How can I change the "mods"-Directory?

[DigitalClark]

I hope this is the correct board!

 

Hello there Minecrafters,

 

is there any way to change the "mods"-Directory? I know, there are serveral threads out there, but no one of them really helped me. So, I created a launcher that launches Minecraft from another working-directory (instead of .minecraft it's .minecraft2 for example). Now, when Forge is installed, the minecraft.jar from the .minecraft2-Directory uses the "mods"-Folder from .minecraft. Is there any way to change the "mods"-Directory (maybe with modding)? I looked for that in the .cfg-File, nothing found. The strange thing is, that the "config"-Folder is created in the .minecraft2-Directory.

 

Thanks for your help,

DigitalClark.

[LexManos]

As long as you set the directory that MC returns in Minecraft.getMCDir() properly {its simple you just set 1 field} then you're fine. If you don't then it'll autogenerate and go for it.

[DigitalClark]

Thanks LexManos!

I decompiled Minecraft using MCP, opened Minecraft.java, changed the line with getMinecraftDir() from to minecraft to minecraft2 , recompiled it and reobfuscated it and copied the Minecraft.class into minecraft.jar.

Forge still uses the mods-Folder from .minecraft and not .minecraft2 (also it creates the logs in .minecraft). I'm not really skilled in Java (yet), so (but in other programming languages)...

Any advice?

[LexManos]

Dont edit base classes in your launcher -.-

Your edits are getting overwriten by forge cuz we have to edit that class.

Take a look at how other launchers do it, its super simple.

[DigitalClark]

Yes, I know, sorry.

Thanks again for the reply .

 

I'm just going to post the log here:

2012-10-15 14:56:21 [iNFO] Forge Mod Loader version 2.2.106.176 for Minecraft c:1.2.5, s:1.2.5 loading

2012-10-15 14:56:21 [FINE] No mod directory found, creating one: C:\Users\Clark\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\mods

2012-10-15 14:56:21 [FINE] Attempting to load mods contained in the minecraft jar file and associated classes

2012-10-15 14:56:21 [FINE] Found a minecraft related file at C:\Users\Clark\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft2\bin\minecraft.jar, loading

 

My launcher does launch the minecraft.jar in the .minecraft2-Directory and Forge also works, but Forge uses the mods-Folder from

.minecraft. My launcher isn't programmed with Java, it uses a .bat-File to launch Minecraft:

 

/c "javaw -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -Djava.library.path=workdir//.minecraft2/bin/natives -cp workdir/.minecraft2/bin/minecraft.jar;.workdir/.minecraft2/bin/jinput.jar;workdir/.minecraft2/bin/lwjgl.jar;workdir/.minecraft2/bin/lwjgl_util.jar net.minecraft.client.Minecraft [NICKNAME] [PASSWORD]

 

* workdir stands for the path to the %appdata%-Folder (Windows)

[LexManos]

Ugh fuck it to tired to hold your hand, and obviously you are not willing to do your own research -.-

https://github.com/Forkk/MultiMC/blob/master/MultiMC/Launcher/MultiMCLauncher.java

Note lines 59-80.

Done.

[DigitalClark]

My launcher isn't programmed with Java.

I searched for it on my own, but I didn't get a solution because my Launcher isn't programmed in Java.

 

Argh... Thank's anyway, it works now .

[luacs1998]

Look here: github.com/Forkk/MultiMC4

It's not written in java either.

[LexManos]

Don't care, you could write your launcher in python, you'd still have to do the same thing, it's a bitch, but you'd have to do it.

You even stated that PART of your launcher was java, namely your modified Minecraft class.

Either way, to be honest, you shouldn't be making a luancher if you cant figure out the basics.