1. DOWNLOAD FORGE SRC click dis '*' IF YOU DONT WANT TO SEE ADFLY click it. ALso extract the file

 

2. locate the folder to get to it type 'cd Desktop/forge'

 

3. (Skip this if you have more than 4gb ram on your mac (I have 4 gb)) TO do this type "export _JAVA_OPTIONS='-Xmx1000M' "In the terminal

 

4a. type 'sh gradlew setupDevWorkspace/setupCIWorkspace eclipse/netbeans/idea' if you are not sure your ide is supported check the gradle website if its supported.

 

4b.(Do this if you have a BUILD FAILED) If it says build failed type 'sh gradlew resetCache'

 

(Optinal)(Eclipse Only)5. Install the eclipse gradle plugin if you want to be able to build in eclipse

 

6. Open up the ide and start coding

 

 

BUILDING YOUR PROJECT

(IF YOU HAVE THE ECLIPSE PLUGIN INSTALLED IGNORE THE REST OF THE STEPS but follow step 8)7.

 

cd back to the folder THE SECOND STEP

 

type: sh gradlew build and go to the generated folder and your files will be there

 

8. go to the build folder and compress the files and distribute.

 

ON THE IDE

 

If you get a error in the project's example mod IGNORE IT THAT METHOD DOESNT EXIST

 

Any recommendations

 

Comment below

 

EDIT: if you want to check minecraft's source go download jd-eclipse or jd-IntellIJ to see the sources (Cant edit them)

could you possibly do a video? I just want to make sure I do it right the first time.