Posted January 17, 201510 yr Hi all One of the users of a mod I made can't use it because I wrote it using the SDK for 7 and he only has 6 installed. He says he has the latest version installed. Does Minecraft 1.7.10 for Mac only work on Java 6? -TGG
January 18, 201510 yr Not sure if 1.7.10 requires Java 7, but you might be using a Java feature that was added (or changed) in Java 7, hence not being able to use your mod with Java 6. Don't make mods if you don't know Java. Check out my website: http://shadowfacts.net Developer of many mods
January 18, 201510 yr You can target java 6 even when developing with JDK 7, or 8. You should probably recompile for it. Anyways, minecraft natively targets java 6, only really old macs are locked into java 6, but it can be updated. I do Forge for free, however the servers to run it arn't free, so anything is appreciated. Consider supporting the team on Patreon
January 18, 201510 yr I am using the latest java 8 version on my mac and although everyone always told me that minecraft is not compatible with java 8 it works better than 7 or 6. EDIT: ok, i am not using the latest version. Java just popped up and told me to update. NOW i am using the latest version. Still works great. Here could be your advertisement!
January 19, 201510 yr This only happens on certain Macs, since the Mac MC Launcher ships Java 6 and it forces the user to use it (like Lex said). So either recompile it targeting v6 or, like I do, point them to this link: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-discussion/discussion/2247090-tutorial-how-to-use-java-7-on-mac Don't ask for support per PM! They'll get ignored! | If a post helped you, click the "Thank You" button at the top right corner of said post! | mah twitter This thread makes me sad because people just post copy-paste-ready code when it's obvious that the OP has little to no programming experience. This is not how learning works.
January 19, 201510 yr Author Thanks guys. I recompiled for V6 and a whole stack of code to do with Path needs rewriting, which is just a bit too much work for little return @SanAndreasP - thx for link. After a bit more googling to understand it, I found another similar one which goes into a little bit more detail http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/178178/making-minecraft-run-with-java-8-on-os-x-10-10 The second one (from "Teilo") looks simpler... -TGG
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