So I've always found the whole process of downloading mods a bit daunting but decided to give it a shot today. I'm currently trying to install BiomesOPlenty for 1.11.2, yet when I drag it into the mods folder, nothing shows up. I've tried everything I can think of, but with the most minimal java know-how on the planet, that's not much. I do know people ask for logs a lot, does this help?

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[18:45:26] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: maccery
[18:45:33] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: lastServer:
[18:45:33] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.2
[18:45:38] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default, FMLFileResourcePack:Forge Mod Loader, FMLFileResourcePack:Minecraft Forge, FMLFileResourcePack:mercurius_updater
[18:45:39] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
[18:45:40] [Thread-7/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[18:45:40] [Thread-7/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[18:45:40] [Thread-7/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
[18:45:40] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[18:45:43] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 16x16 textures-atlas
[18:45:44] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default, FMLFileResourcePack:Forge Mod Loader, FMLFileResourcePack:Minecraft Forge, FMLFileResourcePack:mercurius_updater
[18:45:45] [Client thread/INFO]: SoundSystem shutting down...
[18:45:45] [Client thread/WARN]: Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
[18:45:45] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
[18:45:45] [Thread-10/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[18:45:45] [Thread-10/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[18:45:45] [Thread-10/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
[18:45:46] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[18:45:49] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x512 textures-atlas
[18:45:53] [Client thread/WARN]: Skipping bad option: lastServer:
[18:45:53] [Client thread/ERROR]: ########## GL ERROR ##########
[18:45:53] [Client thread/ERROR]: @ Post startup
[18:45:53] [Client thread/ERROR]: 1281: Invalid value
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 504 for URL: http://stats.minecraftforge.net/api/v2/
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1840)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.access$200(HttpURLConnection.java:90)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$9.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1433)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$9.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1431)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivilegedWithCombiner(AccessController.java:782)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1430)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at net.minecraftforge.mercurius.Sender.post(Sender.java:142)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at net.minecraftforge.mercurius.Sender.access$000(Sender.java:26)
[18:46:45] [MercuriusThread/INFO]: [STDERR]:     at net.minecraftforge.mercurius.Sender$1.run(Sender.java:115)
[18:47:08] [Client thread/INFO]: Stopping!
[18:47:08] [Client thread/INFO]: SoundSystem shutting down...
[18:47:08] [Client thread/WARN]: Author: Paul Lamb, www.paulscode.com
 

 

I'm not the most tech-savvy person out there, but I'm doing my best. Honestly, all I want are some new biomes!

oh boy as luck would have it i figured it out right after posting, now how do i delete this? :'^)

Hey, I am having the same problem that you were and I was wondering how you fixed it. It would be greatly appreciated if you could tell me, because nothing that I do to try and fix it works. Thank you.