Before I get into details, there are some details that WILL be asked later on so let's get that out of the way first:

 

• I am using JetBrains IntelliJ
• I am setting up using the Gradle window to run the specific tasks
• I am on a Mac OSX Sierra Macbook Pro

 

Now that we got those out of the way, now to get into the reason I am writing this:

 

Sometimes when I am trying to set up a forge modding environment, and it's not just me, it's many other people I've noticed too, the gradle task setupDecompWorkspace doesn't always download the forge source, It only downloads the dummy pakages, and nothing else. It takes the usual time to set up the environment, but alas, to no avail. I have tried to run gradlew setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies but since I am on a mac, it appears to be different than on Windows, which is what I am used to. Even using that, when I am able to, it doesn't always work for me. I was wondering if there is a temporary fix for this, or if there is a reason for this happening.

 

Thanks,

-Alex

If setupDecomp completes successfully then yes, it downloaded everything.

Post your logs, also the 'source' for Minecraft itself is never downloaded, it has to be decompiled on your local machine for legal reasons. 

Gradle is the same on windows and mac, it all works the time.