Forge and FML

[Alron]

I know that they are two seperate things, but whats the difference between Forge and FML? What does what?

I had no clue what they actually do whan I tried to explain that to someone 

 

[Draco18s]

Forge is an API, of sorts, to allow mods to work without creating conflicts due to all the base-class editing.  Instead Forge does it once and mods just use hooks to make the changes they need.

 

ModLoader is an API, of sorts, that allows mods to work without creating conflicts, blah blah blah, written by different authors with a slightly different feature set.

 

FML (Forge ModLoader) is an API-API that allows Forge to run ModLoader mods without needing ModLoader installed.

[Alron]

Ok, I understand why you would use an API.

 

So if I make a mod with Forge, why do I need things from FML in my base mod class?

Or could I make a Forge mod without using anything from FML?

[Draco18s]

So if I make a mod with Forge, why do I need things from FML in my base mod class?

 

If you are using any of the FML (or ModLoader) classes, you're doing it wrong.

 

You need to find out the correct Forge class/method to call (use Eclipse's navigation tools to go look at the FML method to find the Forge method it calls, then change your code).

[Mazetar]

Not entirely correct

FML is the Forge version of ML (Mod Loader), it has still compatibility with ModLoader mods to some degree but that may vanish with 1.7 due to the way ML is updated (late and poorly in my opinion but whatever).

 

FML does do everything ModLoader does, but it does so without base edits.

FML is the one responsible for finding @Mod files and making them into mod containers and load the mod.

The @Mod annotation, the Sidedproxy and Intialization events are all parts of FML.

 

 

As for the differences between forge and FML, well according to their github repo FML is "The Forge Mod Loader - an opensource replacement mod loader for minecraft"

 

While Forge is "Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods."

More detailed explenation than that and I'd want to wait for Goto or Diesieben to reply

[Alron]

I think that explains it well enough. Thanks!