How to Update Forges MDK after Installing Once Before...

[LittleKitsu]

   I am new to using third-parties such as forge to assist with my programming. I've only ever used IntelliJ and Eclipse before- because of this I'm not entirely sure how I should go about updating Forge's MDK to its latest version. Is it a simple process of replacing files or do I have to delete the older version and then go through the process of reinstalling it via Command Prompt again? Thank you for your time.

[Choonster]

Simply change the value of the version property in the minecraft block of your build.gradle, re-run the setupDecompWorkspace Gradle task and refresh your IDE project (click the "Refresh all Gradle projects" button in IDEA's Gradle window or re-run the eclipse task and refresh the project in Eclipse).

 

You can also update the MCP mappings used for your project by changing the value of the mappings property in the minecraft block of your build.gradle. The same process applies for refreshing the project.

 

Note that you can change the Forge version and the MCP mappings version at the same time, you'll only need to refresh your project once.