IntelliJ IDEA - how to run the MC client for testing?

[Splashsky]

 

I'm completely new to modding; I installed IDEA because I know it's a stronger IDE than Eclipse, and so I followed this tutorial on the forum to get it working, but I can't see where to edit the configuration he found, nor does genIntellijRuns do anything rather than set the Gradle task to setupDecompWorkspace. Doesn't ask me to refresh the project or anything.

 

edit: Switched the project to run the Minecraft Client instead. Worked as expected.

 

My configuration screen for the Gradle project looks like this...

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Edited September 5, 2017 by Splashsky

[MDW01]

Just keep running genIntellijRuns untill Minecraft Client shows up in the dropdown menu it the top right corner then select it and click the green play button.

[MSpace-Dev]

This is all you need. Just skip ahead a little bit to find the part where he runs 'genIntelliJRuns'

Forge MDK Setup in IntelliJ 2017 - djsmeguk