArKy1518]

  On 7/2/2021 at 4:50 AM, DaemonUmbra said:

Probably not, just install Java 8 and launch older servers by directly referencing it rather than relying on PATH

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DaemonUmbra how would I be able to to overide java 16 and try to use java 8 instead to make my modded server for my friends and I? or rather is that even possible?

[DaemonUmbra]

You... quoted my instructions on how to do that... you call the java 8 executable directly instead of just using "java" and letting your computer decide

[ShArKy1518]

I followed your instructions and my issue persists I am very confused and dont know what to do from here

Edited July 3, 2021 by ShArKy1518

[ShArKy1518]

  On 7/3/2021 at 6:52 AM, ShArKy1518 said:

I followed your instructions and my issue persists I am very confused and dont know what to do from here

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When i try to run the forge file nothng happens.