im trying to host a modded server, and i figure out its not working. i find out, the forge server installer didnt do a good job, so i retry. and retry. reinstall the forge installer. no success. all it does is install a normal mc server with a forge jar that wont do anything. in the process of this, however, i also found out that my other forge servers wont work anymore either. they did work. something broke so hard that older forge versions wont even work anymore

which version did you tried and define "didn't do a good job"

1.16.5, 36.2.0 and not a good job means that it didnt properly install all the folders and files its supposed to

every file thats unique in a forge server. it really just makes a normal mc server with the forge jar

post the installer log & a screenshot of the server folder

idk how to get the installer log nor do i know how to post a screenshot here, sorry

the installer log will generate in the same folder you run the installer
drag and drop it here or upload the screenshot on a website and post the link here

1 hour ago, diesieben07 said:

Which files specifically are you looking for? How are you starting the server?

mainly, yknow, a mod folder. im starting it like i used to, via the forge jar. and ive also tried to other mc server jar, but that one wont work properly as a forge server either

59 minutes ago, Luis_ST said:

the installer log will generate in the same folder you run the installer
drag and drop it here or upload the screenshot on a website and post the link here

its not working still. the screenshot wont work and i cant drag and drop the txt nor can i copy whats in it to here

i do start the forge jar, but literally nothing happens when i start the forge jar

D:\old shit\stuff to save\servers\1 magic smp>java -Xmx10G -Xms10G -jar forge-1.16.5-36.2.0.jar nogui
2021-10-04 14:28:15,070 main WARN Advanced terminal features are not available in this environment
[14:28:15] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher running: args [--gameDir, ., --launchTarget, fmlserver, --fml.forgeVersion, 36.2.0, --fml.mcpVersion, 20210115.111550, --fml.mcVersion, 1.16.5, --fml.forgeGroup, net.minecraftforge, nogui]
[14:28:15] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher 8.0.9+86+master.3cf110c starting: java version 16.0.1 by Oracle Corporation
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler (in unnamed module @0x4ae3c1cd) cannot access class sun.security.util.ManifestEntryVerifier (in module java.base) because module java.base does not export sun.security.util to unnamed module @0x4ae3c1cd
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler.lambda$static$1(SecureJarHandler.java:41)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.LamdbaExceptionUtils.uncheck(LamdbaExceptionUtils.java:95)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler.<clinit>(SecureJarHandler.java:41)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.lambda$new$6(Launcher.java:55)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(ConcurrentHashMap.java:1708)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.TypesafeMap.computeIfAbsent(TypesafeMap.java:52)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.TypesafeMap.computeIfAbsent(TypesafeMap.java:47)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Environment.computePropertyIfAbsent(Environment.java:62)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:55)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:66)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.runLauncher(ServerMain.java:63)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.access$100(ServerMain.java:60)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain.main(ServerMain.java:57)

D:\old shit\stuff to save\servers\1 magic smp>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
 

so what does this mean? how do i fix it? do i need to downgrade my java version?