Hello, so I've been wanting to make a modded server for quite some time, and I finally pulled myself together and tried to do it. I watched a few guides and very early on I had a problem, I got the server downloaded with no problems. However, this is where things take a turn. (My server is 1.16.5)

When you create a file for the server it's supposed to have the following files

libraries

forge-.1.16.5-36.2.35.jar (this can change depending on what forge version you use, I just used the latest)

1.16.5.json

and

minecraft_server.1.16.5.jar

However, I do not have the file 1.16.5.json

I've tried redownloading recommended and newest files of Java tried different Notepad apps and everything I could come up with. Nothing.

Does someone have a fix?

did you start the server? 

How did you install the server?

No, in all the guides it looked like I needed the .json file to start it

Well, I downloaded forge 1.16.5

Opened it

Clicked "Install serveer"

it downloaded

and it created a folder with the files

but it was missing one, the one needed to start the server

Its not missing anything. The installer has created all files you need.

That is strange, every single guide I've watched on it has another file, and when I try to do every single step but the ones using that file everything works 1 to 1, but that file is used to start the server in all the guides.

9 hours ago, Ston said:

but that file is used to start the server in all the guides.

the server should be start via a .bat/.sh file